Need Help (buying pc)

Jonesy

Well guys heres the problem im getting a new pc. I need some help and opinions. Im not great and was hoping you who know or work on could cpu's could help me out. Below is the cpu info of the pc ive almost set my mind on getting.

Alienware Aurora System Specs

Processor
AMD Athlon™ 64
3500+ Processor

Operating System
Microsoft® Windows®
XP Home Edition

Memory
512MB Dual Channel DDR
PC-3200 SDRAM 400MHz

Hard Drive
80GB Seagate® SATA
with 8MB Cache

Graphics Processor
ATI RADEON™
9550SE 128MB

Sound Card
Integrated 5.1 Surround
Sound W/Optical Out

Well the thing I was wanting to know is would this cpu's graphics and so on allow me to play games like everquest and daoc without much lag(with broadband) and would it be safe to say it would allow me to play the top games coming out within the next 2-3 years. If you wish to see this computer here is the link http://www.alienware.com/Product_Pages/desktop_gaming.aspx

Thanks for your help,

Jonesy

Dekron

EQ or DAoC would play just fine.  But when you start getting into newer mmorpgs like EQ2 or WoW or DnL, you may want to reconsider gfx card and add more ram.  Everything else looks fine (although you may want to up to WinXP if you ever want to install development tools such as VS.Net, SQL Server Dev Edt. or anything else that requires IIS.  But if you have no clue what that stuff is, then don't worry about it.

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Jonesy

Thanks Dekron, I was thinking about that and I looked into the NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6800 GT PCI Express 256MB DDR3 w/Digital and S-Video Out  but i wasnt sure if it was worth the 400 extra bucks the site charges for it.

Dekron

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Originally posted by Jonesy
Thanks Dekron, I was thinking about that and I looked into the NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6800 GT PCI Express 256MB DDR3 w/Digital and S-Video Out  but i wasnt sure if it was worth the 400 extra bucks the site charges for it.

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You don't necessarily have to go with that.  Of course it is superb performance.  But you can get the ATI 9800 Pro for $268 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-340&depa=0.  It will give you great performance, but not a a more costly price.  But yeah, the 6800 is good.

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Loco-veda

AW is so damn expencive try this web site www.cyberpowerinc.com or www.ibuypower.com and you twice the power at the same price you would spend for a AW and i also suggest getting more ram =D

stephen_sof

you see the movie about posting .. always better to post a reply than a new thread like you should of made a reply in this thread http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion.cfm/load/forums/loadforum/488/loadthread/3481/setstart/1/loadclass/35

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