Computers are a sickness

arcenite

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I do not remember exactly what year it was, but back when Intel first came out with the 733mhz PIII I went out and upgraded my computer to HP's model with this processor. I was so happy I had the latest and greatest though the computer slowly became outdated. Today I am running what I believe to be a pretty nice computer, but everytime something new comes out I am not happy until I get it (To a certain degree that is...). For example, I am running a gig of OCZ 2x512mb Rev2 Platinum in my rig. Yesterday I orderered the 2gig kit of the exact same memory because todays games just eat the memory up.

It's a freakin' sickness!
 

gigapet

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i have an xbox so i dont have to worry about upgrading my ram and hardware every 30 days.
 

arcenite

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Originally posted by: Krazy4Real
Originally posted by: BroeBo
Originally posted by: gigapet
i have an xbox so i dont have to worry about upgrading my ram and hardware every 30 days.

PC games > Xbox

QFT

I have an xbox, the only game I have played on the Xbox that I would even begin to compare to PC games is Chaos Theory. The multiplayer for that game is awesome. HL2 + CS:S for the PC owns any console game out there.
 

arcenite

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Originally posted by: scorpmatt
so when you buying the 4800+?

Haha, I would love one but I can not afford it. Same thing goes with a 7800GTX. I can assure you that when they drop into my price range (if ever) I will be all over it.
 

DivideBYZero

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Originally posted by: arcenite
Originally posted by: scorpmatt
so when you buying the 4800+?

Haha, I would love one but I can not afford it. Same thing goes with a 7800GTX. I can assure you that when they drop into my price range (if ever) I will be all over it.

No current benefit in games AFAIK with Dual core. Can someone enlighten me?
 

nakedfrog

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I think it's just you. I've had my Athlon XP 1600+ for quite some time now, and just upgraded from 256->768MB of RAM this year. And I'm running an AIW 9800 Pro.
 
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Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Originally posted by: arcenite
Originally posted by: scorpmatt
so when you buying the 4800+?

Haha, I would love one but I can not afford it. Same thing goes with a 7800GTX. I can assure you that when they drop into my price range (if ever) I will be all over it.

No current benefit in games AFAIK with Dual core. Can someone enlighten me?


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tfinch2

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Originally posted by: Kensai
Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Originally posted by: arcenite
Originally posted by: scorpmatt
so when you buying the 4800+?

Haha, I would love one but I can not afford it. Same thing goes with a 7800GTX. I can assure you that when they drop into my price range (if ever) I will be all over it.

No current benefit in games AFAIK with Dual core. Can someone enlighten me?


Background proccesses. Secondary programs.

lol, what's the point of even playing the game if you are doing other stuff?
 

DivideBYZero

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Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: Kensai
Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Originally posted by: arcenite
Originally posted by: scorpmatt
so when you buying the 4800+?

Haha, I would love one but I can not afford it. Same thing goes with a 7800GTX. I can assure you that when they drop into my price range (if ever) I will be all over it.

No current benefit in games AFAIK with Dual core. Can someone enlighten me?


Background proccesses. Secondary programs.

lol, what's the point of even playing the game if you are doing other stuff?

Exactly. So my point still stands. Dual core has no benefit in a gaming rig.