It looks like my current comp is slowly going by the wayside so I'll be looking for a new one. Do any of you know much about Cyberpower, IBUYPOWER or Velocity Micro gaming riggs, or know of any others? I'm looking to spend right around $1000 or less if I can help it.

Thanks

Wubke

YOu should get a nice one for $1000 mate.


You want a Core2Duo possibly E8400 dual core?

I wouldnt bother with Quad Core yet unless its no more expensive. Higher clock speed is currently more important than the number of Cores, and I cant see it changing totally for a few years yet.

Obviously you want at least 2gb of Ram and with how cheap it is for the faster stuff, you could go for 4 gb.

The new ATI cards are supposed to be really nice, although I havent seen the benchmarks yet, check these out before you decide on a Gfx card.

BTW does anyone have any benchmarks for the new ATI cards vs Nvidia 9XXX series?

EDIT: FOund some! WOW!

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/ati-4800-series-review.ars/4

Faster than the 9800GTX. DOnt be fooled by the 9800GTS x2, its two cards in SLI.

I just found this system for one of my squadmates who was on a tight budget. I KNOW that you can run 1946 with everything set on perfect with this inexpensive system.

PM me if interested

If you decide to build your own rig may I suggest the new E5200.

Costs $83 and should clock easily to 3.7

http://en.hardspell.com/doc/showcont.asp?news_id=3687

Even a low end mobo can make this baby fly.

Most people are not into overclocking...

If you got $1000 to spend maximum i go with a AMD.

Something like AMD X2 6000+/6400+, AMD 790XF Mobo, and a ATI HD4870 card (maybe 2 in Crossfire), 4GB RAM, Decent 750 Watt Powersuply
, Atleast a 250GB Harddisk, DVD burner, and a good Computer Case doesnt have to be expensive.

That should give you a really fast system for your money with out overclocking anything.

I sugest you put one togheter your self or have a shop asemble one for you if you.

Windows Vista 64 bit is really a must have for a gaming computer IMO, runs faster and can make more use of the memmory if more than 2GB is installed.

"BTW does anyone have any benchmarks for the new ATI cards vs Nvidia 9XXX series?"

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Diamond/HD_4870/15.html

I'm not sure if this is relevant here.

Just saw this, AMD Deneb CPU.

Might be worth waiting for.

http://www.tcmagazine.com/comments.php?id=20790&catid=2

X4 2.2 and 2.3GHz, dont think thats gonna beat a X2 6000+ @ 3GHz or 6400+ @ 3.2GHz, or even the new X4 9950 @ 2.6GHz wen it comes to gaming performance.