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Because it's the Doom3 engine, a Geforce card is going to handle it better (better at opengl). The 6600GT would be a good choice, and probably runs the game better than a 9800 Pro. I'd dig around for some benchmarks using different mid-range cards and see.

As for what's good mobo/cpu wise. . . it's hard to say. If you're a broad-minded buyer, the Intel 6x series procs overclock like crazy, then again, the AMD64 Venice cores aren't too shabby either. Motherboards for AMD are going to be slightly cheaper. It does depend on how feature rich you want the board to be though.

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“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”

mobo 69 bones
CHAINTECH VNF4/Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813152049

ram 87 bones
Patriot Signature Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220037

cpu 136 bones
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3000BPBOX - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537

the vid card plays doom3
not so sure about the mobo, jus lookin at cheap stuff
not the greatest cpu

but all these things are nicer than what I have
and for people who like to wait for the top of the line things to go down in price, well this used to be nice stuff back in the day (not too long ago ;p)

[ 11-10-2005: Message edited by: grumpy ]

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GS

the new king of the mid range

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“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”