Best gamin' hardware

[sogetsu2k1]

What's the best gaming hardware configuration nowadays?
I wanna know what do I need to get...
Plus, what's the best brand in joysticks/gamepads?
How good are the PSX-USB adpaters?

[Doomulation]

Processor: AMD Athlon, no doubt.
GFX Card: Nvidia Geforce 3-4 ti
Memory: 512-1024 mb ()

Well, that's all you really have to worry 'bout

[crhylove]

i LOVE my logitech wingman rumblepad on that config.

fyi

rhy

[ra5555]

Intel P4 2.8 Ghz
2gigbytes of pc 1066 Rdram
ATI radeon 9700

[Stezo2k]

erm whats RD ram dont think ive heard of it before

Stez

[RPGlover12]

i thought ddrram was the best
is it better than rd ram or not

[Eagle]

Rambus Memory (RDRAM/RIMM) was designed by a company called none other than Rambus, it was adopted mostly by intel processors & chipsets. Its insanely fast, much faster than DRR, it was actually out before DDR, but never caught on due to the fact that it is insanely expensive (Rambus had a patent on the design and only they could make it, but now they are in a lawsuit that may prove they had no such patent). Most motherboards stuck with 32pin PC133 until DDR was developed. It was a stupid idea to patent it and then raise prices so high that nobody could afford it and is leading to their demise.

[Olger901]

Mobo: Asus, MSI, Elitegroup
Processor: AMD Athlon
Memory: 512 Meg Ram or More
HD: At least 40 Gig or more if you want to install games.
(I highly recommend a Seagate Barracuda)
CD Drive: Doesn't really matter
Gfxcard: Geforce 3 Ti or 4 Ti
Soundcard: SB Live! Series,SB Audigy Series, Santa Cruz or
Live Theater XP
Internet Connection: ISDN, Satellite, Cable, ADSL, T1 or T3

[Slougi]

P4 2.8Ghz
2048MB RDRAM, PC1060
R9700
Soundblaster Audigy
Samsung Syncmaster 1200NF, or some other big high quality screen
Good mouse + keyboard + adaptoid
one of those western digital special edition drives w/ 8MB cache

I think that will do it

Edit: Scratch that actually. IRC Quote:

[22:54] < Slougi> nah
[22:55] < Slougi> i can top that easily
[22:55] < Slougi> dual 2.8 Ghz xeon
[22:55] < x2f|hw> lol
[22:55] < Slougi> i860 mobo
[22:55] < Slougi> 8196 MB PC1060 RDRAM
[22:55] < Slougi> Matrox Parhelia
[22:55] < Slougi> 3x Samsung Syncmaster 1200 NF (3840*1027*32 @ 120hz)
[22:56] < Slougi> Logitech Cordless Desktop Optical
[22:56] < Slougi> Adaptec SCSI RAID controller
[22:56] < Slougi> 4x 160GB SCSI HDDs (Raid 0+1)
[22:56] < Slougi> Soundblaster Audigy Ex Platinum

For maximum speed swap the parhelia with a r9700. My emphasis is more on the iq side of things.

[ra5555]

Originally posted by Eagle
Rambus Memory (RDRAM/RIMM) was designed by a company called none other than Rambus, it was adopted mostly by intel processors & chipsets. Its insanely fast, much faster than DRR, it was actually out before DDR, but never caught on due to the fact that it is insanely expensive (Rambus had a patent on the design and only they could make it, but now they are in a lawsuit that may prove they had no such patent). Most motherboards stuck with 32pin PC133 until DDR was developed. It was a stupid idea to patent it and then raise prices so high that nobody could afford it and is leading to their demise.

RD ram is not that expensive right now, it costs roughly the same as DDR400, the season RD ram is much faster is the fact that intel uses duel channel RARAM.