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DarkOutlaw-S|S-
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Joined: April 10, 2003
Posts: 63
|  Posted: 2005-07-22 17:21
1:
Company:iBuyPower
Name: Gamer FX $769
Spec's:
~NZXT Trinity Mid-Tower Case +see through Window + neon light
~NVIDIA nForce 4 chip Motherboard w/ 16x PCI Express
~Corsair 512MB DDR400 Memory
~160GB 7200 RPM hard drive
~16x DVD-ROM
~52x32x52 CD-RW
~NVIDIA GeForce 6600 256MB 16x PCI Express Video card
~6-Channel surround sound speakers
~10/100 MBps Ethernet LAN
~600Watt Surround sound speakers
~Multimedia Keyboard & Mouse
~Microsoft Windows XP Home edition
Choose one
~AMD Athlon 64 3000+ processor- $769
~AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor- $819
~AMD Athlon 64 3500+ processor- $849
http://www.ibuypower.com
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2:
Company:Cyberpower
Name:Gamer Ultra 9000 pro $935
spec's:
~NVIDIA nforce 4 chipset MB w/ 16x PCI Express
~Corsair 1024MB PC3200 DDR400 Memory
~200GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache serial ATA 150 Hard Drive
~16x PCI Express NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB Video Card w/ TV Out & DVI Powered by XFX
~LG 16x DVD+-RW Drive
~LG 16x DVD-Rom
~nForce 4 7.1 3-D surround sound
~Creative Cambridge Desk top Theater 5.1 SBS 560 5.1 surround sound speakers
~Logitech Delux 104 keyboard
~Logitech Optical Wheel mouse
~NZXT X-nemesis Tower Case 425Watt w/MOD "see though Windows"
~5 cool custom colors to choose from
~Microsoft Windows XP home edition w/sp2
~Microsoft Work 7.0
Choose one
~AMD Athlon 64 3000+ processor- $935
~AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor- $985
~AMD Athlon 64 3500+ processor- $1019
www.cyberpowerinc.com
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would like your advice plz, im getting one for my birthday and im wondering which is best....im not that familiar with whats in one but im allmost allways on the computer....ur thoughts?
[ This Message was edited by: MajorGeneral Outlaw on 2005-07-22 17:24 ]
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Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2005-07-22 17:25
Neither.
Both are Nvidia.
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The Anarchist
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Joined: January 09, 2005
Posts: 83
| Posted: 2005-07-22 18:01
OMG MAJOR GEN OUTLAW I HAVENT SEEN YOU IN A WHILE WAT YOU BEEN DOING!?
lol, anyways id have to go with jack on this one and say neither because both are too expensive for what they provide
but if you had to make a decision i would go with the first one only because the graphics card is 256 mb, if you can get an athlon 64 3500+ but the lowest one is on that list is also fine because all three are above 3.0 ghz which i believe is good enough for any game (bf2, far cry, etc.)
If you can tell us your original specs for your computer you can prob upgrade it like me to make it at least twice as good as these two for half the price.
I myself am spending $800 on my upgrades listed here if anyone wants to make any comments:
Nvidia 6800 256mb Ultra Overclocked Pci-Express
1gb; 2x 512 mb sticks of corsair pc3200 ddr ram
Asus socket 939 Motherboard with 2x Pci-express slots
500 watt power supply (black box with blue neon lights inside; awesome imo)
Amd athlon 64 3500+
Im still in decision of video cards, nvidias cards are great and thier newest driver is awesome
I dont know if i should wait to get the new line of Ati cards if anyone could provide me with a price list or website of the new cards that would help
But getting on topic again you could probably find better computers for lower prices at different websites, http://www.newegg.com for example, it has lower shipping rates and fees.
[ This Message was edited by: Anarchist (On Vacation!) on 2005-07-22 18:04 ]
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Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2005-07-22 18:24
Get a X850XT in one of those machines, and I'd buy the latter one.
Oh, and go for the second one. It has 1GB of ram, and thats pretty important nowerdays with all the texture loading, etc. Doom 3, Half Life 2, Battlefield 2 are all CPU and memory dependant, You have the CPU's, so if you HAVE to get one of them...
Go with #2
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The Anarchist
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| Posted: 2005-07-22 18:34
yeah i just read the thing over again and realized the first one had 512 mb of ram, but you could just upgrade that to 1gig for like $40
the 850 is a good choice, its probably the only ati card that would work great on battlefield 2, since bf2 is mainly a nvidia type of game
If you can spend any extra money after you get one of those computers, upgrade the video cards first because those two are quite old even if thier pci-e
however if your not really into spending much money, grab the first one and upgrade the ram first and then maybe the video card
(im really just looking at the graphics power for gaming for these two computers i dont care about all that other stuff like cases)
it would also help if you told us what kind of games your gonna be running because me and jack (i think) are just suggesting the requirements for ultra high quality graphics in games.
1gb of ram is a must for games these days
[ This Message was edited by: Anarchist (On Vacation!) on 2005-07-22 18:38 ]
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Trekkie_zero
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| Posted: 2005-07-22 19:07
Id go with the 2nd one for one thing the first one is a lot weaker in memory.
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Piotr-san
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From: Poland
| Posted: 2005-07-22 19:09
None id rather make it myself cheaper and spent the rest on cooling.
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The Anarchist
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Joined: January 09, 2005
Posts: 83
| Posted: 2005-07-22 19:22
I dont see why the processor run so high, those prices are unvelieveable
It would be much cheaper (prob save $1000) if you just upgraded your current computer
those athlon processors are a ripoff, the athlon 64 3500+ im getting myself runs for only $239.99 where im getting it
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| Posted: 2005-07-22 19:53
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On 2005-07-22 18:34, Anarchist (On Vacation!) wrote:
yeah i just read the thing over again and realized the first one had 512 mb of ram, but you could just upgrade that to 1gig for like $40
the 850 is a good choice, its probably the only ati card that would work great on battlefield 2, since bf2 is mainly a nvidia type of game
If you can spend any extra money after you get one of those computers, upgrade the video cards first because those two are quite old even if thier pci-e
however if your not really into spending much money, grab the first one and upgrade the ram first and then maybe the video card
(im really just looking at the graphics power for gaming for these two computers i dont care about all that other stuff like cases)
it would also help if you told us what kind of games your gonna be running because me and jack (i think) are just suggesting the requirements for ultra high quality graphics in games.
1gb of ram is a must for games these days
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Actualy, I get better fps on both my machines than my friends nvidia cards. It may be a "TWIMTBP" game, but, ATI cards run it better because of hardware directx 9.0 support. This machine is a 9800XT, I can run it full detail, with 110-130 fps. My other machine x850xt + crossfire card (like SLI), can run it in excess of 200 and sometimes 300 fps.
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The Anarchist
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| Posted: 2005-07-22 19:59
jack, you friggen rich guy.. lol
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The Anarchist
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| Posted: 2005-07-22 20:00
jack, you friggen rich guy.. lol
should i get a nvidia 6800 or the ati x800, im still in confusion which one is better
erm, i dont get how it double posted, lol how do i delete the first messege
[ This Message was edited by: Anarchist (On Vacation!) on 2005-07-22 20:03 ]
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