Hi\nI want to built a killer rig computer ,I set up my mind to choose the display card ( 2 * Geforce 7900 SLI ) and RAM ( 2 GB Twinmos ) and ( 2 * 160 GB SATA II hardDisk ) but killing point is to choose the CPU and motherboard ,I am very hesitate between AMD or intel ,I never had the chance to see AMD in action ( but I read many reviews on its action ) but I need an experience opinion about it ,the wose thing is what model of AMD to choose ( FX or X2 ) and about intel ( Dual core 900 series or Extreme Edition ) ,\nMy wish is run multiple application and run games in its Higher graphics quality .what should I choose
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AMD has the best gaming processors these days. Go with an AMD FX or X2 processor. Many people prefer Intel because they are familiar with it and so they have brand loyalty, but the latest Intel models are really getting crushed by AMD for gaming. AMD may show a slower clock speed than the Intel chips, but they still end up faster for a number or reasons. First of all, the dual cores (in the X2's and even numbered FX's) talk directly to each other, but on the dual core Intels, the data has to leave the processor to go to the other core, I believe through the North Bridge, which slows it down comsiderably, and kind of defeats the purpose. Also, the new Athlon chips have a dedicated memory bus, which means that they communicate with the computer's RAM on one line and the rest of the computer on another, rather than having all communication jammed into a single bus, like with Intel. On a side note, as it doesn't deal with gaming but should still be noted, Athlon has adopted Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) which is a processor-level virus blocker. Intel has plans to use this in the future, but Athlon has it now.\nAlso, if you plan to build a good gaming rig, you should know that athlon and Nvidia fit together like a glove. Athlons also tend to run cooler than Intels as well as being more stable.\nIf you have plenty of cash, and are building a system, I'd recommend an ASUS A8N32-Deluxe Motherboard, and Athlon AMD FX-60 Processor, dual Nvidia GeForce 7900 GTX's from BFG, and 4GB or Corsair memory. (and if you're really loaded, buy me a set, as well) The slightly more budget model (although still not cheap) would be the same motherboard, an Athlon AMD 4200+ or 4400+, dual 7800 or 7900 GT's and 2GB or RAM.\nTrust me, AMD is the way to go. I just did a lot of research to upgrade my system, and everything I found showed AMD kicking Intel's @$$.
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It's not bad, but if you're a gamer looking for more frames/sec, you may want to consider a graphics card that supports SLI(scalable link interface, it allows you to hook up two graphics card to share the load).\n\nHowever, the motherboard will also need to support SLI.\n\nBut, otherwise, that video card should be just fine.
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I wouldn't recommand dual core, but other then that Pentium is a revolution in x86 based computer processing system. Pentium is a 32-bit processor design based on x86 model. There are number of processor types like x86, powerpc, amd64, powerpcg5 etc. Among them amd64 and powerpcg5 are the complete 64-bit processing technology, which has been implemented in the processors like amd opteron or apples G5 etc. Hyper Threading or HT means you'll have two processors in one processor area, and if you can devide your job of processing into two threads then it will be processed simultancely so it would be a lot faster, it really can make a very good performance.\n\nIf you are a professional computer user, and want to use processors for servers or high end workstation then you can try using Amd Opteron or Sun servers. But if you are a home user and you need a powerful machine for gaming then I'd say you can buy Pentium 4 with HT and as much as clock possible. Dual core's performance wouldn't be satisfactory comparing to the price of the of the processor. Use Intel manufactured mother board and a good video card like geforce 6800 or geforce 7 series in your pci express x16 slot, you should be able to run and play any game in current market or upcoming games in many days. But Pentium 4 is a 32-bit processor. If you don't have gaming in mind then you can try using the machines from Apple, you'll have a lot better performance and much reasonable price, and in this way you can have the power of 64 bit and it is a RISC processor so you'll have to use it feel the performance boost.
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If you're looking for REAL performance for MODERN games both will be severely disappointing. If you want to look for a card for modern games (Like Call of Duty 2, Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion, Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Far Cry, Doom 3, F.E.A.R., ect) get something like:\nATI X800 or X850 series...\nATI X1800 or X1900 series...\nnVidia 7600 series...\nnVidia 7800 series...\nnVidia 7900 series...\nnVidia 8800 series.
