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Postby valo1030 » Tue Oct 19, 2004 3:48 am

i'm ready to solve all my fps problems with a new rig....give me your thoughts and comments on what i should buy today...i'm leaning toward an alienware 51, but they are way overpriced...i do want athlon fx53 (939PIN MOBO), and ati 800 platinum...what do you guys recommend off the shelf?????

(note...currently have hp 2.6 gig , 2g ram 2700, ati 9800xt, on board audio , real tec 97, 120 g hd dr, etc0

really need some good advice
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Re: need your advice

Postby Dan » Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:11 am

Have a look at Evesham's website. They've got some good ones there.... Had you considered building?
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Re: need your advice

Postby congo » Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:32 am

I think you'll see a bigger improvement with a NV6800 in your current system, rather than a new rig with the same card you have now....
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Re: need your advice

Postby Gixer » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:38 pm

Well I am carrying out the FS-GS service at the moment and all I will tell you is you could have the best rig ever, but if its setup wrong it still wont run FS2004 well  ;)

You basically want a similar spec to what I have except with a better CPU.  I could not justify the price of the FX53 though (Over double that of my 3500)

What you want sounds good though and lets hope it gets you the FPS you want.

I dont know any off the shelf PC's I am afraid though, I always make em myself.
AMD64 3500+ @ 2200MHz 400FSB
MSI K8N Neo 2 mobo nForce3 chipset
1gig Corsair XMS PC3200 timings @ 10.2.2.2
XFX 6800 Ultra @ 450/1200
80gig HDD
Loadsa fans!!!
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