Some Computer Questions

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:23 pm

If you're building it yourself, I cannot praise the nVidia 7950 GT highly enough. However, for some lame reason, it costs MORE than the 8600 GTS, which I'll be getting in around a week. The 7950 GT is a fantastic card, though. Runs Need For Speed: Pro Street (best example I've got, newest game) on highest settings everywhere and 2x Antialiasing, and trilinear texture filtering (medium-ish, I think) at 1440x900 with the only stuttering being when there's a lot of smoke on screen.

But the 8600 GTS is probably even a bit better.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:56 pm

If you do get a Vista loaded machine, I suggest putting a dual booted XP on there. My dad's regretting putting Vista on his machine straight away, thus far, we had to buy about $500 in new electronics that work on Vista (Printers, etc.) and unlike OSX, doesn't have a Lower OS Mode. (Hence the reason our school G5s Running Leopard can manage Adobe Pagemaker and Photoshop 6.)

HPDarkness · Post by **HPDarkness** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:39 am

$500 Cuda? Vista works fine with all my hardware. I have it dual booted with XP and I haven't used XP in about 5 months.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:46 am

HPDarkness1 wrote:$500 Cuda? Vista works fine with all my hardware. I have it dual booted with XP and I haven't used XP in about 5 months.

Yeah, a new printer and a new TV Box.

super_man916 · Post by **super_man916** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:06 am

the stats i showed in a previous post shows the stuff from newegg.com what do you guys think? sucky? cause its a first computer im putting together and first one i bought

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:45 am

super_man916 wrote:the stats i showed in a previous post shows the stuff from newegg.com what do you guys think? sucky? cause its a first computer im putting together and first one i bought

My computer is 1 1/2 years old...the only performance difference is the +0.2 GHZ on the X2. It runs great but I'm not using Vista and I don't know about the rest.

0m3g4Muff1n987 · Post by **0m3g4Muff1n987** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:35 am

Wait... that motherboard is ATI right? I mean I know it's AMD but it says "crossfire" which is ATI tech, and you have a Nvidia card. I'm not good with mixing and matching Nvidia cards and AMD mobo's, so correct me if I'm wrong.

Shadowkhas, the 7950 and stuff are DX9, aren't they?

Yeah, I like the new 8800GT and GTS cards because they are a no-brainer. They're almost as good as, say, an 8800 GTX, minus like $300.

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:04 am

0m3g4Muff1n987 wrote:Shadowkhas, the 7950 and stuff are DX9, aren't they?

Yeah, I like the new 8800GT and GTS cards because they are a no-brainer. They're almost as good as, say, an 8800 GTX, minus like $300.

Correct. But yeah, looking at it now, it's not a good deal at all. the 8600 is cheaper and better. :p

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:56 am

My 8600 GT is fine with most games (not crysis XD).

super_man916 · Post by **super_man916** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:54 pm

what do you guys think ATI or Nvidia? really ill go with the best

Xero · Post by **Xero** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:58 pm

super_man916 wrote:what do you guys think ATI or Nvidia? really ill go with the best

Nvidia.

super_man916 · Post by **super_man916** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:06 pm

Xero wrote:
super_man916 wrote:what do you guys think ATI or Nvidia? really ill go with the best
Nvidia.

alright but i really need to know what parts are compatible with each other cause im getting stuff from newegg.com and i really dont know what things are compatible and i have no idea how to build a computer so might someone review my tech stats?

oh and is it worth it to get a koolance system?

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:07 pm

super_man916 wrote:
Xero wrote:
super_man916 wrote:what do you guys think ATI or Nvidia? really ill go with the best
Nvidia.
alright but i really need to know what parts are compatible with each other cause im getting stuff from newegg.com and i really dont know what things are compatible and i have no idea how to build a computer so might someone review my tech stats?

oh and is it worth it to get a koolance system?

List all the links and I'll check them.

super_man916 · Post by **super_man916** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:18 pm

Patrickssj6 wrote:List all the links and I'll check them.

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:36 pm

Case, Power Supply?

Also I might add, you are saving the money at the wrong places.

HPDarkness · Post by **HPDarkness** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:39 pm

I agree. You should really consider a better graphics card, and perhaps a better processor. Especially if you are going to be doing anything related to Gaming.

super_man916 · Post by **super_man916** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:43 pm

yeah i got a little stingy with stuff forgot to put the case in and i forgot about the power supply completely ill have it up in a second

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811147073
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817182090
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835200005

HPDarkness · Post by **HPDarkness** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:46 pm

If you have no idea how to build a computer. Go with a prebuilt, I doubt you want to spend all this money, only to find your pieces dead on arrival, or incompatible with each other. Then you'd have to go through returns, and NewEgg charges for restocking.

Also I thought you weren't able to buy things online? Now that you are, why not go and check out IBuyPower. Either that you could get a prebuilt computer from another company. (ie: Dell, Compaq, HP)

super_man916 · Post by **super_man916** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:53 pm

dad knows newegg.com so he might buy stuff but he dosnt know ibuypower.com so he dosnt want to buy from there...

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:11 pm

Wait...gaming PC? Aeh uh...I could try to build you a comp tomorrow with your budget on newegg....