ahm.. im planing to buy a new computer i want a xtream performance because my old computer is a dual core and 1 gig memory ram and ATI 256mb 80gigHD.
you know i want to play more games like GTA4,diabloIII and more.

am planing to buy this spec

my processor:
Intel Core i7 I7-920 2.66ghz Quad Core Processor

motherboard:
what is the latest in 2009 motherboard can handle 16 gig memory ramDDR3
and 2 video card?

my video card:
SAPPHIRE HD 4850 X2 2G/1G GDDR3 PCI-E

i need your advice

I would go with the 3.0 ghz quad AMD, its even a tad cheaper.

The ATI SAPHIRE HD 4870x2 is the card you want.

Xtreame

why 3.0 ghz quad AMD ?

yup ATI video card is better than nivia?

Price versus performance, if you compare what you pay for the top AMD versus the TOP INTEL you can usually buy 2 x best amd and a server board for the price of 1 Intel

ah!....the price of intel can buy 2 times the top best performance in AMD? ahmm i think phenom x4 is a TOP best performance in AMD? if i am not mistaken HUH?

Phenom II x4 3.2 ghz with a 4870 x2 benchmarks 15000 in 3D Mark Vantage

Phenom II x4 is not the same as the older Phenom x4

lmao man im out of touch on these computer systems...man i might come here next time i want to buy a computer and see whats out there to buy xtreame is the man. i remember buying my first computer and seeing how slow it became lol now i got a better one and its still slow and i got a dual core processor. everything i got on this is minimum for vista but i at least thought it was going to be fast, and it was untill i had it for a year dang windows make ur computer so slow its crazy . honestly man if i was u i'd get what he suggested and learn linux from what i hear its a lot better im just to lazy to learn how to use it

how much?

AMD fanboy 4 life!

agreed

intel may be top dog but if you want as much bang for your buck go with amd

same goes with ati; nvidia has some reaal nice stuff but if you want the most for your cash go with ati

and if you're going with ati and you want two gfx cards make sure it supports crossfire

i always thought intel and nvidia was the top stuff guess i was wrong so u would want 2 ati all the time?

Not all the time.

Both Crossfire (ATI) and SLI (nvidia) involving sharing data via the pci bus, which is slow as it has some overhead to split the data for processing to the 2 seperate cards and then reform it back to the outputs.

Ideally you want a card with 2 gpus on the same card, for that the 4870x2 is the best card. At the time of its release its worth mentioning it also beat the top nvidia card in performance.

But for same price of a top INTEL rig, I can build an ATI and AMD rig that will out perform it every time.

Also its worth mentioning that when it comes to cards like the 4870x2 that can get 400 frames per second in some games, YOUR EYES CAN ONLY SEE A MAXIMUM OF 31 FRAMES PER SECOND.

So when it comes to gaming dont worry about having the biggest graphics card combos.

I have a friend who has 4 of the meanest cards NVIDIA makes, and when we play GRID side by side at highest res, you cant tell the difference and I only have a little HD 4650

Xtreame

so what video card is the best or better?

xtream in your own opinion what is the best video card in ATI
and nvia?am asking in your own opinion