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New Machine question

jrigdon

New Machine question

by jrigdon » Fri, 14 Aug 1998 04:00:00

I'm going to purchase a new machine this week and I want to list some of the
contents here so that I can get some last minute recommendations on the
system.  I will be using it primarily for games, NASCAR 3 and flight sims in
particular.

PII 400
128MB (8ns)
WD 6.4 GB UDMA
ASUS MB
32x CDROM
56K USR
Turtle Beach Montego sound card
Diamond S220 + Diamond Monster II 8MB
Creative Labs CSW100 spkrs w/subwoofer

Money is somewhat of an object so these are the components I thought would
work best.  If anyone has any comments or suggestions please let me know, I
don't want to upgrade for a while.

Thanks.

Murc

New Machine question

by Murc » Fri, 14 Aug 1998 04:00:00

you should think about a 12 meg voodoo card the prices are droping all the
time and you don't have to by a monster there are other cards the have the
same performance and same board design for less money.


>I'm going to purchase a new machine this week and I want to list some of
the
>contents here so that I can get some last minute recommendations on the
>system.  I will be using it primarily for games, NASCAR 3 and flight sims
in
>particular.

>PII 400
>128MB (8ns)
>WD 6.4 GB UDMA
>ASUS MB
>32x CDROM
>56K USR
>Turtle Beach Montego sound card
>Diamond S220 + Diamond Monster II 8MB
>Creative Labs CSW100 spkrs w/subwoofer

>Money is somewhat of an object so these are the components I thought would
>work best.  If anyone has any comments or suggestions please let me know, I
>don't want to upgrade for a while.

>Thanks.

Scott B. Huste

New Machine question

by Scott B. Huste » Fri, 14 Aug 1998 04:00:00

IMHO

I purchase Gateways because Ive had good luck with them in general *knock on
wood* - however custom building your own system is the way to go.

DELL has a very good deal on PII 400s right now which include 17inch monitor and
64mb of SDRAM (sure you can up to 128).

I use my computer primarily for business/internet and N2.   N2 is the only
game.... *ugh.. Simulator* I run <VBG>  So my next system will be very similar
to your as well =)  Im hoping that the Hercules *** video card will
prolong my purchase a bit though until we find out what TEN is going to do with
N3 next spring (hopefully).

Good luck =)   If you arent in a hurry... the 450mhz machines will be coming out
and may push the 400 prices down a bit.

Scott
PA-Scott on TEN


> I'm going to purchase a new machine this week and I want to list some of the
> contents here so that I can get some last minute recommendations on the
> system.  I will be using it primarily for games, NASCAR 3 and flight sims in
> particular.

> PII 400
> 128MB (8ns)
> WD 6.4 GB UDMA
> ASUS MB
> 32x CDROM
> 56K USR
> Turtle Beach Montego sound card
> Diamond S220 + Diamond Monster II 8MB
> Creative Labs CSW100 spkrs w/subwoofer

> Money is somewhat of an object so these are the components I thought would
> work best.  If anyone has any comments or suggestions please let me know, I
> don't want to upgrade for a while.

> Thanks.

--
Scott B. Husted
Marketing and Administrative Manager
Riegel Federal Credit Union
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
ICQ# 4395450
Blayne Phillip

New Machine question

by Blayne Phillip » Fri, 14 Aug 1998 04:00:00

In november AMD is coming out with the K6-2-400mhz
and the test on the 333 have been a considerable amount more than the
PII-400

Blayne Phillips


>I'm going to purchase a new machine this week and I want to list some of
the
>contents here so that I can get some last minute recommendations on the
>system.  I will be using it primarily for games, NASCAR 3 and flight sims
in
>particular.

>PII 400
>128MB (8ns)
>WD 6.4 GB UDMA
>ASUS MB
>32x CDROM
>56K USR
>Turtle Beach Montego sound card
>Diamond S220 + Diamond Monster II 8MB
>Creative Labs CSW100 spkrs w/subwoofer

>Money is somewhat of an object so these are the components I thought would
>work best.  If anyone has any comments or suggestions please let me know, I
>don't want to upgrade for a while.

>Thanks.

Arthur Axelra

New Machine question

by Arthur Axelra » Fri, 14 Aug 1998 04:00:00

I defiantly wouldn't go with the Western Digital Hard Drive. Get yourself a
Seagate Medalist Pro drive, it runs a 7200rpm, has 512k cache, 9.5ms, and a
sustained transfer rate of 11.8mb/sec. 15-20% faster then any other IDE/UDMA
drive out there now. Close to SCSI performace at UDAM prices. Drive should
cost under $200 for a 6.5Gb.

Also consider your 2d/3d card, its PCI and has 4mb, Rendition V2100. Why not
got for like an AGP Thriller 8mb V2200 card?

Also make sure you get PC100 SDRAM.

Arthur
s t e a l t h
r a c i n g
http://www.***sys.com/stealthracing.html


>I'm going to purchase a new machine this week and I want to list some of
the
>contents here so that I can get some last minute recommendations on the
>system.  I will be using it primarily for games, NASCAR 3 and flight sims
in
>particular.

>PII 400
>128MB (8ns)
>WD 6.4 GB UDMA
>ASUS MB
>32x CDROM
>56K USR
>Turtle Beach Montego sound card
>Diamond S220 + Diamond Monster II 8MB
>Creative Labs CSW100 spkrs w/subwoofer

>Money is somewhat of an object so these are the components I thought would
>work best.  If anyone has any comments or suggestions please let me know, I
>don't want to upgrade for a while.

