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| Thread ID: 47505 | 2004-07-28 07:39:00 | pc build advice | bigbadsi (5942) | Press F1 |
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| 256237 | 2004-08-12 10:51:00 | > Get better RAM. You should be able to get a good > brand and reasonable latency. Kiki - Why do you promote low latency ram? Why not a higher bandwidth one instead of a lower latency one? Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 256238 | 2004-08-12 10:55:00 | > Get the MSI 9800 Pro if you do get one. <$450 Yes. go the MSI. It is an excelent card. It over clocks so well it beats the XT even when the XT is overclocked. www.overclockers.co.nz > Get better RAM. You should be able to get a good > brand and reasonable latency. > > XP Pro. there is no point in XP Pro for the 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000th time. look at an x800pro |
fus1_n (3818) | ||
| 256239 | 2004-08-12 10:57:00 | > Seems Doom 3 is very forgiving with low specs PCs. > > Now I'm really confused! uh......The better the rig,the better the picture quality and framerate=KICK ARSE GAMEPLAYING SHANNINGENS The article pretty much says you can play it on low detail with the recomended specs,and of course mention numerous times that the better the rig the better the game runs. Why are you confused? I would be confused if you bought an AMD1700,368mb ram,Nvidia 5700 and called it a doominator. |
metla (154) | ||
| 256240 | 2004-08-12 10:57:00 | > Kiki - Why do you promote low latency ram? Why not a higher bandwidth one instead of a lower latency one? Like PC4000, DDR500 instead of PC3200 DDR400?? Yeah that would work as you could run the RAM at 400Mhz and then lower the timings a bit. Just depends on which works out to be cheaper. ;) |
kiki (762) | ||
| 256241 | 2004-08-12 11:01:00 | 1) What's all this admin editing business? 2) I run every game on an MX420 - smoothly. They don't look great, but I can still win. |
Growly (6) | ||
| 256242 | 2004-08-12 11:23:00 | I'm confused because it seems you can play Doom 3 on a cheap arse PC and really enjoy it! Should I want to spend $3K on a new box if I suspect I can play the game on my aging GF3 card? Also, Doom 3 won't install on anything other than WinXP. SI |
bigbadsi (5942) | ||
| 256243 | 2004-08-12 11:28:00 | There is a work around for installing Doom on earlier operating systems. And of course you can enjoy DOOM on any rig that can run it,Thats because its an excellent game. gf3 will be streching it a bit,but should be playable at low detail. |
metla (154) | ||
| 256244 | 2004-08-12 12:00:00 | Guys, Is this over the top (the Mobo/CPU) and should I spend on the recent cards? Asustek A8V Deluxe Motherboard 301.50 AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz Socket 939 610.00 Radeon 9800 Pro 256Mb 673.88 512Mb PC3200 DDR400 DUAL CHANNEL RAM 318.00 Windows XP Home 250.00 Seagate 80Gb 7200rpm Serial ATA 133.65 LiteOn LDW-812S Dual Format 8X DVD Writer 180.00 Case/PSU 200.00 Total 2,667.03 |
bigbadsi (5942) | ||
| 256245 | 2004-08-12 12:06:00 | Havent we already been over this? If you need talking into a large purchase by a bunch of strangers then its probbaly not a good idea. Sleep on it for a week. |
metla (154) | ||
| 256246 | 2004-08-12 12:15:00 | > Should I want to spend $3K on a new box if I suspect I can play the game on my aging GF3 card? You mean to say you're seriously considering spending up to $3000 on a new PC on a game that you've never even tried? You might not even like it? Why don't you buy it first and see if it runs on your current system. |
kiki (762) | ||
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