New graphics card [Solved]

[Dohnutt]

Nice, have fun with it

[Fluffy_the_ic]

Nice, have fun with it

His is almost as beastly as yours. Not only are his specs amazing, (not as much as yours) but the price is wow. So have fun playing Crysis on high, Fett!

[Frisbeetarian]

His is almost as beastly as yours. Not only are his specs amazing, (not as much as yours) but the price is wow.

What??

If his "other stuff" are of the same quality as what he has listed, I would have expected a $600-$700 computer, not what he listed there. As to its "beastliness," it doesn't hold a candle to what Dohnutt wants to get. For that matter, THIS computer even has a better graphics card and according to pricewatch.com, only needs ~50 extra dollars to equal his stated specs.

I hope you have Vista Ultimate to make use of those 4GB of RAM, otherwise you just wasted even more money.

[Commander_Fett]

Here are the specs: (I'm copying from the site, so some of it's in caps)

CASE:New! CoolerMaster Elite 310 Mid-Tower Case with See-Thur Side Panel
Power Supply: 650 Watts Power Supplies (Logisys ATX12V/EPS12V Silent 12CM Power Supply PS650U12
CPU: AMD AthlonT X2 7850 Black Edition Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
2 case fans
FAN:Thermaltake MaxOrb Enthusiast CPU Cooling Fan(Slient & Overclock Proof w/ Highest Efficiency Cooling)
MOTHERBOARD:Asus M3N72-D AMD 750a SLI Chipset DDR2/1066 SATA PCI-Express MBoard w/Video,GbLAN,USB2.0,&7.1Audio
MEMORY:4GB (2GBx2) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory
VIDEO:NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 2GB 16X PCI Express
HDD:Single Hard Drive (1TB (1TBx1) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
CD: LG 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER
SOUND:HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
NETWORK:Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
FLASHMEDIA:INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer
USB:Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
OS:Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition w/ Service Pack 3
SERVICE:STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT

It's shipped pre assembled.

[RogueKnight]

It's shipped pre assembled.

I would hope so....
Those aren't fun to put together.

[Dohnutt]

Are you kidding? I had a blast assembling mine
It seems good, but you could probably get a better processor and graphics card for good prices.
Do you know how much RAM the motherboard can support?

[Commander_Fett]

Not sure, but I got the best SLI ready one I could, in case I want to make use of it in the future (when I actualy have money to spend on a computer, I'm 200 dollars in debt to my parents at the moment).

[VF501]

SLI is a waste of money, the Cost:Performance Ratio is horrible. You're better off buying a single good card, then spending the money and time on a SLI setup. SLI ready parts cost more, and in total you may possibly get a 30% increase, but thats if you're lucky.

A single 9800GX2, GTX 260 Core 216, GTX 275 or GTX 285 is better then buying two 9800GTs or higher. Plus a SLI ready motherboard costs significantly more then a single slot PCIe board.

I built a friend a 2.3 GHz Quad Core X4 AMD, PNY GTS 250, Corsair PC6400 800MHz 4GB RAM, WD 320GB SATA HDD, 9 in 1 Flash Reader, DVD RW +/-, Thermaltake Soprano Series Case, Antec 650 Watt PSU, system for about $750. The motherboard is a EVGA 750a nForce with integrated 8200 gfx, so it runs hybrid SLI if needed, but has only one PCIe x16 2.0 slot, and cost only $80.

CPU, GFX, and RAM can be upgraded later if needed, and the system itself should last 5 years or more and cost far less then buying prebuilt.

[Commander_Fett]

The price for all the parts, the os, and the putting together of the computer was 763 dollars, they just nail you on shipping. As for the SLI, I thought it might be usefull if I want to upgrade, and it was recomended to me by someone I know who has made his own gaming computer, and ot was 58 dollars extra for the best SLI ready one available, so I thought it was probably worth it.

[Dohnutt]

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... u=B69-1103

That looks like a good computer, for a bit more price - but better graphics card, processor, and RAM.

[Commander_Fett]

That looks great, but I already bought the computer last saturday...

[Dohnutt]

Oh.. Okay then. Topic solved?