Given the similar Ghz, Pentium D820 @ 2.8Ghz, Core2Duo @ 2.8Ghz (if there's is) and the new S series (S2160@1.6Ghz), w/c will give me the best bang for the buck. Also what mobo to go with it? Budget wise too, an Asus, ECS, Asrock, Gigabyte ?
2007-11-30 09:38:43 · 3 answers · asked by Arnie A 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
when ur talking about a good gaming pc its 95% in the videocard settup ... there needs to be enough ram ... and any modern processor will do ... you can have the very latest ultra ghz quadcore and its not going to make a weeny videocard perform ... get an asus sli board and sli a couple of good nvidias together and u cant go wrong ...
2007-11-30 09:42:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with what dawn said but there's a bit more complexity to an sli setup which you should be aware of if its something you are considering.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/245454-33-crossfire-faqs
But she's quite right; put your money into an sli mb and reasonable ram/cpu then spend as much as you can on the gpus. Two 8800gt's is the value/performance sweet spot right now @$250 each.
2007-11-30 19:14:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66gHz) or E6850 (3.0gHz) would be best and less bottlenecked by the very fast graphics cards.
2007-11-30 19:29:20 · answer #3 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