- Sep 2, 2007
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Hi guys, first post here.
I've been out of the PC game for awhile now. Bought my present system 2+ years ago. Back then it was at the top of the pile (3.2EE, 2G Rambus (remember that stuff?
), x800xt, etc.)
Anyway, it's served me extremely well up until now but is finally starting to show its age. Can't run Bioshock without the new Pixel Shader, no DX10 support, and it's starting to hiccup on a lot of the next gen games. Meh.
Thought about stretching its life out a bit longer by picking up an x1950xt AGP, but I think I'll go ahead and retire it with a bit of its dignity intact.
Here's some guidelines:
-I'll be using it for gaming primarily, but I'm a photographer by trade... don't know if that'll make much of a difference processor/memory-wise, but I thought I'd throw it in there. Photoshop's a beast.
-I know little to nothing about the new processors and graphics cards. Like I said, haven't kept up at all. (I know some of them are dual/quad core and SLI's apparently still around. That's about it.)
-I won't be building it myself, so I'll likely be customizing and ordering from an online retailer. Any suggestions on which company to go with would be appreciated.
-I've got ~$1200 to work with. Could go a little higher if it'd be truly worth my while, (say, $1500 at the top end), but I'm shooting for the former if at all possible. That's for pc+assembly only. Don't need a new monitor or speakers.
-It'd be nice if I could run Crysis at a decent framerate when it comes out.
So what I'm looking for is the best system possible given the parameters listed above. I used to check TH for most of my reviews and benchmarks, so this is the first place I'm coming to for some expert advice.
Thanks in advance. Your help is greatly appreciated!
-B
I've been out of the PC game for awhile now. Bought my present system 2+ years ago. Back then it was at the top of the pile (3.2EE, 2G Rambus (remember that stuff?
), x800xt, etc.) Anyway, it's served me extremely well up until now but is finally starting to show its age. Can't run Bioshock without the new Pixel Shader, no DX10 support, and it's starting to hiccup on a lot of the next gen games. Meh.
Thought about stretching its life out a bit longer by picking up an x1950xt AGP, but I think I'll go ahead and retire it with a bit of its dignity intact.
Here's some guidelines:
-I'll be using it for gaming primarily, but I'm a photographer by trade... don't know if that'll make much of a difference processor/memory-wise, but I thought I'd throw it in there. Photoshop's a beast.
-I know little to nothing about the new processors and graphics cards. Like I said, haven't kept up at all. (I know some of them are dual/quad core and SLI's apparently still around. That's about it.)
-I won't be building it myself, so I'll likely be customizing and ordering from an online retailer. Any suggestions on which company to go with would be appreciated.
-I've got ~$1200 to work with. Could go a little higher if it'd be truly worth my while, (say, $1500 at the top end), but I'm shooting for the former if at all possible. That's for pc+assembly only. Don't need a new monitor or speakers.
-It'd be nice if I could run Crysis at a decent framerate when it comes out.
So what I'm looking for is the best system possible given the parameters listed above. I used to check TH for most of my reviews and benchmarks, so this is the first place I'm coming to for some expert advice.
Thanks in advance. Your help is greatly appreciated!
-B
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