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Hey,
         was wondering if anyone could give me advise as to a graphics card to compliment this:


2GB Ram
Foxconn MB
6.8GHz Pentium D

6.8GHz Pentium D

6.8GHz Pentium D

holy!!!

okay, i know its not that...

maybe GeForce 7900 or something...

No he just played into one of my main pet peves. Just because a processor is a dual core DOES NOT mean that you automatically get to dubble the frequency and figure that is a comparable benchmark. My stock "5.2Ghz" Pentium D 805 preformed at about 40% less than my 3.4Ghz prescott in gaming. So you are looking at a 3.4Ghz Pentium D aren't you, and not a 6.8Ghz

And even then why are you buying a perin or a Smithfield unless you are buying a 805 only to overclock it insanely. a Core 2 Duo E6420 is going to outpreform that entire series.

Oh and Foxconn makes horrable motherboards. Buy a Gigabyte GA-P965-DS3 or an ASUS P5B.

Cheers
Cameron

No he just played into one of my main pet peves. Just because a processor is a dual core DOES NOT mean that you automatically get to dubble the frequency and figure that is a comparable benchmark. My stock "5.2Ghz" Pentium D 805 preformed at about 40% less than my 3.4Ghz prescott in gaming. So you are looking at a 3.4Ghz Pentium D aren't you, and not a 6.8Ghz

And even then why are you buying a perin or a Smithfield unless you are buying a 805 only to overclock it insanely. a Core 2 Duo E6420 is going to outpreform that entire series.

Oh and Foxconn makes horrable motherboards. Buy a Gigabyte GA-P965-DS3 or an ASUS P5B.

Cheers
Cameron

regardless - the question was about a graphics card to compliment wat hes got (or getting)...

7950GT

Cheers
Cameron