Wait before buying new card?

[pauldh]

I'd defiantetly go for that HIS. The quiet high performance cooler is worth the extra money, and it comes with FLATOUT, which I bought for $40 and think is a very fun racing game.

Anyway, cheapest easy to find X800XL is at <A HREF="http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=190527&AFFIL=pricewatch&NR=1" target="_new">Monarch for $249</A>, but personally I'd say the HIS from newegg is a better deal.

<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=658042" target="_new">3DMark05</A> <A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3781954" target="_new">3DMark03</A>

 

[mihasya]

well then this video card is my replacement

here is my FUTURE rig. havent order the parts yet just a wish list atm. so eager to press the order button but also hesitant because of fear it will be outdated real quick 🙁, i want it to last 3 years.

@Newegg.com
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3200BPBOX - Retail $190.00
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $129.00
Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM $186.00
HIS Hightech P-ICE80XN-2I-ZAM Radeon X800XL 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail $288.00
Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 EPS12V ATX12V 550W Power Supply - Retail $110.00
THERMALTAKE TT-9025A-2B 90mm 2 Ball Cooling Fan - Retail $7.99
THERMALRIGHT XP-90 Heatsink - Retail $38.99
CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)
Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWINX1024-3200C2PT - Retail $121.50
Subtotal: $1,110.47
Tax: $80.51 (california tax) bunch bs crap
Shipping: $28.35
Total: $1,219.33

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by mihasya on 07/15/05 04:36 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[HardWareBoss]

Hard drive buy the retail. You get longer warranty than Oem.

 

[HardWareBoss]

Will you be Ocing your Cpu?

 

[mihasya]

yes, i will OC. is something wrong with my choices if i will OC?

about HD i did not find retail @newegg will need to look else where or choose another one.

 

[pauldh]

I think all raptors are 5 year. But the regular special editions 8MB cache, oem has 3 year, retail is only 1 year. Odd, but I guess too many retail box mail in rebates to offer 3 year on retail anymore so oem is the way to go on special editions.


<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=658042" target="_new">3DMark05</A> <A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3781954" target="_new">3DMark03</A>

 

[HardWareBoss]

Since your going to OC. Have you looked at OCZ PC4000VX ram?

 

[mihasya]

no, i havent.

you mean something like this one?

OCZ 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 500 (PC 4000) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail $179.99

 

[HardWareBoss]

That would be the one. As long as it has VX on the end.