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i go a lot o f help last time and i am reasdy to buy my pc the gateway with
amd 4000+
1 gb ram
450 psu

but theres one thing i haven't fully made my mind up yet and thats with the video card.

cards


1)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102007

2)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150144

now whats the difference between these two 7900gt's?

3)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143061

4)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143048

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and one more thing. should i ditch the gateway and bulid my own pc? because they way i see it i have 1000 budget maybe more but with some new stuff out is it cheaper to buy all the parts instead of buying a prebulit.

i would need

mobo-
case-
ram-
hard-drive
psu- i think i have a good one i know of
cpu-
video card-

i have
a mouse
a keyboard - need a thing to make it work in newer pcs.
an gateway 2000 crt
i maybe able to get a free copy of xp from a friend (not too sure on)

Reply to hitman24

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and one more thing. should i ditch the gateway and bulid my own pc?



Depends how much the gateway costs.

I recently priced out making a system prom parts ordered on Newegg, you could make a real nice Athlon64 3500+ with 1gb of RAM and a 7600 GT for under $900... and that's with windowsXP and a 17" LCD monitor included.

Without the OS, you could get all that for under $800.

Reply to Cleeve

You could get the gateway and a x1900xt and still be under your budget

Reply to jamesgoddard

ok then but one more then for like 100 bucks more you get an lcd and printer bundle i think the ms is 16 and i thought thats bad for gaming. so is it worth getting that lcd or should i stick with my crt?

Reply to hitman24

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i think the ms is 16



What is an MS?

CRTs are still great to game on if you have a decently sized model and have the desk space.

Reply to Cleeve

16 milla (sp?) second response time

Reply to hitman24

I get some ghosting on my Sammy 930b w/8ms. I prefer CRT for gaming viewing, but I don't have the real-estate for a 21"crt. So I'm gonna try the LB 204wt. it is listed at 5ms.

Reply to okstatefan

I gotta wonder a little bit what sort of power-supply they have in that thing.

Reply to Valerarren

is this an ok psu or should i get something better

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817104954

Reply to hitman24

ok i think i know what i am getting theres only two things bugging me. the lcd and wether or not this system will last. i will also upgrade around christmas time to 2gb of ram and a mx518 mouse, and maybe a g15 keyboard.

Reply to hitman24

What resolution do you play at? What games do you play? What kind of image quality do you desire?

If its something like Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion at 1600*1200+ with everything maxed, I would reccomend nothing less than an nVidia GeForce 7950GX2. It will likely be the fastest "single" card on the block until the next gens come out in a couple months.

If you mostly play World of Warcraft at 1024*768 on medium, you would be more than happy with a 7600 gt.

It all depends...

Reply to towely

i like all games and i want to play on it very well but my budget i think just around 1,000 maybe too small. game wise hl2,halo,far cry,quake 4,ut2004,doom 3,tes4:o, but i am right now looking at deals to see if i bulid it myself if i can get something better. i have a crt,mouse,keyboard and a copy of xp (hopefully) but i am looking at this one prebulid system were i add stuff heres the specs of that

specs
processor-amd geode nx 1750
128mb ddr -upgradle to 2gb
cd-rom drive
for around 130. i am trying to get more specs as we speak. but is that a new line of amd?

Reply to hitman24

never mind its agp so that kinda rules that out.

Reply to hitman24

for 1000$ buddget you can build a very good system. Here are the parts:
Athlon 64 4000+.......130$
Geforce 7900GT........ 285$
2x512MB cas2.0 @ ddr400 (G.Skill, Mushkin, Crucial - whatever) 100-120$
Seagate Barracuda 200/250GB.....80-100$
PSU - Enermax, Fortron, Antec....70$ - 80$
Motherboard..hmm maybe ABIT KN8 SLI... 89$

All for about 780$

Reply to danizaken

thank you very much. but i need some link to new egg or something to make sure i get the best. also i ma buliding a system with dual core and 2gb and everything for around 700 but without hard drive and speakers but please more ideas will help me here. on systems under 1000. i mean i ahve time to bulid and if i get something better then a prebulit from bestbuy then ill do that. but what is your guys take on 2gb of ram?

Reply to hitman24
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