Originally Posted by
Jaytron
Originally Posted by
Leukybear
Cigarettes?
My gawd 8 years old... pentium/athlon?
If I were you I would start from scratch... I don't think a diablo 2 machine can handle diablo 3 very well.... especially in the days of AGP cards.
Anyhow I really do like how AMD has stuck to a similar and not to mention backwards compatible socket for awhile as opposed to intel that's turning out proprietary ones twice every year.
Rosewill is the ghetto; corsair or thermaltake all the way bro.
It actually handled Starcraft 2 better than my MBP did.
Athlon 4400+ 2.2ghz dual core
2gb ram
Geforce 8800GT OC
Old sure, but still plays decently.
I ordered a Corsair 600w, so if I need to rebuild completely I have enough power for a better system. I'll likely reuse my HD/case/etc if I rebuild. So I'll only need to buy Mobo/RAM/and (eventually) a new vid card. Case is fine, HD is fine, optical drive is fine.
I haven't kept up with good budget minded video cards though. Any suggestions? I'd rather not go ATI, because I used to work for them and the drivers are always a problem. The cards also seem to be more power hungry.
Yeah nothing beats dedicated graphics; I loved the time when the 88' was the top dog; good times.
And catalyst drivers are a pile of poo. As far as power usage, ATI has come out far on the lead as far as performance vs power consumption goes; top card vs. top card; nvidia's cards always uses more wattage on idle or under load.
Often times ATI cards would outperform at a lower power usage vs a Nvidia card.
Nvidia just launched out the GTX6XX series not long ago so you should be able to pick a very powerful GTX 5XX card for pretty cheap from upgraders.