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    Please comment on this build before I buy

    Looking at HP, the closest I could come to my build was a computer with a single 640MB GTS for $2,050. A single 640MB GTS is much slower than a single 8800 GT, much less 2 of them in SLI. If they offered anything better than the 640MB GTS (even the faster 512MB GTS), they might be worth...
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    Best bang for buck gaming at 1920x1200?

    Hehe, I knew someone would bring that up, I'm just surprised it didn't happen sooner. I have no desire or inclination to build my own computer and will ignore all such suggestions
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    Best bang for buck gaming at 1920x1200?

    Yeah, I did. But I don't want to take a chance of voiding my warranty or breaking something.
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    Best bang for buck gaming at 1920x1200?

    But that's just it, I don't want to install anything myself. That's why I'm paying a vendor to do it.
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    Please comment on this build before I buy

    I don't agree with anything you said. First, not only do Dell and HP not offer all the options that Cyberpower does, but they are *much* more expensive with what they do offer. There are no Seasonic or Antecs PSUs available from Cyberpower, but have since changed my PSU to a Xion SuperNova...
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    Best bang for buck gaming at 1920x1200?

    It's about $60 more expensive to get the GTX than the 2 GTs at Cyberpower so it wouldn't be worth it. For some reason they really jacked up the price of the GTX cards.
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    Please comment on this build before I buy

    No other comments before I buy?
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    Best bang for buck gaming at 1920x1200?

    Problem is an Ultra costs hundreds more than 2 8800 GTs at Cyberpower.
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    Would this make a good gaming LCD monitor?

    Thinking of getting this 24 incher from Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16824112011 Do you think it would make a good gaming monitor? I play all kinds of games from first person shooters to turn based games. Thanks!
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    Best bang for buck gaming at 1920x1200?

    Thinking of going 8800 GT SLI for my new computer from Cyberpower. I want to game at 1920x1200 with high details and full AA/AF. I don't really like the idea of SLI but what else can I do? Do you think that would be the most cost effective choice right now? I've got the upgrade bug and don't...
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    Please comment on this build before I buy

    I'm thinking of getting this gaming PC from Cyberpower. I plan to game on a 24 inch WS LCD at 1920X1200. I want the computer to last 2 years before I buy another new system. Please make comments or suggestions before I pull the trigger. Final cost is $2196 shipped. Thanks! # *BASE_PRICE...
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    DMA-1 Fatal errors and no sound

    After replacing my video card that was not displaying 3D graphics with the same card (an RMA'd BFG 7800 OC AGP), my sound card is not recognized by my system and I'm getting random DMA-1 fatal errors at boot up. If I power down I can usually boot up without getting the error. After I boot up...
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    Relatively low performance in Farcry with new computer?

    As far as I know Monarch installed all the latest drivers. I don't see any drivers dated recently. (I just got the computer a week ago.) I do see what I think is a BIOS update, but I've always read don't update your BIOS unless you know it fixes a known issue you have.
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    Relatively low performance in Farcry with new computer?

    This is a new computer from Monarchcomputer.com -- a fresh install. The motherboard is an ASUS A8V Deluxe.
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    Relatively low performance in Farcry with new computer?

    No, not sure how or if I should do that.