Dalan wrote:Lokey : The mobo and chip are set up for 800 speed memory sticks, but I am not sure what you refer to when you asked about the power needs? I will definitely take another look at the Vid card, and step it up to more reliable brand as you suggest. 20 pipelines will put me in another price category though, but I am feeling that the Sapphire card was a little on the cheap side anyway. ($49)
Thanks for the input, and anyone else who may read this thread feel free to tell me how wrong I am with any part of this build.
p.s. What's more important on the Vid card? More pipelines or Size (256MB versus 512MB)?
Memory:
http://www.adata.com.tw/adata_en/produc ... No=AD2800U looks like 1.8V which should auto-configure (at least I know it would on my board while I had to set the voltage and timings on my memory by hand). Check the mobo info or see what they recommend or have on a compatibility list.
There's not a direct easy answer to what vid card you should be looking for. What do you want to do with it besides say NWN2 (and with what settings for that)? I run a nVid 7950gt 256MB that pretty much rocks NWN2 or UT3 at 1024x768 windowed, but struggles at higher resolutions with other settings I like. Can max everything except shadows in NWN2, but don't have to entirely disable those for example. Probably anything up to a lower range 8800 isn't going to overshadow your CPU...so you have options. See about a used geforce 6600 or 6800 or radeon x19blah for example too.
heh I can always take a pic too...
Mobo, cpu, memory should be fine for running something similar or better. You won't get anywhere near that with an x1650 though
And when did I turn on AAx2? Doesn't do much in windowed mode anyway.