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for high end gaming you should go with AMD\n\nbut if you insist on using intel,  get the core 2 duo with 2q GB of ram\n\nyou can order it from newegg.com
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http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=366290&whichpage=2? <that site might help you choose between the two processors
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Okay, first of all the X1300 is a horrible card for gaming, second of all, I need to see how much 170 euros is in dollars (goes to Google), okay, nice budget you got there.  I would look toward a nVidia 7600GS or 7600GT.  I would go for the GT though if you could, I'd try to get two 7600GS's as they have performance close to a 7900GT when you pair them together over SLi but then you have to have an SLi motherboard and a suffiecently powerful power supply.\n\nIf you're still stuck with AGP look for either the 6600GS or Radeon X1600, they're far from the best but tons better than the worst cards out there.  I hope you aren't stuck with AGP.\n\nSpeaking of which, you'll be buying new cards in about a year for DirectX 10 support and no card made today supports it, they won't be out until the end of the year.  If you need a stop-gap between them, the 7600GT is an excellent choice.
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either go mac, or if your building your own, then check out nVidia's FX line of vid cards. they dont get much attantion because they are terrible for gaming. what they excell at is graphical design. for graphics apps, a Quadro FX1500 will most likely beat out the new GeForce 8800. I'd say go with a Quadro FX560. You'll need a motherboard with at least 1 PCI-E slot, which is now the high-end standard for graphics and should not be hard at all to find. For the processor go with something dual-core. either the AMD X2s or the Core Duos. You'll also need at least 2GB of memory, i'd recommend 4GB so that your computer will keep performing decently for the next couple of years.
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Simply enough, if you have the money for it, do it. It's called SLI, Nvidia came out with it. An SLI capable motherboard will have 2 pci-express slots, in which you can put 2 video cards and connect them with a bridge (DON'T get the ones that claim to work without a bridge, through software, they're not nearly as good) Even if you don't want to spend the money right now, I suggest still getting an SLI capable motherboard and one SLI capable video card. You can always use just one for now and get another later, if you do.\n\nEdit: Guys, we're not talking about have 2 monitors, we're talking about using two video cards in tandem, for increased performance in graphics-heavy things, games especially. It's called SLI, look it up.
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Frankly,  I Don't see the point. \n\nFXF's 7800 AGP is the best card (well, short of Wildcat Realizm 800), but the limitation is your interface. \n\n4x AGP is really slow, sure it's better then PCI regular, but not by a whole lot. You'll be putting a super fast card on a slow interface. Think of it like this, putting the cheapest gasoline and cheapest tires into a Ferrari, and then driving it. \n\nOdds are also that since you're using a D845GBV board, that the rest of your system is pretty obsolete too, including your powersupply. The 7800 is a powerhog. If you have less then a 300 watt with two drives, a decent CPU and the basics, you will incounter problems from startup, to random shutdowns. \n\nIf you're willing to spend the $260+ on the 7800s, the better upgrade for you would be to simply buy a motherboard that has a PCI-E x16, and get a Nvidia 6800 (256 bit version) and upgrade your power supply. You'll see a much better performance overall with a newer motherboard, better power supply and better graphics card rather then just upgrading your graphics card.
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I couldn't find what you were looking for exactly.  But I can tell you (from experience, I got my A+ not too long ago) that there won't be any (or at least there will be few) questions about CPU's that require specifics.\n\nHowever, you might check out the link below for a list of what sockets CPU's use.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_CPU_slots_and_sockets\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_CPU_slots_and_sockets\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_microprocessors\n\nReading through these will give you MORE than enough information to cover that objective.
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Definitely the Athlon 64x2.  It's the best processor on the market and completely thrashes Intel in any benchmark test.  Any amount of memory over 2GB is purely academic but you could always upgrade your motherboard and processor at a later time if you really wanted to get more memory.  If you are looking for proof (though I am sure you have done your homework), http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/11/21/the_mother_of_all_cpu_charts_2005/page24.html but most of the ones at the top are single core Athlon 64 chips and the Pentium 4 is nowhere to be seen.  That being said there weren't many multithreaded applications for the dual core chips to take advantage of.  Once games and applications are enabled to take advantage of two core chips the x2's will be riding high at the very top.  Intel, you suck!
