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McGraw 28-04-2005 11:48
Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
Tomorrow I shall be taking the plunge and getting a new system.

It will probably be:

Amd Athlon 64 3500 Winchester
2x512mb Geil 3200 Cas 2.5
Gigabyte K8NF-9 nForce4 (PCI-E)
Plus whatever the fastest PCI-E X800 is I can afford with change from £525 (200? seen an XT for £202 inc).

Some questions please:

1. Is this a well balanced system, i.e. am I better off going going for the 3800 San Diego and cutting back slightly on Graphics?

2. Is Geil Ram ok?

3. Is that Motherboard ok?

4. What does VIVO on a gc actually give you in the real world? Is it worth spending more to get VIVO?

5. Is this good value and I safe buying from these guys? http://www.pcbuyit.co.uk/product.asp...nc+power+cable

Thanks a lot.

Cheers.

zing_deleted 28-04-2005 12:03
Re: Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by McGraw
Tomorrow I shall be taking the plunge and getting a new system.

It will probably be:

Amd Athlon 64 3500 Winchester
2x512mb Geil 3200 Cas 2.5
Gigabyte K8NF-9 nForce4 (PCI-E)
Plus whatever the fastest PCI-E X800 is I can afford with change from £525 (200? seen an XT for £202 inc).

Some questions please:

1. Is this a well balanced system, i.e. am I better off going going for the 3800 San Diego and cutting back slightly on Graphics?

2. Is Geil Ram ok?

3. Is that Motherboard ok?

4. What does VIVO on a gc actually give you in the real world? Is it worth spending more to get VIVO?

5. Is this good value and I safe buying from these guys? http://www.pcbuyit.co.uk/product.asp...nc+power+cable

Thanks a lot.

Cheers.
1 3500 venice will be better than winchester. 3800 san diego also would make a good choice

2 dunno but id image so

3 yes

4 video in video out you can put a svideo/composite device for video capture,,upto you if its worth it

5 dont know about them

gary_580 28-04-2005 12:14
Re: Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by zinglebarb
1 3500 venice will be better than winchester 3800 san diego also would make a good choice

WILL isnt going to be tomorrow

Bifta 28-04-2005 12:15
Re: Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by McGraw
Tomorrow I shall be taking the plunge and getting a new system.

It will probably be:

Amd Athlon 64 3500 Winchester
2x512mb Geil 3200 Cas 2.5
Gigabyte K8NF-9 nForce4 (PCI-E)
Plus whatever the fastest PCI-E X800 is I can afford with change from £525 (200? seen an XT for £202 inc).

Some questions please:

1. Is this a well balanced system, i.e. am I better off going going for the 3800 San Diego and cutting back slightly on Graphics?

2. Is Geil Ram ok?

3. Is that Motherboard ok?

4. What does VIVO on a gc actually give you in the real world? Is it worth spending more to get VIVO?

5. Is this good value and I safe buying from these guys? http://www.pcbuyit.co.uk/product.asp...nc+power+cable

Thanks a lot.

Cheers.
1. Depends it you're going to use it mainly for gaming, if so, spend more on the video card and less on the processor

2. Geil ram is great, it runs a little hot but works flawlessly and is great for oc'ing.

3. If there's a fan on the Northbridge, expect it to die within 6 months, you can replace it with a passive heatsink instead, other than that GB boards are reliable but not exceptional on performance.

4. VIVO = Video in/Video Out, some X800 VIVO's will let you flash with an XT PE bios, but video in is a bit pointless when most decent digital video cameras transfer using firewire.

5. It's good value, I've never heard of the company though.

Aragorn 28-04-2005 12:19
Re: Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
2. Geil is what I have in my A64 rig. So far so good! Are you going for the sticks with heatspredder?

No mention of disk/dvd/burner/Case/PSU in your £550 - reusing all of this from your old system?

zing_deleted 28-04-2005 12:35
Re: Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by gary_580
WILL isnt going to be tomorrow
Overclockers have them coming in stock monday,tomorrow they have 3200 venice coming into stock .3800 venice in stock now

gary_580 28-04-2005 12:36
Re: Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by zinglebarb
Overclockers have them coming in stock monday,tomorrow they have 3200 venice coming into stock 3800 venice in stock now
Coming soon, now where have i heard that before?? :D i doubt they would come into stock on Monday as its a bank holiday

zing_deleted 28-04-2005 12:37
Re: Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by zinglebarb
3800 venice in stock now
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal..._939_cpus.html Good point on the bank holiday :)

IMHO I would hold off 7 days to see if they do come into stock

McGraw 28-04-2005 14:15
Re: Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
I just want it for the Bank Holiday.

zing_deleted 28-04-2005 14:19
Re: Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
go for it then dude :)

McGraw 28-04-2005 15:00
Re: Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
Yes, with heat spreaders.

Keeping the other kit.

Ramrod 28-04-2005 15:20
Re: Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by zinglebarb
Overclockers have them coming in stock monday,tomorrow they have 3200 venice coming into stock .3800 venice in stock now
I notice they have the fx55 in stock now :dozey:

zing_deleted 28-04-2005 15:21
Re: Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
Ive resigned myself a wait till dual core is here,Mind you a 3800 does the job ok :)

ELLCOOLJ 28-04-2005 16:18
Re: Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
I've bought from pcbuyit they're part of a larger company I bouight an X800XT 256M PCI-Express friday £172 ex VAT or £211.50 inc VAT and delivery. It arrived Monday perfect OEM card and power cable I downloaded the latest ATI drivers worked no problem with my older Chieftect 360W PSU. The card to me is identical to the Sapphire card just without the stick on the heatsink, indentical in everyway infact! ! BARGAIN!
http://www.pcbuyit.co.uk/dept.asp?de...me=PCI+Express The X850XT Platinum Edition is cheap too but out of my budget!

zing_deleted 28-04-2005 17:07
Re: Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
would be interested in seeing the core speed and ram frequency on that card

AndrewJ 28-04-2005 17:15
Re: Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
Mines only got a piddly athlon 64 3000 (939) lol, think in time I will upgrade to the monstor fx55 :D

McGraw 28-04-2005 19:21
Re: Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
1st post is praising a company that has no telephone number or address on their unfinished website.

Forgive me for being a tad suspect.

Think I'll give them a wide berth.

ELLCOOLJ 29-04-2005 09:06
Re: Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
The specs of the card are;

- 500MHz GPU Clock Speed
- 256MB 1000MHz GDDR3
- 16 pixel pipelines
- 6 Vertex shader pipelines

PCI Express still certain this is identical to the sapphire, it's made by Foxconn who make no reference to the product themselves but they are a major OEM partner to ATI manufacturing for Dell / HP / Compaq so I wouldn't be suprised if they also manufacturer for Sapphire and Sapphire put a sticker on it and then put it in a pretty box!
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zing_deleted 29-04-2005 09:14
Re: Final questions before I take the plunge... (graphics, CPU etc)
 
:welcome: to the site btw
I was mainly wondering as it was marketed as a xt not an xt pe which own and does have higher clocks,it also said upto 16 pipes which is ati bumf for it may have some crippled if not up to the job
Still a good price for the cash


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