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yep - pretty much have to built a new machine.

Building around an 8800 GTX vid card.
Thinking about an Nvidia motherboard.
Any suggestions on mbd/processor setups?

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Deak
SWTOR - Spicerunner Legacy - Smuggler - RETIRED
Rift - Decipher - Paragon - RETIRED | WAR - Frenzyof Energy - Shaman - RETIRED
WoW - Fire Mage - RETIRED | SWG - Weaponsmith - RETIRED
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For my part, Intel is the way to go - no question. Further, I think dual-core is the sweet spot right now. Quad-core sounds cool, but I don't know that enough games will really make use of it (Alan Wake for one will, however) and may not ever. I'm tempted by dual-core extreme but that really jacks the price up and while the performance is better, is it 'better enough' to justify the increased cost? Dunno. I think that's a personal decision based on your budget and how long you want the machine to last.

As for motherboards, I like Asus and Abit - just pick their most current one with the features (SLI, RAID, SATA, on-board audio/video, etc) you need and there ya go. ASUS has a series of products called The Republic of Gamers and there are some good products in that lineup.

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Liro
"The english language is not a wedding gown, it doesn't get better the more lace you add. It is instead a thong. Less is more." From /.
I need to remind myself of this regularly.