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Hi,could u plz tell me or review the system spec below and decide if its a powerful spec for games like Quake 3 Arena and / or for some other high power demanding games. is the graphics card mentioned below a good one and what about the sound card and the speaker systems. what do u think. any suggestions.
AMD Athlon XP 2200+
512Mb High Performance 266MHz PC2100 DDR
120Gb Ultra Fast with 2Mb Buffer (7200rpm)
19" Digital Colour 0.26mm Dot Pitch (18" VIS)
128Mb ATI Radeon 9000 - TV Out + DVI
16x DVD-ROM (40x CD-ROM)
CD Re-Writable (40x12x48)
Soundblaster Audigy + 1394 Firewire Port
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Hi,could u plz tell me or review the system spec below and decide if its a powerful spec for games like Quake 3 Arena and / or for some other high power demanding games. is the graphics card mentioned below a good one and what about the sound card and the speaker systems. what do u think. any suggestions.
AMD Athlon XP 2200+
512Mb High Performance 266MHz PC2100 DDR
120Gb Ultra Fast with 2Mb Buffer (7200rpm)
19" Digital Colour 0.26mm Dot Pitch (18" VIS)
128Mb ATI Radeon 9000 - TV Out + DVI
16x DVD-ROM (40x CD-ROM)
CD Re-Writable (40x12x48)
Soundblaster Audigy + 1394 Firewire Port
Q3 is an old game and is not power demanding, however UT2003 is and the R9000 is not really good enough for this - Ideally get a R9700 but thats expensive so Id go for a Ti4200 or maybe an R8500 (faster than R9000 but less features) - 64Mb is enough 'cos only cards like Ti4600 and R9700 are fast enough to do the higher resolutions which require the extra memory (128Mb is only needed if you want to do anti-aliasing @ 1600x1200) - your suggested monitor is not good enough for this to be worthwhile anyway.
Id get a decent monitor such as any Sony FD Trinitron or if they are too expensive consider a DiamondTron based screen.
Do you really need 120Gb?? - its unlikely so save some money and get 60Gb or 80Gb. - 7200rpm is a good choice.
I would not get and Audigy - Terratek DMX6Fire is better @ simular price. - Nice speaker systems are expecsive so just get the best 5.1 setup you can afford.
As for 40x CD-RWs the best drive would have top be the LiteOn 'cos performance is great and so is the price, it is also feature rich and reliable. As for 16x DVD-ROM Id get the slot loading Pioneer - its great.
Id get 333MHz or even 400MHz memory - 512Mb is a great choice and it should only be $10 more for the faster version - get cosair 'cos cheap memory chips are not worth having.
Be sure to get a good PSU, like a 431W Eenermax unit.
And be sure to get a decent ASUS or ABIT MoBo - the latest models feature 8x AGP and support for 333/400 DDR along with the new serial ATA and USB2 and FireWire interfaces. - If you get an ASUS board you can get a nice iPanel to monitor it for less than $15.
Hope this info. is helpful.:) :D