New PC!!!

[Flight_Sim]

HI, I'm getting a new PC soon,what specs should I have to get high quality visuals like the ones I see in the monthly contests?THANKS.

[Weather_Man]

Something similar to this  :) :

Power Supply: OCZ Powerstream 520W PSU
Processor: AMD 64 3500 939 pin *
CPU Cooling: Zalman CPU cooler for Athlon 64
Motherboard: ASUS A8V-Deluxe Wifi
Graphics Card: ATI X800 Pro or X850XT
Memory:OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Platinum Revision 2(2X512mb) *
Hard Disk: Seagate 120GB 7200 RPM 8mb Cache SATA *
Sound Card: Creative Labs Audigy 2 ZS

https://magnum-pc.securewebsiteserver.n ... 56c2226334

[4_Series_Scania]

[quote]AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)

[MWISimmer]

Flight_sim,
Go with what you can afford, but in addition to the useful info above:
Motherboard -PCI-Express will future proof you.
Processor - AMD 64 socket 939 3500 or above for the same reasons as above & they're recognised as the best for pure gaming!
RAM - 512mb at minimum, 1gb preferable, buy in pairs for "Dual channel" purposes.
Graphics card.. now this is one of the hardest ones.. a good start would be a 6600gt, anything up to a X800pro.
PSU 450+ watts.
Good luck, and don't forget to factor in the cost of FS2004!
Rob.

[Flight_Sim]

Yeah,I was planning on getting a Dell Dimension 8400 with 1GB of RAM,3.20GHz pro,Win XP,80 Gb HD,ATI 8300.I have a budget of about $900.

[4_Series_Scania]

Spend your $900 on components rather than a pre-assembled PC.
Get a friend who knows what he's doing to build it for you if you can't do it yourself.

Result, a far better performing pc for the same money.

Browse through some of the other threads here, you'll realise a Dell isn't your best bet.  ;)

The spec machines I've quoted above will be available in the US, although I believe OC/UK do mail order....  ;D

[GunnerMan]

I really want an X2 from what I hear it has better features than Intels also AMD will be relising a low budget X2 for around 350$ Timefram:unknown