premier69 Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 I am somewhat limited with money so i cant go out and build the latest and greatest, but i still think i could get a somewhat acceptabel computer for around 4000sek (swedish kronor)This is becouse i work in a computer store and can buy things cheaper.still its alott of money for me right now.I was thinking of putting this in my new computer, i would like to know how compatible and performance would be affected by having these components together.Mainboard: Soltek SL-75FRN2-RL nForce2RAM : Twinmos 256Mb DDR PC3200 (2 of them running in dual mode)Harddrive: Samsung 80GB IDE 7200 8MBCPU : AMD XP 2800VGA : Chaintech geforce 4 ti4200 128mbddrin addition I was thinking of adding a standard chassi, a dvd-rom and an arctic-cooling copper silent 2l CPU fan to that.And i will be installing windows 2000 (i hate XP) and will be tweaking it.would that be able to handle a game like doom3 well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 it's a good configuration thinking on the middle market. about D3... you meet the minimum requirements that means play wihout extra FX at 640x480/800x600. i would only change something, don't pick up a 2800+ buy a 2500+ (barton), you will not get any problem (because of the nforce2 chipset) overclocking it to a equivalent 3000+, with that money look for an ati radeon 9600 series that it's the minimum for high requirements on D3.ps: i'm curious, how many € are 4000sek?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyridean Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 ps: i'm curious, how many € are 4000sek??I'd like to know also. (Guess I'll just have to convert € to dollars afterwards...)Your computer looks good, though I agree with Simon: you should go with the Athlon XP 2500+, and definitely get a different graphics card. Other than that, it looks like a good machine all around. Nothing particularly spectacular, but impressive nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premier69 Posted July 29, 2004 Author Share Posted July 29, 2004 4000sek is today 433.5244€and thanks for the tip, I´ll change to a barton 2500+ (are all the 2500+ bartons?) becouse it dosen't say on the site if it's barton or not.I'll have to see about the radeon, i might go for it, just in case i can't buy that what Nvidia graphics would you recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyridean Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 (are all the 2500+ bartons?)This Site would point to yes. And I also have not seen any non-barton 2500sWhat site are you looking at? Maybe someone here can take a look and tell you.As far as nvidia cards, I've only ever used one: a TNT2 32MB card, and that was a long time ago, so I can't really recommend anything but an ATI. Sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 (are all the 2500+ bartons?)yeah, as "Phy" said i was wrong the 2500+ has the barton core, only the 2600+ 2700+ and 2800+ can have a thoroughbred core.about nvidia cards i (and all reviewers or people having one of them) will not recommend anything lower than a 5950 ultra. the last generation of nvidia was very worst talking about perfomance/price using the XT name to appear more powerful but only the ULTRA cards are the good ones, and anything under the fx5950 ultra can be bait by a equivalent (cheaper) ati card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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