New Rig... cheap! cheap! Says the bird! :P - Page 2

screwballl · November 12th, 2006

may be time to step into a Core2Duo E6300, will add about $50 for cpu and mobo but well worth it...
just an idea

Blondie · November 12th, 2006

eVGA GeForce 7300GT 512MB $99 after rebate

fps justin · November 12th, 2006

Get a 7300GT with 128bit, yours is 64bit. 64bit hurts the gpu quite alot.

Panda Man · November 12th, 2006

Nice build. My PC costs less than yours though!

What's wrong with the ATi drivers? I swear if I hear one more complaint about the drivers not being available by themselves I'm gonna.............

That's the reason I made this a few months ago.

I CANNOT STAND it when people say that the drivers are difficult to install and are only available with CCC

yurimxpxman · November 12th, 2006

ATI's Windows drivers are perfectly fine. The problem is their Linux drivers. They're decent, but they're not anywhere as feature-rich as nVidia's. ATI's Linux drivers are very bare-bones.

Panda Man · November 12th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by yurimxpxman

ATI's Windows drivers are perfectly fine. The problem is their Linux drivers. They're decent, but they're not anywhere as feature-rich as nVidia's. ATI's Linux drivers are very bare-bones.

ahhh, ok. I would just grab the windows drivers and use ndiswrapper on them for linux.

**gvblake22** · November 13th, 2006

If you're getting a 7300GT, you're obviously not concerned with gaming, so it shouldn't really matter if you have a 64-bit or 128-bit version...

**Hitman** · November 15th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Panda Man

ahhh, ok. I would just grab the windows drivers and use ndiswrapper on them for linux.

I would buy an Nvidia Video Card and not mess with ATI. Yuri is right, when in comes to Linux, ATI sucks. When it comes down to it you use the right card for the job, when your using linux, ATI misses the boat.

Captain Crunch · November 15th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hitman

I agree with Polo, there is no point buying that VC. The onboard will be fine until you can afford a better card.

I would consider changing cases. Cheap cases suck even if its a cheap build. Consider this case. Its a great price from a good company. I know you plan on building several computers over the next few years. Why not buy the case you really want and skimp on other parts. That way you only have to buy a case once.

I have this case it's a very good case!! Really good for the money!!

screwballl · November 15th, 2006

another case option that I just built into that is actually a very nice and usable case for the price:
Enermax w/out psu

November 12th, 2006	#11
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,277 Blog Entries: 6	may be time to step into a Core2Duo E6300, will add about $50 for cpu and mobo but well worth it... just an idea Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

November 12th, 2006	#12
Blondie Hmmm... Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 438	eVGA GeForce 7300GT 512MB $99 after rebate Wave Master: Gigabyte GA-7NNXP, Barton 3200, 1 gig PC3200, BFG 6800, Ultra X-Finity 600W, DVDRW, 750 Zip 80, 160 & 200 gig hard drives Dual Xeon folder: SilverStone SST-TJ05S-X, Gigabyte GA-9ITDW, Intel Xeon 3.2 Irwindale 800MHz x2, Geil 1 GB DDR2 PC2 4300x2, BFG 6600 GT OC, Ultra X-Finity 600W, DVDRW, Akasa AllInOne, WD Caviar RAID Edition 120x2, Win XP MC 05

November 12th, 2006	#13
fps justin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,199	Get a 7300GT with 128bit, yours is 64bit. 64bit hurts the gpu quite alot. E2140 @ 375 x 8 = 3.0ghz 2x1 ocz system 1337s pc2-6400 5-5-5-15 @ 450mhz gigabyte P35 S3L eVGA 7600GT Stock 120 gig seagate ULTRA X-Finity 600w Sonata 2 w/ top fan G5 Lazer Mouse

November 12th, 2006	#14
Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,910	Nice build. My PC costs less than yours though! What's wrong with the ATi drivers? I swear if I hear one more complaint about the drivers not being available by themselves I'm gonna............. That's the reason I made this a few months ago. I CANNOT STAND it when people say that the drivers are difficult to install and are only available with CCC Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD

November 15th, 2006	#20
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,277 Blog Entries: 6	another case option that I just built into that is actually a very nice and usable case for the price: Enermax w/out psu Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

November 12th, 2006	#15
yurimxpxman Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: /home/yurimxpxman Posts: 1,695	ATI's Windows drivers are perfectly fine. The problem is their Linux drivers. They're decent, but they're not anywhere as feature-rich as nVidia's. ATI's Linux drivers are very bare-bones.

November 13th, 2006	#17
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,546 Blog Entries: 1	If you're getting a 7300GT, you're obviously not concerned with gaming, so it shouldn't really matter if you have a 64-bit or 128-bit version...

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