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November 13, 2004
New Comp
So I'm thinking of buying a new computer so I can play half-life 2 (among other things). I have a few questions and I thought some of the nerds out there would be able to help out.
Keeping in mind I can't really afford anything more than $800, here are my major questions:
Should I bulid it myself, or get it from someplace like ibuypower.com? What are the potential cost savings?
AMD, or Intel? 64 bit?
And my biggest question: Nvidia, or ATI? I'm thinking of an ATI 9800 PRO EZ 128mb, an ATI 9600XT 256mb, NVIDIA 5900-XT 128mb, NVIDIA 5700-ULTRA 128mb.I can't buy the really high end cards
Dual Channel RAM?
Posted by Brendan at November 13, 2004 9:01 AM
Comments
Big question...does this 800 include a monitor?
Posted by: Neal at November 13, 2004 9:46 AM
No
Posted by: Brendan at November 13, 2004 1:09 PM
Didn't we already have this digital "conversation?"
Posted by: The_SCSIBug at November 14, 2004 11:25 PM
With me--yes..not with B
Posted by: Neal at November 19, 2004 9:13 PM