Intel or AMD

[aliquidparadigm]

Originally Posted by Radiator

(1) HD 4K series aren't 3Dmark06 beasts (2) But 6600 vs 11k ? No wonder they call it CPUmark06 .

(1) Yet. One word, dude: drivers. (2) Well, that's unfair; I had the same type of performance issues in Crysis, both single and dual card. If you'll notice from the links provided, the CPU score for the 9400 (Phenom) was only 200 'marks' lower than on the e8400 setup. Crossfire doesn't give a shit about cores, only MHz.

[Radiator]

They aren't 3Dmark06 beasts , because that largely depends on CPUs ... The R6** cards were 3Dmark06 beasts but they didn't fare that well in games... while the G8* cards were a bit lower in 3dMark06 but they slaughtered their R6** card equivalents .
This time it's the other way around - the R770's aren't THAT good in 3Dmark06 , BUT they fare very well in games .

And I wouldn't use 3Dmark06 for benching new cards anyway , considering it's practically CPUmark06 ...
Vantage gives a far clearer picture of the GPU's performance .

[Die Auslese]

I just wanted to conclued this with, although dos'nt mean this fourm has to die, my friend got his new computer. At least the part's to which I have 2 weeks before I have to build a computer

We got, and for $948....
Case: Apevia X-Telstar S-Type $80
CPU: Intel E8400 3.0GHZ $180
GPU: Nvidia EVGA 9600GT $139
MOBO: Asus P5N-E nForce 650i $110
RAM: K-Byte PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (1GB x2) $130
HDD: Western Digital - 320GB 7200RPM $99
EXTRA: Raidmax Maxcool Intel CPU Cooling Fan $40, 500W PSU $80, and 2x Sony 20X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive's $90.

Any Comments, on how that will run COD4?

[Radiator]

I would have gotten a HD 4850 instead of the 9600 GT , if I were you .
But it'll most certainly run CoD4 at the highest settings at lower resolutions .

[Die Auslese]

Originally Posted by Radiator

I would have gotten a HD 4850 instead of the 9600 GT , if I were you .
But it'll most certainly run CoD4 at the highest settings at lower resolutions .

4850 is roughly about $60-70 more, and runs about 10C hotter than the 9600GT. Were were aiming for a sup $1000 build, with tax, and shipping it turned out to be, about $1050 .
Oh, and were gonna OC that CPU to 3.6-3.8GHZ.

[aliquidparadigm]

Yeah, but, seriously, you're skimping to ridiculous degrees. That $60 can literally mean the difference between a game being playable or not... although, really, that's just Crysis. The 4850 is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more future-proof than the 9600. So, sure, it's an additional $60 now, but it will be more than worth it in 2 years when you don't need to buy a new card yet.

edit: and you spent way too much on that RAM. Waaaaaayyyyyyy too much.

[Die Auslese]

Originally Posted by aliquidparadigm

Yeah, but, seriously, you're skimping to ridiculous degrees. That $60 can literally mean the difference between a game being playable or not... although, really, that's just Crysis. The 4850 is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more future-proof than the 9600. So, sure, it's an additional $60 now, but it will be more than worth it in 2 years when you don't need to buy a new card yet.

edit: and you spent way too much on that RAM. Waaaaaayyyyyyy too much.

The RAM has a warrenty on it, if its ever broken or dameged within 8 years of uses, its replaced with the latest, and greatest thing, I.E DDR3. it's furture proof basically. And the 9600 may not be as good as the 4850, but my friend does'nt do extreme gaming like me, so long as it runs a game in medium. He's more about the game play (online at that) than anything else. Still I think he got an excellent computer for the money, I just really REALLY hate setting up BIOS.

[swedxza]

hmmm well i suppose 9750>9700 right? check this out
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/cpu-charts-2007
still i have some restrains regarding AMD's CPUs' temp

[-RK]

Originally Posted by Die Auslese

I just wanted to conclued this with, although dos'nt mean this fourm has to die, my friend got his new computer. At least the part's to which I have 2 weeks before I have to build a computer

We got, and for $948....
Case: Apevia X-Telstar S-Type $80
CPU: Intel E8400 3.0GHZ $180
GPU: Nvidia EVGA 9600GT $139
MOBO: Asus P5N-E nForce 650i $110
RAM: K-Byte PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (1GB x2) $130
HDD: Western Digital - 320GB 7200RPM $99
EXTRA: Raidmax Maxcool Intel CPU Cooling Fan $40, 500W PSU $80, and 2x Sony 20X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive's $90.

Any Comments, on how that will run COD4?

That should kill COD4 dead.

I built a similar system and used cod4 for benchies on it. Lowest fps I saw on highest settings @1600x1200 hovered around 30 fps for a few seconds. mostly above 90. I didn't play all the way through or try multiplayer though, so...

Interesting thing, it cost just under $650 for me to build that system, where did you order those parts? I got an oc'd msi 9600 (the one with that pretty red dual slot cooler) for $20 less than that.

[Headfoot]

You got owned on RAM and Disc Drives, you paid way too much and could have upgraded to a 4850 with leftovers.

I've gotten 4 GB of DDR2 800 that can run 4-4-4-12 2T pretty easy or 5-5-5-15 1T. For $90.

I got a dual layer burner driver for $26 and a plain DVD reader driver for $18, both Lite-On. I've been using Lite-On since 2002-2003 ish and I have never had a single problem, unless you really need that SPDIF out on the drive.

Regardless, that machine should run everything pretty quick!