hey, im looking at purchasing a new pc, how are the AMD Athlon 64 cards at when it comes to gaming? in the new pc i will also have 1024MB RAM, and 120gb HD, with a radeon 9800 PRO, will these parts all function well together? with the cpu, should i choose the a64 chip or another one.. such as intel p4? thank you P4 1.6Ghz 256MB RAM nvidia ti4200 8x 80gb seagate HD

also, can anyone help me out by choosing a motherboard that would suit my needs? ty P4 1.6Ghz 256MB RAM nvidia ti4200 8x 80gb seagate HD

WOW! That's a GREAT combination u have there! OK, this is spec that u should consider... NForce2 chipset Dual Channel DDR AGP8X Raid support (optional) In buying AMD line of CPU, u SHOULD consider changing the heatsink-fan >5000rpm (copper core is the best) for your CPU. Thermal-Take is good. Heatsink-fan that being provided by AMD is OK but just not good enough to handle the heat. P4TypeC 2.8GHz HT ASUS P4PEX/i845 1GB DDR400 RAM 40GB/80GB HDD GeForceFX 5600XT DVD/CDRW Drive Sound Blaster Live! Value WindowsXPSP1/Windows98SE

I think 64's arent oc-able...i think a stock fan should be alright if your not doing intensive gaming...

Stock fan is efficient enough. But if you want to change it get a Thermalright Copper Heatsink they pwn =) Aspire X-Dreamer II Thermaltake 480W Silent Purepower PSU Asus P4S800 MoBo Pentium 4 2.6ghz @ 3.0ghz eVGA Geforce FX 5900 SE Creative SB Audigy LS

HI, Go for it, give it some hammer, Real Tourn , Half Life, Quake 111 demo 2, Painkiller demo, I could go on. Your 64bit will rock. Yes, it will play intense games. I average 5 to 7 hours at a time and it's smooth as silk. Stock fan no prob. Setup: AMD 64 3200+ 768 DDR 400 RAM K8T NEO MOTHERBOARD RAID 2-0 ATI ATLANTIS 256MB ( WILL UPGRADE ) TAGAN 480W PSU SONY CD R/RW SONY CD R and all the other bits that make it all work

The Athlon 64 is awesome, games run smooth, it has handled every game I have throw at it and of course with the help on the Radeon 9800 Pro, it is a gamers dream come true =) My full setup =) MSI K8T Neo Motherboard Windows XP Professional Edition ( Completely Updated ) Jeantech 450wat PSU ( Power Supply Unit ) Athlon 64 3200 @ 2.0GHZ 35C idle, 46c full load, Average 40C Stock Fan ( Full Speed @ 5500rpm ) Samsung 1,024MB ( 1.0GB ) DDR PC3200 SoundBlaster Audigy Player 2x Floppy Drives Optorite DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, CD-R And CD-RW 1x LG CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive Hightech Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro Iceq 128mb ( Core 425 MHz and Memory 380 MHz ) 1x 80mm on top of case Blowing air out 1x 80mm on back of case blowing air in 1x 80mm in front bottom of PC ( inside ) blowing air in 3x Cathode Lights Seagate Barracuda 160GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Samsung 160GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache NTL 1mb Broadband Connection 3DMark 2001 SE = 20,396 Points 3DMark 2003 = 6,396 Points Final Fantasy Benchmark at high resolution = 6761 Final Fantasy Benchmark at Low Resolution = 7406 Aqua Mark 3 = 45,945 At most tests it kills the P4 3ghz, and an some benchmarks it's faster than a P4 Extreme Edition and that chip costs like $700 plus Athlon 64 3200 is the best chip AMD has ever released =) even beats their Athlon XP 3200+ with no problems :-)