Hello All,
I am planning to upgrade my system.I would basically be using the system for surfing , audio / video applications and a bit of gaming.
I want a system , which will be able to use Vista to it's maximum glory.
Have thought about the following config below....Plz , give me ur suggestions on the same....
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600.
Intel DG965SS mobo.
1 GB RAM.
200 GB HDD.
Samsung 19 inches wide screen.
Will the onboard graphics card in Intel DG965SS mobo be good enough for Vista ?
I was told that the Samsung 19 inch lcd supports dvi input. Does this mean , I can download and watch HD video on my comp ?
Will the above config be future proof atleast for the near future ?
I was planning not to buy a graphics card to cut down the cost as I am not a hardcore gamer.
However , Plz be free to suggest any diff mobo , which has a better onboard graphics and more features.
It would also be great , if someone could give a rough estimate of the above config.
My current Config -
P4 - 1.5 GHz
200GB HDD.
512 MB Ram.
32 MB AGP Card.
Cheers,
Senthil G
IF you want to use Aero, then you need to have a graphics card.
And if you will state your budget people can help you in choosing a balanced config.
If you want decent graphic card then go for nvidia 6600GT or 6800GT or if you are hardcore game+wanna running vista smoothly then for nvidia 7900GTX.
Vista Upgrade Advisor is a crap software,onboard chipset doesnot support aero glass effect of vista.
Well even if it supports and Aero is enabled, then what about performance? Do you think it will be good? I doubt any onboard card can give good performance with any 3D desktop available in the market.
7600gt
c2d e6300 is good enough...or you can wait for quad core processors, twice the performance, but many times the money...
CPU = More the adequate, if u wanna save some money, get a Core 2 duo E6400
RAM is good, get 2X512MB DDR2
Motherboard is fine, the intel GMA X3000 onboard graphics provides performance on par with a Geforce FX 5700 non ultra with full hardware Pixel & vertex shader, & even full DirectX 10 compatibility in hardware, later on with a driver update. This GMA X3000 is is specifically made to run Vista AERO UI with full performance, although the system RAM sharing will leave u with less RAM for your own tasks
Windows Vista requirs a garphics card with 128 MB RAM for resolution upto 1600X1200, above that, it needs 256 MB Video RAM, the onbaord GMA X3000 can share upto 256 MB RAM, when u have 1 GB System RAM, so...a seperate graphics card is always prefered anyway, however the onboard solution on this motherboard is good enough to run Vista at full quality
hard disk & monitor, as u wish..but a SATA 2 HD is preferd due to obvious advancement in performance
Atleast 2GB DDR 2 RAM is better,even vista killed my 1GB DD2RAM.
Hi Guys ,
Thanks a ton for these replies...... It really helps me make a wise decision......
I think , I will go with the onboard memory for the time being.... lets see , how it goes..... I shall then, if not satisfied with the performance, go in for a dedicated graphics card later (I guess,Direct X 10 cards should be out by then)
Is there a lot of diff in performance between E6400 and E6600 ( I am aware that the cache memory is 4mb in E6600 and 2mb in E6400). Is the Price diff justified ?
Any inputs abt the LCD Monitor ? Is the samsung 19 inch widescreen gud enough to play HD video?
Cheers,
Senthil
is ur LCD the samsung 940 BW??
I am damm sure that Intel 945 and 965 support Aero completely.
samsung 740bw - HD capabilities ?
Has anyone played High definition videos in samsung 740bw ?
How is the performance ?
Is the picture quality comparable to HDTV's available in the market ?
high defination videos will play, however u need a monitor with a high resolution to play them, else they will interpolate to low size
a video of 720X480 HD, is what plays fine in 17", above it is HD video of 1280X720 also knows as 720p, so, if u have 1024X768 resolution, it will down scale anyway
You have chosen a useless rig so far. Anyway, let me make some changes, I am assuming that Vista is your priority with everything secondary.
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 (if you want to overclock), else E6300
Mobo depending upon budget
2 X 1GB DDR2 667 or faster RAM
Seagate SATA II NCQ 7200.10 250GB - 3800
A 17" TFT monitor will do, a larger monitor means a higher native resolution or a bad quality image at the same resolution, so if you want to play your games at 1280x1024, they will look better on a 17" then they would on a 19". And even to play your games at 1280x1024 you need atleast a 7900GT class graphic card or 7600GT graphic card for average quality settings.
A 7600GS will do for Vista as long as you are not into very serious gaming.
nboard doesn't have pixels so you can't enable aero glass effect.
