| Guru's
Choice in Hardware / Best Buy |
We've had a lot of people asking us
what is the state of the art system, what's an average system and what
peripherals are in it. So, we will update this section from time to
time with our personal opinion on what is a good, reliable and most
stable gaming rig available for good value.
| COMPUTER
FACTS |
| Fastest
x86 processor: |
Intel
Pentium 3.5GHz |
| Fastest
laptop: |
Pentium
III 1.2 GHz mobile |
| Fastest
HD: |
IBM 70
Gigabyte |
| Fastest
Memory: |
DDR-RAM
PC2600 |
|
| TODAY'S
PREFERRED PC |
| Operating System: |
Windows
98SE/Millennium/2000/XP |
| Best
Videocard : |
GeForce3 64MB DDR Memory |
| Fast
Memory: |
PC166 SDRAM
CAS2 |
| Hard disk
Size: |
Minimal
8,4 GB UDMA-66 |
| Soundcard: |
SoundBlaster
Live! Platinum 5.1/Audigy |
| Network
Interface Card: |
3-COM |
| Outdated
System: |
Everything
below 500 MHz |
| Minimum
system: |
500MHz
system |
| Best Value
Gamers Processor: |
Intel
Celeron or AMD Duron |
| Tomorrow's
Processor: |
Pentium
4 (Williamette) or AMD Athlon Hammer 64-bit |
| Processors
in 2001: |
2
GHz |
| Best
Overclocker: |
Pentium III /IV & Celeron II and Unlocked
Thunderbird / Duron |
|
| TOMORROW'S
PC |
| Operating
System: |
Windows
XP |
| Videocard |
GeForce3 Ti Ultra |
| Processor: |
2500MHz |
| memory: |
256Mb
PC2600 333MHz |
| Harddisk: |
180Gb/UDMA
133 |
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