Which One?!

[xfireshadow]

hello all,
I am buying a new PC and have got this in mind, its standard card is the Nvidia GeForce 7900 GS 256mb PCE-E, im told it is quite good and will be getting two of the same card to support SLI/CrossFire. which this card supports, but im not sure if i should go that extra mile and spend a bit more and buy the 8800GS 320mb, which supports direct X10.

will the standard 7900 be able to run games like oblivion, if so with what detail and anti-aliasing will be recommended? overall is this PC good and a wise choice for me, being on a budget, and sshould i go for the 7900 or the 8800?

thanks

please reply if you can help

 

[Adywebb]

Hi xfireshadow, welcome to the forum

I'm in a rush, so can't comment too much until I look a little deeper into the spec, and also others here are way better to comment on gaming thingies, but there is one thing stands out straight away:

The stock Antec 420w power supply is not going to be that great, especially if you are gonna be running 2 cards in SLi - look to get a better branded one around 5-600w - the enermax and tagans there would be better

Also what is your budget?

I also need to have a look into that motherboard too, its not one I'm familiar with and its the heart of your machine

 

[muckshifter]

The MB is good to go ...


I can play Oblivion & Stalker on my lowly 7600GT (on a lesser pc) so I would assume a 7900GS would be fine, actually recommended for Stalker, but I'm happy ... dunno how much detail you will be able to push out, but enough I'm sure.

 

[Adywebb]

The MB is good to go ...

If Mucks is happy with that MB then its going to be fine

 

[PotGuy]

You should be fine with the 7900 if you are not looking for extreme quality.


Just as a guideline, an 8800gts will pull just under double the fps of a 7900gs, depending on what game you are on.

 

[xfireshadow]

Wow, thanks for all your help guys, any other comments are still very welcome though my budget would be £600-£800 probably
thanks for the quick replies.

Also, i was browsing round, seeing to find a PC of similar spec for cheaper
is this a good deal, you can reccomend any changes as i can custom it, but you know, is it any good:?!:
Processor (CPU)

AMD ATHLON™ 64 X2 4600+ (2.4GHz) 2 x 512K L2 Cache (Socket AM2)


Memory (RAM)

1024 MB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x512MB)


Motherboard

ASUS® M2N-E SLI: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II, 2 x PCI-Ex, 2 x PCI


Operating System

64 BIT WINDOWS® VISTA Home Premium (inc CD & License) (£70)


USB Options

6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD


Memory - 1st Hard Disk

250GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)


2nd Hard Disk

NONE


RAID (HDD 1 & 2)

NONE


1st CD/DVD Drive

20x DVD±RW/RAM/Dual Layer + Lightscribe (48 x CD-RW) (£17)


2nd CD/DVD Drive

NONE


Graphics Card

512MB GEFORCE 7900GS PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT


2nd Graphics Card

512MB GEFORCE 7900GS PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT


Sound Card

8 Channel C-Media Superior Quality Audio 7.1 (M2N-E SLI)


Modem

NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND


Network Facilities

2 x 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORTS (1 PORT ON M2N-E SLI)


Floppy Disk Drive

1.44MB - 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive


Memory Card Reader

INTERNAL 57 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)


Case

Stylish Silver/Black Trident case + 2 front USB


Power Supply & Case Cooling

500W (Peak) Quiet Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£25)


Processor Cooling

SUPER QUIET 22 dBA AMD CPU COOLER (£14)


Firewire & Video Editing

2 x ONBOARD 1394 FIREWIRE PORTS (1 PORT ON M2N- E SLI)


TV Card

NONE


Monitor

NONE


2nd Monitor

NONE


DVI Cable

NONE


Keyboard & Mouse

NONE


Mouse

NONE


Speakers

NONE


Printer

NONE


Surge Protection

NONE


Webcam & VoIP

NONE


Media Center Kit

NONE


Anti-Virus

NONE


Office Software

NONE


Warranty

1 Year Return-to-Base incl 1st Month Free Collect & Return


Delivery

Standard Insured Delivery to UK Mainland (Mon-Fri 8am-6pm) (Free)


Quantity

1

New Total Price

£665

that's on PCSpecialist, (a link didnt work)