I would love to have some feedback on which would be best for Fs2004Anyone with some experience in making choices at this high end is very welcome you may even like to suggest other things or mixtures of hardwareAlso for color richness and clarity which is best 19 inch lcd at 20msor 19inch crtMany thanks to all replys in advanceThe company is http://www.xpcomputers.co.nzChoice no.1 NZ$1,899.00+GSTCPU: Intel Pentium4 3.0GHz socket 775 FSB800Mem: Dual Channel 2x512MB PC3200 DDR400 RAMHD: 120GB 7200RPM SATA Hard DiskGraphics: Gigabyte X700PRO 256MB DDR3 PCI-EOptical drive: 16+/- R/RW Dual Layer DVD WriterCase: Thermaltake VA3000 Dream Tower Series Tsunami With 400W PSUMB: Gigabyte GA-8I915P-G Intel 915 MBSocket 775, Intel 915P/ICH6 chipset, 800FSB, PCI-E x16 AGP, PCI*2+PCI-Ex1*3, Dual Channel DDR 400, 8*USB2.0/1.1, 4*SATA+1*PATA, 8 channel sound, Gigabit LAN, Dual BIOS,K/M: Logitech MX510 best gaming mouse Multimedia keyboard Speaker: Creative T2900 2.1 Speaker OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (Extra$149+gst) with: 17" Flat CRT monitor +$165+GST 17" LCD +$359+GST 19" LCD +$549+GSTChoice no.2 NZ$2,199.00+GSTCPU: AMD Athlon 64bit Socket 939 3500+ Motherboard: ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 Athlon 64FX/Athlon 64Supports AMD Socket 939 Athlon 64FX/Athlon 64NVIDIA nForce4 SLIPCI Express ArchitectureSATA 3Gb/sDual RAIDDual Gigabit LAN & AI NET2NV FirewallAI NOS

HiCheck Quay Computers http://www.quay.co.nz/ and review their AMD64-3500 AMD64 Entertainer Pack - it is very similar to your no: 2 choice. My brother bought that pack a couple of weeks ago and it rocks. FS9 really performs well on it. Their price is slightly cheaper as it included GST.Good luck with your choice.

I would go for the AMD because you will be able to run XP64 and any future 64 bit version of FS.I would go for the 19 inch LCD's.I'm sure you will get alternative advice so look through both hardware forums.

Choice 2.Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg

Choice 2 really. However by doing that you get kind of a Guinea pig with that Nforce 4 mainboard. Also remember to get any advantage from SLI nVidia have to write drivers for every specific game or you will gain no advantage whatsoever from it. So far I haven

Thanks guys for taking the time to think about this and replyI am begining to sway toward system 2 but am ify about the sli solutionI am wondering if that main board would take the 1 X700PRO 256MB DDR3 PCI-E instead and from what Ive heard that X700 has heatpipe cooling on it ,less fan noise is important to me , I got no idea about the noise from two 6600GTsOf to do some investigatingAgain many thanksCheers GregWhangarei New Zealand

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>I would love to have some feedback on which would be best for>Fs2004>Anyone with some experience in making choices at this high end>is very welcome you may even like to suggest other things or>mixtures of hardware>Also for color richness and clarity which is best 19 inch lcd>at 20ms>or 19inch crt>Many thanks to all replys in advance>The company is http://www.xpcomputers.co.nz>>Choice no.1 NZ$1,899.00+GST>CPU: Intel Pentium4 3.0GHz socket 775 FSB800>Mem: Dual Channel 2x512MB PC3200 DDR400 RAM>HD: 120GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Disk>Graphics: Gigabyte X700PRO 256MB DDR3 PCI-E>Optical drive: 16+/- R/RW Dual Layer DVD Writer>Case: Thermaltake VA3000 Dream Tower Series Tsunami With 400W>PSU>MB: Gigabyte GA-8I915P-G Intel 915 MB>Socket 775, Intel 915P/ICH6 chipset, 800FSB, PCI-E x16 AGP,>PCI*2+PCI-Ex1*3, Dual Channel DDR 400, 8*USB2.0/1.1,>4*SATA+1*PATA, 8 channel sound, Gigabit LAN, Dual BIOS,>K/M: Logitech MX510 best gaming mouse Multimedia keyboard >>Speaker: Creative T2900 2.1 Speaker > >OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (Extra$149+gst) >with: 17" Flat CRT monitor +$165+GST> 17" LCD +$359+GST> 19" LCD +$549+GST>>Choice no.2 NZ$2,199.00+GST>CPU: AMD Athlon 64bit Socket 939 3500+ > >Motherboard: ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 Athlon 64FX/Athlon>64>Supports AMD Socket 939 Athlon 64FX/Athlon 64>NVIDIA nForce4 SLI>PCI Express Architecture>SATA 3Gb/s>Dual RAID>Dual Gigabit LAN & AI NET2>NV Firewall>AI NOS