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New Gameing & Monitor setup on a budget
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25. January 2010 @ 12:08 |
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Thats a decent build on the cheap keeping with intel. But I still think you came on too strong on the intel side and made it seem faster than it is, granted they are faster than AMD's, but you make it seem like its 2x faster :p
So yea, I think that build in the price range will be the most affordable for the performance. It's def worth it. Only problem Intel has to selve now is their expensive upgrade paths. The one thing AMD has left ;) They need to get in the game of higher performance and play catch up... something I hate to say ;)
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25. January 2010 @ 13:14 |
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3.6/2.66 isn't double... :S I made the point that there's a substantial difference, and there is.
I don't really see the point with expensive upgrade paths either. The one problem with Intel's lineup is that you need an LGA1366 socket to support the i7 9 series and 6-core processors, but chances are, if you built a low or midrange system to start with, the successor to it will also be low or midrange, so you may well be able to keep the current board/RAM or whatever.
Also remember, that despite the fact that intel have used a new socket, Socket 775 lasted from the early P4 Prescotts many years ago until now. There is more to uprade paths than sockets - AM2/AM3 may well be the same socket, but you try putting a Phenom II into a board designed for the early Athlon X2s, not going to happen. I don't really see much of a difference between the two companies in this regard either. It just so happens that it's now Intel have chosen for their
new socket. It will come to AMD too eventually, or if it doesn't, the current performance gap could well get worse. Speculative, but there's only so much you can pull off with an old architecture.
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Theodrick
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3. February 2010 @ 15:01 |
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Good parts sam, im going through them and was in the roccess of ordering when i decided to take a look at "second life's" requrement page. seems that second life doesnt like "Radeon" graphics cards... any help?
Thanks
Scott.
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3. February 2010 @ 15:39 |
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THis second life?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life
Not sure how you can say it doesn't like Radeons. The requirements for nvidia users are 5 times as high as for ATI users. The 8500 is an absolutely ancient card from the very beginning of the last decade, the 6600 is a much more powerful card usually, yet they're ranked the same.
Either way, even the cheapest of cards from today would run it fine.
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Theodrick
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3. February 2010 @ 15:59 |
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yes, that second life, as i have no idea about graphics cards, im guessing ill go with what you have posted in the previous post?
the SAPPHIRE 100245HDMI Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814102824
Im just wanting to make sure that whatever i have is going to run this program flawlessly, as ive grown to love it.
Thanks again!!
Scott (the noob)
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3. February 2010 @ 16:02 |
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The HD4850 is a very nice value card. It's only cheap because it's being phased out, but that doesn't mean it's bad. It's still reasonably efficient, powerful and most importantly it's great value. All it's missing is DX11 and Eyefinity, which for the price, are relatively meaningless.
Games that have minimum requirements of Radeon 8500s can usually be maxed out flawlessly by Radeon X1800s. The HD4850 is around 400-420% as powerful as an X1800. You won't have any problems.
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Theodrick
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3. February 2010 @ 16:23 |
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Wow! thanks for all the info! Im ordering now, and hopefully will be posting the results as i get it all together! Thanks alot everyone!!
Scott.
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Theodrick
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10. February 2010 @ 22:57 |
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Okay Got everything up and running! and all i can say is WOW!!! this machine is very very nice!... although i think i mis-wired the front 2 usb connectors and mic/speaker jacks in the front. this machine is blazing fast, does everything i want, and looks good too!!
A many many thanks to everyone who helped in the creation of this!! couldn't have done it without you all!!
Scott.
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10. February 2010 @ 23:01 |
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No problem, enjoy the build :D
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