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[natisfynest 10+ year member]

shit i wanna upgrade/build my comp whats somethigns i should get i dont want a million dollar comp so cheap stuff FTW

 

[norcrawler 10+ year member]

916 !!!!lol

 

[Frijoles24 10+ year member]

haha i saw a quad for like 600 bucks prebuilt at frys? i think...

thats a pretty good price for a pc desktop

i didnt knoow they already had quads.

im still with the new(old) tech dual cores //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[bw_audio 10+ year member]

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[norcrawler 10+ year member]

I use a CRT for the 85Hz refresh rate at max Res. I also sold my 22" and 17" LCDs and I got this for 20$ I like it better haha.

the only way u can like that better is if u have a lower grade vid card that cant handle a big lcd screen.but ya crts run hella smooth fps if u dont have a super expensive card.lol

what kinda headphones are those?

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

the only way u can like that better is if u have a lower grade vid card that cant handle a big lcd screen.but ya crts run hella smooth fps if u dont have a super expensive card.lol
what kinda headphones are those?

He said for the refresh rates, not FPS. That spec isn't video card dependent. However, I highly doubt he can tell the difference between the response time on a high end LCD and the refresh rate of that CRT. In the beginning I held on to this argument he uses, but with the response time LCDs have been down to for the past 2-3 years, this argument is no longer valid. I have thrown out my CRTs. In fact I sold one for $20 to some idiot who that thought it was better than any LCD.

 

[PollyCranopolis 10+ year member]

Work..

notice the clean lines compared to my coworker..

also, ***..

 

[Digital Designs 10+ year member]

please dont be ignorant.go drink some bleach now..kthx

You are dumb. Yes, quad cores will be better in the future obviously. As of now, a dual core is still the much better cpu. Id like to see you find a $160 quad core that can come close to competing with an e8400. Oh wait, you cant. The AMDs are about that price, but AMD is garbage. You also, are trash, kid. You cant follow the rules, and you are stupid as ****. You fail.

 

[mbaoo]

He said for the refresh rates, not FPS. That spec isn't video card dependent. However, I highly doubt he can tell the difference between the response time on a high end LCD and the refresh rate of that CRT. In the beginning I held on to this argument he uses, but with the response time LCDs have been down to for the past 2-3 years, this argument is no longer valid. I have thrown out my CRTs. In fact I sold one for $20 to some idiot who that thought it was better than any LCD.

Yea. Nowadays you wont notice any difference at all.

My two year old 22inch widescreen is either 2ms or 5ms, I forget which.

It seems no different than my previous crt with a refresh rate of 85hz.

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

agreed, but i wouldnt go so far as to call AMD trash, they are very nice cpu's for the price and other components that support them seem to be a bit lower than their Intel counterparts

i just put this machine together for just under $350(all new except the drive):

22" Viewsonic VG2230wm

Generic case/ps

MSI K9N6PGM2-V

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5050e 2.6GHz

Kingston 4GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

LITE-ON 22X DVD Burner

160gb WD hard drive

a comparable C2D setup would have been at least $50 more

 

[mbaoo]

My setup cost me around 1200. Thats not including mouse/keyboard/monitor/speakers.

I bet I could build the same comp for a little less than half that now.

At the time, mine was built using the second best components available at the time. As in getting the 8800GTS 640 instead of an 8800GTX, E6600 instead of E6800 etc.

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

IMO the TYPE of panel is more important than any of the useless specs(contrast ratio, refresh rate, response time...)

I have both TN and IPS panels and my IPS panel kills the TN in quality, although it was also about 25% more expensive and IPS/MVA panels are harder to find these days

 

[mbaoo]

How can you tell which type of panel you have?

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

My setup cost me around 1200. Thats not including mouse/keyboard/monitor/speakers.
I bet I could build the same comp for a little less than half that now.

At the time, mine was built using the second best components available at the time. As in getting the 8800GTS 640 instead of an 8800GTX, E6600 instead of E6800 etc.

I would never pay more than $500 for a computer, but i'm also not a gamer.

The most expensive component(other than my 24" lcd) in my main pc is my 30gb SSD hard drive which was about $80.

 

[Digital Designs 10+ year member]

agreed, but i wouldnt go so far as to call AMD trash, they are very nice cpu's for the price and other components that support them seem to be a bit lower than their Intel counterparts
i just put this machine together for just under $350(all new except the drive):

22" Viewsonic VG2230wm

Generic case/ps

MSI K9N6PGM2-V

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5050e 2.6GHz

Kingston 4GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

LITE-ON 22X DVD Burner

160gb WD hard drive

a comparable C2D setup would have been at least $50 more

You are right, AMD is not trash. They are just not near as good as Intel nowadays. It takes a quad core AMD to keep up with a midrange Intel C2D. I will stay with Intel, even though they are a bit more. Hell, even the E5200(73 bucks) is as good/better than most AMD dual cores, and it will overclock a lot more.