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Game Forum / Action Games / Half Life / February 200732 or 64bit rig?
Hi guys, I have done some Googling but I seem to be getting conflicting or out of date information, so I thought I'd ask you guys for a more up to the moment approach. I was thinking of building a PC to run FEAR and perhaps offer a wee bit of future-proofing (motherboard-wise). Should I go 64 bit (twin core) or stick with the top end of the 32 bit processors? Bangs per buck versus future-proofing? Is it really worth going the Sli route (or equivalent), or is the single card solution capable of producing good to excellent results? Any opinions? Thanks already! > Should I go 64 bit (twin core) or stick with the top end of the 32 bit > processors? No question that 64 is the way to go. You can still run a 32 bit OS on it, if you'd like to, and it's ready for the future. The Intel Core2Duo is absolutely fantastic, and not that expensive. > Bangs per buck versus future-proofing? See above. Get the C2D E6600. > Is it really worth going the Sli route (or equivalent), or is the single > card solution capable of producing good to excellent results? SLI is a waste, and not needed if you get a high end video card. I'm running an Nvidia 7950GT (PCI-e) and it just rocks. An even better one would be the 8800GTX, if you can afford it. > Any opinions? That's my $0.02.  Signature"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". > Hi guys, > I was thinking of building a PC to run FEAR and perhaps offer a wee bit of > future-proofing (motherboard-wise). PCI-E mobo that supports p4 and core duo chips is a decent plan. > Should I go 64 bit (twin core) or stick with the top end of the 32 bit > processors? Depends on your budget, as said above you can get a mobo which supports HT P4's and duo core chips, a 3.4ghz cpu is plenty at the moment, and by the time you NEED to upgrade the high end chips out now will be drastically reduced in price. > Bangs per buck versus future-proofing? > > Is it really worth going the Sli route (or equivalent), or is the single > card solution capable of producing good to excellent results? Never seen much point in Sli, as its power is surpassed at the next generation of VGA cards anyway, 1 8800GTX costs around the same as 2x7900's and is more powerful. Opinions vary though :p Thanks guys! |
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