Video Cards

CoolerKing · Post by **CoolerKing** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:37 am

Ok. I have researched some cruicial pieces.

1. Video Card NVidia 8600GT 256MB
2. Motherboard Mach speed MSNV939
3. AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800 2.0GHZ
4. Power Supply Ultry X Finity 600W dual 80mm fan SATA ready
SLI ready Titanium.

Total cost for this stuff around $350CA

Would this be all I need? Is the Ram an issue? I have 4 slots currently and it is 2 512 chips.

Thanks Guys

Post by **Archangelus** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:04 am

Depends what type of RAM you have now. Do you know what model of motherboard you have now?

CoolerKing · Post by **CoolerKing** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:10 am

It is a Dell. The manufacter of the RAM was Samsung. I'm a noob....

z3r07w0 · Post by **z3r07w0** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:03 pm

His new motherboard probably has DDR and DDR2 slots. His old motherboard supported DDR. So, for now, just using your 2x 512mb DDR should be fine. Later you can upgrade to the DDR2.

midnightservice · Post by **midnightservice** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:50 pm

incorrect DDR and DDR2 are not inter changeable, DDR ram will not fit ina DDR2 slot

XoR · Post by **XoR** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:21 pm

This is just my observation, but the reviews seem to favor the 7900GS and ATI X1950Pro over the 8600GT. And you save a few bucks.

The DX10 support is a mirage. The shaders that take advantage of 10 would buckle the pipes anyways, so the support is basically moot. This is a marketing move only, and not a practical one.

My 2 copper

Fimo · Post by **Fimo** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 1:34 am

Thanks for all the help yall ill see if i can find some money hah

Fimo