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Yeah, RepuLse is right. BF2 does not yet utilize dual core CPUs. No game out now does. I dunno if it will be better though, seeing as that is only a 3000+. But Green Radience's build is better, seeing as it is dual core for future proofing. IMO, the 7600GT is a good choice now, seeing as you could sell it when G80 comes out and get one of those. And G.Skill is not always better than Corsair. It's like saying eVGA is better than XFX. It's personal preference really.
 
well if he is an overclocker than get a 3000+ and yes he could just use a 7600gt, im just giving other options becuase its pointless repeating other people's builds, and besides if hes only gonna game y go dual core?
 
There all pretty good. I'll run some of them by him. He says he really wants a dual core if it was possible so that system looks pretty good.
 
Both the 7600GT and 7900GT will max out BF2 at frames that he couldn't tell the difference between. So thats a non-issue. The processor - why would you build a $1000 PC that could only play one game? When Dual Core games come out, the processor will be as important as the videocard. Why Dual Core? Because the slowest Dual Core processor can rip the fastest single-core processor apart in a multithreaded environment, including Dual Core-supporting games. That means that a 2.6GHz Opteron 165, hardly the slowest Dual Core, will make as big of a difference in the FPS as the videocard.
 
john3 said:
yeah...........NO! greens system pwns Repulses, no dual core, asus mobo, im just not feelin it, corsair ram.......its good, but G.SKill is definitely better.

BF2 doesn't handle dual-core, so buying a dual-core is pointless.

What was wrong about my setup?
 
CrazeD said:
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Total: $815.99
Then pick out a good quality case with a good 450 - 500watt PSU.

That should run BF2 on maxed settings with well into 90FPS.

Make sure you don't skimp out on the PSU. You will need a GOOD PSU to run that video card and 64-bit system well.
I'm sorry but what an icky system so much payed for never to be used icky!
 
ur setup? i was talkin bout RePulses, and it doesnt matter, in a few months or early next year ur single cores are gonna be useless, dont try to prove a point that will crash and burn, dual cores are the way of the future, dont deny it, embrace it. why build somethign with a single core now only to realize that u should've gotten a dual core a few months later? get it now, and it can be used without upgrading for a few months, and when u do have to upgrade it'll just be the video card and maybe the ram.
 
yes dual core is the future, but the single core is not gonna be outdated in a few months, ppl are still using their computers from 3 years ago and its fine, its just your need for faster parts and synthetic benchmarks that brainwash you to spectate a better technology means oblivion for the past, however its the consumer's choice, im just giving another option
 
CrazeD said:
BF2 doesn't handle dual-core, so buying a dual-core is pointless.

What was wrong about my setup?

No one cares dude, both of those will perform the same in BF2, so why the h3ll don't we look to the future here, eh?

Your setup;

ASUS A8N SLI-Premiun - Its like Corsair XMS RAM, flashy, stable, but in the end; pointless when not going for SLI.

Athlon 64 3500+ - NO-ONE EVER gets the 3500+ or 3800+. Waste of money considering the 512KB L2 cache. And its like a Opteron 146 and Opteron 148, they're going to overclock the same, so no use in getting one over the other.

Corsair XMS - Its flashy RAM, and stable, I'll give it that. But thats all its got going for it. It can't overclock for crap, and its overpriced. Overclocking memory is also stable, by the way, it needs to be.

Videocard - I can't see what you were getting him now.

Hard Drive - that was the only thing right about the system.
 
But if he's building a computer to play battlefield 2, why would he waste money on a chip that isn't even compatible?

I say get the SLI so he can later upgrade to two cards.

I've heard good things about the 3500+, so that's why I listed it.

He didn't mention anything about overclocking, so that's why I picked that RAM.

Wrong link sorry, and now I can't remember which one I meant.

He wanted a rig to play BF2, and that system is perfectly capable of running BF2, as he wanted.
 
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