The Athlon 64 X2's are out now,you get dual core and 64 bit in them.And the
64's run much cooler than the XP's and recent P4's.If cost isn't too much a
factor,the best vid card out there right now is the Nvidia 7800 GTX.
<markw10@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I am going to be assembling a new computer shortly. What makes it hard
> is I use it for a wide variety of uses.
>
> 1. Microsoft Office (mostly Word and Excel)
> 2. Design and Graphics-I also do a lot of photo editing with Adobe
> Photoshop. I use the Adobe suite as well as Dreamweaver for web
> page development. Also for work I create DVD's so use Pinnacle
> Studio.
> 3. Multimedia-I want a system that is the ultimate multimedia computer
> since I do the video and graphics work and I want it to be HDTV
> ready meaning I'll be able to get a high definition drive for
> it, play video from the computer onto a HDTV, record video from
> satellite TV, etc.
> 4. Gaming-I want it to be a good gaming computer and be able to play
> the latest games.
>
> Other Questions:
>
> AMD vs. Intel: I read for gaming AMD is best (likely the Athlon 64)
> and for video/graphics Intel is best (dual core). It seems for my use
> Intel may be best but yet for gaming will I suffer that much by not
> going with AMD? I can imagine Intel cost more as well. With Longhorn
> coming out next year though being 64 bit would it be better to be with
> a 64 bit chip rather than dual core which I believe is 32 bit?
>
> Heat Issue: I know someone who has both a Pentium 4 and a Athlon XP
> and the Athlon seems to run far hotter than the P4. he has fans on
> both and both seem to be operating fine but does this usually create
> any problems?
>
> I know for this I will get a good PCI Express card such as geforce. As
> well probably a good surround sound high definition card such as the
> Soundblaster Audigy unless the sound is built into the motherboard.
> the problem I find is I want a computer that just about covers every
> use. I know I will have more questions to ask later such as what case
> to go with, what specific sound card, for memory I assume DDR2 is best,
> and what graphics card but this is a start.
>