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cpu or video

Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 3:54 pm
by renovation
if you were to build a new rig for yourself or a friend today !
would you put more thought into a video card and $$$ or into a faster cpu .

here is my thinking the guys not a heavy gamer .but he likes high graph games like doom - unreal - mech warrier !
so im looking at a 256 video card -and then cutting back on a cpu from lets say a barton 3200 -and going with a xp 2400 or xp2500. save by spending little less on a motherboard and cpu . but more on video card . i dont think he will see a real lag . if he should do online gaming .
or am i thinking wrong !
im just giving the guy ideas not going to build this rig its all up to him.

Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 4:25 pm
by dadx2mj
Video card and ram I am thinking. Here is why. I recently went through a melt down of a mobo and a CPU. First the mobo died and I stole my kids putting my 2500 Barton in it and I tried my gig of PC2700. Well the kids mobo would only run with 512 for some reason. So anyway I used the 2500 and 512 or ram for a week or so waiting on new mobo. The thing felt sluggish to me. So then I get the new mobo and fry my 2500. So now I am on a 1700+ and the gig or ram. It feels snappy again. Game play was about the same on both using a 9600 Pro but load times and responsiveness were worse with the faster CPU and less ram. Anyway I would go with a mid range CPU and a power vid card and LOTS of ram.

Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 11:14 pm
by BillyGoat
mike, the speed of the video card and its chipset is much more important then how much ram the card has

128meg 9800 blows a 256 meg 5700 outa the water (I own both)