AMD Vs Intel

Brenjen · 11-23-07, 11:32 AM

I play SH4 & many other games just fine on my older machine. I'm not saying it's out of date old; it was top of the line a couple years ago. My specs are:

ASUS A8N SLI Premium socket 939 (mature not ancient)

AMD64 FX-60 dual core CPU (overclocked to 3ghz for my amusement)

2 x 1gig sticks of Patriot DDR (upgradable to 4)

Creative Labs Audigy 2 ZS sound card

eVGA 7950 GX2 (overclocked to 595 core & 1600 memory also for amusement)

Antec 550 watt true power power supply

Windows XP home (I'm cheap like that,I had pro on another machine & it's not worth the extra price imo)

My CPU & GPU(s) are water cooled by Danger Den

My system rips through everything on high settings that I've played so far. I built this system for Aces High & it performed well; if you have ever played that game you'll know how it bogs down systems. I reccomend eVGA strictly on the basis of warranty & customer service; they are second to no one. I'd also stay far away from Vista for a few years & let everyone else test it. The video cards are the real quandry; DX10 is coming sooner than later & video cards are way too expensive. In short whatever video card you get you'll have to live with a while unless you're made out of money & the better the video card the more power it'll need (as a general rule), so do not skimp on your power supply, get a good one - good reputation & high wattage output. Newegg is an excellent place for PC parts & they can sometimes get you your stuff in under 24 hours depending on where you live.

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11-23-07, 11:32 AM	#6
Brenjen Machinist's Mate Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: I live in The U.S. South Posts: 127 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	I play SH4 & many other games just fine on my older machine. I'm not saying it's out of date old; it was top of the line a couple years ago. My specs are: ASUS A8N SLI Premium socket 939 (mature not ancient) AMD64 FX-60 dual core CPU (overclocked to 3ghz for my amusement) 2 x 1gig sticks of Patriot DDR (upgradable to 4) Creative Labs Audigy 2 ZS sound card eVGA 7950 GX2 (overclocked to 595 core & 1600 memory also for amusement) Antec 550 watt true power power supply Windows XP home (I'm cheap like that,I had pro on another machine & it's not worth the extra price imo) My CPU & GPU(s) are water cooled by Danger Den My system rips through everything on high settings that I've played so far. I built this system for Aces High & it performed well; if you have ever played that game you'll know how it bogs down systems. I reccomend eVGA strictly on the basis of warranty & customer service; they are second to no one. I'd also stay far away from Vista for a few years & let everyone else test it. The video cards are the real quandry; DX10 is coming sooner than later & video cards are way too expensive. In short whatever video card you get you'll have to live with a while unless you're made out of money & the better the video card the more power it'll need (as a general rule), so do not skimp on your power supply, get a good one - good reputation & high wattage output. Newegg is an excellent place for PC parts & they can sometimes get you your stuff in under 24 hours depending on where you live.