PC build

[Pwnzilla]

If you prefer ATI GPUs then it is currently the top performer of their product line. It is actually the best showing ATI has delivered for a while compared to nVidia products.

[Belcho]

thanks for the heads up.

[Belcho]

what do u guys think of the killer network card been looking at it. is it worth it?

[Pedro]

Originally Posted by Belcho

what do u guys think of the killer network card been looking at it. is it worth it?

Nope

[Pwnzilla]

To reinforce Pedro's response. No.

[Belcho]

thanks for the help. so all i really need to do is get my quad core and my new video card middle of next year or sooner thanks guys

[Pwnzilla]

Hmm, if you are looking at middle of next year and you have the cash you could opt for a Nehalem octo-core (although those are really targetted for server applications). Seriously though, that is why I do not recommend going for a very expensive high end LGA 775 mobo as the Nehalems are bringing new socket factors with their introduction. By this time next year, 775 mobos are going to be heading to the obsolescence discount rack.

[Belcho]

thanks for the heads up i go for that then i have about 3g in my comp/scuba trip/scuba gear/my money and i'll blow it on what i want fund. so i'll look in to that. thanks for the heads up.

[Zer]

Originally Posted by Pwnzilla

Hmm, if you are looking at middle of next year and you have the cash you could opt for a Nehalem octo-core (although those are really targetted for server applications). Seriously though, that is why I do not recommend going for a very expensive high end LGA 775 mobo as the Nehalems are bringing new socket factors with their introduction. By this time next year, 775 mobos are going to be heading to the obsolescence discount rack.

Form factor LGA775 will still be widely available till mid 2009 start 2010...

[Pwnzilla]

Originally Posted by Zer

Form factor LGA775 will still be widely available till mid 2009 start 2010...

sigh.....obviously. However with the performance improvements of the Nehalem processor family and the new socket design incompatible with LGA 775 it will also obviously be relegated to the low/mid-range market as it is phased out. You can still purchase socket 478 CPUs and mobos, but...who really wants to?

With the return of hyperthreading abilities, a triple channel memory design, and Intel's first integrated memory controller the early results are showing significant improvements over Peryn class processors. Peryn CPUs are just a 45nm die shrink of the Core architecture released two years ago with the Conroe chips. Nehalem delivers a new architecture with major advantages over the Core design. In approximately a year Intel is targeting a 32nm die shrink to the Nehalem architecture and release the Westmere family of processors.

Intel's development cycle tends to follow a cycle of releasing a new architecture, then a die shrink on that design, then a new design, a die shrink, etc... We are entering the new design portion of the cycle and as can be expected the old architecture will quickly fall out of favor when compared to the performance of the new.