Good or Bad?!? Tell me what u think of my first rig plz/

[jEct2]

this is the first computer im making. i tried to keep the budjet low
i havent gotten the parts yet, but ive already ordered.
just leave anything u think of it.

Processor
AMD 64 3500+

MotherBoard
Chaintech VNF4

Video Card
GeForce 6200TC 256mb

Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811164006">linksworld case w/ 500w psu</a>

Ram
512mb ddr400

 

[atybimf]

Well, not much to say seeing as though you've already ordered.

 

[Sureshot324]

Originally posted by: jEct2

Video Card
GeForce 6200TC 256mb

I hope you don't plan on playing games

 

[Finns14]

Yeah you should have posted specs b4 buying it you could have done much better

 

[eXx08]

Yea should have gotten Opteron 148 and a Nicer case+PSU

 

[Hyperlite]

Originally posted by: Sureshot324

Originally posted by: jEct2

Video Card
GeForce 6200TC 256mb

I hope you don't plan on playing games

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: Hyperlite

Originally posted by: Sureshot324

Originally posted by: jEct2

Video Card
GeForce 6200TC 256mb

I hope you don't plan on playing games

Ditto. And that PSU looks like garbage...

 

[InlineFour]

i would of went with a refurbished 9800 pro or something.

 

[jEct2]

is that video card really that bad?
cause im only going to use the comp for playing games occasionaly
and if a crappy geforce 2 can play hl2 with 50fps, than im pretty this one can do a lot better

this comp is only on a budget around 500-600 also so thats y i onyl got the stuff

 

[InlineFour]

a gf2 can hit 50fps because it is not a dx9 card. it does not render all the features dx9 cards have, therefore, the gf2 card can stay above 50fps. i'm pretty sure the 6200 is a dx9 card, so performance/fps should be relatively low. if it is possible, return the 6200 and get a used 9800 pro; it cost under $100 on ebay. it is a dx9 card and still a very capable card, even though it is about 3 generations old.

 

[spookynutz]

Originally posted by: jEct2
is that video card really that bad?

http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/12/02/vga_charts_viii/page18.html

It's giving the Geforce 5900 a run for it's money.. Well, at lower resolution anyway.

 

[jEct2]

thanx inline four, u help more than most others

 

[Sureshot324]

Originally posted by: jEct2
is that video card really that bad?
cause im only going to use the comp for playing games occasionaly
and if a crappy geforce 2 can play hl2 with 50fps, than im pretty this one can do a lot better

this comp is only on a budget around 500-600 also so thats y i onyl got the stuff

Yeah i really don't think a 256mb 6200 is a good buy. It's probably not even going to be that cheap since it has a lot of ram. I'd return it if you can, and get a used 9800 pro like others have said. If you can afford to spend a bit more, get a 6600 gt, preferable 256mb.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: Sureshot324

Originally posted by: jEct2
is that video card really that bad?
cause im only going to use the comp for playing games occasionaly
and if a crappy geforce 2 can play hl2 with 50fps, than im pretty this one can do a lot better

this comp is only on a budget around 500-600 also so thats y i onyl got the stuff

Yeah i really don't think a 256mb 6200 is a good buy. It's probably not even going to be that cheap since it has a lot of ram. I'd return it if you can, and get a used 9800 pro like others have said. If you can afford to spend a bit more, get a 6600 gt, preferable 256mb.

Actually it probably only "supports" 256MB. It probably has like 32-64MB onboard and then it grabs the rest from system memory. Another reason it's so slow.

But all the places advertise it as 256MB and in tiny letters it says "Supports up to" or something like that.

 

[jEct2]

so this one only supports 256?
and this has 32-64 onboard, unlike the others which are actually up to 256 onbard?

 

[stevty2889]

The 6200TC cards aren't much better than integrated graphics. They have small amounts of onboard ram(I have one, has 16mb) and use system ram for the rest. I haven't tried gaming on mine, I scored a whopping 4200 in 3dmark01 with the thing..might be able to play at 800x600 with medium settings, or 1024x768 with low settings. Like somebody else said, the GF2 doesn't have DX-9 capabilities, so it's not doing as much work as the 6200TC will have to do. I have half life 2, I can run it on the 6200TC if you want to see how it comes out.

Definatly don't want to go cheap on the PSU, I have first hand experience of what a cheap PSU can do. Had a 400w powmax, and it went pow and took my $180 motherboard with it. You can get a decent 400w Fortron for $40 on newegg, I highly recomend you do that, the PSU that comes with that case is low quality. A quality 350w PSU is better than a generic 500w PSU.

 

[jEct2]

what do u get for fps in high quality?

 

[GamerExpress]

What kind of memory??

Your linking skills suck!!

I don't think it looks too good (sorry) why bother to ask about it if you already ordered it.

 

[InlineFour]

the 6200tc truley sucks since it uses onboard ram. hell, even a gf4 ti, which is over 4 years old and half the price used, is much better than that card. return the 6200tc if you can.

 

[adrena]

Originally posted by: Sureshot324

Originally posted by: jEct2

Video Card
GeForce 6200TC 256mb

I hope you don't plan on playing games

ouch... =[

 

[SilentZero]

Definately not the one I would have put together, but fine for a budget rig. But as everyone has said, that video card is crap and if your only use for the pc is to play games, I have a strong feeling that you will be kicking yourself for that choice in vid card.

 

[jEct2]

w/e, ill keep it
u people are crazy...