gaming rig..please help guys

[Plasma_Snake]

Well both my Mom and dad know that I want to become a Game Programmer and at least mom understands the fact that a game can be built only on a gaming PC and the fact that if a PC can run a game with all its bells and whistles, it can very wel run anyother app u throw at it.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

If you are in doubt about ATI, visit The Official ATI RV770 Discussion Thread.

 

[nvidia]

^^+1
@Plasma_Snake: You can CF two different ATi cards of the same series. So its possible to CF 4850 and 4870. I'm not sure if you can CF with a card from a different series. Its called Hybrid CrossFire.

@jetboy: Get the 4850. Its the best mid-range card and you can play Crysis at highest settings. It beats the 8800GTX. And its performance is almost equal to a 9800GTX.

You will also need to buy a good PSU.

 

[Plasma_Snake]

Nvidia suggesting ATi, if only u can see the irony of fate here. LOL!

 

[Psychosocial]

hey i wanna LOL

anywyz +1 for Abhishek's config, go for it eyes closed and ya u will easily get High settings on all games and maybe even very high

Offtopic -- stop benchmarking every GPU with Crysis, its an unoptimized, piece of hyper-hyped ****

 

[nvidia]

Nvidia suggesting ATi, if only u can see the irony of fate here. LOL!

My id has got nothing to do with my suggestions

 

[jetboy]

Hey Guys,

I am still in process of getting the machine ...ya i know living in nashik is killing me...not getting a desired machine.

I was gonna go for
Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 Processor and intel g33 motherboard

but the guy says a

AMD Phenom X4 9500 Processor will do better than Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 Processor in gaming...and motherboard will be a gigabyte motherboard(dual pciexpress 2.0). Got the model number : GA-MA78G-DS3H..I have to give a final report till 2 pm tomorrow...can you please help me with my final decision pleaseeeeeeeeee..

And ya let me add I am getting a sapphire HD 4870, so please let me know if the amd or intel proc&mobo combi will be good?

thanks a lot for the help

 

[Psychosocial]

Hey Guys,

I am still in process of getting the machine ...ya i know living in nashik is killing me...not getting a desired machine.

I was gonna go for
Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 Processor and intel g33 motherboard

but the guy says a

AMD Phenom X4 9500 Processor will do better than Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 Processor in gaming...and motherboard will be a gigabyte motherboard(dual pciexpress 2.0). Got the model number : GA-MA78G-DS3H..I have to give a final report till 2 pm tomorrow...can you please help me with my final decision pleaseeeeeeeeee..

And ya let me add I am getting a sapphire HD 4870, so please let me know if the amd or intel proc&mobo combi will be good?

thanks a lot for the help

Intel will be better.......... much better. And one more thing, dont back up from HD4870. Get it by all means. That card is just awesome!

 

[NoasArcAngel]

hey dudes there is one problem..... rashi in delhi is offering me a 4870 for 20k i know he is charging too much already but i was asking should i wait for a 4850 for 14k or buy an 8800gts + asus x38 mobo @ 8k would i be able to run it on a 450w psuuu???...............

 

[desiibond]

^^+1
@Plasma_Snake: You can CF two different ATi cards of the same series. So its possible to CF 4850 and 4870. I'm not sure if you can CF with a card from a different series. Its called Hybrid CrossFire.

@jetboy: Get the 4850. Its the best mid-range card and you can play Crysis at highest settings. It beats the 8800GTX. And its performance is almost equal to a 9800GTX.

You will also need to buy a good PSU.

If you crossfire 4850 and 4870, 4870 will run at 4850's speed to be in sync with 4850's performance. That is not a good option to have.

Yes. HD4850 is the best mid-range card.

 

[imgame2]

^^+1
@Plasma_Snake: You can CF two different ATi cards of the same series. So its possible to CF 4850 and 4870. I'm not sure if you can CF with a card from a different series. Its called Hybrid CrossFire.

it is possible to crossfire HD4850 and HD4870 ..and its called "mixed crossfire"
Hybrid crossfire is ..if u crossfire onboard GPU with a discrete card ..that becomes "hybrid crossfire".

ATI crossfire

ATI hybrid crossfire

as desiibond pointed out

u can CF a card from different series as well ..we will have to make sure that core frequency is same other wise ...the one with the higher frequency will run at lower core frequecny to match the lower core frequency card ....

moreover crossfire a HD4870 with HD4850 doesn't give extra advantage in performance same as two HD4850 crossfire ...so its better to crossfire with two HD4850 rather than a HD4850 and HD4870 .... and save money ...

*www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hard...70-hd4850-crossfire-performance-review-6.html

@jetboy: Get the 4850. Its the best mid-range card and you can play Crysis at highest settings. It beats the 8800GTX. And its performance is almost equal to a 9800GTX.

You will also need to buy a good PSU.

its performance is much better than 9800gtx ...not almost equal ..

 

[toofan]

HD4850 is available for 9.5k and HD 4870 is for 17.5k.

