WTB? vid card + mobo

[PHOENIX_12]

kk atm my vid card's dieing and the gigabyte mobo's giving me the .z
so am in the market for new vid card and mobo,

at the moment i'm looking at:

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe - for the mobo (please no coments about getting an intel system :P)

and

XFX 6600GT - for the vid card


i got AMD 64 3000+

just wondering people's oppinions about these, before i but them.
if u have any sugestions / comments before i buy they's be appriciated very much ^_^

EDIT: yes i realise there's a typo in the title but i can't change it so meh

[MR2]

get the ATI 800 or 850 chip for SLI that might actually work in the games you play... only thing on the mobo would be have a look at the benchies at toms for a comparison that includes most boards similar in specs to yours.

[PHOENIX_12]

Originally posted by MR2@Jun 8 2005, 01:43 PM
get the ATI 800 or 850 chip for SLI that might actually work in the games you play...
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don't that cost like 2x the price?

[Shadoxity]

i got my expertvision 6600GT yesterday and love it :D
so much better than my ti4400

awesome Bang-for-the-Buck

[MR2]

I doubt it..and you'd only want 1 hell..I'd probably scrimp more on your CPU then graphics card

[PHOENIX_12]

erm just a quick question here i may be confused, what do u mean by

get the ATI 800 or 850 chip for SLI that might actually work in the games you play

and i all ready got the processor, just said that i have it for reference.

also how much do u think i should be spending on my vid card to make the upgrade worth it?

am after all oppinions here

[MR2]

have a good read about what anandtech and toms have had to say about the Crossfire stuff it is very much pushing ATI's solution and I mean for now rather then next year when nvidia's drivers are stable

i have no idea what the pricing is worth it, but unless your budget is less than 200 I'd push her up to the price of a 800

[blot0]

*totally agree's with everything MR2 has already said*

couldnt have said it much better

[PHOENIX_12]

i know i'd like to get the x800xt but from what i've seen thats around $900 and i'm not sure i can afford that and the mobo, and i need both

[Dezza Bot]

if you're going to be building around a 3000+, and 6600gt, I'd suggest getting a pci-e mobo on the cheap (sli not really important, since we don't know for sure if ait or nvidia will be the best option, and I reckon it's kinda silly to force yourself into one or the other at this point)

In any case with only a 3000+ cpu the 6600gt would be more than sufficient to game with... a 6800gt would be nice.. but hey its more $$

[Icefire]

Currently running my 3000+ with an Epox 9NPA Ultra+ (Nforce 4) at 2.6ghz and a leadtek 6600GT Extreme PCI -e

Very nice combination, dont know if this board is avaliable in aus but if you can find it anywhere it would be a damnsight cheaper then the A8N and still has some really good overclocking features.

Wouldn't be going SLI at the moment, its just too buggy right now

[PHOENIX_12]

hrm could u recomend a mobo that i'm likley to be able to find in aus then? and i may look into the FX 6800 faux posted about.

[Icefire]

I didn't say it definatly wasn't avaliable I just havent seen them yet. Have a look around.

Otherwise go for the DFI Lanparty Ultra -d