I'm actually going to buy a new computer this time...need opinions.

[fkdup74]

So you guys think this system will run BF2 at highest settings lag free? (system lag, crappy 1mb connection )

never played BF2
but I do believe that an X850XT should handle it fine

all I know is this 6600GT still struggles on feckin C&C Generals,
w/ a 3500+ Venice, 1GB dual channel, low latency Patriot RAM,
the vid card has to be the fuckin bottleneck

[lynx]

So you guys think this system will run BF2 at highest settings lag free? (system lag, crappy 1mb connection )

never played BF2
but I do believe that an X850XT should handle it fine

all I know is this 6600GT still struggles on feckin C&C Generals,
w/ a 3500+ Venice, 1GB dual channel, low latency Patriot RAM,
the vid card has to be the fuckin bottleneck

I take it you've tried it with a different graphics card to prove your accusation.

It's surprising how many people don't realise the extra sound quality that has been built in to current games, so they expect the same old low quality audio codecs to provide the same performance. When that doesn't happen they blame the graphics card, and finally realise something else is the cause (or give up in disgust) after the 3rd graphics card doesn't solve their problem.

[fkdup74]

It's surprising how many people don't realise the extra sound quality that has been built in to current games, so they expect the same old low quality audio codecs to provide the same performance. When that doesn't happen they blame the graphics card, and finally realise something else is the cause (or give up in disgust) after the 3rd graphics card doesn't solve their problem.

ok......got a proposal for you.....
you send me anything X700 Pro or better and I'll prove it

oh btw, yes the 6600GT sucks even with a sound card, which happens to suck as well
Audigy2...pfffft....nVidia's onboard sounds better

and before yer high horse carries you off too far....
I've tried this POS with and without fastwrites enabled,
with and without overclocking,
with and without other services running,
tried about everything under the sun, profiles, BIOS settings, different drivers, you name it

bottom line IMO, it just doesn't live up to the hype
and it was nicknamed the Doom3 card? it's laughable
I give the 6600GT and Radeon 9200 about the same score

[lynx]

It's surprising how many people don't realise the extra sound quality that has been built in to current games, so they expect the same old low quality audio codecs to provide the same performance. When that doesn't happen they blame the graphics card, and finally realise something else is the cause (or give up in disgust) after the 3rd graphics card doesn't solve their problem.

ok......got a proposal for you.....
you send me anything X700 Pro or better and I'll prove it

oh btw, yes the 6600GT sucks even with a sound card, which happens to suck as well
Audigy2...pfffft....nVidia's onboard sounds better

and before yer high horse carries you off too far....
I've tried this POS with and without fastwrites enabled,
with and without overclocking,
with and without other services running,
tried about everything under the sun, profiles, BIOS settings, different drivers, you name it

bottom line IMO, it just doesn't live up to the hype
and it was nicknamed the Doom3 card? it's laughable
I give the 6600GT and Radeon 9200 about the same score

Thing is, I was under exactly the same impression until I got a separate sound card, then all the lagging problems went away. Still, it's your money, go ahead and spend a fortune on another graphics card which won't solve your problem.