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N00B5235
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3. April 2006 @ 12:02 |
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Whats the best gaming processor out there for 3 to 4 hundred dollars?
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3. April 2006 @ 13:43 |
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N00B5235
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3. April 2006 @ 14:28 |
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Would it be good for gaming?
Would it support games of the future?
Is it better than the Amd Athalon 64's (not X2's), when it comes to games?
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3. April 2006 @ 15:13 |
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As of now, there's not a massive difference, but in the future most games will be at least dual-threaded, quake 4 already is. Bear in mind that when they're in use, an X2 4200 is TWO normal A64 3500s.
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N00B5235
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3. April 2006 @ 18:47 |
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So ur saying the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200 would be a good gaming processor?
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3. April 2006 @ 19:59 |
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He's saying the X2 4200 IS a very good gaming processor, and pretty soon will be a KICK ASS gaming processor.
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N00B5235
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3. April 2006 @ 20:02 |
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3. April 2006 @ 21:39 |
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Yeah, except for the onboard graphics card. That's going to piss you off.
It's got great PCIx support though on the bright side, and IMO you will probably be shopping around for a GPU within 2 days from receiving your computer.
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4. April 2006 @ 00:51 |
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As it stands now, you can barely play super mario brothers on that PC. However, as byron02 is trying to mention, that has PCI express support, so you can slap in pretty much any graphics card you so choose. If you're looking for futureproof (which, let's face it, you are if you're buying a dual core for gaming purposes) then aim high. X850XT, X1800XT perhaps.
I got told off on another forum for using PCIx instead of PCIe. They aren't the same thing.
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N00B5235
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4. April 2006 @ 04:11 |
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Well its not to bad of a machine because im playing Half Life 2 on it and it runs ok :)
But I will get a graphics card for it sometime...
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4. April 2006 @ 04:23 |
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Low detail though surely?
Yes I was exadgerating about integrated gprahics, but they're not great.
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4. April 2006 @ 08:59 |
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PCIx and PCIe aren't the same. Oops. I guess I'll be more careful next time. Well guys, my son just woke up, gotta run. Good day!
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N00B5235
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4. April 2006 @ 10:01 |
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@ sammorris
Why do u say this computer is not a good gameing machine? (just curious)
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vspede
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4. April 2006 @ 10:10 |
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not so sound noobish but whats the difference between pci-x and pci-e? I thought they both meant pci-express
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4. April 2006 @ 10:30 |
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Sammorris says it isn't a good gaming machine for the same reason I did. Onboard Video.
BUT, it supports PCI 16x (how's that) which is now the industry standard in video cards. You can buy a new video card, X850XT or X1800 series, and you will THEN have a good gaming computer.
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5. April 2006 @ 00:33 |
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Again, not meaning to be picky, but PCI 16x suggests 16x the speed through a conventional PCI slot, which it sure ain't. AGP 8x,4x and 2x all used the same slot.
PCIe is the correct term.
PCI-X is ironically like PCI 16x (i.e. faster but using the same slot) but I recall it being about 6x.
It was designed by IBM, HP and Compaq to run higher-throughput devices through PCI, such as Gigabit LAN, fibre channel and to run processors that are part of a cluster.
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5. April 2006 @ 08:32 |
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Wow. That's pretty weird. I'll get my term right, I don't wanna confused anyone. PCIe, PCIe, PCIe... I need a big chalkboard that I can right it on over and over like Bart.
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5. April 2006 @ 08:41 |
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Lol, "I will not flip the classroom upside down"
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I'd not actually researched PCI-X until this thread, so I'm learning too.
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