03-17-2003, 03:07 PM
I'm not too trusting of ATI boards, although I hear their driver issues have gotten much better, most people say they're still quirky. I've been running Nvidia boards for years without any problems. Right now I'm running a Ti500 - slow by today's standards, but it handles all my games just fine right now (even UT2K3). The vid board is kinda low on the priority scale now, mainly because even the ATI9700 - while it might be the king of the hill now - really is overkill, as there isn't one game out that will take full advantage of what it offers and by the time there is a game (like Doom 3, I'm guessing) this board will no longer be the best, and hence more affordable (and it'll give ATI more time to really get their driver issues totally ironed out).
I'm more concerned with motherboard stability, flexibility (ports), and RAID, though I'm not toally sure exactly what it is, but I hear it's the shit - as well as an affordable CPU with decent clockspeed. And yes Jack, Crucial is my best friend (next to Newegg) :-D
I went to a PC Show this weekend and I started looking around, but I know nothing of what a really good deal is in regards to boards/CPU's, that's why I'm asking. I also saw cases, wtf - I saw one with a fake fishtank on the side (where the window normally is, for those uber-cool LAN-party type geeks - going for the cool price of $200. Mind, you, it was a FAKE "tank" with fake fish - for that $$, I could buy myself a sweet REAL tank :crackhead:
I'm more concerned with motherboard stability, flexibility (ports), and RAID, though I'm not toally sure exactly what it is, but I hear it's the shit - as well as an affordable CPU with decent clockspeed. And yes Jack, Crucial is my best friend (next to Newegg) :-D
I went to a PC Show this weekend and I started looking around, but I know nothing of what a really good deal is in regards to boards/CPU's, that's why I'm asking. I also saw cases, wtf - I saw one with a fake fishtank on the side (where the window normally is, for those uber-cool LAN-party type geeks - going for the cool price of $200. Mind, you, it was a FAKE "tank" with fake fish - for that $$, I could buy myself a sweet REAL tank :crackhead: