Author Topic: Good for gaming?? (Read 9988 times)

Google · « **on:** September 16, 2006, 03:12:02 PM »

Is this a good computer for gaming considering price???
If not where could I get a better one in my price range???(0$-1000$ is my price

range)

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=BDL10001550&catid

flames_fan · « **Reply #1 on:** September 16, 2006, 03:14:55 PM »

I think this is a good computer to start. Considering the price it is good. Plus it comes with a monitor, and printer. Upgrading the video card later will make it better.

From your pal and friend,

flames_fan

Neil · « **Reply #2 on:** September 17, 2006, 06:01:52 AM »

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ATI Xpress 200 integrated graphics with up to 256MB shared memory

Integrated graphics cards are notorious for being slow! But the good thing is you can just buy a graphics card and put it in. So you could try it with the integrated card, see if it's too slow, then just buy a new graphics card if required. Not sure about American dollars, but I'd expceted you'd need to pay at least $200 for a decent card.

Google · « **Reply #3 on:** September 17, 2006, 07:39:39 AM »

I'm canadian bucks dood!! [smiley=cheesy.gif]

homer · « **Reply #4 on:** September 17, 2006, 03:08:55 PM »

add another $1000 to your budget and then you will have a good gaming comp.

my comp was $2000.

Google · « **Reply #5 on:** September 17, 2006, 05:25:08 PM »

No can do unless await another year!! Or get a high paying job fast!

Neil · « **Reply #6 on:** September 17, 2006, 05:41:13 PM »

You can buy a computer now and upgrade over time?

Google · « **Reply #7 on:** September 18, 2006, 07:59:06 AM »

Yes that is what I'm planning to do.Upgrade over time!

Neil · « **Reply #8 on:** September 18, 2006, 08:44:31 AM »

Make sure you get a computer that can support dual-graphics cards. Then you an buy a card, then later you can upgrade by buying another card to use in conjunction with your present card, without "wasting" the money you spent on your first one, if you get my meaning.

lil_falco · « **Reply #9 on:** September 18, 2006, 09:37:29 AM »

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Make sure you get a computer that can support dual-graphics cards. Then you an buy a card, then later you can upgrade by buying another card to use in conjunction with your present card, without "wasting" the money you spent on your first one, if you get my meaning.

It would be better for him to just buy one extremly high end card (which almost all support SLI) and then continue by upgrading his motherboard, cpu's etc. But its definitly cheaper to buy it all at once.

An awsome site is www.cyberpowerpc.com. I have purchased 3 computers from them for myself and people i work for.

Just a heads up though, 64 bit system is fine... its the dual processors that cuase problems some times. =p

Neil · « **Reply #10 on:** September 18, 2006, 12:26:42 PM »

Yes it would be better for everyone to just buy the best components right at the start - but who is going to pay for it?

lil_falco · « **Reply #11 on:** September 19, 2006, 09:36:09 AM »

lol, im 17 now and i bought mine when i was sixteen.

Total price - $2,000 USD including shipping.

Case: NZXT Nemisis Elite
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4200+ Dual Core With HyperTransport Technology
RAM: 4GB (4,096MB)
Power Supply: 680 Watt SLI ready
Motherboard: Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe nForce 590 SLI MCP Chipset DDR2/ Dual 16x PCI-Express
Graphics Cards: 2 x NVIDIA Geforce 7900 GT 256MB 16X PCI Express Video Card running in SLI
HDD: 250GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive
Drive: 16X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER
Speakers: Sicuro RW-375XL 2.1 Gaming Speakers

They got good prices.

Raptor · « **Reply #12 on:** September 19, 2006, 11:08:58 AM »

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Yes it would be better for everyone to just buy the best components right at the start - [highlight]but who is going to pay for it? [/highlight]

Lil Falco's mom!

Where are the specifications on that website, I can't seem to find them in less than 3 seconds which means I wouldn't buy from them even if the world was on fire. Which it is, so that's why I'm not buying from 'm.

RogueDelta · « **Reply #13 on:** September 21, 2006, 09:40:51 AM »

check it out: www.gamepc.com just for reference...

Google · « **Reply #14 on:** September 21, 2006, 03:31:51 PM »

WAY too xpensive!!

flames_fan · « **Reply #15 on:** September 21, 2006, 04:44:27 PM »

I think www.alienware.com is better.

Google · « **Reply #16 on:** September 21, 2006, 04:57:20 PM »

So do I

homer · « **Reply #17 on:** September 21, 2006, 10:35:49 PM »

no offense, but alienware comps are for gamers that know nothing about computers......

Raptor · « **Reply #18 on:** September 22, 2006, 12:13:37 AM »

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no offense, but alienware comps are for gamers that know nothing about computers......

A bit true, although you can't get the fancy cases anywhere else.

Google · « **Reply #19 on:** September 22, 2006, 06:37:38 AM »

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no offense, but alienware comps are for gamers that know nothing about computers......

Yes flames_fan You and I both know that we only like alien ware better because of their fancy cases!

panboy · « **Reply #20 on:** September 22, 2006, 10:06:03 AM »

If you gave me 2G's i make you a Mother ******* PC to **** all y00 momma's!

And it would wipe the floor with any Aienware PC, ... and i have a little pocket change left ^.^

Neil · « **Reply #21 on:** September 22, 2006, 10:11:52 AM »

Why don't you just buy the cheapest alien ware, clear out the stuff and put your own components in the case? If you're really that desperate about it.

NonMember · « **Reply #22 on:** September 27, 2006, 08:09:52 PM »

isn't it's easier... to buy an ok computer... like i know that there are pretty good computers for [highlight]300$[/highlight] and then it will be easy to upgrade it... kuz u'll have [highlight]700$[/highlight]... dude u could get a heck of a graphics card and the rest of the stuff and it would cost u much cheaper then [highlight]1000$[/highlight] well unless u would like to get a heck of stuff for everything.. then yea... that will be very expansive... ain't canadian bux.. cost less then US dollar?

just asking...well i have an ok computer... well u could say a really bad one... kind of got it for free... well i got it for free... and it has only 800mhz and about 30gb total space... well that's enough for since i don't really have big games on my computer. well soon i will have 350$ or smth around that.. and will buy a good RAM and video card too... which is apperently not bad for gaming... well exept the 800mhz part... lol... but as i remmeber i think that's the minimum for a game... ok... just do what u need.. or wait for more answers from others...
This message might sound a bit confusing... it's just kuz i am not US citizen... and i am not a comunist or smth like that... i am russian... lol...

flames_fan · « **Reply #23 on:** September 28, 2006, 09:47:11 AM »

Yeah their good but a bit costly

honvetops · « **Reply #24 on:** October 02, 2006, 11:18:05 AM »

this is way old (THREAD!), but this WAS--- WAY OVER PRICED !!!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116001

Raptor · « **Reply #25 on:** October 02, 2006, 11:55:20 AM »

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this is way old (THREAD!), but this WAS--- WAY OVER PRICED !!!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116001

90 dollars for a dual core CPU overpriced?

Am I missing something? :-?

flames_fan · « **Reply #26 on:** October 02, 2006, 04:50:58 PM »

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this is way old (THREAD!), but this WAS--- WAY OVER PRICED !!!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116001

Isn't that just a regular price?

GX1_Man · « **Reply #27 on:** October 06, 2006, 05:20:09 PM »

HP and Gaming System do not usually go (correctly) in the same sentence.

Google · « **Reply #28 on:** October 07, 2006, 07:59:54 AM »

OOOOOOOOOOO!

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