hardware ?

Bonfleck · 03-08-07, 12:46 PM

Greetings,
I'd love to know some expert/self proclaimed expert opinion on the following 3 things.
A: Selecting a PCI Express video card. Which Card would you recommend to play SHIII and SHIV with all the bells and whistles. Obviously one would love to have the latest 8800 series Nvidia or whatever the latest greatest ATI card is, but what's absolutely overkill or conversely what's not gonna cut it? It's an expensive desicion!

B: When selecting a hard drive, How much better performance will I get with a 10,000 rpm hard drive as opposed to a 7,200. Is a so called "gaming hard drive" gonna blow me away with it's performance or is it even that noticable?

C: Will the onboard hi-definition audio available on most newer motherboards suffice for my game play or should I consider an audio card. I like the fact that the mother boards have the optical digital output as opposed to a lot of audio cards that do not.

Thanks for any help/suggestions. B

ReallyDedPoet · 03-08-07, 12:48 PM

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ighlight=specs

Have you checked this out?

Mooncatt · 03-08-07, 12:54 PM

yeah i was kinda worried bout my gfx tbh itshalf decent its an X700256mb pro im just not sure if it has the 2.0+ pixel shaders thingy it needs oh and its agp btw

03-08-07, 12:46 PM	#1
Bonfleck Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 113 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	hardware ? Greetings, I'd love to know some expert/self proclaimed expert opinion on the following 3 things. A: Selecting a PCI Express video card. Which Card would you recommend to play SHIII and SHIV with all the bells and whistles. Obviously one would love to have the latest 8800 series Nvidia or whatever the latest greatest ATI card is, but what's absolutely overkill or conversely what's not gonna cut it? It's an expensive desicion! B: When selecting a hard drive, How much better performance will I get with a 10,000 rpm hard drive as opposed to a 7,200. Is a so called "gaming hard drive" gonna blow me away with it's performance or is it even that noticable? C: Will the onboard hi-definition audio available on most newer motherboards suffice for my game play or should I consider an audio card. I like the fact that the mother boards have the optical digital output as opposed to a lot of audio cards that do not. Thanks for any help/suggestions. B

03-08-07, 12:48 PM	#2
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,884 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ighlight=specs Have you checked this out? __________________ Back in the Day

03-08-07, 12:54 PM	#3
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	yeah i was kinda worried bout my gfx tbh itshalf decent its an X700256mb pro im just not sure if it has the 2.0+ pixel shaders thingy it needs oh and its agp btw __________________