8800 gt question.

[midnightrain]

@ughmahedhurtz: what is the DDR2 BIOS issue you are referring to? I have 4GB of DDR2 on my P35 motherboard; even with an 8800GT my framerates are still pretty bad with 5 accounts: ~10-15fps

[crebble]

i dunno bout the wattage but i use a core 2 duo 2,66 8800gts , and 3 80gb sata's with a 480 watt's cpu and it works great!

tho i wouldnt say too much now since its a new pc but it doesnt seem to be too small since it doesnt get hot!
believe me when i say that a too small cpu will get HOT.
back in the days when p3 was the best i had a too small one (280w) and i coult frie eggs on it (not a joke)

/stick

[Ughmahedhurtz]

@ughmahedhurtz: what is the DDR2 BIOS issue you are referring to? I have 4GB of DDR2 on my P35 motherboard; even with an 8800GT my framerates are still pretty bad with 5 accounts: ~10-15fps

Some motherboards have poorly optimized BIOS code (or bad hardware in some models) that can cause lag and BSODs when you run DDR memory in dual-channel mode. By dual channel mode, I mean having your RAM in matched pairs (bank 0+2, 1+3, etc.). There are a lot of technical reasons for it but it exhibits itself as very intermittent and frustrating jumpiness or just flat out failures to run. I have an old ASUS P4B533 on one of my older boxes that refuses to run properly with matched DDR. BSODs, BIOS hangs, all sorts of wierd errors. Put in one stick in either bank, though, and it works like a champ. Put all the hardware from that system on another motherboard with the same specs from MSI and it works fine.

[Skuggomann]

Bought 2GB 800Mhz RAM and all lag gon WOHOOOO! XD i can finally go into Ogrimmar :P