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Offline Davey-E

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New PC en-route for GW3 :))
« on: August 11, 2004, 03:49:23 pm »
Well i wasna gonna bother - but - The old man said he wanted mine, as he was,nt gonna pay for the inferiour stuff at the PC shop, so i,m gettin this

Athlon 64 3.4 gig
1 gig PC DDR 400 RAM
DVD-RW
160 gig 7200 rpm 8 meg cache HDD
Nvidia Ge-force 5900 XT Ultra
5.1 Crative labs  soundcard

Just getting the Tower, keeping the rest 19" CRT Monitor, Keyboard, Broadband 1 meg  ect

Cost is about £319 (including the £400 off pop for my 2.8 athlon with all the extra,s)

Should go well on DOOM3 and L.O.M.A.C, not to mention GW3 = Hurrah, i just hope i get set up by Sat  ;D
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Re: New PC en-route for GW3 :))
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2004, 04:22:52 pm »
congrats, Davey.

Cya there.
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Re: New PC en-route for GW3 :))
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2004, 04:30:28 pm »
congrats, Davey.

Cya there.

Hiya Bro

Just look for me in my MEC/MDC  "Land of the Prince Bishops" protecting your starboard Rear  ;D
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Re: New PC en-route for GW3 :))
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2004, 08:38:52 pm »
Quote from: Davey-E on August 11, 2004, 03:49:23 pm
Well i wasna gonna bother - but - The old man said he wanted mine, as he was,nt gonna pay for the inferiour stuff at the PC shop, so i,m gettin this

Athlon 64 3.4 gig
1 gig PC DDR 400 RAM
DVD-RW
160 gig 7200 rpm 8 meg cache HDD
Nvidia Ge-force 5900 XT Ultra
5.1 Crative labs  soundcard

Just getting the Tower, keeping the rest 19" CRT Monitor, Keyboard, Broadband 1 meg  ect

Cost is about £319 (including the £400 off pop for my 2.8 athlon with all the extra,s)

Should go well on DOOM3 and L.O.M.A.C, not to mention GW3 = Hurrah, i just hope i get set up by Sat  ;D

LOMAC, eh?  Have you tried IL-2 Sturmovik?
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Re: New PC en-route for GW3 :))
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2004, 02:59:49 am »
Why the not so hot vid card?
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Re: New PC en-route for GW3 :))
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2004, 03:19:35 am »
Quote from: Davey-E on August 11, 2004, 04:30:28 pm
congrats, Davey.

Cya there.

Hiya Bro

Just look for me in my MEC/MDC  "Land of the Prince Bishops" protecting your starboard Rear  ;D

Better keep an eye out on your own rear for the "Banks of the Tyne"  :P
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Re: New PC en-route for GW3 :))
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2004, 09:15:14 am »

Congrats on the new PC davey m8 ;D
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Re: New PC en-route for GW3 :))
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2004, 09:17:35 am »
Congrats, just got my new rig up and running yesterday.
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Re: New PC en-route for GW3 :))
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2004, 11:00:40 am »
LOMAC, eh?  Have you tried IL-2 Sturmovik?

Aye Lepton, Kept Bloody crashing (Propellers doh)

Prefer Jets  ;D
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Re: New PC en-route for GW3 :))
« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2004, 11:04:21 am »
Why the not so hot vid card?

eh, Your talking A.T.I right
Sorry, i would,nt have one thrown at me thanx  ;)

Mucho prefer Nvidia, and the 5900 xt ultra the best deal over here
(surely you wer'nt talking 6800 xt - thats mega bucks and way outa my league  :-\)
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Re: New PC en-route for GW3 :))
« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2004, 11:07:44 am »
Better keep an eye out on your own rear for the "Banks of the Tyne"

LOL, MOG
It coulda been worse, you could of called yours
"Smog of teeside"  ;D ;D ;D ;D  lol geddit SMOG  ROFL   oh dear i betta sit down  ;D
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Re: New PC en-route for GW3 :))
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2004, 11:14:45 am »
Why would a Gateshead lad have anything to do with Teeside? shudder
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Re: New PC en-route for GW3 :))
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2004, 11:18:06 am »
Why would a Gateshead lad have anything to do with Teeside? shudder

errm
my strongest apologies possible MOG, No insult intended Dear Friend,  ;)
Lets hope they get a damn good stuffing on saturday against our Gods of Football  ;D
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Re: New PC en-route for GW3 :))
« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2004, 11:24:24 am »
Davey--

With ATI, the "XT" moniker means "badass".  With Nvidia, "XT" means underclocked and underpowered.  I made the mistake of buying a Geforce FX 5600 XT.  My old GeForce 4 Ti4200 was just ast fast and performed better.  My new Geforce FX 5200 Ultra is substantially faster than the 5600 XT was.  If its an Ultra, its a great card.  If its an XT, its not so hot.  You stated it was an XT Ultra.  There's no such thing, unfortunately, so I guess that's where the confusion is coming from.
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Re: New PC en-route for GW3 :))
« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2004, 11:27:29 am »
Davey--

With ATI, the "XT" moniker means "badass".  With Nvidia, "XT" means underclocked and underpowered.  I made the mistake of buying a Geforce FX 5600 XT.  My old GeForce 4 Ti4200 was just ast fast and performed better.  My new Geforce FX 5200 Ultra is substantially faster than the 5600 XT was.  If its an Ultra, its a great card.  If its an XT, its not so hot.  You stated it was an XT Ultra.  There's no such thing, unfortunately, so I guess that's where the confusion is coming from.

Understood,   but the price is ?
the 5900 XT is £115,  and the ATI ?

Many friends have had real problems with drivers from A.T.I,  This IMHO was the best card for its price range
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« Reply #15 on: August 12, 2004, 12:26:54 pm »
Depending on what you had before, I'm sure you're gonna love the new card.  Just check your clock speeds on it.
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Re: New PC en-route for GW3 :))
« Reply #16 on: August 12, 2004, 05:56:54 pm »
I've had no problems with the ATI Radeon 9700.... You probably should have gotten that, or the 9800.

Right now, youve thrown tons of money at a processor, that wont reach anything near its peak, because the vid card is holding it back.
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Re: New PC en-route for GW3 :))
« Reply #17 on: August 12, 2004, 09:47:07 pm »
Like Davey said, GFX cards are not cheap over here, besides i have the same card and it runs the latest games fine.

ATI Radeon 9700 = £280 plus

ATI Radeon 9800 is £310 plus





   
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Re: New PC en-route for GW3 :))
« Reply #18 on: August 14, 2004, 06:47:45 am »
the card works great so far, however if i did have the spare dosh, i would of gone for the 5950 ultra at about £280
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