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MOTHERBOARD:

ASUS P5VD1-X Socket T (LGA 775) VIA PT880 Ultra ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Model #: P5VD1-X
Item #: N82E16813131566
Price: 59.99 //$4.85 Three Day Shipping (Not available in HI, AK and PR)

PROCESSOR:

Pentium 4 540J SOCKET 775 3.2GHZ (3200MHZ) 800MHZ BUS 1024K Heat Sink+Fan
included.
Model: INP4-775-540JBOX
Price: $234.00 //Ships in 1-2 days

RAM:

Samsung 1GB DDR/PC3200
Model: SAM1GBPC3200
Price: $58.99 //Free GROUND Shipping

Video Card:

XFX PVT42GUAD GeForce 6800 GS PCI Express 256MB DDR Video Card w/TV-Out & DVI
Retail ***Free 2nd Day***
ZipZoomFly Part#: 321037
Manufacturer: XFX
Manufacturer SKU: PVT42GUAD
Price: $200.06 // Free Shipping+$20.00 rebate (expires: 2/15/06)

Hard Drives:

WesternDigital Hard Drive EIDE 200GB 7200RPM WD2000BB
Model: WD2000BB
Manufacturer: Western Digital
Price: $83.00

DVD ROM/R-W

Lite-On Soho-1693S Black Internal 16x16 cd/dvd-RW
Model: SOHW-1693S-BULKB
Item Code: D116SOHW1693SBB
Manufacturer: Lite-On
Price: $41.49 //3.99 Shipping

FLOPPY DRIVE:
Sony 1.44mb Floppy Drive [Black]
Model: ASNF144B
Manufacturer: Sony
Price: $11.75 //Free Shipping

Power Supply:
550W ATX Power Supply 20pin + 4pinP4 & AMD Compatible By Power Magic - Dual Fan
Item: PSPMGDF550ATXEB550P
Price: 19.95 // Free Shipping

TOWER:
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Mid
Tower Computer Case - Retail
Model #: CAC-T05-UW
Item #: N82E16811119068
Price: $44.99 //$15.99 3-Day Shipping


I'll be changing the Tower for a cooler looking one. I want to know ur opinion on this. How good would it be? I want it to play games life half life 2, WOW, AOE 3, City of Heroes, FEAR games like that. How good is that vid card?

Any advice would be apreciated.
 
Basically that 6800GS is the lower clocked version of the 6800GT, Like the GT it plays the games you listed fine so I should Think that the GS would play all of them games on medium/high settings with quite good fps:)
 
Bootup05 said:
Basically that 6800GS is the lower clocked version of the 6800GT
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Higher clock, fewer pipes. But I take your point, it's slightly less powerful than the GT, and a great card at that budget.

Any advice would be apreciated.
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1. Don't get that PSU. There's more to a PSU than it's wattage rating, read PSU101 for more details.
2. AMDs are generally better for gaming than P4s. I'd look at the AMD 3700+, which is roughly the same price as that P4. You'd need a different mobo as well, of course.
 
ceewi1 said:
Higher clock, fewer pipes. But I take your point, it's slightly less powerful than the GT, and a great card at that budget.


1. Don't get that PSU. There's more to a PSU than it's wattage rating, read PSU101 for more details.
2. AMDs are generally better for gaming than P4s. I'd look at the AMD 3700+, which is roughly the same price as that P4. You'd need a different mobo as well, of course.
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it aint that much powerful. heres a link
http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2593
 
ckfordy said:
it aint that much powerful. heres a link
http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2593
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anandtech said:
The 6800 GS looks like it hits the sweet spot between price and performance this holiday season. Aside from cutting the cost of the 6800 GT, the 6800 GS doesn't cost that much more than a vanilla 6800 with 256MB of RAM. As the vanilla 6800 performs just slightly better than the 6600 GT, we can say with confidence that the 6800 GS has taken over the 6800 line and is the only real option left of the bunch.
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About what I expected, having seen quite a few of these reviews. It seems to perform only a couple of FPS below the GT (I did say SLIGHTLY less powerful). Obviously it won't compare to a 7800GT, but then again the price difference is significant. Much better value than the 6800GT, IMO.
 
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=321037&affiliate=pricewatch


thats the link to the video card, r u sure thats the same video card as the 6800 GS that the link talks about?
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It might not be the exact same one, but it is the same GPU. Plus it has the advntage of having slightly higher clock speeds then the standard 6800 GS
whats wrong w/ the power supply?
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Its a weak PSU with on 16A on the 12V rail. Look at dual rail PSU's (they have 2 12V rails, sharing the load) or a PSU with a minimum of 28A on the 12V rail. As said above, the wattage doesnt make the PSU strong.
 
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