On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was thinking of getting one of those, but broke down and got a > 7300GS discrete board (under 2k). For my apps^H^H^H^H games like > Oblivion, it's too slow. The 8400GS is not any better. The 7050 is > much, much worse (even lower performance than a 6100).
Thanks for the input... I actually own a 7050 already - the E-Maxx 7050 board for AM2, paired with a X2 3600+ - but I don't use it myself so I can't say. I guess I could go for the low-end 8600GT/DDR-3 at PhP3,300. > In my opinion the ultra-low end video boards are no better than Intel > Graphics. If you're thinking "maximize the rig so I can play modern > games" forget about it. Budget at least 6k just for the board if > you're serious about that. I do want to play modern games, but RTS not FPS so they demand less GPU power. I would like to play them at full settings at 1680x1050 though :) > I am now regretting having bought an entry-level main board that only > has two DDR2 slots. So i'm maxed out at 2GB right now. I will have to > ditch this board some time for a four-slotter (hopefully a board that > will let me overclock my E2180 to 3GHz as well, hehehe..) So, back to the original topic - VT - seems like you don't need it :) As for my Solaris requirement - I didn't reply earlier - hardware compatibility isn't too important because I'll likely run it virtualized. But I can't accept why Intel put VT only in the E6xxx and above, while AMD made its virtualization feature available on the lowliest X2 3600+ (or even lower?) Maybe because VT only makes sense with 4 MB L2 cache? _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
