My Computer for Gaming for CS

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gilbertarenas

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Here is my computer or plan; I'm trying to stay under $1000-1100 and I haven't gotten a case or monitor yet
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DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Model #:LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultr

$128.00

CD/DVD Burners (RW Drives)
1 NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A - OEM

$39.94

Internal Hard Drives
1 Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823AS 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
$108.25 -$5.00 Instant
$103.25

Keyboards
1 Logitech Cordless Desktop Optical 967320-0403 Black PS/2 RF Wireless Standard Keyboard Mouse Included - OEM

$31.95 -$7.00 Instant
$24.95

Memory - System

1 CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWINX1024-3200C2PT - Retail
$123.00

Power Supplies

1 ASPIRE ATX-AS520W BLACK ATX 520W Power Supply - Retail
Model #:ATX-AS520W BLACK

$59.99

Processors

1 AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model
$190.00

Video Cards

1 connect3D 3038 Radeon X800GTO 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
Model #:3038
our cart
$183.00

SubTotal: $852.13
 
Video card needs an update. 6800 GT atleast. PSU, go with the Anter neo power He. CPU wise, that prcoessor is only $155 on newegg.com right now.
 
True. I suggest a X800XL. The video card I have now (look down) is the best on the market, but its a little outside your budget
 
Thechefxxxv said:
True. I suggest a X800XL. The video card I have now (look down) is the best on the market, but its a little outside your budget
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Where did you hear that?? right now its 7800GTX is the best out now. The less powerfull 7800 GT matches the X1800XT if not better. look here http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2005/10/17/sapphire_radeon_x1800xl/1.html

As for wat you should get gilbertarenas is like wat the others said above a 6600GT or the 6800GT.
 
I would recommend you upgrade your gfx card to an x800pro because it is much better priced than the 6800GT and performs pretty much equal with it. It also overclocks more than any other card I've experienced. The x800xl is initially better than the x800pro but it doesn't OC as high and is more expensive. If you really want an nVidia card, go with the 6800GT but it is more expensive.

The 3200+ is a great CPU and overclocks very good. If you want a little cheaper, the 3000+ plus is good and there is only a 200Mhz difference between the 3000 and 3200 but the performance difference can be noticeable when encoding...

Corsair XMS is very good and pretty fast RAM. You should really only get high priced RAM if you overclock. Value RAM can support a non-OCd machine quite well.




Where did you hear that?? right now its 7800GTX is the best out now. The less powerfull 7800 GT matches the X1800XT if not better. look here
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Dude, those benches compared the 7800GT with the X1800XL!! Not XT. If you were to actually look at benches between the 7800GTX and the x1800XT you would see that the performance between the two is nearly equal. The 7800GTX and 1800XT have their strong points and weak points on different games. here are some benches http://computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=23983
 
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one of those tests shows that the ATI x850xt pe outperformed the x1800xt, lol. And chef, please tell me that you overclock your cpu.

I would go with the 6800 or 6800GT for your video card, and a decent psu.
 
Thechefxxxv said:
I have the radeon X1800XT. Keyletter=T look here, they have the benchmarks in the thread. http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?p=1333986273#post1333986273
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ooops sorry my bad. but if you compare your source and my source is that your source shows that the XL was better than or even with the 7800GT while my source shows the 7800GT and the XL do better in some areas than the other, so either your source is wrong or mine is....hmmm....
Also look at this http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1813.1/ it shows the GTX does better than the XT but the XT does a little better (like 1fps) in Far Cry.
 
the guy says he wants to play cs, you can play cs with that card no problems you could probably play any game u wanted. but the 6600 or 6800 could be a better idea
 
Yeah, CS isn't very physically demanding compared to other games. You can play all settings maxed on a 6800 GT. I would reccomend a 7800 GT for sure though.
 
get a wired keyboard they work better than wireless
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I very much disagree with this comment. The right cordless keyboard works equal to and sometimes better then a wired keyboard and they are much more attractive as you don't have a cord running across your desk. The right cordless keyboard should work flawless before even installing the drivers and with the right amount of research its easy enough to find one.
 
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I very much disagree with this comment. The right cordless keyboard works equal to and sometimes better then a wired keyboard and they are much more attractive as you don't have a cord running across your desk. The right cordless keyboard should work flawless before even installing the drivers and with the right amount of research its easy enough to find one.
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Can you please explain to me how its possible for a wireless keyboard to work better if they are the exact same board?
 
Can you please explain to me how its possible for a wireless keyboard to work better if they are the exact same board?
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Do you really need me too? Hmmmmmm, In my comment I say if not better then a corded keyboard I did not say of the exact make and model, In this case it should be equal. Certainly should not be worse unless you factor in the fact that the wireless needs a battery or two but that would be nit picking as usual.

I'll do this for you though. My wife has a keyboard and mouse wireless combo that she got about 4 years ago or so. The keyboard in the set is the Logitech Wireless elite (not certain on the name) My wired keyboard I just gave up was the wired version. Besides having a cord it is identical to hers. Now mine I'd have to hit the dam F-Lock function key every time I would boot my PC and when I would forget I would usually end up getting annoyed while playing a game because I'd hit an F-Key and the game would minimize as something would pop up on my screen. Hers did not have this problem and it would remember if the F-Lock is supposed to be on or off by the last time. So you could say they are the same keyboard but one is wireless and the other is wired and the wireless work better in this case. Nit picking? yea sure but still there is your example. Is that good for you?

Anyhow before we are warned I think we had better keep this topic on track.

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if you get a wireless keyboard there could be lag time, you also may want to look into a better video card.
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Also here :). If you buy a really cheap keyboard then yes there might be some lag time. But when it comes to purchasing any equipment we should be making informed decisions anyhow so make sure that it is a quality keyboard before hand. You should have no problems with lag time if you make the right purchase.
 
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pbsk8er03 said:
Yeah, CS isn't very physically demanding compared to other games.
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I didnt know video games were physically demanding at all except the motion of your fingers. :) (and for you technical people those dancing games or w/e)

but I do agree with the 7800, eventually you may get burnt out on CS (took me about 2 hours to do so, but people are different) then you will want to play other games and you just wont get the same quality with a 6800 or 6600.
 
geoff5093 said:
one of those tests shows that the ATI x850xt pe outperformed the x1800xt, lol. And chef, please tell me that you overclock your cpu.
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Well, thankfully i overclocked all my parts, including the X1800XT. When I can see a nice crossfire board come out I am gonna grab another X1800XT. I will post somewhere how that turns out.
 
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