Is this a good rig for about $800?

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Get GTX 760 Card.

and remove the wifi and 2 fans if you cant pay more now ... get the better graphics card first.

and dont get anything lower than GTX 760 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and get 1 TB Harddisk

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Get GTX 760 Card.

and remove the wifi and 2 fans if you cant pay more now ... get the better graphics card first.

and dont get anything lower than GTX 760 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and get 1 TB Harddisk

 
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I updated it, but I changed the chipset to AMD Radeon; and I'm definitely not going to get a 1tb drive, i'll upgrade later.

Please review the new one
 

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get Nvidia GTX 760

dont loose PhysX !

here is what you are loosing watch to the end

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1ZHfJRrFLU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWFkDrKvBRU
 

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Is there any other reason that I should get an nvidia? because I am only willing to pay around $200, not $250, I am on a budget
 

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yea , it is 50% faster than your card
 
The GTX760 isn't 50% faster although it is significantly faster.

But Physx is just a gimmick. Adds lots of clutter and nvidia users will often trick themselves into believing its critical for gameplay.

I would try to get atleast the GTX760 or 7870 (the 760 is a bit better but it seems you prefer AMD which is ok)
 

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yea sure thats why Playstation 4 has PhysX support and all the coming games on it will be PhysX enabled. and will end up on pc as well.

the water effect alone is worth it.

 


I think only CPU Physx. So most modern CPUs should run it ok
 

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you cant run PhysX on CPU if you dont have Nvidia Card.

so big NO , NO CPU would be allowed by Nvidia Driver to function as PhysX processing unit.
 

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nope !
 

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I will test it and see. but still not functional and slow .. so my advice to get PhysX card still apply.

and for PS4 it wont be FAKE slow PhysX it will be REAL . and the bottom line is , physX games are coming on most games.