Alright, basic intro:
I was born in 1984, which means I grew up just a tad late to be an Atari front runner (still got one and played the shit outta it) but I did get to grow up with Nintendo. I've bought every Nintendo console on release day (Wii included, 32 hours outside of Wal-mart).
I'm a "hardcore gamer" but I detest the term and I won't fit into any damn mold! I LOVE retro games, and I think 90% of the shit on the game market right now isn't worth the time or money I'd have to spend to burn those shitty studios that make these games to the ground.
I hate the fact that the FPS genre has become so flooded it's hard to find anything good and not WWII, and I think the last good FPS was Half-life 2 (HL2+Source+Bioshock WTF PWN ALL).
I've been PC gaming since I was 3
Shit I've bought:
Nintendo - NES, SNES, Gameboy, Gameboy Pocket, Gameboy Color, N64, Game Boy Color, GB Advance (+SP), Virtual Boy (fun ass system imo), Gamecube, GB Micro (was a gift, I prolly wouldn't have bought one), DS, DS Lite, Wii.
Sony - Playstation, Playstation 2 (3 of em so far), PSone. Gonna buy a PS3 only if it's under $300, and a PSP when it's cheaper.
M$ - Winblows 3.1 up to Vista Ultimate (I bit the bullet and got Vista when I built my latest PC), Xbox. Gonna buy a 360 when the revamped 65nm version is down under $300.
The first computer I gamed on:
Name: IBM Personal Computer 5150
Processor: Intel 8088 @ 4.77 MHz (A beast!)
Memory: 64 KiB
Hard Drive: Ehhh... Nope.
Network card: Hehe... nope.
Keyboard: "Compared to the keyboards of other small computers, the IBM PC keyboard is the Rolls-Royce." Real quote from a review back in the day!
Monitor: 8" CGA graphic mode; 320 x 200 resolution.
My Current PC:
MB: ASUS P5N32-E NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI
Proc: Intel Quad Core Q6600
RAM: 4Gbs of Patriot Extreme Performance DDR2 800
VidCard: 2x (SLI'ed) EVGA 320-P2-N815-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB
My Backup Computer:
MB: MSI K8T Neo,
Proc: AMD64 2100+ w/ 1mb L2 Cache
RAM: 2Gb DDR 400
VidCard: Nvidia Geforce 7800 GS, 512 Mb
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good luck.
what they don't tell you is SLI can actually slow down at lower resolutions. I'd go for the single GTS 640 mb. games that use multicore are pretty few and far between.
All that nerdy fun stuff!
I'll also be moving my current 2 250Gb Sata drives over for extra storage... hence the 5 120mm fan case with the 3 fans directly on the hard drive bays.
Of course SLI is worth it, it's 2 video cards rendering half of their norm, they handle stress much better (which is what gaming is, random stresses). If I wanted higher resolution I'd get the 640mb version.
Video card RAM is used as a basis for resolution, that's about it, the higher the resolution, the more the RAM needed. I have a 22" widescreen LCD and only need 1280x960 to have the best look I need.
Every new game in the DirectX 10 era will be supporting SLI and dual core processors... I'm sorry BaHamut, gotta disagree with ya here.
*slams door*
What gives man? Seriously...
Even my e4300 went to 1.8 to 3ghz 5 minutes after I finished assembling my box, reaching 1:1 bus speeds with my RAM and all was gooood. Bloody things chew through AMDs.
Also, a very very sweet box, makes me wish I had 2.5k to spend :P
That 6850 outperforms the x6800 for a better price, good choice :D