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Originally Posted by Lasereth
There's no reason to buy a nice processor and 512 MB of RAM if you're gonna go cheap on the videocard. You're gonna regret it later, trust me. Please buy a Radeon 9800 Pro for $160. PLEASE. Your computer will be bottlenecked without it. Buying the Radeon 9600 will be like buying a 1 GHz processor with 128 MB of RAM instead of your current options.
-Lasereth
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He can always upgrade latter.
Some of you guys are talking like he has a ton of money to throw around. He's made it clear he needs to be aware of cost in this project, and you can't deny he's put together a bang up system with the limited funds he talking about.
He's not a hardcore gamer, and he doesn't do high end graphics. Web browsing, typing paper, listening to music. What do they have in common? They could all be done just fine with an 16mb vid card set at 1024x786.
I know your all about the fast cards Lasereth, but in his current monetary position, the 9600 is quite nice for the price.
Not picking a fight, just pointing out that not everyone needs the highend, or even upper-mid grade cards.
I do architecture for a living. I think it's probably obvious I'm running something above a 9600. But he hasn't shown an imediate need. 6 months to year down the line, he could upgrade his card just fine, and open up more possablilites if he finds the 9600 limiting for gaming.