Is this decent?

[reggie_da_man]

Is this Decent?

Im thinking of buying the Chaintech 7NJL6 with an Atlon XP 3000, 512 of ram and a video card, not sure what kind yet, my budget is $300 right now (canadian dollars). The motherboard and cpu comes to $166 after rebates, tax and shipping, then add some cheap ram for like $65 after taxes then that leaves me with $70 for a video card. I'm looking to play games like HL2, CSS and maybe some DOOM3, now i know what your thinking, this setup is crap but im building an Athlon 64 a bit later but right now I need something other than my Duron 850 lol. Anyway my question is if i decide to go with an FX 5500 or something, what kinda FPS are we talking about here?


Btw: I already have a 40 GIG harddrive, DVD-rom, CD-burner, case, psu and a monitor... Just need the GUTS!

 

[brady]

you will probably be bouncing around the mid 20's to 13fps in CSS.

 

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

I wouldn't count on much. Keep those settings low. The processor isn't weak. It's the video card that's the bottleneck.

Ryan

edit: If you can get a cheaper setup, perhaps a sempron or something, see if you can spring the extra few bucks and get a $100ish dollar video card, you'll notice a difference. If you spend that much more, you've jumped into the next generation of video card for a profound difference.

 

[reggie_da_man]

Maybe i'll save up a bit more and spend a little bit more money (keeping the cpu motherboard and ram). What card would you reccommend?

 

[reggie_da_man]

Anyone?

 

[Snake-Eyes]

I say save your money for this build so you have more for your next build.

 

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

Try the 6600 or the 9800pro. Those are very good performers with current games and you'll be very happy with them.

Ryan

 

[reggie_da_man]

I say save your money for this build so you have more for your next build.

Nah, once i get enough money, ill sell the system that im building and get some more money to go to my new system. I can get a lot of money for this system. Put it this way...I sold a PIII 800 MHz with a 7 gig harddrive and a monitor for $300! LMAO. Ill atleast be able to get double that.

Try the 6600 or the 9800pro. Those are very good performers with current games and you'll be very happy with them.

I would but that card is around $160-200, i dont have enough money for that right now. Any other suggestions. Should I go with Nvidia or ATI for this one?

 

[Flanker]

Radeon 9600Pro? $70-$100.