Rig i'm making adequate to run DX10 games in all their glory?

[MorganFreeman911]

http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=5992685

I was wondering how well that rig would run Crysis, or any other high-end DX10 game?

 

[giant384]

damn ddr3 memory is exspensive.

looks good to me even though motherboards with ddr2 still perform just as well.

 

[Naudian]

Looks like a giant waste of money tbh...
You could get video cards that perform just as well for much less $$. 8800GT or 9600GT.
You could also get a motherboard/memory combo that performs just as well for half that price. Last time I checked, DDR3 wasn't much better than DDR2...
As for crysis at 1920x1200? I'm not sure but I would guess around 30-40fps at max settings.
Lots of benchmarks out there though, google is your friend

 

[Asus]

For the 8800GTS 512MB you'll be able to set it to 1280x1024 with settings med-high and be 'playable' (25 avg FPS).
8800GT and 9600GT performs similar at 1280x1024 although with just medium quality settings.

The model you have in your list looks like a good deal assuming they get more in stock and the savings don't expire. $260 with instant savings ($230 after mail-in) plus Crysis.

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I'd recommend dropping the PSU down to a 700-750 watt model to cut some of the cost. Still can do SLI with them.
Like the PC Power & Cooling 750Watt PSU. It's NVIDIA SLI Certified (Dual 8800 GTX and below)
Would save $120 and still run your system with more power than you need.

Also, you might look into a WD 750GB drive instead of the raptor.
Performs basically the same (ahead of the other drives) (WD7500AAKS on the chart) but you get a lot more space. Similar price as well.
FYI 150GB Raptor in chart is faster than the 74GB version

I have an older 74gb raptor and I always have to keep it clear of games I don't play often because of it's size. I have the 750GB WD drive and it is very fast. I have to keep it as my 2nd drive though because I need the space there. Maybe get 2 of the 750GBs instead of the 74GB and 1000GB combo. Would save another $120 but gain 426GB of space overall.

And like they mentioned, if you could switch memory to DDR2 (same brand of DDR3 in your list) you would save a lot of money (save $273) since DDR2 is not expensive new tech with little performance gain.
Of course you would need a different motherboard though.

 

[VirusType2]

yeah, i did a bunch of searching last week because I'm trying to build a new PC, but I couldn't get enough help, and I ran out of time. maybe one of these weekends I'll try again.


It will be a much less expensive motherboard and RAM if you don't get DDR3. The cheapest DDR3 motherboard I saw was about $180 I think, and the cheapest DDR2 mobo was like $30.

I think you should get DDR2 RAM with low timings (low latency) and it should be very fast.

www.newegg.com displays the latency of all their RAM.

 

[WhiteZero]

+1 to the "DDR3 is a waste of money" consensus. Also, I'd go with a 1680x1050 monitor instead of 1920x1200. Your always going to have lower FPS running at a resolution that high, and you always want to try to run LCD displays at their native resolution, else they look rather bad.

 

[MorganFreeman911]

For the 8800GTS 512MB you'll be able to set it to 1280x1024 with settings med-high and be 'playable' (25 avg FPS).
8800GT and 9600GT performs similar at 1280x1024 although with just medium quality settings.

The model you have in your list looks like a good deal assuming they get more in stock and the savings don't expire. $260 with instant savings ($230 after mail-in) plus Crysis.

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I'd recommend dropping the PSU down to a 700-750 watt model to cut some of the cost. Still can do SLI with them.
Like the PC Power & Cooling 750Watt PSU. It's NVIDIA SLI Certified (Dual 8800 GTX and below)
Would save $120 and still run your system with more power than you need.

Also, you might look into a WD 750GB drive instead of the raptor.
Performs basically the same (ahead of the other drives) (WD7500AAKS on the chart) but you get a lot more space. Similar price as well.
FYI 150GB Raptor in chart is faster than the 74GB version

I have an older 74gb raptor and I always have to keep it clear of games I don't play often because of it's size. I have the 750GB WD drive and it is very fast. I have to keep it as my 2nd drive though because I need the space there. Maybe get 2 of the 750GBs instead of the 74GB and 1000GB combo. Would save another $120 but gain 426GB of space overall.

And like they mentioned, if you could switch memory to DDR2 (same brand of DDR3 in your list) you would save a lot of money (save $273) since DDR2 is not expensive new tech with little performance gain.
Of course you would need a different motherboard though.

First things first, thank you all for your help.

I still think that I'm going to go with the DDR3, and the 1TB harddrive. I might switch to a smaller monitor, but I forgot to mention that it's gonna be running my xbox360 as well, so I believe that I need a decent size. I mean, as soon as DDR3 hits mainstream, the price will drop, and I have a pretty steep curve for the money I can use, so I might as well go big or go home, I think. I also have 2 8800's, don't forget, so I think i'm set for at least a LITTLE while.

 

[stintage]

>Direct X 10 only runs in vista
>X 10 only run in vista
>10 only runs in vista
>only runs in vista
>runs in vista
>in Vista
>Vista

VISTA
I can see a number of problems