powerful PC for less than 1200$?

[FriendOfZeus]

All fellow gamer, what i suggest is this:
1.For ur gaming pc, ur main concern will be ur gpu, because as you know these things die out fast and u should think carefully before investing in one. So if u cant wait and want to get ur pc now, nvidie has just released the affordable geforce 8800 gt, which is more powerfull than the gts and will cost u between 200$-299$.
2.Rams are cheap, dirt cheap, so i suggest u crank up ur ram to 3gb, kingstone with a relatively high mhz.
3.Ageia Phyx card, i know i know, its expensive, but the way im seing it, in about 2 years almost most game swill have a hugely most advandced phyx engine and phyx simluations so to counter that u must have a phyx card, as the phyx in game take a huge portion of cpu performance.
4.Get a relatively medium-high cpu.
5.I think that hd space is important to us gamers. Because i tend to install almost every game on my hd i need lots of space, so i recommend getting a seagate 400gb hd, its relativly cheap.
6.Sound! its worth investing if u have surround sound setup, other than that settle for the onboard sound device. But if u do have surround sound, it would be a good idea to get a creative audigy 2 zs.
7. Always opt for Pioneer when it comes to cd/dvd roms, surely its more expensive but will save u alot of trouble and frustration.

[Kingroudy]

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[Dr.Scoo]

for sure i will get the 8800 GT bas lebanon "2ta3et l2amal minnou",cuz i asked 4 the price of 8800 GTS and 8600 GTS and no such parts.so probably i'll get it from USA.hope so

[Kingroudy]

Originally Posted by Zeus' best friend

3.Ageia Phyx card, i know i know, its expensive, but the way im seeing it, in about 2 years almost most game swill have a hugely most advanced phyx engine and phyx simulations so to counter that u must have a phyx card, as the phyx in game take a huge portion of cpu performance.

first, it's called physx, coming from the word physics, and after some googling and some reading, i found out that it's a pci card, that contains a PPU, or a physics processing unit, the processes the physics. i think that it is not necessary now, because few are the titles that are made using the physx SDK (18 titles, some of them aren't released yet). furthermore, physx has a competitor, called hovak fx, that is made to take advantage of SLI and crossfire, and 150 titles are already built on it.
anyway a physx card costs 150$ in the usa, but it is not mandatory for gaming pcs right now.
BUT, i can't ignore that it's AWESOME.

[FriendOfZeus]

Do mind my pointless abreviations :P.
The company that is opting for the phyx card is ageia. Havok wants to add a phyx processing unit on gpu's.
I believe that phyx will be play a major role in games in the near future, because with such capabilites the possibilites are quite endless and mind blowingly awesome!
True it is awesome, just check out some ageia phyx simulations and grasp the holy spark that advandced phyx in games will bestow on our lives!

[Kingroudy]

if someone is not that rich, he should wait for a winner.. it's either ageia or havok (now acquired by intel), so it's either u get a similar card to the one u have, or u put a pci card. if u can afford both things, do it

[Dr.Scoo]

When The Physx Technologie will be here?in 2 years,i have some doubt about that.
anyway it is good to got this card but later when it hit the market and the PC world.
in 2-3 years, one should not spend a penny on his old PC.