Right i am now in a position where i can get new PC bits. Need a complete overhaul so here is what ive chosen. New PC Specs:- samsung 18x DVDRW Black Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 GigaByte 3D Rocket PCL125 Fan Gainward Bliss 7950GT 512mb PCI-E 200GB Maxtor DMax SATA2 7200 8MB Arianet High Perf 1GB DDR2 533 Asus P5w DH Deluxe i975X Socket 775 Hiper 580W True Power PSU Antec 900 Ultimate Gamer Case £805.54 Or pay monthly £27.12 So any last minute alterations!!! All being purchased from Aria PC as they have performed well for me in the past. Also... Im selling my current rig to my mate for 150 Quid. Is that about right?
Looks good. If it's within budget, it wouldn't be a bad move to jump to a GeForce 8800, but even without that, you won't be hurting for gaming.
The problem with waiting is that there is always gonna be a better card just around the corner. Can't afford the jump to 8800. Still im sure i'll manage for a couple of years.
The 7950GT isn't a slouch either. I've got a slower 7900GS, and I can run stuff like FEAR at 1600x1200 and medium detail settings smoothly, so you shouldn't have any trouble.
but the new series have directx 10 and if you want to play crysis at every thing high you should buy the new series for better gaming
again, id spend stupid amounts of money on a graph card for them to bring out dx11 in 6 months. With the spec ive chosen it will run anything at this moment in time and i can always upgrade what ive got in the future. Besides, at this moment in time im never off WoW anyway.
DX10 won't be mainstream for a while yet, and you need Vista to play DX10 games (unless M$ release a version of DX10 for XP - I'm sure I read somewhere on here there was a version which was practically DX10 for XP - maybe that's just me though)