 

[comp@ddict]

Yes mixed CF is possible, but results are disappointing, the 4870 tunes itself down to the 4850 level, a future driver update shud fix this problem however, we don't know yet whether 8.9 Catalyst has already solved this

 

[jetboy]

Hello Guys,

You have still not helped in choosing the motherboard...

should I go for the DG35EC board or the DG45ID board as DG35EC has pci express 1.1 and DG45ID has pci express 2.0. The later will come in use as the sapphire HD 4870 supports 2.0

Does it really make any difference if I run the GPU on a 1.1 pci express version?

Please do let me know if G series will be 'atleast' good for gaming?

I am getting the
sapphire HD 4870 for 18,680k
zion 2 gb ddr2 800 ram...will add another after a month
500 gb seagate HDD
E8200 inter core 2 duo
4d cabinet which is pretty cool for the price...it has 2 fans and a harddisk fan ..which is cool...and I can add a 120mm fan on side..which i will surely do..

Please do let me know the best processor and motherboad combi with 14k...Thanks a lot for your help...I am logged in and continuously monitoring the post today ..this way i can reply back immediately...

 

[furious_gamer]

@jetboy

Go for E8400 instead of E8200...
E8400 just around 8k and MSI P45 Neo F for 6k....
So its 14k in total.....

And PCIe 1.1 and 2.0 doesnt make a huge difference... So placing a 2.0 card in 1.1 doesn't make any huge difference in terms of performance...

 

[imgame2]

Hello Guys,

You have still not helped in choosing the motherboard...

should I go for the DG35EC board or the DG45ID board as DG35EC has pci express 1.1 and DG45ID has pci express 2.0. The later will come in use as the sapphire HD 4870 supports 2.0

Does it really make any difference if I run the GPU on a 1.1 pci express version?

Please do let me know if G series will be 'atleast' good for gaming?

I am getting the
sapphire HD 4870 for 18,680k
zion 2 gb ddr2 800 ram...will add another after a month
500 gb seagate HDD
E8200 inter core 2 duo
4d cabinet which is pretty cool for the price...it has 2 fans and a harddisk fan ..which is cool...and I can add a 120mm fan on side..which i will surely do..

Please do let me know the best processor and motherboad combi with 14k...Thanks a lot for your help...I am logged in and continuously monitoring the post today ..this way i can reply back immediately...

get a Asus P5Q @8k

and E8400 @ 7.5k ..but that makes the budget 15.5 k

so best combi for u is MSI P45 neo for 5.8 k and E8400 for 7.5k ..that comes within 14k ...and obiously when u are going for new mobo u should go for PCIe 2.0 support ..it may not make much difference now ..but in future i guess it will ...and with HD4870 u can extract most of the the processor and mobo i suggested ..

i m suggesting u these boards over intel cos intel boards lack overclocking ..and all the models u are talking about are with onbaord graphics cos u are buying a seperate graphics card any way ...so choose a P45 based mobo

also make sure u get the HD4870 with latest maufacturing date ..aug/september ...else get a palit one to stay away from from any heating problems ..

also go for WD 640GB @ 3.6k its more value for money ...its almost as fast as seagate 500GB (32Mb)

and why zion ??? get kingston its costs may be 100/- but is worth ..or else get transcend ..they are a little better than ZION..

 

[jetboy]

Thanks a lot imgame2 and rajkumar_pb for a quick reply...but I have heard a lots of complaints for gigabyte and msi boards...even my dealer doesnt have good views against them...I had tried for neo board...what about the intel g45 board?

Thanks again

 

[imgame2]

Thanks a lot imgame2 and rajkumar_pb for a quick reply...but I have heard a lots of complaints for gigabyte and msi boards...even my dealer doesnt have good views against them...I had tried for neo board...what about the intel g45 board?

but really ask many other who have used this boards they will tell u how good they are ...

Thanks again

what kind of complaints ..??? ur dealer wants to sell what he has ..so definately he will not say MSI and gigabyte are good ...

intel G45 board is at the most a ok board ..doesn't give u overclocking ..but i don't understand why do u want to go Gseries board it has on board graphics which u willnot need since u are already buying a killer gfx card ...so u should go for a P45 based board ..

 

[jetboy]

Hey no hard feelings imgame2..my dealer is my good friend...he can get any possible hardware i request for...but he just gave his personal experiences...Also if you search for msi and gigabytes mobo..you will always se heating, cap burning...issues with these mobos...dont wanna risk on all those things...

The machine I have right now has intel 865GBF mobo which does not have a onboard video..and i had bought 6600gt..but right now i cant find a original intel board without a onboard graphics..or else i woud have surely gone for it...

 

[furious_gamer]

Hey no hard feelings imgame2..my dealer is my good friend...he can get any possible hardware i request for...but he just gave his personal experiences...Also if you search for msi and gigabytes mobo..you will always se heating, cap burning...issues with these mobos...dont wanna risk on all those things...

The machine I have right now has intel 865GBF mobo which does not have a onboard video..and i had bought 6600gt..but right now i cant find a original intel board without a onboard graphics..or else i woud have surely gone for it...

Just go for MSI P45 Neo F... Solid performance...Best VFM..And no complaints yet...