I am a consumer whore

[[DRuG]KillFrenzy]

Wow, that would be a sweet system. Although GTA:SA will only use 1 core, you should be able to convert video, run fraps recording, and play GTA:SA all at the same time without lagging your game at all . Oh yeah, that looks like it would run Crysis pretty well. You should consider setting up a RAID-0 to speed up that rig even more.

[[SiK]Demiveil]

and that is exactly?

also, is it likey I'll be able to play MTA at all?
(given it'll be running 64bit Vista)

[[DRuG]KillFrenzy]

MTA Race is not supported by Windows Vista, you'll have to wait for MTA:DM or downgrade :/

RAID: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID
Basically, RAID-0 is two or more (identical) hard drives working together to boost performance by really increasing bandwidth. The drawback is that if 1 hard drive fails, the array of hard drives all fail, because the data is split between each hard drive. It should make Windows boot much faster and programs load up much faster too.

[[DRuG]Dabombber]

yea, I can't figure out how to get mta to work
btw demi, why are you getting the 320mb gts?

[[SiK]Demiveil]

because its cheaper and, unless your running the top games at top quality (where the textures are insanely large) the 320mb gts actually runs faster then its big brother because of its increased clock speed.

[[DRuG]Dabombber]

Not considering an 8800GT? If you order one now you might get it in a month or so...

[[DRuG]NikT]

So, just to be a smart arse, what I'm suggesting, would still be cheaper, including airfare, to give you a system capable of running san andreas

That is an awesome box tho mate, no wonder you're excited.

My new lappie is an Asus & it's been nice.

[[SiK]Demiveil]

money again. I'm already $300 over my budget

[[DRuG]Rassilon]

the new 8800gt 512mb is apparently cheaper than a gts and more powerful to boot.

[[SiK]Demiveil]

oh really? hmmm may have to look into that then.


oh theres another reason, its PCIe 2.0
which means I also have to buy another motherboard, which is additional money out of my bank