A quick question for some smart guys.

[ganxtah]

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6700 (4MB L2 Cache,2.66GHz,1066 FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs
500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
19 inch Samsung 920NW Widescreen LCD Monitor
768MB nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX
AGEIA® PhysX® physics accelerator
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic (D) Sound Card

Would this computer be the cutting edge technology I need to have perfect gaming?

 

[shinigamiX]

Yes.

 

[ganxtah]

2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs

what about that? isnt that shared ram? would that be enough? the system would have vista and thats what im worried about.

 

[Grimmy]

Would this computer be the cutting edge technology I need to have perfect gaming?

:? . o O (trick question?)

I would say..... NO.

Why?

Cause Intel/AMD:ATI/Nvidia don't put their cutting edge technology on the market. If they did, then they all wouldn't have anything to talk about later on. :lol:

 

[ganxtah]

oops...

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[ganxtah]

So your saying I could overclock with 2Gigs of ram?

 

[ajfink]

So your saying I could overclock with 2Gigs of ram?

Of course.

 

[Wombat2]

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6700 (4MB L2 Cache,2.66GHz,1066 FSB)

You may want to consider a quad. More and more games are using 4 cores.

2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs

Get DDR2 800 especially if you are going to overclock.

500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™

Get a single 150 GB WD raptor as a boot / applications HDD. Use the 500 GB Hdd for data/media. Get another el cheapo 400 GB hdd to store your backups on. If money is not object you can double all the drives up for RAID0. Silly, but people do it.

19 inch Samsung 920NW Widescreen LCD Monitor

Using a 8800 GTX with a 19" monitor is stupid. 8800 GTX is for high resolution screens. Get a 22" monitor as a MINIMUM. A 24" if you can afford it.

768MB nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX

This is overkill even for a 22" monitor. Get a 8800 GTS 320 or 640. Use the saved money to get a bigger screen. You only need a GTX for 24" screens and bigger.

AGEIA® PhysX® physics accelerator

Dont be bloody stupid. This thing is useless. Dump it.

Make sure you get a high quality power supply. About 650W and a good make e.g. tagan, seasonic, silverstone.

 

[mwswami]

I like the subject title --- this automatically precludes Baron.

Hey Jack,

I respect you a lot and always read what you have to say with interest. But *please* stop with this constant Baron bashing. Just ignore him ...

 

[ganxtah]

i appreciate you guys for replying. thank you very much.

 

[djcoolmasterx]

19 inch Samsung 920NW Widescreen LCD Monitor

Using a 8800 GTX with a 19" monitor is stupid. 8800 GTX is for high resolution screens. Get a 22" monitor as a MINIMUM. A 24" if you can afford it.

768MB nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX

This is overkill even for a 22" monitor. Get a 8800 GTS 320 or 640. Use the saved money to get a bigger screen. You only need a GTX for 24" screens and bigger.

But with the GTX you can run all the settings at maximum and it will probably be more futureproof with upcoming DX10 games.

 

[Wombat2]

But with the GTX you can run all the settings at maximum and it will probably be more futureproof with upcoming DX10 games.

A GTS will run everything max on a 19 or 22". The whole 8x series does DX10.

 

[djcoolmasterx]

For the moment, but as time progresses games will get more demanding.

 

[Wombat2]

PS: Make sure you get a decent mobo.

 

[BaronMatrix]

I like the subject title --- this automatically precludes Baron.

Hey Jack,

I respect you a lot and always read what you have to say with interest. But *please* stop with this constant Baron bashing. Just ignore him ...

Especially since I ignore him.

 

[ethel]

Sure

 

[Major_Spittle]

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6700 (4MB L2 Cache,2.66GHz,1066 FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs
500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
19 inch Samsung 920NW Widescreen LCD Monitor
768MB nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX
AGEIA® PhysX® physics accelerator
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic (D) Sound Card

Would this computer be the cutting edge technology I need to have perfect gaming?

E6700
Vista 64 bit
4GB DDR2 2 DIMMs
500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
19 inch Samsung 920NW Widescreen LCD Monitor
768MB nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic (D) Sound Card

I made the changes to the system that were needed.

AGEIA® PhysX® physics accelerator = Huge was of money.

 

[Lost_C1tY]

Yeah, lose the ageia and get a larger monitor to get the most out of that gtx. Physx support is very limited and judging by the way ati and nv are working on their own gpu based physics implementations, it's probably a bad idea to buy one.