Ginetti, you may want to think about a CPU upgrade in 8-10 months if you want to stay on the leading edge. But you are probably fine for another year and a half to 2 years.
Can i ask the experts on here, how is my system going to stack up:
I have a dual core cpu with 3800+
2 Gigs of ram
I have 2 cards operating in SLI mode, they are both 7800 GTX's.
and i have an 8 year old monitor hehehe, but it does the job.
I'd be keen to know how it will handle AoC and Vanguard. As i'll definatly be playing one of those, they both look like something i've been waiting for.
Yeah as the other guy said I would probably update the CPU in the near future also your vid cards.. But if you wanna get alittle more preformace out of those two componets might wanna look into overclocking both of them(cpu and vid cards).. Look up some info on your motherboard because good overclocking (CPU wise) starts there.. If your MB is decent at over clocking your halfway there for the CPU.. the other half being a decent heatsink to keep your CPU cool.
Overclocking can get you a few more ghz out of your processor or a few more frame rates out of your vid card. Hell while I think about it you could probably overclock your ram as well if you have a decent MB and decent ram.
ANyways just do alittle research on overclocking and im sure you will be glad you did.
------------------------------ You see, every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with their surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You spread to an area, and you multiply, and you multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet.-Mr.Smith
Lots of folks here advocate building your own PC. You guys make it sound like it's a walk in the park to do it. I don't consider myself "electronically challenged" - in fact I used to mess around inside the box long before plug-n-play - flipping jumpers and resolving all kinds of IRQ conflicts, etc. However, the easier things have become, the more complicated they seem to have become for me. Installing anything makes me cringe and can end up being an hours long "project" while I figure out what has to slave to what or that I have to reinstall DirectX or download new drivers, etc. I shudder at the thought of building my own computer! The only plug-n-play I want to deal with is if I plug it in and it doesn't play, I want to unplug it and take/send it back - not take it apart and fiddle with it. Heaven forbid you get a defective part (which I understand is not a rarity with computer hardware) - and you can bet I'll be the one to get that defective part - I'm just that lucky!
While some people may consider building your own an exciting and satisfying challenge, there are others of us who consider it a time-consuming and frustrating experience - one about which we are never quite sure we've actually done it right. I realize that I could save several hundred dollars by building it myself, but the peace of mind I get from knowing that I can pack it up and take/send it back far outweighs the trepidation of spending several hours troubleshooting.
So, before any of you novices take the build-it-yourself route, please consider your knowledge level as well as your temperament. It ain't just about throwing a few parts in a box and bingo! Most included instructions are woefully inadequate if not outright wrong. Software and drivers are sometimes out-of-date and reinstalling one thing may mean you have to reinstall other things that won't be immediately apparent or otherwise referenced.
Ok, so I'm a doomsayer, however, I'm sure that some of you do-it-yourselfers have your own horror stories. While I don't want to scare anyone away from trying, make sure you have some support standing by that you can cry help to.
I so agree mate. I too used tio mess around building an upgrading way back when p90's were the thing however as technology has come on i seem to have less and less of a clue now and having had some ad experiences on home built systems i wouldnt ever try it again other than maybe swapping some memory or a gfx card out and even that has become more complicated witht compatability issues
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Overclocking can get you a few more ghz out of your processor or a few more frame rates out of your vid card. Hell while I think about it you could probably overclock your ram as well if you have a decent MB and decent ram.
ANyways just do alittle research on overclocking and im sure you will be glad you did.
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You see, every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with their surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You spread to an area, and you multiply, and you multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet.-Mr.Smith
Lots of folks here advocate building your own PC. You guys make it sound like it's a walk in the park to do it. I don't consider myself "electronically challenged" - in fact I used to mess around inside the box long before plug-n-play - flipping jumpers and resolving all kinds of IRQ conflicts, etc. However, the easier things have become, the more complicated they seem to have become for me. Installing anything makes me cringe and can end up being an hours long "project" while I figure out what has to slave to what or that I have to reinstall DirectX or download new drivers, etc. I shudder at the thought of building my own computer! The only plug-n-play I want to deal with is if I plug it in and it doesn't play, I want to unplug it and take/send it back - not take it apart and fiddle with it. Heaven forbid you get a defective part (which I understand is not a rarity with computer hardware) - and you can bet I'll be the one to get that defective part - I'm just that lucky!
While some people may consider building your own an exciting and satisfying challenge, there are others of us who consider it a time-consuming and frustrating experience - one about which we are never quite sure we've actually done it right. I realize that I could save several hundred dollars by building it myself, but the peace of mind I get from knowing that I can pack it up and take/send it back far outweighs the trepidation of spending several hours troubleshooting.
So, before any of you novices take the build-it-yourself route, please consider your knowledge level as well as your temperament. It ain't just about throwing a few parts in a box and bingo! Most included instructions are woefully inadequate if not outright wrong. Software and drivers are sometimes out-of-date and reinstalling one thing may mean you have to reinstall other things that won't be immediately apparent or otherwise referenced.
Ok, so I'm a doomsayer, however, I'm sure that some of you do-it-yourselfers have your own horror stories. While I don't want to scare anyone away from trying, make sure you have some support standing by that you can cry help to.
Greatness is difficult to appreciate from close up. The great mountain on the horizon is only the ground when you are standing on it.