tsamb. Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 Okay, my friend has a Dell. Has had it for several years. And is an avid gamer. Help me help him. He wants to get the best GPU on the market when Doom III comes out. I told him that his box would not support the best card on the market when DIII comes out. So then I told him he would need to get a new CPU, to do that he'd need a new motherboard, then new RAM, then the motherboard would need a new case to sit in etc etc etc. So I need to hook him up with a homebrew gamer's box within the next few months that will support the latest and greatest GPU technology when it arrives. Anyone got any ideas on cheap(er) stuff to support an expensive GPU? -tsamb. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvaderTrax Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 Well, if you want ultimate gaming performance, you'll need to wait about 6 weeks for the nVidia 6800 to hit the streets. Early benchmarks show it to be far superior to even the 9800XT. As for the rest of it, we'll need a budget to configure the best system possible Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsamb. Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 Well Doom III probably won't be out when the 6800 is out, so it will probably be a next generation 6800 chip or ATI's rebuttal card. As for budget, the only thing he wants to spend a crapload of money on is the GPU, so I would say 700 or 800 dollars give or take a hundred for the other stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuclear Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 If you want to only spend $700-800, it will be pretty hard to get a good gaming system with a top of the line card. The 6800 it's gonna hit shelves with a price tag around $450-$499, so your only gonna have about $200-$300 to spend on the rest. It can be done, but you'll have to skimp on some parts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurosen Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 I'm not sure I read it right, but it looks like he meant $700-800 on the vid card Nuc If I'm wrong (AGAIN!) tsamb, then I would have to agree with Nuc... A vid card as powerful as the 6800 is gonna need a pretty darn good PSU as well... That's not even talking about mobo, ram, CPU, and accesories (all of which affect gaming performance as well)... A vid card does not make a gaming system alone.... you'll need some good equipment to run it on, I would say a minimum of $1100 if you're considering putting in the 6800... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuclear Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 I'm not sure I read it right, but it looks like he meant $700-800 on the vid card Nuc I wondered that after reading his post a few times. Oh well.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampire Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 Well its pretty much useless for us to tell you "the best" gaming system for when Doom III comes out. By that time there will be very different components to what we have now. It all depends when he wants it, if your want to know the best system you can get for that money in 6 months... we honestly cant tell you. But if he wants it now.... make sure its a P4, if he wants it in the future, make sure its an Intel chip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurosen Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 lol Vamp... trying to bring another one into the horde? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsamb. Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 Whoa whoa, sorry guys. To clear things up, I meant he is gonna pay whatever the best GPU costs (that is out of the question) and then we have 700 to 800 bucks to work with to get a gaming system (minus the graphics card). So basically a full rig lacking a GPU for 800ish dollars. -tsamb. (edit: we are looking for a system to put together right now, or in the near future, but with the upgradability for a nice GPU) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampire Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 lol Vamp... trying to bring another one into the horde? hell yes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ballz2TheWallz Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 (edited) Whoa whoa, sorry guys. To clear things up, I meant he is gonna pay whatever the best GPU costs (that is out of the question) and then we have 700 to 800 bucks to work with to get a gaming system (minus the graphics card). So basically a full rig lacking a GPU for 800ish dollars. -tsamb. (edit: we are looking for a system to put together right now, or in the near future, but with the upgradability for a nice GPU) ok so thats got to include the cpu ram mobo harddrive cdrom power supply then whatever it takes for the vid card well if you are waiting until doom3 i suggest waiting for pci express and seeing how the vidia vs ati battle is going edit plz say if he cares about haveing a cd-rw dvdrw how big of a hd case fans is he gonna overclock all the little details to make him happier Edited April 21, 2004 by Ballz2TheWallz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly_C Posted April 22, 2004 Posted April 22, 2004 But if he wants it now.... make sure its a P4, if he wants it in the future, make sure its an Intel chip bah! AMD Athlon 64! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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