10-30-2003, 02:38 AM
Ah, dear friend, I am envious of you. If only I were in a position to build a new "ultimate" gaming system.
In place of the P4, I would recommend an AMD for two reasons. You'll be giving a boost to competition AND getting a very high performace processor. Having said this, I must also say I'm a staunt AMD supporter, so my opinions are "colored." This might make an interesting reading for you.
I would also swap out an RADEON 9800 Pro 256MB in place of the NVIDIA GeForce FX5900SP-VTD256. According to the following article, the two cards perform at near an equal level. So why do I recommend the Radeon? NVIDIA's shenanigans of late with their drivers and image quality have irked me. It would also seem that they are still working on fully implementing the features of their FX line of cards, i.e, 32-bit implementation. YOu might find thisan interesting read, particularly the conclusion. You might also enjoy reading this, comparing and analyzing the latest from NVIDIA and Radeon. The conclusions drawn as well as comments on the above articles might be of interest.
But whatever you do, I believe what you currently have will make a good system. In the end though, I'll advise dropping by the Tech Report's forums asking for the opinion of the folks there.
CHEERS@@@!!!
PS. From past readings, you should be able to do better than the Audigy 2, though not much better.
In place of the P4, I would recommend an AMD for two reasons. You'll be giving a boost to competition AND getting a very high performace processor. Having said this, I must also say I'm a staunt AMD supporter, so my opinions are "colored." This might make an interesting reading for you.
I would also swap out an RADEON 9800 Pro 256MB in place of the NVIDIA GeForce FX5900SP-VTD256. According to the following article, the two cards perform at near an equal level. So why do I recommend the Radeon? NVIDIA's shenanigans of late with their drivers and image quality have irked me. It would also seem that they are still working on fully implementing the features of their FX line of cards, i.e, 32-bit implementation. YOu might find thisan interesting read, particularly the conclusion. You might also enjoy reading this, comparing and analyzing the latest from NVIDIA and Radeon. The conclusions drawn as well as comments on the above articles might be of interest.
But whatever you do, I believe what you currently have will make a good system. In the end though, I'll advise dropping by the Tech Report's forums asking for the opinion of the folks there.
CHEERS@@@!!!
PS. From past readings, you should be able to do better than the Audigy 2, though not much better.