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If you want to try and build one yourself then I would go for a "barebones" PC which is usually just the processor, motherboard, case and fan.  if you want to stay on the cheap side then go for the AMDs and if you want performance then the AMD64 would be right up your ally.  Good Luck
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For $400 I would do the following get yourself a motherboard with PCIe with a socket 939 CPU slot.  Then get yourself an Athlon 64 3000+ ($111), the motherboard will be about $70 to $100 and then get yourself a Geforce 7600GT (about $170).  You're really splitting your budget into several parts here but you NEED a new CPU, you NEED a new GPU and you NEED a new motherboard.  At least you aren't as bad as some of the people running around here with Geforce2 and Radeon 7000 graphic cards.\n\nThe reason you shouldn't upgrade the GPU is that there isn't much stuff coming out for AGP anymore all the new 7 series and X1K GPUs are coming out on PCIe only.  Then we have the problem of your CPU, EVEN if you could find a motherboard to support it, the GPU would be held back by the processor so upgrading the graphics would result in a minor increase of performance but not as much with a new processor.
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Hi I build those gaming computers so I have a good working knowledge here.  I have no idea about your motherboard but forget that for now. First I would buy another 512meg of ram and then go for a new video card the ati9550 is very out of date. Whether you have a agp slot or a pci express slot for video is very important figure out wich one you have and if its an agp invest another 75$ for a motherboard with a pci express it has 10X the ability of the agp.  A good video card is going to cost you about 300 for a good one 500 for the top of the line and sli is double the cost.
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if you would ask me, 230$ video card for a computer like this (especially with dead CPU like yours, sorry)  is a waste of money. all you need is something to have directX 9 on it, just get sub 200$ ATI radeon because it is better than GeForce for games that do not use Doom 3 engine ( the matrix online does not); and saved money you can better spend on new hard drive or ice cream, which ever you prefer.  \ndo not spend too much money on this computer, it is already too old, you can not win by buying old parts for old computer that will need to be upgraded in 6 month or so; better start saving for a new machine all along, and tell your mom I told you so :)\nGood luck.
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Hi,\nthe biggest question you have to reslove is "What do I really want to do with my new computer?"\n\nIf you are a heavy gamer and get frustrated because you are a couple of frames per second FPS slower that the max or you have need of a powerful machine to do some 3D graphics procssing (ie: rendering a complex animated scene) or as you mentioned you are heavy into Video processing then you have to do some serious studying ahead to get the best match for price / performance. Study benchmarks that are specific to video processing and then you can make some intelligent decisions.\n\nIf you are a casual gamer and just want some speed and are on a budget then it's easy to throw one together.\n\nFirst oreder of business is PCI Express, it's the new kid on the block and for some reason the video care mfgrs. are only charging about $160 for a PCI Express video card that is about the equivalent of a $500 AGP card.\n\nBeyond that choose either AMD or Intel and go with the 64 bit. AMD has both excellent performance and excelent pricing. Each manufactuer has chips in the $900 to $1000 range (and above if you start looking at XEON and Opteron processor) but for the general usage, you can get a pretty decent AMD 64 bit for around $300 - $400.\n\nAdd a case, a high quality power supply, cooling system (if you get some of the higher powered chips) a decent mother board. Lots to choose from  http://hardwarehell.com/mobo.htm \n\nPersonal experience stay away from PC Chips they're kind of weak in the BIOS can't do much over clocking and they have less settings overall. \n\nGet a board wth a fast FSB front side bus, some decent quality memory (at least a gig) and a SATA hard drive. DVD burner and DVD player. and you are good to go.\n\nThere are sooooo many chips and soooooo many motherboards that it is almost a full time job keeping up.\n\nSome chips within the same manufacturer like AMD are very close in performance and yet are several hundered dollars apart in price.\n\nDual core just means (a new trend in chip technology) that there are two processors on the same die or physical chip. \n\nI have an AMD 3000+ 32 bit with 1 GIG of memory and an ATI x700 graphics card that is respectable in performance.\n\nI can play games and I can render simple stuff and I do a fair share of video creation using a program called MAGIX Movie Edit Pro.