Best Video Card / Processor for my new computer

Jeffreyg4

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Hello, Im building a new computer and have been looking at iether a AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core or a ntel Core 2 Duo E6700 Dual Core , for a processor wich is better? also for graphics card is the
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX 575MHZ 768MB 1.8GHZ the best one?

also what would be the best mobo for the current setup.

thanks

- Jeff
 

skyguy

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Definitely the 6700. However, if you're looking to save a bit of money, go with the 6600.......it's a fair bit cheaper and will give very little performance loss. And if you're into overclocking, you can easily push the 6600 past a 6800, assuming you have some decent RAM.