Need Suggestions for Mobo and CPU Combo - Page 2

silencer · 10-04-2004, 02:44 AM

They do - it's 32-bit processors that don't allow above 4GB. I'm actually not certain on how much 64-bit's allow; it would be interesting to find the formula on how it works.

As for needed, that's exactly my point. The only situation where it would be needed is running a heavily-loaded server. Games, no. The most any games now use is 1GB, though I have a feeling Unreal3 might push it to 1.5-2GB (check out the screenshots if you don't believe it).

Hivetyrant · 10-04-2004, 02:58 AM

Hehehe, yeah ive seen the screenshots and demos, Ive just posted the movies in the Misc. games forum.

Anyway Albromor, im assuming that you will want to keep this PC for a while, at the momment PCIx isnt all that much faster than the normal AGP systems, but it has been predicted that AGP motherboards will be gone within 12-24 months so if you willing to spend a bit of money it would be wise to go with a PCIx system, but if your not going to be playing Unreal 3 and all the latest games and running your system to the max, you may still want to go with AGP, as test have shown, the PCIx motherboards and video cards have only had a small % of a performance increase over the AGP systems, so its up to you, tell us what kind of stuff you want to be doing and I might be able to help more.

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10-04-2004, 02:44 AM	#11
silencer Dungeon Master Join Date: July 8, 2004 Location: California, USA Age: 41 Posts: 68	They do - it's 32-bit processors that don't allow above 4GB. I'm actually not certain on how much 64-bit's allow; it would be interesting to find the formula on how it works. As for needed, that's exactly my point. The only situation where it would be needed is running a heavily-loaded server. Games, no. The most any games now use is 1GB, though I have a feeling Unreal3 might push it to 1.5-2GB (check out the screenshots if you don't believe it).

10-04-2004, 02:58 AM	#12
Hivetyrant Jack Burton Join Date: August 24, 2002 Location: Aussie now in the US of A! Age: 37 Posts: 5,403	Hehehe, yeah ive seen the screenshots and demos, Ive just posted the movies in the Misc. games forum. Anyway Albromor, im assuming that you will want to keep this PC for a while, at the momment PCIx isnt all that much faster than the normal AGP systems, but it has been predicted that AGP motherboards will be gone within 12-24 months so if you willing to spend a bit of money it would be wise to go with a PCIx system, but if your not going to be playing Unreal 3 and all the latest games and running your system to the max, you may still want to go with AGP, as test have shown, the PCIx motherboards and video cards have only had a small % of a performance increase over the AGP systems, so its up to you, tell us what kind of stuff you want to be doing and I might be able to help more.

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