To rap it up without be a FANBOY!


You going to buy a new computer today?
If you want the best-----> INTEL CPU + NVIDIA graphic card, INTEL SSD, Windows 7 x64





Second Best! If you want to support the freedom of Tech gear and don't want to give Intel and NVIDIA monopoly on the market.
(I have friends that buy AMD and ATI just because of that)


Not bad but not the best, cheaper price too---------------->   AMD CPU + ATI graphic card. Corsair SSD, Kingstone SSD or OC SSD Windows 7 x64


CPU check here--------->   http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

Graphic check here----> http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

SSD check here-------->  http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/high_end_drives.html

 
As you all can see, NVIDIA and INTEL run over AMD and ATI and back up twice and run over them again.
The best AMD AMD Opteron 6176 SE processor on the market that cost multi $$$$ and are just for SERVERS "6 core" are almost 50% slower then normal INTEL I7 4 core.

Best Regards
Freddie

Thanks for all your help people!

I'm thinking of going with this, mainly cause they have it at my local computer store and it's cheap (well, about $100, but stuff is pricier here than in the US).

Any compatibility issues I should be aware of?

Sven

Just wanted to reiterate that the OP is running WinXP at the moment.

SvenArne


Thanks for all your help people!

I'm thinking of going with this, mainly cause they have it at my local computer store and it's cheap (well, about $100, but stuff is pricier here than in the US).

Any compatibility issues I should be aware of?

Sven

  
 

Sven, think about the future go with this instead, almost cost the same are great, PhysX...no fan 
 
http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.aspx?sku=589262

Thanks, if it serves me better in the long run, I suppose the extra money is worth it.

BTW, what does PCIe 2.0 and 2.1 mean? Does my mobo have to support 2.1 to use the card?

Sven

Arrrgh, it looks like my mobo (MSI p35 Platinum) doesn't support PCIe 2.0! I can't seem to find any PCIe 1.x cards anywhere!
 
Or am I misunderstanding this?
 
Sven
 

SvenArne


Arrrgh, it looks like my mobo (MSI p35 Platinum) doesn't support PCIe 2.0! I can't seem to find any PCIe 1.x cards anywhere!
 
Or am I misunderstanding this?
 
Sven
 

Sven, Don't worry about that!
All PCIe cards 3.0, 2.1, 2.0 are backward compatibility to PCIe 1.0 so that's no problem.
 
Just buy it and then install it and be happy!
  
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express
 
 
The latest NVIDIA driver for all cards on the market included your card you can find here-----------> bookmark!    http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
 
Best Regards
Freddie
 
 
 
 
 

Freddie H

You going to buy a new computer today?
If you want the best-----> INTEL CPU + NVIDIA graphic card, INTEL SSD, Windows 7 x64

Best Regards
Freddie

I'm not sold on SSD's yet. They seem to fail a lot quicker than traditional hard drives. Plus there is a lot of maintenance you have to do on the before and after you install them. They put them in all the laptops where my wife works and they are failing left and right.

>> A yes Matrox... their runn is Over..

>> Asus Silent 8600gt 512.. is all the card.. 1 needs .jon

What I think is gonna be more important is your actual monitors. I've got 2 17" running 1280x1024 and X1 is significantly more real-estate hungry than 8.5.3. 

What's a little bit of a downer (and perhaps some marketing-speak) is that there's no other software I use (Live, Vegas, Reaper, Sound Forge, etc) that is forcing me towards an upgrade path for my displays yet. If you factor in the "need" to upgrade displays, GPUs, and X1 itself we're talking a ton of dough. Granted that benefit gets to be shared by all other programs, but I wouldn't otherwise have been entertaining that upgrade right now.