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My New and UPDATED system....
Balter
Member Posts: 1,015
In light of the WAR Beta re-opening in the future, (and for release of full-version), i have upgraded my system and my specs are now as follows:
-AMD Athlon X2 3800+
-eVGA GeForce 8800GT Superclocked
-3 GB DDR400 (pc3200) RAM.
-550W 12V CoolerMaster Power Supply
-250GB 7,200RPM Harddrive.
-(Windows Vista Home Basic)
How well does MMORPG think i will be able to run WAR? 
My build: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard, 4gb G.SKILL DDR2 667MHz RAM, Core 2 Duo e7200 CPU, 250gb Western Digital SATA Harddrive, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit.
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How much money did that cost you?
I don't think you'll have any problems running it. Your sys is basically the same as mine except you have +1g ram.
That's a nice setup though
The only thing I would ask is does WAR support Vista?
EDIT: I'm sure by release it should be no problem.
lol is there a difference between superclocking and overclocking?
It's the 8800GT but they are selling it overclocked. 50 bucks more.
Hehe, not a bad rig.
Mine will be finished in the early part of next year.
Running vista ultimate.
2.66 dual cord intel conroe
8 gigs of corsair DDR800
Asus Striker Extreme mobo
Two EVGA 8800ultras in SLI
1100W ABS PS
I would continue but everything else will only provide minor performance upgrades.
I was talking to a friend recently and told him that If I can't run WAR at 80fps with 100 people on the screen at the same time.. then I will have failed.
I originally bought a Gateway PC a year ago.
Since then, I upgraded the Power supply, RAM, and Video card. The gateway was $700 last year and the total cost for the video card, RAM and PSU was about $600.
My build: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard, 4gb G.SKILL DDR2 667MHz RAM, Core 2 Duo e7200 CPU, 250gb Western Digital SATA Harddrive, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit.
Ya i just got a new one going to up vid card but i have a AMD64x2 4200+ 4 gigs ddr2 ram and geforce 8500 not sure which vid card i want might wait and see how the 8500 plays before i decide anything
whats better?
QUESTION
Does having 8 gigs of ram help? Is that kinda over doing it or no? I dont have a clue.
I figured 2 gigs would be fine...8?
Well, to put it in perspective.....
I am running Windows Vista (Which takes 600MB of RAM idle) and i had Lord of the Rings Online open with the settings all at Ultra-high and i only had 1.5 GB's of RAM being used (1.6 at peak).
Personally, i think 2GB's is all you'll need.
My build: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850, Asus P5GC-MX/1333 Motherboard, 4gb G.SKILL DDR2 667MHz RAM, Core 2 Duo e7200 CPU, 250gb Western Digital SATA Harddrive, Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit.
Dang nice upgrades. Grats.
While we're talking gear, anyone try a liquid cooling system? If so, good results? What brand? I'm planning a massive upgrade myself - (waiting until some of the new titles hit - AoC, WAR) - and I'm suspecting I'll be generating quite a bit of heat... This fan noise is driving me crazy as it is - like sitting next to a jetliner.
Question?
Athlon or Intel?
Athlons are alot cheaper and anyone could get a 6400+ duel Athlon for 169 dollars processor.
Is it worth it?
I have a 1 year old Athlon dual core in my tower and it's been fast and flawless. Haven't tried a tower version of a pentium dual.
I have a dual core pentium in a newer but lower end laptop that seems solid, but the whole thing runs much slower than I expected - and has since I got it out of the box. I wouldn't take this as a solid review of Pentium dual cores, though, because my tower runs circles around the laptop in other respects.
Main point is, Athlons rock and I wouldn't shy away from them.
The Intel Core2Duo's ROCK AMD really hard. All the new Intel processors are a lot faster than any AMD processor out right now. If you're building a new computer now go for Intel, anything else is crazy. Same price for a lot of extra performance.
Well, to put it in perspective.....
I am running Windows Vista (Which takes 600MB of RAM idle) and i had Lord of the Rings Online open with the settings all at Ultra-high and i only had 1.5 GB's of RAM being used (1.6 at peak).
Personally, i think 2GB's is all you'll need.
Yeah but how many people were on screen at once? I remember getting choppy at times in WoW in 40 men raids with a lot of spells flying.. so I figured.. since RAM is so cheap, I might as well make it so I'll never need to upgrade in the next 10 years at least.But yes, it probably is overkill.
Dont take this the wrong way please.
AMD at 6400+
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx
Intel at 6000+
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx
Educate me please...How is intel better? No sarcasm intended!!!
AMD x2 6400+ (190 dollars):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103228
Intel e6750 (190 dollars):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115029
From the benchmarks I've read 6750 is 10-15% faster in a lot of categories. Plus, Intels can overclock higher and produce less heat.
IMO go with the q6600 quad core for like 90 dollars more. So sexy.
Edit: And if you want to see what benchmarks I'm reading, here's just 1 example... read all the pages, gaming, sys mark, rendering and other work applications, overall, etc:
http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-362-1.htm
The e6750 beats the x2 6400 either by a little or 8-20%, not to mention you see it consumes less power and produces less heat meaning it can overclock more and increase the performance gap a lot further.... all for the same price. No reason to buy the same price but totally lesser cpu unless you are upgrading a computer and are forced to use an AMD socket mobo...