Hello, I´m kinda new here, I´ve been around for maybe ten or twelve months but I think I haven´t posted, must admit I mostly read and took stuff to inspire myself for the machine I´m building. First of all I´m from Argentina, kinda away and third worlded, I work to pay my studies but as I go to public university (Here actually is the best) I get a preety good share of my salary to spend in myself therefore maybe in my pc. I started almost a year ago, knowing little but willfueled I bought myself a really preety Phenom black edition mmm 2.6 ghz, 4 gigs of ram (Do quite a lot of PS and cadding), a 500 gb WD (Actually that was like two months after when I started working) a mother to fit the stuff I had and turned it on. Was preety funny, I had this pc i bought like '95 with a PIII and was white turned gray case, little 15" tube monitor, old someletersmissing keyboard and a maybe 200 w PSU In the months coming I bought a ToPower PSU of 950 W cause i got it for really little money, a 22" monitor, a confortable mouse and keyboard, a sound system, and started some modding for the case, basically I've removed the gray plastique front, and turned backwards the roof with a hammer to make it silver instead and the withe part inside, the sides y left them empty, my idea is to build an entire acrylic case I´m cadding now and getting cut this week.
The thing is I badly need a Graphic card, I have the Gforce 7100 that's onboard and really sucks (Had problems to set 1680 * 1050), I wanna play Mirror's Edge, a little Crysis and maybe GTA IV, I'm willing to spend from U$S 200 to 400 maybe and if it's wotrh 500 (Not the Idea because is almost everything left I have from my salary) and I would love to know the best way to spend it. I'm inclined to a HD 4870 (Maybe X2) but dunno if it would be best to buy a GTX or two or three Gforce 9800 and connect them in SLI or maybe 2 4850 in crossfire, really don't know, please help me because I don't want to regret it
Ah, OC is not really an issue, I like it and have done it a few times, I'm almost done with my self done LC and when I get my case I'll install it and will cool the V card to, so if it's better two 4850 oc tell me
Else, sorry if not the right place to post, thougt it was most about Graphic cards though I've told you almost my life story
Many thanks in advance.
The thing is I badly need a Graphic card, I have the Gforce 7100 that's onboard and really sucks (Had problems to set 1680 * 1050), I wanna play Mirror's Edge, a little Crysis and maybe GTA IV, I'm willing to spend from U$S 200 to 400 maybe and if it's wotrh 500 (Not the Idea because is almost everything left I have from my salary) and I would love to know the best way to spend it. I'm inclined to a HD 4870 (Maybe X2) but dunno if it would be best to buy a GTX or two or three Gforce 9800 and connect them in SLI or maybe 2 4850 in crossfire, really don't know, please help me because I don't want to regret it
Ah, OC is not really an issue, I like it and have done it a few times, I'm almost done with my self done LC and when I get my case I'll install it and will cool the V card to, so if it's better two 4850 oc tell me
Else, sorry if not the right place to post, thougt it was most about Graphic cards though I've told you almost my life story
Many thanks in advance.