need advice for new system

Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:20 pm Post subject: need advice for new system

Ok I am going to be getting a new system in a week or so when i get my tax return!
Any opinions and which system i should get Vista or windows 7. Any problems with BF2 on either one of those?

All I know that the new system must have a quad core in it along with a good video card.......I perfer a Nvdia one. I hate the ati radon cards... I have had nothing but problems with the one that is in my system now!

OR SHOULD I JUST GET A MAC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shocked

Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 4:58 pm Post subject: Re: need advice for new system

I love and hate mac's love there is almost no viruses and apple writes all drivers and test them fully.Hate that it takes forever to get a game or anything to come out for a mac.How much are you looking to spend and do you want amd or intel.To me vista's only use is a drink coaster i would run windows me first lol.If your going to build one get windows 7.

Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:15 pm Post subject: Re: need advice for new system

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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:42 am Post subject: Re: need advice for new system

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:19 am Post subject: Re: need advice for new system

I'm considering that as a purchase, tossing the 955 in the old PC and running this one in the gaming rig.

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:06 am Post subject: Re: need advice for new system

I would choose Windows 7 over Vista. I see no reason to go backwards.

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:14 pm Post subject: Re: need advice for new system

For the price amd is cheaper for the cpu and motherboards.There motherboards only have 4 ram slots but over 8 ghz is a waste for most people.I have been on newegg for about 900 i can have a mean amd with room later to upgrade.

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:25 pm Post subject: Re: need advice for new system

Ok it looks like I am going with a 3.8 ghz qued amd processer!   (But i did just see a TV Ad for intel Pentam 5) and a Nivida 9100 Geforce card 3gb of ram (DDR 3 i do believe) to play with.   As a bonus i am getting a 23in flat screen .

Now Does BF2 play on windows 7?   At least i know i should be able to play Bad company? right?

On a side note:   these graphice cards are so are to tell what it newer sometimes! For example right now i have a HD 3650 ATI Radon which i newer than a 9600 ati radon.   How do i know only becase of the HD in front of the 3650   (high definion). but with all the GX'S....GS's   MMX..... and so on for Nivida i get so confused

Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:00 am Post subject: Re: need advice for new system

Yeah video card numbers can get a little funny.The new ati have hd and 5700 up numbers.Nivida are a gt or gtx 250 and up in the numbers the gt is slower then a gtx.The price is the biggest giveaway its new or fast.And yes bf2 will play on vista and or 7 just have to right click the shortcut and put it to run in xp mode.

Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:09 am Post subject: Re: need advice for new system

I haven't had any issues running BF2 on Win7, and I don't have compatibility set.

Prior to DX10 I don't think there were any games that utilized 64-bit processors or multi-threading (everybody had a single core 32-bit processor). Crysis was the first to break that mold, taking advantage of both. I'd be hesitant to say that putting more than 8GB of memory in your system is overkill-- I've found that putting in enough memory for today (i.e. 8GB) is necessary, but you might find in a year that 8 isn't enough. I'm of the opinion that you might as well buy and install as much as the system can handle (or as much as your wallet can handle) and don't look back.

My only appreciation for ATI cards is the price: it seems you can get a better price for an ATI card than an nVidia card.

Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:03 am Post subject: Re: need advice for new system

Thanks for everyones input on this! I just want to make sure a get a system that i can continue to build on as time goes bye. That is the only way I got my gateway to last for i think its going on it's 8th year! But this time i wanted to start big and hopefully i wont have to upgrade every year or so! WIfe gets mad when i tell her we need a new graphic card or more memory again or something like that!

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:16 am Post subject: Re: need advice for new system

Tell her its on sale ? Laughing

or show her the price on newegg vs a store.And once you pick out the motherboard look up the ram list to make sure you get ram that works it can be a headache if you buy the wrong ram.

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:36 pm Post subject: Re: need advice for new system

Ok it looks like i am going with intel pentem 5 quad core (2.5Ghz x4), 8Gb memeory DDR3 ram, HD4350 ati radeon graphics with a 25 in display(sweet looking). Any where between 1tb to 850Gb HD space. I think this should be able to play BF badcompany 2 when it comes out!

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 5:07 pm Post subject: Re: need advice for new system

With the new intels most motherboards are triple channel ram so its best to buy it in 3 sticks.Make sure you got a good power supply and a case with good air flow to handle the heat.Good luck let us know how it runs when you get it together.