Advice on what to do? hmm

Hi Gang...I'm considering building a computer from DS, normally i like building them myself but have been very impressed with all the positive responses with this company.  I plan someday to configure my rig later down the road from here.   But atm i need some advice.   

My current system specs are below (in my signature), and I'm trying to decide whether or not to upgrade this system and wait to see what is to come later as far as tech goes or decide to leave as is or go Core i7.

Any advice is welcome, if there something not right with this system do tell...not sure if i have the right ram speed.  Or if i should look at a new vid car which i know if i do i have to replace my mobo as well and if i would even tell the difference between my q6600 and the new Core i7.

Currently game at 1680 x 1050 might upgrade to 1920 x 1200 later.   Play BioShock, Crysis, warhead, Gears of War, Stalker clear sky, FarCry and Fear.   Plan on getting Farcry2, Fear2, and all the cool gaming coming out this summer.

Sorry for the long post
plz help and yes that means you DST =P

Thanks

How about my current setup..anything there i should upgrade or is my system yet old good to last me till next year...another question i have is the fsb for q6600 is 1066 any my mem is 800 do i need to match that or is 800 fine.

And since u think i should wait for gulftown i take it i couldn't tell  the difference between i7 and q6600.

Forget the specs for a minute. Are you unhappy with the way your system performs now? If so, why?

No i am happy with it i just want to see what people thought of the system and to see if there was any room for improvement if any.  

As far as the memory goes i was just trying to figure out if i need to go to 1066mhz to match my 1066mhz fsb on my q6600 ..i have my system overclocked to 1425mhz fsb...or am i good with the 800mhz ram

sorry another question

only 8800 ultras i can find now is in ebay...but isnt the gtx 275 pci-e 2.0 my board only uses 1.0

I always thought Crysis was GPU limited and that there wasn't much frame rate increase after even 2.2 GHz Core 2 duo, but I defer to the obviously knowledgeable "DST"

ya n hopefully by the time gulftown comes out...gt 300 will be there just hard to wait another year...still might upgrade this computer a bit since thats all a year away

checked cpu-z it is that version so maybe ill upgrade to 1066mhz

also still wanna know if anyone does with my 680i it has 1.0 pci-e...if i get a gt 200 thats 2.0 i know its totally different but will it work with my and is it still gonna be faster then a 8800 ultra

Hi all - been out of town for a few days. Thought I would pop on before bedtime.

I had a stock Q6600 and 8800 GTX system as my main system before I bought my currrent DS system.  On video rendering, which is basically purely CPU and favors more threads, the new machine is between 3 and 5 times as fast as the old was depending on the file I'm rendering.

There is huge difference on gaming, too, because I now have a pair of GTX285s in SLI. I'm not sure what sort of DS system you had in mind, but that is my own experience in upgrading.

My advice: Your current system is adequate to get you through another 10 months or so until you can afford to get an i7 based system. Rather than spending another penny on your current system, I would bank every penny you can over the next 10 months and dump it into even better upgrades for your new system next year. Why throw away money on a machine you know you aren't keeping?

HM there is no difference to be seen between any 800 and 1066, I've done it myself and anybody else that has done it will tell you the same, to go 1066 from 800 is pure waste of money, no different then going 1600 from 1333.











some times the 800MHz is even better, look at the 2GB 800MHz pull more fps then the 2GB of 1066:



at the end the difference between 800MHz and 1600MHz is like 4fps, in many games even less, here 4GB of 800Mhz actually beats 4GB of 1600MHz:



Ya getting very close to ordering now, I do have too much time on my hands

Edited by DST4ME - 30 Apr 2009 at 6:57am

Thanks dst on the awesome info about memory..just gonna stick with 800 and might upgrade to 4..i do plan of doing business with DS 1-2 months or just bite the bullet and wait for GT 300 and gulftown just hope this system will get me by till then

Thank to everyone else on there input i really appreciate it..
stupid technology

Originally posted by Sarah How about you come do business with us right now? =) I got an open phone line, and plenty of awesome components to put into a system for you! ...cant blame me for trying right?

You the best....cuz, everybody keeps saying so!! 

Paranoia, when you are ready, just make sure you ask to speak directly to me, that way I can make sure you are all taken care of.

Originally posted by BillDempsey My advice: Your current system is adequate to get you through another 10 months ... I would bank every penny you can over the next 10 months and dump it into even better upgrades for your new system next year. Why throw away money on a machine you know you aren't keeping?

Originally posted by DST4ME Originally posted by Zardoz8719 Well, ain't that interesting...  When DDR2 isn't much different from DDR3... and  instances where 1333 has more FPS than 1600...and 1066 can match 1600 in FPS...  Gee whiz...how's a guy to know--whatever happened to the simplicity of "more expensive is better/higher part-numbers are better"?      Ya lot of times now in days more expensive does not mean better or more performance, the ram and for example the 1050si case vs the 950si or HAF is another perfect example, tho the 1050si cost more the 950si and HAF have much better performance in cooling.

there is a difference between 2GB and 4GB, there is no difference between 800 to 1066 in stock cpu speeds, been there done that myself, the same way there is no difference between 1600 and 1800 either, I can bring million more charts from just about any site, as a matter of fact I dare you to bring me charts that show the difference you are taking about.