I'm planing on buying a new gaming PC and would like some advice

[Mize]

FF lag? I see it on my kids' mac lately, but not at all under linux. No windows boxes to compare really. The latest Opera is buggy as hell.

 

[Davros]

Really what probs have you noticed with opera ?
I havnt noticed anything

 

[Hazuki Ryu]

I'm considering the following components for my PC what do you guys think?

Motheroard: ASROCK ALIVENF5 E-SATA2 R3.0 NFORCE520 SKAM2 58.5€
Processor AMD ATHLON 64BIT X2 DUAL-CORE 5200+ BOX SKAM2 62.9€
Memory: OCZ XTC GOLD DDR2 2X1GB PC6400 40.9€
Graphics: ASUS 8800GT HTDP 256MB GDDR PCI-E 118.9€

This is keeping in mind that it seems to be impossible to have long life PCs for gaming I'm deciding to go with a cheaper investement to replace in 2 or 3 years maybe adding a thing or 2 in the middle most likely.

Prices are from here: http://chiptec.net/index.php

Would the XFX 9600GT 512MB GDDR PCI-E be a better deal for 121.5€ ?

There's a few here on that price range http://chiptec.net/index.php?catid=4&subcat=340&pagina=35&order=preco

 

[Mize]

Really what probs have you noticed with opera ?
I havnt noticed anything

I get frequent lock-ups and some opera plugin wrapper process that chews up 100% of an entire core. I think that's its Flash solution or something. I also find when it locks up I often cannot kill it with ^C if I launch from a terminal window (very strange) and have to manually ps axv | grep opera to find and kill -9 the process. Lame.

 

[pjbliverpool]

I'm considering the following components for my PC what do you guys think?

Motheroard: ASROCK ALIVENF5 E-SATA2 R3.0 NFORCE520 SKAM2 58.5€
Processor AMD ATHLON 64BIT X2 DUAL-CORE 5200+ BOX SKAM2 62.9€
Memory: OCZ XTC GOLD DDR2 2X1GB PC6400 40.9€
Graphics: ASUS 8800GT HTDP 256MB GDDR PCI-E 118.9€

This is keeping in mind that it seems to be impossible to have long life PCs for gaming I'm deciding to go with a cheaper investement to replace in 2 or 3 years maybe adding a thing or 2 in the middle most likely.

Prices are from here: http://chiptec.net/index.php

Would the XFX 9600GT 512MB GDDR PCI-E be a better deal for 121.5€ ?

There's a few here on that price range http://chiptec.net/index.php?catid=4&subcat=340&pagina=35&order=preco

The 9600GT is quite a bit slower than the 8800GT. That said, I wouldn;t get a 256MB card if I were you. If your going to be doing some serious gaming on it then your better off going with an HD 4850. Its a bit more but probably no more so that the price of 1 game.

 

[Hazuki Ryu]

The 9600GT is quite a bit slower than the 8800GT. That said, I wouldn;t get a 256MB card if I were you. If your going to be doing some serious gaming on it then your better off going with an HD 4850. Its a bit more but probably no more so that the price of 1 game.

I'll keep that in mind for sure how significant will the difference be ?

I have this prices http://chiptec.net/index.php?extra=pesquisa&palavra=4850&categoria=4&B1.x=1&B1.y=11 what do you think wich brand should be the best? I have had good experiences with sapphire radions in the past unlike asus so that would be my first choise.

 

[pjbliverpool]

I'll keep that in mind for sure how significant will the difference be ?

I have this prices http://chiptec.net/index.php?extra=pesquisa&palavra=4850&categoria=4&B1.x=1&B1.y=11 what do you think wich brand should be the best? I have had good experiences with sapphire radions in the past unlike asus so that would be my first choise.

Between a 512MB 4850 and a 256MB 8800GT the difference would be significant IMO. Even with the same memory size the 4850 is a good 20% faster but were memory is a limitation the 8800 will tank while the 4850 will keep flying!

Plus with the 4850 you get usable 8xMSAA. As for which brand you go with, I don't think it matters really. Outside of cost and clock speeds the're all pretty much identical.

 

[Hazuki Ryu]

Between a 512MB 4850 and a 256MB 8800GT the difference would be significant IMO. Even with the same memory size the 4850 is a good 20% faster but were memory is a limitation the 8800 will tank while the 4850 will keep flying!

Plus with the 4850 you get usable 8xMSAA. As for which brand you go with, I don't think it matters really. Outside of cost and clock speeds the're all pretty much identical.

The card is not PCI-e 2.0 is it? If yes is it worth getting a board that supports it for 30€ more?

Are those specs enough to run crysis? Have been reading some stuff about guys not getting more than 20fps with crysis with 2 HD4850 on crossfire :S is that possible?

Thanks for the help.

 

[Skrying]

Depending on the settings... yes but realistically not really. A 4580 for instance should do Crysis at nearly all settings High at 1680x1050, my 8800GTS 512MB does just slightly under that for instance. I'd highly recommend the HD4850, great card and tremendous value.

 

[Hazuki Ryu]

Depending on the settings... yes but realistically not really. A 4580 for instance should do Crysis at nearly all settings High at 1680x1050, my 8800GTS 512MB does just slightly under that for instance. I'd highly recommend the HD4850, great card and tremendous value.

I guess it's decided then ::smile:

Edit: Just decided to change the board and the memory for little aditional cost to this:

Hopefuly the last time I do so and I'll probably be getting it tomorrow

ASROCK K10N78HSLI-GLAN NVIDIA8200 SKAM2
Descrição: -Para processadores AM2+ / AM2 processors: AMD Phenom™ FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon X2 Dual-Core / Athlon 64 / Sempron
-Chipset:NVIDIA® GeForce 8200
-4 x DDR2 DIMM 1066/800/667/533
-ALC662 Audio Codec 5.1
-Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

Slots:
- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (green @ x16 mode)
- 2 x PCI Express x1 slots
- 3 x PCI slots

Armazenamento:
6 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s
1 x eSATAII 3.0 Gb/s
1 x ATA133 IDE

Preço: 58.9€

OCZ REAPER DDR2 2X1GB PC8500
Descrição: -P/N:OCZ2RPR10662GK
-1066MHz DDR2
-EPP 5-5-5-15
-2.3 Volts
-Dissipador HPC Garantia: 2 ano(s) Preço: 55.9€