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Jun 18^th, 2005 at 3:06am

Flight_Sim Offline
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HI, I'm getting a new PC soon,what specs should I have to get high quality visuals like the ones I see in the monthly contests?THANKS.

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Reply #1 - Jun 18^th, 2005 at 9:36am

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Something similar to this

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Power Supply: OCZ Powerstream 520W PSU
Processor: AMD 64 3500 939 pin *
CPU Cooling: Zalman CPU cooler for Athlon 64
Motherboard: ASUS A8V-Deluxe Wifi
Graphics Card: ATI X800 Pro or X850XT
Memory:OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Platinum Revision 2(2X512mb) *
Hard Disk: Seagate 120GB 7200 RPM 8mb Cache SATA *
Sound Card: Creative Labs Audigy 2 ZS

https://magnum-pc.securewebsiteserver.net/index.php?cPath=92_127&osCsid=df85eb7c
bfe8bfaa6fbdce56c2226334

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Reply #2 - Jun 18^th, 2005 at 10:41am

4_Series_Scania Offline
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AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£99.95 £99.95
Epox EP-9NPA+ nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-030-EP)
£59.95 £59.95
AOpen H500B Midi Tower 300W 24-Pin PSU (CA-002-AO)
£44.95 £44.95
Neovo F-417(R12) 17" LCD Monitor - Black (MO-007-NV)
£125.95 £125.95
Logitech B58 Optical Wheel Mouse (Black) - OEM (KB-015-LG)
£6.50 £6.50
Logitech Internet Pro Keyboard (Black) - OEM (KB-011-LG)
£6.40 £6.40
OcUK Value 512MB (2x256MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-005-OK)
£24.95 £24.95
AOpen GeForce 6200 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-008-AO)
£49.95 £49.95
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus NCQ 80GB ST380817AS SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-003-SE)
£33.95 £33.95
Subtotal £452.55
VAT £79.20
Total £531.75

Low Budget....

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Epox EP-9NPA+ nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-030-EP)
£59.95 £59.95
NEC ND3540 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-019-NE)
£27.90 £27.90
AOpen H500B Midi Tower 300W 24-Pin PSU (CA-002-AO)
£44.95 £44.95
Neovo F-417(R12) 17" LCD Monitor - Black (MO-007-NV)
£125.95 £125.95
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition - OEM (OS-001-MS)
£54.95 £54.95
OcUK ATI Radeon X700 Pro 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-020-OK)
£79.95 £79.95
OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (MY-004-OK)
£54.95 £54.95
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3500BPBOX) (CP-119-AM)
£169.95 £169.95
Logitech Internet Pro Keyboard (Black) - OEM (KB-011-LG)
£6.40 £6.40
Logitech B58 Optical Wheel Mouse (Black) - OEM (KB-015-LG)
£6.50 £6.50
Logitech S100 10W RMS Speakers Black - OEM (SP-023-LG)
£6.95 £6.95
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus NCQ 120GB ST3120827AS SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-004-SE)
£45.95 £45.95
Subtotal £684.35
VAT £119.77
Total £804.12

Mid Range...

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AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (Socket 939) - Retail £434.69

Asus A8N-SLi nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard £99.82

Pioneer DVR-109XLB 16 x 16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Limited Edition Black) OEM £38.77

Antec SLK3000B Midi Tower Case - No PSU £34.08

Tagan TG480-U22 480W ATX2.01 2Force SLi Compliant Silent PSU £82.19

Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop v2.0 - OEM £30.49

Hyundai Imagequest L72D+ 17" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black £196.17

PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 XL 256MB DDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £211.44

Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2 £176.19

Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache £76.32

Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 250GB 2500JD SATA 8MB Cache £93.94

OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Silver £7.64

AOpen DVD-1648 Chameleon 16x DVD-ROM inc. Ivory/Black/Silver Bezels - Retail £18.09

Total inc VAT £1499.83

"Lets Party! "

Grin

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Posting drivel here since Jan 31st, 2002. - That long!

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Reply #3 - Jun 18^th, 2005 at 12:25pm

NWISimmer Ex Member

Flight_sim,
Go with what you can afford, but in addition to the useful info above:
Motherboard -PCI-Express will future proof you.
Processor - AMD 64 socket 939 3500 or above for the same reasons as above & they're recognised as the best for pure gaming!
RAM - 512mb at minimum, 1gb preferable, buy in pairs for "Dual channel" purposes.
Graphics card.. now this is one of the hardest ones.. a good start would be a 6600gt, anything up to a X800pro.
PSU 450+ watts.
Good luck, and don't forget to factor in the cost of FS2004!
Rob.

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Reply #4 - Jun 18^th, 2005 at 5:57pm

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Yeah,I was planning on getting a Dell Dimension 8400 with 1GB of RAM,3.20GHz pro,Win XP,80 Gb HD,ATI 8300.I have a budget of about $900.

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Reply #5 - Jun 18^th, 2005 at 6:50pm

4_Series_Scania Offline
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Spend your $900 on components rather than a pre-assembled PC.
Get a friend who knows what he's doing to build it for you if you can't do it yourself.

Result, a far better performing pc for the same money.

Browse through some of the other threads here, you'll realise a Dell isn't your best bet. Wink

The spec machines I've quoted above will be available in the US, although I believe OC/UK do mail order.... Grin

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Reply #6 - Jun 19^th, 2005 at 11:13am

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I really want an X2 from what I hear it has better features than Intels also AMD will be relising a low budget X2 for around 350$ Timefram:unknown

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