need help with configuring new computer

[ikillheartless123]

hey im looking to buy a new omputer and i need a little help. most of my attention is on the delll XPS 400,and i know how to configure it just how i want but i am having a hard time making up my mind on something. should i spend around $250 on a "physics accelerator" or spend it on a 512MB ATI Radeon X1900 XTX? if anyone knows what crazy things i am talking about please help and steer me where i want go to get the best gaming pc at an affordable price

 

[RTP49]

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Since you're just starting, I'd just recommend getting the X1900. You won't need a physics processor until more games support it. (GRAW is the only one that does right now me-thinks...)

 

[Banishing Blade]

GRAW may support it, but not well. I know a guy who has one, says it's really buggy.

Did ATI drop prices? Last I checked, the X1900 XTX was like, $500 (CAD). Depending on the rest of the rig though, you may end up 'bottle-necking' the card though.

 

[Square Ninja]

most of my attention is on the delll XPS 400

Therein lies your biggest problem. Dells suck.

 

[Azurith]

hey im looking to buy a new omputer and i need a little help. most of my attention is on the delll XPS 400,and i know how to configure it just how i want but i am having a hard time making up my mind on something. should i spend around $250 on a "physics accelerator" or spend it on a 512MB ATI Radeon X1900 XTX? if anyone knows what crazy things i am talking about please help and steer me where i want go to get the best gaming pc at an affordable price

Right now, there aren't really many, if ANY games that support physics chips.

Your best bet is to place the extra money into a high-power graphics card, or get a better chip/memory..

*Cough*SLI*Cough*

~~Azurith

 

[RTP49]

Right now, there aren't really many, if ANY games that support physics chips.

Your best bet is to place the extra money into a high-power graphics card, or get a better chip/memory..

*Cough*SLI*Cough*

~~Azurith

Or in his case with the XPS Crossfire... (ewww)

But then again, I don't think XPS400's come with stock SLi/Crossfire mobos...

 

[Square Ninja]

Right now, there aren't really many, if ANY games that support physics chips.

Your best bet is to place the extra money into a high-power graphics card, or get a better chip/memory..

*Cough*SLI*Cough*

Agreed. Most games generally don't take advantage of such functions until they essentially become standard on most cards.

 

[The Marauder]

The PhysX chipset created by Aegia is not something you want to be getting. Few games support it at the moment, and if you are getting a dual-core CPU (and being smart), the addition of a PhysX card may actually hinder your PC. I have read several reviewes in which the addition of a PhysX card caused a significant drop in framerates during games. If you didn't know, that is a very bad thing. The X1900XTX is a good card. Go ahead and upgrade to it. Overall I would suggest building your own PC from scratch instead of going with Dell, but it's your call.

Also as a tidbit: I am building a ~$2,250 gaming PC currently, and I am NOT putting a PhysX card in it.