HOLY CRAP, AN UPDATE
Yeah, haven't updated this thing in over two months, mostly because nothing's been going on that's really worth mentioning. Work, sleep, and WoW make up pretty much my entire existence lately. I guess I should try coming up with stuff to fill this space with.
Anyway, the real reason for this entry is because I'm considering upgrading my computer, and I want opinions on the parts I'm planning on buying. I haven't spent much time looking into computer parts recently, because I hadn't planned on upgrading so suddenly, but with this HOLY CRAP AWESOME MONITOR going back on sale, I have two days to decide what I need to get if I'm going to get that monitor and accomodate its insanely high resolution for gaming.
So, here's what I've picked out:
MSI K8N Neo4-F Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4-4X ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor
XFX Geforce 6800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
And, of course:
Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24-inch Wide Aspect Flat Panel LCD Monitor with Height Adjustable Stand
This will be upgrading from an Athlon XP 2800+ and Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB, and a 19" ViewSonic CRT.
So, to you people who have been keeping up with computer technology recently, how does this look? Are there other brands/models you'd reccomend over the ones I chose? I tried to find a balance of things that are fast enough to run games on this monitor with decently high graphics settings enabled, without throwing away my entire life savings on a computer upgrade.
With these parts, I'm going to be spending about $1400 at the end of the day, which is a huge amount of money to throw at something on such short notice, but I can afford it, and I may (hopefully) be able to convince my dad to buy my old parts off of me to help lessen the blow a bit (that is, if I don't chicken out and pass this deal up, but goddamn, those screenshots Antiarc posted are pretty).
Anyway, the real reason for this entry is because I'm considering upgrading my computer, and I want opinions on the parts I'm planning on buying. I haven't spent much time looking into computer parts recently, because I hadn't planned on upgrading so suddenly, but with this HOLY CRAP AWESOME MONITOR going back on sale, I have two days to decide what I need to get if I'm going to get that monitor and accomodate its insanely high resolution for gaming.
So, here's what I've picked out:
MSI K8N Neo4-F Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4-4X ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor
XFX Geforce 6800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
And, of course:
Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24-inch Wide Aspect Flat Panel LCD Monitor with Height Adjustable Stand
This will be upgrading from an Athlon XP 2800+ and Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB, and a 19" ViewSonic CRT.
So, to you people who have been keeping up with computer technology recently, how does this look? Are there other brands/models you'd reccomend over the ones I chose? I tried to find a balance of things that are fast enough to run games on this monitor with decently high graphics settings enabled, without throwing away my entire life savings on a computer upgrade.
With these parts, I'm going to be spending about $1400 at the end of the day, which is a huge amount of money to throw at something on such short notice, but I can afford it, and I may (hopefully) be able to convince my dad to buy my old parts off of me to help lessen the blow a bit (that is, if I don't chicken out and pass this deal up, but goddamn, those screenshots Antiarc posted are pretty).