I can get an AMD Athlon 64 x2 6000+* at 3GHz for about AU$184. 2GB of DDR2 800MHz RAM for $60 isn't bad, but it isn't good either. It looks like you got a good deal with the 8800 being bundled with Crysis, though.
*I'm getting sick of these long names for computer bits... oh yeah, and the E6850 is AU$325. I know that clockspeed != performance, but come on, a nearly $150 price difference?
The 6000+ performs worse than an e6850. e6850 uses less power, runs cooler, and has a (much) higher ceiling when overclocking. It is quite easilly one of the best dual-core processors around.
You paid too much for it if you paid 320$ though (If you purchased today, or recently, at least.)
Without knowing your RAM, I can't tell you any more. The motherboard is most likely cheap, uses a cheap northbridge or something. I can't imagine it being good.
Everything else looks sort of decent, depending on what you bought (keyboard/mouse..?)
I have an 8800GT. I don't know about Radeons but, most games were designed for nVidia graphic cards, and simply may not be very compatible with Radeon.
You sir are ill informed. nVidia's cards have been moderately faster, albeit more expensive, for some time. ATI has generally been regarded as being better on the driver-side of things*. Which is to say, you will never run into a game that an ATI card is not compatible with. That has happened to me on more than one occasion with nVidia cards though. Regardless, the problem is not a compatibility issue, and the game rapes both nVidia and ATI cards.
*On that note I have been extremely disappointed in the lack of a feature for disabling scaling for widescreen monitors.
Always been faster? If anything, that's backwards. the x1800xt, x1900xt, x1950xt(x) were faster than their competing lineup from nVidia at release point. nVidia had nothing to match the X1950XTX(Unless you considered that joke 7950GX2, which was not very desirable.. high costs, runs hot, very limited in terms of purchasing aftermarket coolers, low clocks, not very overclockable, SLI problems to deal with, dual slot, etc. AND EVEN THEN IT DIDN'T ALWAYS OUTPERFORM THE XTX)
HD 2900 XT and its related cards had horrible trouble with AA, had horrible trouble with some games, and performed decently in others. It did have a lot to do with the cards architecture, but driver problems were rather significant too, which was proven as performance in some games nearly doubled their FPS with driver revisions, along with many other games getting significant FPS increases.
ATI has been improving drivers, though. I know they released a bunch of open sources drivers which helped for people who use Linux, etc.
Also, for a very long time, ATI was very lacking when it came to linux drivers.
Quote from Dark_Marine_123
nVidia arent the best. Most games are just made to work with it the best. You dont see nVidia on Nintendos for that reason, they didn't pay them to make games with high end graphics so people would have to upgrade.
Its all a consipricy man.
lol? nVidia right now has graphic cards that outperform any competition for the home desktop.
In regards to Crysis, it is a very computer demanding game. It is not very well optimized either, I am assuming, but I definitely don't think it's a bad game. Just based on your previous complaints towards other games, you're definitely a "hater". The game is not as bad as you say, or else it wouldn't be winning awards like "Best game of the year."
For the record, the melee attack works perfectly for me, so I guess you're doing something wrong. Maybe I'll make a thread about how much YOU SUCK JAJRJAJRJAJRJAR
stop the ignorance peplz
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