New machine advice lads

Wavey

Evening all,

I posted here because i know more people here. Mods move if required.

Pissed off with my troublsome machine. Decided to build a new one. So i need a little advice.
Going to go for 2 pci e cards.
Whats the story with dual cpu's?
Is it worth it?
What is this dual cpu tecnology called with regards to choosing a motherboard?
Do I need special cpu's for a dual cpu system?

Im planing ahead for 2142 and ETQW.

Im not looking to have my hand held here, just some opinions on building a machine using current technology/prices.

Wavey.

jonski

I wouldn't be the best for giving out advice on this kinda stuff , but from what I have read , upgrading is probably a better idea at the moment rather than going for a complete new build . The amd prices are supposed to be dropping due to new tech coming on the market . Windows Vista is just around the corner . DirectX 10 cards are on the way . Kinda depends on what you have and what you have to spend . Judging by what the magazines are saying though I wouldn't go overboard on spending atm .

Cuddlesworth

Quakewars is based on the quake 4 engine which uses muti-threaded coding. This means that it will play better on dual-cores then single, just like quake 4.

Conroe's/Core2duos are hard to find and require a motherboard and ram upgrade if you are coming from Amd 939 or any DDR based platform.But they are great Cpu's that have the performance advantage. The Amd X2's stand for great value for money on the lower ranges and are still good preformers. Both these cpu's use dual core technoligy. It means 2 seperate cores on 1 chip. 90% of Amd motherboards can take dual cores, Intel have only a few for the Core2duo line.

Sli/Crossfire is a waste of money, unless you are using 1600*1200 or above resolutions. The x1900 series from Ati have taken a huge price drop and are great value for money, they should have no problems playing either game at more than acceptable framerates on a single card.

Vista and newer games will demand 2 gigs minimum.

You would be better posting a budget, what you currently have and what you want to keep in the computers section to get a full parts list within your budget.

Wavey

Thanks for the info lads.

Preliminary budget of 1800Euros.

The only thing i dont need is storage and PSU. I have a 500Watt Antec Smartpower. Im sure this would run 2off 7800's in SLI?

Should I be looking at DDR-Dimm or DDR 2 memory?

For the OS HDD wohich is better?
SATA 2 7,200rpm
or
SATA 1 10,000rpm.

Thanks
Wavey

Cuddlesworth

Wavey wrote:

The only thing i dont need is storage and PSU. I have a 500Watt Antec Smartpower. Im sure this would run 2off 7800's in SLI?

Should I be looking at DDR-Dimm or DDR 2 memory?

For the OS HDD wohich is better?
SATA 2 7,200rpm
or
SATA 1 10,000rpm.

Thanks
Wavey

Psus should be grand, and if you dont want storage a 10k 74gig raptor is great for load times and windows in general.

DDR or DDR2 memory depends on what cpu you are buying. The older 939parts use DDR, the new AMD AM2 and Core2duo use DDR2.

Wavey

Thx for all the help Krazy

With regards to sli.

Is it worth buying two 7600gt's or one 7900gt with ETQW and 2142 in mind?

Thanks again.

Cuddlesworth

one 7900gt.

V9

Get a 7900gtx, I got mine for 410 off Ebay brand new, if ya want to get sli down the road pick up another 7900gtx for cheap, ya'll get ages out of a high-end card like that anyway, and ya good duel core processor to boot.

d22ontour

Just make the feckin machine Vialli. It's been ongoing like forever now .Tis kinda boring.

V9

Want to pay for it? No? Well shut up then.

d22ontour

Omg he edited the blasphomy. :eek:

Reported posts show up the original content tbh.

V9

No one likes a snitch tbh

d22ontour

Yore a snitch.
Yore ma's a snitch.
Yore ma's sisters nephew is a snitch.
Oh did i say that already.

V9

That all you got bitch? that all YOU GOT?? WHAT?? err, back to the topic, one high-end card is enough for the like of 2142 and ETQW, a decent CPU and 2 gigs of ram and yer flyin, oh, get an 590sli mobo chipset, tbh.

Wavey

Stop spamming my thread!

Yeah I have gone with one 7900gt for now. No point going mad.

thank for the advice lads.