Hey guys/girls,
I am thinking about putting together a new PC. I haven't upgraded for about 5 years. Needless to say that my current pc just laughs at me when I think about Doom3 or Halflife2.
I know what video card I would like. But I don't know what the minimum I can get away with and still enjoy Doom3. I would love to get the Radeon X800 Pro, but it's $600 here in Canada. Is the 9800pro still an awesome card? I imagine it is, and I just can't see spending double the money just to be able to run the game with a couple more details turned on.
My next question is about processors. I have always been an Intel guy. But so many people constantly refer AMD over Intel for gaming machines. I would guess that this is due to price, but there has to be some other points as well. What are those points? I think I will get an AMD processor but I'm unsure on what their highest level is. Is it Barton or 64? Which one is best? Is an Athlon 64 3000+ w/ 512K Cache good enough that I will be able to run Doom3 really smoothly?
That's about it for my questions right now.
Please give me some input. Thanks in advance.
I am thinking about putting together a new PC. I haven't upgraded for about 5 years. Needless to say that my current pc just laughs at me when I think about Doom3 or Halflife2.
I know what video card I would like. But I don't know what the minimum I can get away with and still enjoy Doom3. I would love to get the Radeon X800 Pro, but it's $600 here in Canada. Is the 9800pro still an awesome card? I imagine it is, and I just can't see spending double the money just to be able to run the game with a couple more details turned on.
My next question is about processors. I have always been an Intel guy. But so many people constantly refer AMD over Intel for gaming machines. I would guess that this is due to price, but there has to be some other points as well. What are those points? I think I will get an AMD processor but I'm unsure on what their highest level is. Is it Barton or 64? Which one is best? Is an Athlon 64 3000+ w/ 512K Cache good enough that I will be able to run Doom3 really smoothly?
That's about it for my questions right now.
Please give me some input. Thanks in advance.