It was only a matter of time...

[SnoMunke]

http://www.digit-life.com/news.html?06/21/55#62155

 

[imported_goku]

Meh, screw ati and nvidia, the physics department is ageia's and nobody elses (maybe havok but they seem to refuse to make a dedicated card for it).

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: goku
Meh, screw ati and nvidia, the physics department is ageia's and nobody elses (maybe havok but they seem to refuse to make a dedicated card for it).

The name of the game is still FPS in games...last time I checked ageia sucked

 

[orangat]

Man the geforce3 days was a time when high end cards cost $200 and a good Axp was also around $200. Now good cards are $300-400.

Now gaming consoles cost $300 and have better hardware than graphics cards.

 

[the Chase]

Yeah it's getting a little nuts. Buy 2 dual core CPU's and 4 way SLI and throw in a GPU/PPU and 4 GB of ram for Vista and a new DX10/unified shader video card(s) and a 900 watt PSU to handle it all. Who has money left over to buy any games?

 

[dBTelos]

Originally posted by: orangat
Man the geforce3 days was a time when high end cards cost $200 and a good Axp was also around $200. Now good cards are $300-400.

Now gaming consoles cost $300 and have better hardware than graphics cards.

Yeah, and you used to be able to get candy bars for a nickle. Things change.

 

[deathwalker]

$1500 won't get you a gaming rig anymore...

I think this statement is a tad on the overkill side...For $1500 you can build a nice rig...I do it all the time....still...even in todays Tech environment.

 

[d3lt4]

I built a very nice gaming rig w/ monitor for $1000 just a few months ago. No you can't get the best there is w/ that much money but it's still a killer gaming rig.

 

[dBTelos]

My recommended, best bang for the buck rig will play any game and is still under $1000.

 

[acegazda]

thats ridiculus. Even if you're playing oblivion on 2560x1600 all you need is a midrange cpu overclocked and an x1800xt and the dell 30" monitor. Could come out to around $1500. I configured mine for $1200 and its gonna kick a$$.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: dBTelos
My recommended, best bang for the buck rig will play any game and is still under $1000.

Same here. And I'm running a wimpy Pentium 630, albeit with 2GB of ram and a 7800 GTX. Still cost me less than a grand.

Without monitor, keyboard/mouse, you can still build a nice little gaming system for less than $600.

 

[Lonyo]

Yup, the statement is BS.

 

[SparkyJJO]

See my rig in my sig - that cost me a little less than $1500 to build a couple months ago minus the LCD, with the LCD it was $1800-ish. So if you have a monitor already then yes you can build a very nice gaming rig for under $1500. If you need everything you can still build a nice gaming rig for under that, I just went a little overboard 😀

 

[SnoMunke]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Yup, the statement is BS.

12643 posts and you still can't recognize a tongue-in-cheek comment? My point was things are getting ridiculous...but I guess that point was lost on you...

Should I have used language like, "Tarzan sees Jane"? Dumb it down a bit?😕

Someone posting "Yup, the statement is BS" is like me saying "Yup, that person is a dumbass"... it's just not polite.

 

[deathwalker]

Originally posted by: SnoMunke

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Yup, the statement is BS.

12643 posts and you still can't recognize a tongue-in-cheek comment? My point was things are getting ridiculous...but I guess that point was lost on you...

Should I have used language like, "Tarzan sees Jane"? Dumb it down a bit?😕

Someone posting "Yup, the statement is BS" is like me saying "Yup, that person is a dumbass"... it's just not polite.

Gee....I saw nothing tounge in cheek about the statement. In fact, it was short and to the point without and added comments. Generally a tounge in cheek statement will has some little giveaway comments with it to lighten up the moment.

 

[getbush]

tongue-in-cheek not detected

 

[fire400]

805 = $130
mobo = $200
water cooling = $350
tower + PSU = 200

so far: 880

RAM=200
HD=100
Optical=80 (DVD-RW x2)

so far: 1260

240 bucks left for an X1800XL OC'd to XT

need extra money for Windows XP, Office 2003, Security, network card, floppy, etc.
AND MORE MONEY FOR VIDEO GAMES....

$3000 BUCKS plus you gotta pay for online access fees which will amount to another $30-$100 a month if you wanna surf the web and download updates and play games online and online gaming fees and hell - utility bills also, and then don't forget to reserve money for buying food and paying for the car and rent, ETC

SAVE THOSE NICKELS~!!!

Welcome to where you make the decision of buying an Xbox360... sike~