asphyxiation
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I was the recent poster of "N00B PC" and got some good suggestions. I've tweaked some things and want to make sure everything's compatible and works well for the price. I'm on a bit of a budget (700-800 w/o monitor). I'm not an avid gamer, but would like to be able to play WoW sometime and use this as a solid rig for my e-commercy business.
I'm pretty sure that's a solid set up, but if anyone knows of some like-priced hardware that may be a better bet, please let me know. The biggest part that I'm in the blank on is the video card. There are two that seem to be good bets to me. They have varying specs, and I'm not sure which are more important.
XFX PVT84JYAJG GeForce 8600GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card
Link #1
GPU: 8600GT
Core clock: 540 MHz
Stream Processors: 32
Memory Clock: 1180 MHz
Memory Size: 512MB
Memory Interface:128-bit
Memory Type: GDDR2
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E OC GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card
Link #2
GPU: 8600GT
Core clock: 580 MHz
Stream Processors: 32
Memory Clock: 1600 MHz
Memory Size: 256MB
Memory Interface:128-bit
Memory Type: GDDR3
As you can see, all of this can be quite confusing for the newer guys. The first has a slower core clock, slower memory clock, but more memory. Of course, the second card has GDDR3 memory, not GDDR2. They're the exact same price, although the second card has a $20 mail-in rebate, making it that much cheaper.
What do you guys think of it all?
I'm pretty sure that's a solid set up, but if anyone knows of some like-priced hardware that may be a better bet, please let me know. The biggest part that I'm in the blank on is the video card. There are two that seem to be good bets to me. They have varying specs, and I'm not sure which are more important.
XFX PVT84JYAJG GeForce 8600GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card
Link #1
GPU: 8600GT
Core clock: 540 MHz
Stream Processors: 32
Memory Clock: 1180 MHz
Memory Size: 512MB
Memory Interface:128-bit
Memory Type: GDDR2
MSI NX8600GT-T2D256E OC GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card
Link #2
GPU: 8600GT
Core clock: 580 MHz
Stream Processors: 32
Memory Clock: 1600 MHz
Memory Size: 256MB
Memory Interface:128-bit
Memory Type: GDDR3
As you can see, all of this can be quite confusing for the newer guys. The first has a slower core clock, slower memory clock, but more memory. Of course, the second card has GDDR3 memory, not GDDR2. They're the exact same price, although the second card has a $20 mail-in rebate, making it that much cheaper.
What do you guys think of it all?
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