Posted by xiaou2 on 1, 2000 at 10:31 PM:
In Reply to: Help me buy a new pc :) posted by saint on 1, 2000 at 9:55 PM:
Hi Saint,
Very good choices. The only thing I recomend is just getting a regular Ati Rage Fury 32 bit, or simular card. For Video editing, its better for an external mpeg device, as they are usually much higher in quality.
Ive heard that there is a new Matrox card out that supports dual heads, and is the best for video editing, as well as being very graphically intense with 3d.
A side note about the motherboard... How many ide ports does it have? I just upgraded, and my new boaard is an Abit Be6II. It has 2 Ultra 66 ports, AND 2 IDE ports! (could have 8 drives!) Woohoo :) Its very fast. Im running a PIII 550, and run Mortal Kombat with Maxumun Settings at over 120fps using full throttle mode!
Have Fun :)
Sincerely,
Steve
:)
PS: Stay away from athlons for now. The motherboards are too unstabe and too slow :( I had tried an athlon 650 w/ a epox board and it ran mk full at only 80fps :( Also kept locking and reseting.