>Thanks.

Kara, Willie & J

New Machine question

by Kara, Willie & J » Sat, 15 Aug 1998 04:00:00

The Diamond S220 is Rendition 21-- isn't it, well anyway it is an awesome 2d/3d
card, I have it paired with my Canopus Pure 3d, they work beautifully together

> I defiantly wouldn't go with the Western Digital Hard Drive. Get yourself a
> Seagate Medalist Pro drive, it runs a 7200rpm, has 512k cache, 9.5ms, and a
> sustained transfer rate of 11.8mb/sec. 15-20% faster then any other IDE/UDMA
> drive out there now. Close to SCSI performace at UDAM prices. Drive should
> cost under $200 for a 6.5Gb.

> Also consider your 2d/3d card, its PCI and has 4mb, Rendition V2100. Why not
> got for like an AGP Thriller 8mb V2200 card?

> Also make sure you get PC100 SDRAM.

> Arthur
> s t e a l t h
> r a c i n g
> http://www.***sys.com/stealthracing.html


> >I'm going to purchase a new machine this week and I want to list some of
> the
> >contents here so that I can get some last minute recommendations on the
> >system.  I will be using it primarily for games, NASCAR 3 and flight sims
> in
> >particular.

> >PII 400
> >128MB (8ns)
> >WD 6.4 GB UDMA
> >ASUS MB
> >32x CDROM
> >56K USR
> >Turtle Beach Montego sound card
> >Diamond S220 + Diamond Monster II 8MB
> >Creative Labs CSW100 spkrs w/subwoofer

> >Money is somewhat of an object so these are the components I thought would
> >work best.  If anyone has any comments or suggestions please let me know, I
> >don't want to upgrade for a while.

> >Thanks.

Mark F

New Machine question

by Mark F » Sat, 15 Aug 1998 04:00:00

Actually, the frame rates are different. Check out the frame rate stats. the
monster card is 3-9frames per second faster then the creative labs card. Go
ahead and stick with the diamond, the card is totally awesome and i know
because i have a friend who has a creative card and i have a monster card, i
almost identicle computeers except with the creative is faster and the
moster still get a lot better frame rates then the creative cards
Lawrence Edward

New Machine question

by Lawrence Edward » Sat, 15 Aug 1998 04:00:00

Great grammar!!


>Actually, the frame rates are different. Check out the frame rate stats.
the
>monster card is 3-9frames per second faster then the creative labs card. Go
>ahead and stick with the diamond, the card is totally awesome and i know
>because i have a friend who has a creative card and i have a monster card,
i
>almost identicle computeers except with the creative is faster and the
>moster still get a lot better frame rates then the creative cards

Murc

New Machine question

by Murc » Sat, 15 Aug 1998 04:00:00

That is because the monster drivers overclock the card by default.


>>Actually, the frame rates are different. Check out the frame rate stats.
>the
>>monster card is 3-9frames per second faster then the creative labs card.
Go
>>ahead and stick with the diamond, the card is totally awesome and i know
>>because i have a friend who has a creative card and i have a monster card,
>i
>>almost identicle computeers except with the creative is faster and the
>>moster still get a lot better frame rates then the creative cards

Arthur Axelra

New Machine question

by Arthur Axelra » Sat, 15 Aug 1998 04:00:00

Diamond Stealth II S220 uses the Rendition Verite 2100 chip

Arthur
s t e a l t h
r a c i n g
http://www.***sys.com/stealthracing.html


>The Diamond S220 is Rendition 21-- isn't it, well anyway it is an awesome
2d/3d
>card, I have it paired with my Canopus Pure 3d, they work beautifully
together


>> I defiantly wouldn't go with the Western Digital Hard Drive. Get yourself
a
>> Seagate Medalist Pro drive, it runs a 7200rpm, has 512k cache, 9.5ms, and
a
>> sustained transfer rate of 11.8mb/sec. 15-20% faster then any other
IDE/UDMA
>> drive out there now. Close to SCSI performace at UDAM prices. Drive
should
>> cost under $200 for a 6.5Gb.

>> Also consider your 2d/3d card, its PCI and has 4mb, Rendition V2100. Why
not
>> got for like an AGP Thriller 8mb V2200 card?

>> Also make sure you get PC100 SDRAM.

>> Arthur
>> s t e a l t h
>> r a c i n g
>> http://www.***sys.com/stealthracing.html


>> >I'm going to purchase a new machine this week and I want to list some of
>> the
>> >contents here so that I can get some last minute recommendations on the
>> >system.  I will be using it primarily for games, NASCAR 3 and flight
sims
>> in
>> >particular.

>> >PII 400
>> >128MB (8ns)
>> >WD 6.4 GB UDMA
>> >ASUS MB
>> >32x CDROM
>> >56K USR
>> >Turtle Beach Montego sound card
>> >Diamond S220 + Diamond Monster II 8MB
>> >Creative Labs CSW100 spkrs w/subwoofer

>> >Money is somewhat of an object so these are the components I thought
would
>> >work best.  If anyone has any comments or suggestions please let me
know, I
>> >don't want to upgrade for a while.

>> >Thanks.


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