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Originally Posted by Radar
I want to go with the largest SATA drives I can afford. I want to get a really nice video card, 2GB of really fast ram, etc.
I'd like to have a very reliable high performance gaming/video editing/etc. machine.
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I know we had a thread discussing video cards a little while back, but I'll throw my two cents in on this anyhow. Me and my buddy both run ATI 9800 Pro video cards. And let me tell you, these things are beautiful! They come w/ dual moniter support so my buddy can play Doom III FLAWLESSLY on one screen and do his 3d animation work on the other one, at the same time.
I about drooled when he showed me this.
The 9800 Pro has the beef to run Doom III and Halo and isn't goin anywhere fast. So my advice to you, forget the hugely expensive ones w/ 256 mb's that will strangle your wallet. Get the 9800 Pro and you'll have a very satisfying (and sh*t scarey w/ Doom II) gaming experience.
As for the RAM, this same bud of mine is running 1024 mb's and he doesn't need a byte more. That is unless, you plan on running about 10 applications at once, at that point, you should look into your time managment skils.