How is this for a gaming computer

[StevenNevets]

Anyone else want to take a shot at it?

 

[StevenNevets]

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[gramboh]

Go for the Sceptre, or reduce something else in your build to have a better LCD. You will hate life if you have a low end no name LCD on a good PC.

 

[StevenNevets]

Originally posted by: gramboh
Go for the Sceptre, or reduce something else in your build to have a better LCD. You will hate life if you have a low end no name LCD on a good PC.

The monitor is exactly what I want...

who cares about the brand? It's high-end for it's price and that's what I care about

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: StevenNevets

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
forget single core, dual will last longer. it makes multitasking/general use snappier, less prone to dragging down.

and it will help in future games?
or is that a rumour

probably, the march towards dualcore as standard is well on its way. the next generation consoles are multicore, the developers will be moving in that direction. esp with more games being cross platform. anyways by the time it gets too slow for games the single core would also be suffering and theres always the gpu to consider

 

[dguy6789]

Originally posted by: happy medium

Originally posted by: Smartazz

Originally posted by: brianlam425
since you're gaming, get a single core, preferrably a 3800+

with the saved money, get a beefier psu and asus mobo or asrock sli32 mobo

Well, the next gen of games will be dual core optimized, so keep that in mind.

Really, I didn't know this.
Which games and when. I'll have to upgrade if this is true.

A couple games. Currently, Quake 4 sees an 80% performance boost going from single to dual core. Oblivion uses dual cores, but it does not see much(if any performance gain). UT2007 is going to be able to benefit greatly from dual cores, according to Epic. I would also be willing to bet that Crysis will have some kind of multi threading technology.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: dguy6789

Originally posted by: happy medium

Originally posted by: Smartazz

Originally posted by: brianlam425
since you're gaming, get a single core, preferrably a 3800+

with the saved money, get a beefier psu and asus mobo or asrock sli32 mobo

Well, the next gen of games will be dual core optimized, so keep that in mind.

Really, I didn't know this.
Which games and when. I'll have to upgrade if this is true.

A couple games. Currently, Quake 4 sees an 80% performance boost going from single to dual core. Oblivion uses dual cores, but it does not see much(if any performance gain). UT2007 is going to be able to benefit greatly from dual cores, according to Epic. I would also be willing to bet that Crysis will have some kind of multi threading technology.

Crysis WILL be multi-threaded. If there is a reason to have a dual core cpu, Crysis is it.

 

[StevenNevets]

A good reason at that!
Crysis is one of the only reasons I'm considering DX10 at an early stage.

However I heard the G80 will cost $600+ (I'm not doing the step-up program of it costs this much)
maybe if it's $500 somehow and worth it I'll change my mind

 

[Effect]

IIRC, the Hiper Type R is a 550W Andyson, and it's a quality PSU, but you do pay for the bling. Also, if memory serves, it only has 30A on the 12V rail (the Enermax Liberty 400W has the same amount), which pretty much means it hasn't got as much juice as you'd like (from a 580W PSU at least). If you're getting it for its looks, then fair enough, but otherwise you'd be better of with something along the lines of the Silverstone ST50EF (i think it's around the $85US mark), or another Enhance unit.