new system helpp

by **hitznrunz** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 1:38 pm

im looking to build a whole new system from scratch with about 400 bucks...I need mobo, cpu, mem and video card....i have the rest.....what should i do?
i was thinking xp2600 w/mobo for 125....geforce fx5600 ultra at 120...512 pc2700 at 60....what are your thoughts.....help me

by **Bagginses** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 1:42 pm

Wow, if you can get all that for $400, I should just go by a new computer myself.

-Bagginses

by **hitznrunz** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 1:45 pm

hehe...ive really been searching around for the deals...the prices have been dropping the last few weeks...

by **Bagginses** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 1:49 pm

Originally posted by hitznrunz
hehe...ive really been searching around for the deals...the prices have been dropping the last few weeks...

I would hope so with the holidays coming and such. I guess it's time I get that new video card that I need...

-Bagginses

PS. Are you finding this stuff off of a website, and if so, which one?

by **Horsepower** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 2:21 pm

http://www.pricewatch.com
http://www.pricegrabber.com
http://www.fatwallet.com
http://www.anandtech.com (hot deals forum)

by **shockwave203** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 2:37 pm

if you're going to be buying a nice system like that, you should really get a better video card. Paying the higher prices for the hardware, then having a video card bottlekneck you, seems sort of like a waste.

I'd save up an extra hundred bucks and buy a really good video card, that way you can enjoy more out of your system. If not, then buy a slower processor to save some money.

the fx5600 ultra is cheap because it's not what you'd call a 'high end card'

it looks like it would be fast, sounds like it would have some speed, but it really doesnt.

"In the standard tests without FSAA and anitotropic filtering, the FX 5600 Ultra seems to be just about the same or slower than a GeForce4 Ti4200 8x and Radeon 9500 PRO. This might be due to the reduced pixel pipelines (2x2, as opposed to 4x2). With 4xFSAA, it appears to reach nearly double the performance of the 4200, beating a 4800 as well, but it loses out to the Radeon 9500 PRO. It's a similar picture with the anisotropic filtering. In the pixel shader tests from 3DMark 2001, it beats the 4200/2800, but loses in the vertex shader tests. In both tests, it clearly loses to the Radeon 9500 PRO. "

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/200303061/geforcefx-5600-5200-02.html

There is a Radeon 9600 PRO at newegg.com for $139.00, and it is MUCH faster than the 5600

just something to think about.

by **hitznrunz** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 3:10 pm

wow i didnt know that the 5600 ultra was a crappy card...ive had the 9600 pro in the past but it was just average in performance. call of duty with 1 gig 2700 and xp2500...with the 9600 pro....i couldnt go 1024x768 with max detail...what about the new 5700 ultra.....and is it true that you can take a 9600 pro and through software enable the other 4 pipelines....there is a website that has it going for 100 bucks right now.great deal.
Ive had these video cards in the past....
voodoo 3 2000
matrox g200
nvidia g2 mx400
nvidia mx440
radeon 9600 pro
radeon 9700 pro
nvidia ti4400
geforce fx 5200
geforce fx 5200 ultra
geforce fx5800
the best cards i thought was the 9700 pro and the ti4400....i shouldve held onto them haha..

by **hitznrunz** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 3:11 pm

could i possibly get away with getting an xp2000 and throwing a 9700 pro in there?

by **Edogg** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 3:16 pm

Originally posted by hitznrunz
wow i didnt know that the 5600 ultra was a crappy card...ive had the 9600 pro in the past but it was just average in performance. call of duty with 1 gig 2700 and xp2500...with the 9600 pro....i couldnt go 1024x768 with max detail...what about the new 5700 ultra.....and is it true that you can take a 9600 pro and through software enable the other 4 pipelines....there is a website that has it going for 100 bucks right now.great deal.
Ive had these video cards in the past....
voodoo 3 2000
matrox g200
nvidia g2 mx400
nvidia mx440
radeon 9600 pro
radeon 9700 pro
nvidia ti4400
geforce fx 5200
geforce fx 5200 ultra
geforce fx5800
the best cards i thought was the 9700 pro and the ti4400....i shouldve held onto them haha..

wait let me get this straight...You at one time have had 9700pro,9600pro, and a fx5800; and now you want 5600 ultra :rotflmao:

The 9700pro is the fastest out of all the cards that you have had or want to get. The 9600pro and the 5800 are also faster than 5600ultra.

by **hitznrunz** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 3:19 pm

hahahaha..i dont have the money for a 9700 this time around hehe..i was just looking for a reasonably priced card to run wolf call of duty etc.....thats all...i still wish i had them hehe...

by **Edogg** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 3:22 pm

what did you do with those other cards, and what made you get rid of them?

by **hitznrunz** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 3:45 pm

i just kept getting boreed with em lol...always wanted a new one....im looking at th3 5700 ultra online right now...looks good lol

by **Edogg** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 4:00 pm

Originally posted by hitznrunz
i just kept getting boreed with em lol...always wanted a new one....im looking at th3 5700 ultra online right now...looks good lol

you are not supposed to get bored with hardware, especially if it perfroms really good.

I really dont know what to suggest to you here. Im still in a daze after seeing what cards you have had but then let go of.
If you still had tha 9700 pro, I could come up with a pretty decent system for 400 bucks to go along with it.

by **hitznrunz** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 4:24 pm

hahahahhaaa....yea i suck lol

by **(>Tool<)** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 2:28 am

oh bother......

new system helpp

new system helpp

Who is online