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11-28-09, 11:45 PM | #3 |
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11-29-09, 09:52 AM | #4 | |
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Any suggestions for Graphics card then? I'm only going to get an i5 at the moment and then get an i7 later on, which is why I chose the intel board with its i5/i7 capabilities. Also I'm salvaging my DVD/CDrW from this computer.
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11-29-09, 03:52 PM | #6 |
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Not really, I'm not particularly happy with any offerings on the market at the moment. ATI seems to be the way to go no matter what you're looking for, and then I'd suggest getting a HD5000 for DX11 support.
HD 4770 costs about the same as 8800GT/9800GT/GT240, but is faster. If you want to stay in that pricing bracket, it's probably the best way to go. GTX 260 & HD 4870 1GB perform very similar. HD 5770 is slightly slower but offers DX11 and low power consumption. There's the slightly more expensive HD 4890, which is essentialy an overclocked 4870. Performance is on par with GTX 275, but that one is a little more expensive. imho market is a mess at the moment, has been for a while.
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11-30-09, 02:07 AM | #7 |
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If you plan on keeping your system for more than a year, a 64 bit system with 4 gigs of RAM will be worth it.
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12-05-09, 06:51 PM | #8 |
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Good decision on the Mobo Spike.
When money permits you can upgrade CPU. Try to get a 1gb Vid card. 64 bit is the way to go. Let us all know what you get. |
12-07-09, 04:16 PM | #9 |
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gunning for sapphire 5870, see there is 5890 now, out my price range, may also have to remove one of my sflex 1200rpm side case fans now , darn
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12-15-09, 03:45 PM | #10 |
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Well laddies and gents. With college around the corner I've put my computer purchasing plans on the back burner to get a laptop instead(so I can play SH5 during lectures) .
Anyone have any suggestions for good laptops that can also play most games on medium/high settings? I'm thinking about the HP Pavilion dv7t link At 749.99 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T6600 (2.2GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB 2GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm) 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 4530 or would it be better to go the extra 150ish and get a HP Pavilion dv6t at 999.99
Or maybe a dell or sony? I know whats a semi-good computer, but I have no clue about laptops.
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To really see any gains from going 64 bit you have got to use at a minimum 8 GB and not 4 GB as commonly believed. This is to offset the larger memory footprint 64 bit programs have (because of 64 bit instructions that is 8 bytes vs 4 bytes for 32 bit programs). |
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12-15-09, 07:38 PM | #13 |
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If it's for gaming I'd say go for the dual-core. A lot of load get's put on a single core; 1.6GHz might be a bit light.
That said, games are becoming more efficiently multithreaded. That Radeon should prove to be a bit faster as the 230M as well... I think. Larger footprint yes, but not double. Shouldn't be, at least.
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What settings do you think games like L4D2, SH4, Empire Total War could be played at?
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12-16-09, 03:44 PM | #15 |
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Ooooh, I don't know. I'm not a big fan of gaming on laptops.
SH4 shouldn't be much of a problem, though it might slow down in harbors. Not a clue on L4D2, Empire maybe medium. Just a guess really, I think you'd be better of asking someone who actually has experience with that chipset.
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