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.
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
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>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.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
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> 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.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
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>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.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
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>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
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>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.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
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> 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.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
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
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
Diamond Stealth II S220 uses the Rendition Verite 2100 chip
Arthur
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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
sims
would
>> >work best. If anyone has any comments or suggestions please let me know, I
>> >don't want to upgrade for a while.
>> >Thanks.
