Bought a new rig, could use a little advice...

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Mr. Taxman gave me a nice refund, so I bought the follwing PC+Monitor:

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Gateway-Desktop-PC-GT5032-/sem/rpsm/oid/141812/catOid/-12962/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Gateway-Monitor-FPD2185W-/sem/rpsm/oid/138525/catOid/-12965/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

Seeing as it has a Athon X2 4200 and lots of other nice features for less than 800 bucks I figured I couldn't go too terribly wrong. I splurged on the monitor though. (21" Widescreen! :dopey:) I am not really a computer geek, so I could use some help in deciding what graphics card to buy, as the one that comes with it is not going to be the best choice for playing newer games at high detail since it shares system RAM. I do not really know much about the differences between ATI and Nvidia, I am leaning towards Nvidia since my rig already has one in it, but I really don't care. I don't want to spend 500 dollars on a graphics card, but I will spend what's needed to get something fairly powerful so I can play games like BF2, F.E.A.R., AOE III, and GTL at high res with no problems, and not have to replace it for about 18 months to 2 years. Hoping to spend $200-250 here if I can get something good at that price. I am also planning on removing the two 512 RAM chips and selling them on ebay and replacing with two 1 GB RAM chips, maybe upgrading to 4 GB down the road sometime. So I could use some advice on the RAM too. (Corsiar?) I'd like to stay under $200 for the total 2 GB of RAM. I'd probably order from newegg.com as they seem to have good prices, unless I can get something locally for a similar price on sale or if someone has a better idea. Any ideas or advice would be appreciated.👍
 
Get a 6800GT or the like. It'll keep you happy for a while..

Ram.. Unless you plan to do serious OC'ing where you can be arsed to change one setting at a time, reboot, run your ram test, redo scenario, repeat... I'd say whatever name brand you can find will work. I've used Kingston, GeIL, Noname for everything I've built - and I still have to see a stick of ram fail on me. What you get when buying the high priced stuff is things like paired chips and such, and unless you're going to push the envelope, you don't need it...

[Edit:] - No matter what GFX card you buy at the moment, you'll be dated once Windows Vista arrives with it's built in DX10 core, which, rumour has it, won't be available for XP/2000 users....
 
Oh crud. I was just about to ask you about the standard monitor that came with that PC, since i was considering buying it. That's the monitor, not the PC :P

Sorry i couldn't be any help otherwise :lol:
 
Get a 7800GT

Or if you have enough cash

7800GTX 512mb or radeon 1900XT 512mb they are the best cards atm.

i personally have a 7800GTX 256mb and its very nice!

You should be able to at least get a 7800GT though.
 
Small_Fryz
Get a 7800GT

Or if you have enough cash

7800GTX 512mb or radeon 1900XT 512mb they are the best cards atm.

i personally have a 7800GTX 256mb and its very nice!

You should be able to at least get a 7800GT though.
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He said he doesn't want to spend $500 on a video card ;)
 
"If the $299 price for the X1800 XT is genuine, the card will likely be a tough competitor to the rumored $299 GeForce 7900 GT, which is expected to have similar specifications to the current 7800 GTX. ATI is also expected to introduce a Radeon X1800 XL 512MB for $299, as well as an X1800 GTO for $199-249, which will likely compete against NVIDIA's anticipated GeForce 7600 GT."

http://www.techreport.com/onearticle.x/9475

Yup, all facts here, i backed up my info, so i was right.
 
RobcioPL
"If the $299 price for the X1800 XT is genuine, the card will likely be a tough competitor to the rumored $299 GeForce 7900 GT, which is expected to have similar specifications to the current 7800 GTX. ATI is also expected to introduce a Radeon X1800 XL 512MB for $299, as well as an X1800 GTO for $199-249, which will likely compete against NVIDIA's anticipated GeForce 7600 GT."

http://www.techreport.com/onearticle.x/9475

Yup, all facts here, i backed up my info, so i was right.
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Finally we might ge able to get an SLI rig for less than the price of the rest of the damn computer!
 
I found a decent 7800 256MB for 300 at newegg, but it's out of stock. I guess if the 7900's are going to drop in only a week I can hold out until then. Thanks for the heads up!
 
CFM
I found a decent 7800 256MB for 300 at newegg, but it's out of stock. I guess if the 7900's are going to drop in only a week I can hold out until then. Thanks for the heads up!
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I believe Nvidia stopped making them. 7900's are knocking on the door.
 

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