Sorry, I got this thread mixed up with the crysis thread.

lol, not a problem.

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hey, get the 1gig radeon 2900. its only 50 bucks more and it gives you a massive memory jump. My cousin has one and it makes me so jelous. It Brings a tear to my eye when i can see what his comp can do

-Matt
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oh, and i just wanted to add that i saw you guys were commenting on Vista. When you say its a process hog, it really isn't. When you look at the ram usage indicator its going to say you are using a majority of your ram because vista is going to try to use as much as it can to make your experience better. Then when you open an application and want to do other thigs vista starts using less ram on the OS and more on the app. So vista isn't really out to be the baddy you think it is. And i think its pointless for you to buy this big beefy card and not even be able to use dx10 capabilites when all the newer games are coming out. On my gaming specific computer im running vista and i think its absolutely amazing. I mean, after all it is your comp, but Vista isn't really all that bad. But you do have to realize that in the world we live in today most of the time its out with the old and in with the new. If you want full capabilites in gaming and able to use all of your hardware to its max you should get Vista. You cant even use all four gigs of your ram on xp. Quite hinestly you would be wasting money on things you can use to your full potential. Its like buying a cadillac to go offroading in. it doesn't makes sense.

so theres my two cents,
-Matt Schlapa

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There is no such thing as a bad operating system....only windows

man i was thinkin about getting vista for gamez, and xp for most evrything else (i love xp)

this ram is 2 gigs for only like 55 bucks

N82E16820231098

thinkin about gettin that.

or kingston hyperx 2 GB (but thats more cash.)

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Careful with the Kingston HyperX...

It says its 800MHz, but it runs at 667MHz.

is it a big difference? did you look at the N82E16820231098 on newegg? what do you think of that amount for the price?

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Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Newegg.com - Rosewill RX750-S-B ATX12V v2.2 & EPS12V v2.91 750W Power Supply 100 - 240 V TUV, FCC, UL, CE, RoHS - Retail

Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Newegg.com - EVGA 640-P2-N829-A1 GeForce 8800GTS SSC 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Newegg.com - Antec P182 Gun Metal Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail


What do you guys think of this setup?

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Looks great but id get an ASUS board ... ive had far less problems with them as i just got another bad gigabyte today for a system ... thats #7

Do you have 32-bit or 64-bit windows?

dont have either as of now. prolly gonna get 64. or should i stick with 32 with the specs i've given? im assuming your talking vista? i'm not worried about getting the os yet. one of my freinds has an aunt who works for microsoft so i can get software for dirt cheap.

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Stick with a 32-bit O/S for a couple more years until the 64-bit applications become the norm.

well what do ya all think about the hardware? say with 32 vista OR 32 xp.

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If you can afford it get X64 xp and 32bit vista

Why x64 XP?

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To take advantage of 64-bit processing and to relieve the ~3.5GB cap on memory. At least, that's why I'd get it...if I had the money.