Well....

[N3crosis]

Specs I've pretty much decided on are 9800GT, Q6600, 2-4GB of RAM (Still haven't decided on that ). Any thoughts or advice to give me?Oh, I Forgot to mention it's for gaming, and right now just wondering about Crysis and stuff like that. Also, what monitor size do you think I should get; 19,20, or 22?

 

[PC eye]

A 9800GT is more then adequate for Crysis as well as other games. The same goes for Radeon 3870s and now 4850s and 4870s for ATI.

Great news and a good time to be looking for a 22" lcd since prices have fallen sharply in the last several months. For gaming the things to look at beside screen size is seeing a low number for the response time like 2ms on many models as well as the quality of the brand selected. I can point you at a pair of LG 22' models seeing a 2ms response plus the much higher contrast ratio of 10000.1 as seen at http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000190020%201309822582%20131061713%201310621391%201310527803&name=10000%3a1

 

[elitehacker]

I think if you can afford a 22" screen then you should pay the extra bit for a 24" one. The native resolution of 22" screens are a tad under true 1080p resolution so if you intend to turn your computer into a HDTV then you will miss out but only marginally in terms of resolution.
About playing Crysis, the 9800GT should be more than adequate to run it on high settings with AA and AS disabled though. Unless you want to overclock it to give it abit of an edge. Crysis Warhead is out today, can't wait to play the game. ^_^

 

[TrainTrackHack]

I would invest in a Radeon 4850 if you want to play Crysis, 9800GT will struggle on Crysis maxed out but is adequate. Better yet, the Radeon 4870. If it has to be NVIDIA, I would suggest you shell out the money for a GTX260, I heard those offer pretty good value. AFAIK 9800GX2 is being discontinued, so you don't want to get that because it's going to lack support, and AFAIK 9800GTX+ offers poor value when compared to the 4850 though the prices have come down a fair bit since I last updated myself on this stuff. 4850 and 9800GTX+ are about equal performers, so you'll want the cheaper if you decide to go for wither of these. If budget doesn't allow for a better card, 9800GT is good but if I were you I'd save and go for 8800GT because they're practically the same card (thenagain I'm a cheapskate).

 

[PC eye]

I have what must be the first version of Crysis and can easily run that with AA and AS settings upto 2x without problems on an MSI Radeon HD 2600XT 512mb model card. For being on a tight budget you might look at a 3870 model however since the prices have started to fall on those.

For a period of time the 22" lcds were being sold for less then some 19" models. Why pay something like $325- for a 24" when you could buy a 22" for just below or just above $200-? You might ask why the 22" LG models seen there are about $300- until seeing the same brand 24" model for about $400- at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005113

 

[Stildawn]

My system with my new 4870.

Kills crysis on very high. Easy as, and smooth.. Maybe not smooth enough for hard out FPS people, but its diff smooth enough to play and runs fine.

 

[Jerrick]

My system with my new 4870.

Kills crysis on very high. Easy as, and smooth.. Maybe not smooth enough for hard out FPS people, but its diff smooth enough to play and runs fine.

Very high is greyed out for me. But everything on high 8xaa, and 1440x900 res and I just ran through the whole game the last two days and beast it about 30mins ago. no lag at all.

 

[Stildawn]

Very high is greyed out for me. But everything on high 8xaa, and 1440x900 res and I just ran through the whole game the last two days and beast it about 30mins ago. no lag at all.

Are you on XP? I heard there was a patch around that unlocked very high on XP.