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[Luke]

i heard that a single 9800gx2 could run crysis on max, but i don't get how because they are only 30% better then an ultra and 2 ultra's have a hard time.

 

[MangoSalsa]

what about the GTS 512?

 

[b1gapl]

What is the significance of DDR2 #'s and PC2 #'s?

DDR2 is the standard name, and describes the RAM's speed or data transfers per second. PC2, is the RAM's module name, and describes peak transfer rate at MB per second.

So for example DDR2-800. DDR2 is the standard, and 800 is the speed of it's transfer (800 million transfers per second). It's module name is PC2-6400. 6400 megabytes per second is it's peak transfer rate.

what about the GTS 512?

That card would suite very well, for the monitor you're picking.

 

[Luke]

a 8800gt 512 might be able to run it at mid/high settings.

 

[heister]

the gts isnt bad but its kinda on the edge a slightly overclocked 8800gt can out preform a gts plus the GTX is only like 50 bucks more if you get this one Newegg.com - EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail it has more ram and more stream processors, and a 50% larger bit interface

 

[Luke]

tthat isn't much of an improvement over a 512 gts.

 

[heister]

... yes it is... it might be even on the low resolutions but when you crank them up it is like night and day

 

[veg1992]

that case fan is known to be loud, might want to go with a substitute fan or not plug that one in at all (louder than an hd2900xt, now thats a shocker)

otherwise b1gapl covered everything

 

[MangoSalsa]

Updated Ram G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

 

[heister]

if your just gaming and you run XP ( what you should do ) 4gb is kinda overkill unless you like to play alot of hellgate london