Posted by desmatic on February 17, 2002 at 14:56:54:
In Reply to: The best CPU? posted by Tommy on February 16, 2002 at 23:35:11:
1GHZ (amd or intel) will run all of the games at full speed, except a dozen or so. A 1.8 GHZ (amd-1.53GHz or intel) will run all of the current games at full speed no problem. Current best configuration for the dollar:
www.newegg.com -- AMD Athlon XP 1800+/266 FSB PROCESSOR CPU - RETAIL $159
www.newegg.com -- Gigabyte GA-7VTXE+,VIA KT266A chipset, ATA133 Socket A motherboard,5PCI ,3DDR DIMM, ATA133, AC97, RETAIL Model#: GA-7VTXE+ $91
www.crucial.com -- DDR PC2100 • CL=2.5 • Unbuffered • Non-parity • 7.5ns • 2.5V • 64Meg x 64 $152