Building new comp HELP!

gizzle · 11-06-2005, 08:14 AM

Im not too much of a computer person so i figured id come here to seek some help. I'm thinking of building a new comp and ive been having trouble with choosing a good video card for gaming.

So far this is wot i got:
CPU - AMD Athlon64 3000+ (venice core)
MoBo - Abit AV8, Via K8T800 Pro chipset AMD Athlon 64 socket-939
Vid card - jugglin between BFG GeForce 7800 GTX or ATI RADEON 9550 256DDR
Memory - OCZ DDR PC-3500 / 433MHz
HDD - WD media centre 250GB

Also does anyone know what the best motherbaord for AMD? Any help much aprreciated!

shupola · 11-06-2005, 08:39 AM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131517

i have heard good things about this one.

gizzle · 11-06-2005, 09:31 AM

ahhh thanks mate, yeh the specs look pretty sweet on this. How about video cards? I'm going to be using it for quite a bit of 3d modelin with 3dmax n Maya. The system i got now, AMD athlon 1.6 with Geforce 2 MMX resets within 5min after opening Maya or 3dmax. Any tips on a good video card??

mrjack · 11-06-2005, 10:17 AM

A good graphics card for 3D modeling/rendering use is either nVidia's Quadro series or ATi's FireGL series. But the 7800GTX is way much better than the Radeon 9550. I do quite some 3D modeling and rendering myself with Maya 6.5 Unlimited and 3DS Max 7 and the rig I have works really well with 3DS Max 7 and Brazil. But Maya rendering is a bit of a struggle.

gizzle · 11-07-2005, 01:10 AM

yer maya is pretty hard to get used to.

I was going through the price for the 7800GTX and its blardy pricy! $700(Au) I've never heard of the nVidia Quadro series, could you fill me in on that?

What graphics card do u use Mrjack?

fade2green514 · 11-20-2005, 01:04 AM

if your going to go with that motherboard (its an expensive one, supports dual video cards!) you need a PCI-EXPRESS video card. NOT AGP. i decent budget card for pci-express is the x700pro or the x800gto. if you want performance, i agree with the other post, 7800gtx. x700pro sounds more your card though!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102457
also, the x800gt is a very nice card for the price

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102636

11-06-2005, 08:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
gizzle New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 10	Building new comp HELP! Im not too much of a computer person so i figured id come here to seek some help. I'm thinking of building a new comp and ive been having trouble with choosing a good video card for gaming. So far this is wot i got: CPU - AMD Athlon64 3000+ (venice core) MoBo - Abit AV8, Via K8T800 Pro chipset AMD Athlon 64 socket-939 Vid card - jugglin between BFG GeForce 7800 GTX or ATI RADEON 9550 256DDR Memory - OCZ DDR PC-3500 / 433MHz HDD - WD media centre 250GB Also does anyone know what the best motherbaord for AMD? Any help much aprreciated!

11-06-2005, 10:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
mrjack VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Finland Age: 17 Posts: 2,322	A good graphics card for 3D modeling/rendering use is either nVidia's Quadro series or ATi's FireGL series. But the 7800GTX is way much better than the Radeon 9550. I do quite some 3D modeling and rendering myself with Maya 6.5 Unlimited and 3DS Max 7 and the rig I have works really well with 3DS Max 7 and Brazil. But Maya rendering is a bit of a struggle. __________________ Main rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3GHz \| MSI P7N Zilent 2x2048Mb OCZ Titanium 800MHz DDR2 Samsung Spinpoint T166 320Gb SATAII Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250Gb SATAII Western Digital Caviar SE 160Gb SATAII MSI NX8800GT OC 512Mb @ 660MHz/950MHz Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio \| Antec Truepower Trio 550W

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11-06-2005, 08:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
shupola Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Nowheresville, U.S. Posts: 1,033	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131517 i have heard good things about this one.

11-06-2005, 09:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
gizzle New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 10	ahhh thanks mate, yeh the specs look pretty sweet on this. How about video cards? I'm going to be using it for quite a bit of 3d modelin with 3dmax n Maya. The system i got now, AMD athlon 1.6 with Geforce 2 MMX resets within 5min after opening Maya or 3dmax. Any tips on a good video card??

11-07-2005, 01:10 AM	#5 (permalink)
gizzle New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 10	yer maya is pretty hard to get used to. I was going through the price for the 7800GTX and its blardy pricy! $700(Au) I've never heard of the nVidia Quadro series, could you fill me in on that? What graphics card do u use Mrjack?

11-20-2005, 01:04 AM	#6 (permalink)
fade2green514 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: buffalo ny Age: 19 Posts: 3,185	if your going to go with that motherboard (its an expensive one, supports dual video cards!) you need a PCI-EXPRESS video card. NOT AGP. i decent budget card for pci-express is the x700pro or the x800gto. if you want performance, i agree with the other post, 7800gtx. x700pro sounds more your card though! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102457 also, the x800gt is a very nice card for the price http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102636