Whats better for a new gaming system?

[old.Pickl3d]

What's better for a new gaming system, i'm currently using windows2000 and i run a lot of apps also.

I quite fancy a dual Abit bp6 with 2xcelly's oced(550)and a geforce ddr 256meg ram.

Maybe im better with a single CPU athlon or coppermine oced with a big heatsink/f?

Anyone got any ideas as to what i should spend my bucks on (systemwise) would be much appreciated.

 

[old.TUG]

U need win2k or NT4 for a dual system - both are a touch sketchy for gaming atm... win2k is the better of the 2 for gaming tho...

'I quite fancy a dual Abit bp6 with 2xcelly's oced(550)and a geforce ddr 256meg ram.'

256meg ram? where??!?!!!!

I have one celeron 366@605 and a DDR 32meg and its a nippy lil combo - cheap too... might have one of the new SSE, .18 micron celerons for me Abit BM6... I have a fuckoff Globalwin FDP32 cooler anyway and i can prob sort u with coolers etc but im after another supplier atm

Coppermines are faster than athlons by a smidgen but are more expensive too... I have some athlons overclocked from 550 to 700, 750 and 800MHz available at me webby - www.clockspeed.co.uk

Some ppl with athlons have had geforce probs, but overall certain driver releases have sorted most stuff out.

 

[old.Inshala]

Tug, have any idea if Win2k is any 'kinder' to OCed Celerys than Win98? I have seen a few comments on the web of ppl saying they could OC further with 2k.

There is a patch knocking round for Athlons running Ge-Forces, I think the prob was summat to with using the sidebanding on the Ge-Force.

On a different note, have u any idea wot is the best speed to set the CPU cache latency to on a 433 celery @ 593? I am getting odd benchmarking results (3d Mark 2000) at speeds over 558.

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[This message has been edited by Inshala (edited 05 March 2000).]

 

[old.TUG]

Can't say ive used win2k on owt but athlons... but id say 98se is a bit lighter on the CPU... best way would be to try it and see!

for geforce stuff: www.3dgpu.com and www.nvnews.net

Cache latency as standard is 5 i think for celerons... tbh, as long as its enabled it males no diff.... setting at 1 gains about 1fps and u lose 1fps at the other extreme... i say leave it as standard tho.

Wot kinda scores u getting? Mines quite fast for a single celly i spose... ~4000 in standard settings @ 1024*768 and 250 cpu marks - tis the geforce making me get marks like that

 

[old.Inshala]

Cant get nothing like that, quickest ive seen is 3038. 1024x768 standard settings, 433@582, Ge-Force SDR, 192 MB RAM, 2/3 AGP divider.

 

[old.TUG]

might be becuz u have an SDR geforce...