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Originally Posted by Landiin
Aye same boat, AGP system so I'm basically going to have to gut it all 
This is what I was planning on:
1 x Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.67 GHz) Dual Core Retail
1 x Asus P5W DH Deluxe Intel 975X Retail
1 x Corsair XMS DDR2-800 1 GB TwinX Pack
1 x XFX GeForce 7950 GX2 Extreme Edition PCIe 1 GB Retail
1 x Viewsonic VX922 Black 19" LCD Flat Screen ( mine is a crappy analog flat screen) |
Looks awesome, however, I've got a couple of inputs on your choices...
First, is the videocard... STAY AWAY FROM XFX... PLEASE!!! Why? I have an XFX 6800 GT AGP, and when I bought it, it was essentially DOA (would artifact in Windows within a mere 30 seconds of boot). So, I tried RMA'ing it, and lets just say that XFX's RMA\support department is HORRIBLE... And that's putting it lightly. To make a long story short, I had to RMA the card not once, not twice, but THREE times to get a working card. My card works now, and has been working fine, but it was pathetic... If you get a working card, great, more power to ya, but you'll be in hell if you ever have to get a replacement...
Second, is the monitor... I've loved ViewSonic for quite a while, but I've heard horror stories about their support as well, and while their products are solid, IMO, the best 19" gaming flat-panel out there is
Dell's 1907FP. I just bought this thing, and there is virtually NO backlight leakage, no ghosting, color reproduction is AWESOME, and it's a VERY solid gaming LCD. Go for that, IMO, its cheaper than the VX922 (The VX922 was what I was originally looking at) and as I said, in my opinion, better...
BTW, When you DO get your new videocard, don't forget to check out
Tweaks R Us' XTreme-G Drivers. I'm the author of the laptop-GPU variant of the drivers, called XTreme-G MobileForce, so I have to promote the brand
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