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draggy · 08/08/2007 06:47 AM

So...first, I'm an AMD guy. I always recommend AMD because I frankly hate intel and think AMD is a much better deal, cost and performance wise. If you're building a new PC, it might pay to wait a bit and see what AMD's next gen processors will be like, which is what I'm waiting for. They're supposed to come out later this year, and the first barcelona cores are supposed to come out within the next couple of months.

If you don't feel like waiting, intel currently has the top spot when it comes to performance. If you want the best CPUs, they currently have them with their core two duo.
If you want top notch performance for a nice price, take a look at AMD's X2 6000+. great performance for a nice price.

As for RAM, I would recommend at least 2GB, especially if you're doing DX10 and Vista...which I assume you are for crysis.

As for video cards, personally I am going to go with a radeon when I build my new computer, but that's a matter of preference. Nvidia also has really great video cards. I would get one with at least 512MB of memory.
Models for nvidia I would go with are the geforce 8800GTS(more then 320MB of ram), or 8800GTX. for ATI I would look at the radeon 2900XT. performance from a 2900XT falls somewhere between the geforce 8800GTS and GTX for a nice price. The only quarral I have with the 2900XT is it spouts a lot of heat....which I don't really mind to much.

If you want to go for something cheaper, look at the geforce 8600GT and the radeon 2600XT. both have 256MB of memory and tote some nice performance.

It's mostly up to you for which hardware to buy based on the performance and the cost. Look at http://www.tomshardware.com and check out the CPU and GPU charts (right side of the page) and you can compare performances for almost all of the cards and CPUs.

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