The (new) Official PC building thread!

lol the co-founder of Apple! You really are out of the loop.

 

uh...ok...you sure did a lot of research...

 

Actually most of that stuff in common knowledge.


I hate Steve Jobs too...

 

@GTR35
No Research...I was around when Computers first came out...I remember when he announced that he was going to become a Concert Promoter...and how he was going to basically change the Concert Promotion Industry...which he Did...He Basically Lost all his money that he made off Apple...within 2 years of becoming a Concert Promoter...He drove most Independent Concert Promoter into Bankruptcy in the mid 80's...what a Freaking Moron...

@abuzar1
Steve Wozniak is the one I hate...I do not have anything against Steve Jobs...just Steve Wozniak...

 

Steve Jobs is a very well known person, almost as much as Bill Gates. I'm amazed you've never heard of him, it takes no research to know who he is, I thought it was common knowledge!

 

I am sorry to sound like a hypocrite since i started this off topic chat, but can we get back to discussing pc building and not people related to computers?

unrelated - i had to lol at bill gates getting grilled by a lawyer back in like 1997

 

Sure, why not.

 

as most of you know my knowledge about GPU's is limited. most of what I've read says that PCIe 16x and PCIe 2.0 is backward compatable. is this true? TIA.

 

Yes current PCI-E 2 cards run fine with PCI-E 16x. I'll testify to that since I'm running a HD 3850 on a P35 chipset.

 

so a PCIe 2.0 video card will work fine on a mobo with a 975X chipset?

 

Yeah it will.

 

thanks

 

No problem, what card are you getting BTW?

 

I'm not but a buddy of mine has an asus P5W DH Deluxe mobo and wants to replace his 7950 PCIe 16X with a new 8800GTS PCIe 2.0. I'll probably buy his old card for a new build I'm going to be doing one of these days. the 7950 will be fine for me since I'm not a gamer.

 

Make sure he gets the 512MB G92 version!

 

I was wrong in my previous post. he's looking at a superclocked EVGA 8800GT, not GTS. I'll make sure it's a G92.

 

this is the one he's looking at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130306 I don't see anything about it being G92 tho.

 

All 8800GT cards are G92. There are 2 versions of the 8800GTS though. The older version with the G80 GPU and the newer version with the G92 GPU. The one with the G80 gpu sucks and it is a waste of money because cheaper cards are much better.

Hell my 150 dollars HD 3850 beats the 350-400 dollar older G80 8800GTs so you know it ain't worth it!

 

The G92 comment only applies to the GTS. The old GTS is now a very underpowered expensive card since the GT came out, so it's important you buy the right GTS. All the GT cards perform the same, and use the G92 core.
if all he's going with is the 8800GT, you may want to consider the HD3870 instead, it's pretty much as fast, offers a far better image quality, is cheaper and more futureproof with newer technologies. Grab one while they're still in stock!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102713

 

I'm looking at getting some DDR2 800 RAM in the next few weeks. I've been looking at the EGG of course since they have good prices and a GOOD inventory. Anyway I looked at so much RAM in the last few days that I'm completely confused as to what I want. No sleep, 3 kiddies, and work (that 4 letter word) has distracted me into posting here for "advice". Plus you guys have good advice too. ;P

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tia people.....

...gm