Getting a nice and gorgeous PC case!

Reason: My current PC case is from 1998 and well... new mobo won't fit. :P

The mobo I'm getting is: MSI Mobo

Also, I was lucky enough to find a 80 gbs HD for 81 bucks! WOO-HOO! Plus, I currently have Nvidia Geforce2 on my PC. -_-; Not too happy about it, but I have very little choice if I want to play Tron 2.0. :/ Just until I get ATI R9700 Pro for my birthday... I hope.

Im not sure if tron 2.0 is gonna be in surround but probably since NOLF2 had surround and eax support. I have a 5.1 setup on my system and was impressed by nolf2, tron 2.0 should be even better

Hey Kia, that's a nice motherboard you're getting there! I'm sure you'll be happy with it. I have the same type of board, only from Asus. So far, my Athlon XP and board have given me impressive performance for the money.


Hale, if you're talking about TRUE 5.1 surround sound, then only Doom 3 will have it. No other game has 5.1 sound yet. has EAX2 support, so that probably means four channels only.

As for suggestions on what to get for an upgrade. Well, I'm partial to AMD based stuff because it performs well for less money. So here's what I'd recommend. (I have nothing against Intel, a P4 and Canterwood chipset board is a great pick, but expensive.)

- Almost any nForce2 chipset motherboard is the best choice right now, I prefer Asus myself. (Yeah, I know, funny how I like nVidia nForce2 but don't care for the GeForce line. )
- Don't buy any faster than an Athlon XP 2800+. The new Barton chips are currently a waste of money. They don't perform much better, at all.
- You may want to buy PC3200 DDR memory to future-proof yourself, but PC2700 would be cheaper. Besides, only the Athlon XP 3200+ (Barton) would take advantage of PC3200.
- You don't need to buy a Sound Blaster Audigy if you get an nForce board, because it has built-in sound that's really good. So you save some more money. (But you can still get an Audigy, if you want.)
- For a graphics card, it's kinda tough. I prefer ATI over nVidia, but I'm sure the 5900 FX Ultra will be fine. I'd go with a 9700 Pro or 9800 Pro if I could afford it, right now. If you're on a budget, you could get a Radeon 8500, 9100, 9500 Pro, or 9600 Pro. Stay away from the non-Pro versions, they're always much slower. Also stay away from the 9000 Pro and 9200, they actually suck. If I had to go with nVidia, I'd stick with a GeForce 4 Ti 4600.

Both video card brands will work fine with . Just because nVidia designed the glow effect, doesn't mean it only works on nVidia cards. The glow effect will work on any card that supports DirectX 8.1. (Just in case anyone is still confused about this.)

HOORAY. My PC is being built right now by my fiance.

He's so helpful/genius. ^^;
Just working on getting some things off of the small 9 gbs hd and fixing things around.

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Are you sure the card id fried? mabey the voltage settings are out of whack or if your mobo supports agp 8x it might not have detected a 4x card correctly. Sorry if im just shooting blaks but id like to help if i can...let me know

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Yes. my fiance said that it was fried because we could smell it.

My previous computer was a schizo too. ...only that I got upgraded to a faster schizo that likes to freeze randomly if I use IE. (This is with Windows 98 SE. the previous one was just Windows 98.)

Already did that.
PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. AUUUUUUUUUUGH.

I'm not that deseperate to call it quits and go to an unholy evil OS that can bite me.

*grumbles about Microsoft being stupid*

Good luck with the job, Kia

Kia, your GF2 probably fried because it was a 3.3V AGP 2X card and your mobo probably comes equiped with a universal 0.8/1.5 V AGP 3.0 connector supporting 1x, 4x, and 8x AGP cards. I'm not sure, but nForce2-based mobos such as yours may also not support AGP 1X. Support for AGP -- 2X or otherwise -- @ 3.3V is gone. This is someting people need to be very aware of if they are thinking of pairing a new mobo and an existing 3D accelerator card. You're very lucky you didn't burn out the mobo.

BTW, good luck w/the job.

I hope you get the job Kia. May luck be on your side program.