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[Yamcha]

Am I right??? I cant find antholon 64 and PCI cuz they arent made for each other and since the PCIE is developped by Microsoft I can only find him with some pentiums

[Tulac]

There are quite a lot of AMD 64 motherboards with PCIE for AMD try to inform yourself on some more famous motherboard producers, and that gamebox saying you need a card with 512 MB , is just a commercial, the power of Graphic card doesn't depend only on memory but on the GPU, memory bandwith and stuff(if you want to know what these stuff are try to google ) , I remember that for Call of Duty on the box it said you need 256 ram on graphic card for maximum details, but it played nicely on now very old gf4 Ti4600, with 128 megs of memory.

[The Niles]

Originally posted by Yamcha@Jan 24 2005, 08:20 PM
Am I right??? I cant find antholon 64 and PCI cuz they arent made for each other and since the PCIE is developped by Microsoft I can only find him with some pentiums

Your certainly not right. AMD64 and PCIe get along quite nicely.

For instance, Asus A8N-SLi has the latest AMD64 socket NForce4, PCIe and SLI on it. A very nice motherboard if a bit expensive.
I think you are looking to buy a complete computer rather then one you would have to assemble yourself. In that case you will have trouble finding an AMD version. Computer manufacturors don't like AMD for some reason (possibly lack of brand recognition) and don't build many. If that is the case you will not go wrong with Intel.

[Yamcha]

I also want to buy a complete Pc but i just cant find amd with pcie

[Tulac]

If you want to buy a complete PC you can still make a deal with the local component shop, you give them the list of compononets( which you will of course buy, they just have to have those parts in storage) and they'll build the machine, atleast that's how they do it in Croatia. If you really want to buy a premade configuration I'd advise ( is suppose you'll use the PC for gaming, internet and such) you that you either buy a PC from a local shop , don't buy HP,IBM or other big brands because their configurations are office oriented, Alienware is quite expensive.

[Yamcha]

Originally posted by Tulac@Jan 25 2005, 09:02 PM
If you want to buy a complete PC you can still make a deal with the local component shop, you give them the list of compononets( which you will of course buy, they just have to have those parts in storage) and they'll build the machine, atleast that's how they do it in Croatia. If you really want to buy a premade configuration I'd advise ( is suppose you'll use the PC for gaming, internet and such) you that you either buy a PC from a local shop , don't buy HP,IBM or other big brands because their configurations are office oriented, Alienware is quite expensive.

Yes.. I'll ask a friend. I choosed this
Athlon64 3400+ Socket 754 (its pretty good and has a low price compared to the others)
512mb RAM
1 PCIe
3 PCI
4 USB
Geforce 6600 (in the PCIe)

[The Niles]

It is a nice PC but you will not be able to upgrade the CPU much in a year or two if you would want to then. The socket 754 is becomming the budget version of AMD's line and will only recieve a few more semprom CPU's (budget versions). The best AMD64 that would fit into this computer is the AMD64 3700+. That said this computer will keep you well in the front lines of gaming for at least two years (I I shouldn't talk since I have the same socket in my computer).

[Yamcha]

Actually I got a PC game magazine with about 60 processors and 30 video cards with many statistics and actually im thinking of buying this model if the price wont be more than 1000. I know tha the latest are 939 sockets but their price is about 700$ :blink:

[The Niles]

Yeah the 939's are still expensive. That is also the reason I did not go for them. You wont go wrong with 754 but upgrading your CPU will not be as easy.

[Yamcha]

I made some configurations but they are 1200$ or more. And i also didnt find i 939 motherboard with PCIe :blink: