Re: nf7-s v2, best cpu & memory for games?

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From: derek / nul
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 05:16

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On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:41:27 +0930, David. E. Goble <degoble@gtech.computing>
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>Hi all;
>
>I am looking to get a new system, here are the parts I have made up my
>mind to get;
>
> CASE-V1000C - THERMALTAKE Xaser III Steel Case Blue
> Antec TruePower TrueControl 550W ATX PSU
> Gigacube ATI 9800 128MB DDR 
> ABIT NF7-S v2.0
>
>For gaming, whats the best cpu and memory to get? Would like at least
>1 to 2gig of ram.

AMD appears to lead in the games benchmarks. www.tomshardware.com
Get name brand memory

>FYI and for laughs my current system is;
>
>generic case
>generic 230v psu
>geforce4 mx440 64mb ddr
>msi k7t turbo 2
>two 80gb hdds (winxp/redhat 8)
>Athlon xp 2400+ running at 1990mhz
>generic sdram 3 x 512mb sticks, total 1.5gb

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