Athlon 64

[andrees]

I have was going to get a Athlon XP 3000 with a Geforce FX5200, but after some advice I have decided to upgrade my original order to the following:

Athlon 64 3000+ Processor
Geforce FX5700
512Mb DDR400 Memory
ASUS K8V SE DELUXE MOTHERBOARD
80Gb 7200RPM Hard Drive
DVD Drive
52 speed CDROM, 52x CD write
Midi Tower ATX[/B]

Is this a good spec to start gaming, etc?

 

[Intemptesta Nox]

All good except for the 5700gfx, if you are into extreme game - Doom 3, Far Cry etc.

For roughly the same price (Sterling, anyway) you can pick up a 9800PRO card, which is a lot better. You will probably be dissapointed with your games with the 5700. I'll post some benchmarks results.

 

[Intemptesta Nox]

Ok for Call of Duty, the 5700 got rougly 79FPS at 1024x768, on a system slightly lower than yours - 2.8 Athlon. The 9800PRO got around 129FPS. Big difference.

Go here for more comparisons. http://www20.graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/vga-charts-05.html

 

[Sniper]

good advice by Intemptesta Nox! the 9800 Pro would be a better choice! also how much are you wanting to spend on the system?

 

[Intemptesta Nox]

Thanks! :good:

you can call me Nox for short if you want :) it's a bit of a mouthful, the full name :D