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Mar 21, 2006View in Crawl 4
Unfortunately that table at the end doesn't advise me on if I should upgrade my AMD Thunderbird 1.2 with PC100 Ram. In any case, hopefully this will lower the prices on the current AMD dual cores that can't run ddr2, because I was just about to upgrade about 3 weeks ago.
Same here. I've got an Athlon 1800 that fits my needs just fine. I consider upgrading from time to time, but I've really seen no need for it yet. I work with computers all day long, so when I get home, the most I ever use my computer for is checking e-mail and playing old NES/SNES games. How much power do you really need for that?
Why the article has to have so many pages?! For the ads? IMO that's a lame practice.I know exactly what I want to upgrade my computer:64 bit dual core CPU1 GB of DDR2 RAMLCD TFT 1440x900PCIe Ati or nVidia card with 128 MB of RAMWiFi (should I dare WiMax?!) + BluetoothUSB 2.0 + Firewire 400 + eSATASATA 7200rpm hard driveand last but not least:Mac OS XPD: seriously, did diggers really need this article?
Was planning to do the same, but an apparent Mobo fatality is all the excuse I need to built another one. Its either that or live on this laptop until Conroe is out. Thoughts? From the specs and release prices it really looks to be the one to run. I was thinking the LGA775 / Intel 955x combo might be a smart buy IF it supports Conroe - anyone know for certain? I am extremely disappointed that I cant run this Dell 24 at its native resolution at max settings with decent framerates with even the top of the line stuff available now. What will it take? I'm guessing a 5.1Ghz CPU with dual ATI2100XTX cards in crossfire. If Oblivion, with an FX60 and dual 1900XTX can barely manage 1280x1024 with average settings without dipping into the teen framerates..... sad, very sad. Setting this monitor to 1280 is just wrong. Seriously, what kind of speeds will it take to run CURRENT games at 1920x1280 ? I refuse to go out and buy a smaller monitor just to play games. Um no. Hard to believe that the highest end, overclocked even, PC hardware available now cannot make quick work of 1080HD content without crying. What will it take? Super-parallelism - like the cell processors coming out for PS3? Will my new dual-8-core-CPU motherboard finally be able to handle HD in 2008? Can you tell I'm bitter about having to upgrade now? I'm with you on the wait to upgrade. Must though.
tylermanMar 21, 2006
where is my board with all pci-x??? ....
osivertMar 21, 2006
Unfortunately that table at the end doesn't advise me on if I should upgrade my AMD Thunderbird 1.2 with PC100 Ram. In any case, hopefully this will lower the prices on the current AMD dual cores that can't run ddr2, because I was just about to upgrade about 3 weeks ago.
lbeaty1981Mar 21, 2006
Same here. I've got an Athlon 1800 that fits my needs just fine. I consider upgrading from time to time, but I've really seen no need for it yet. I work with computers all day long, so when I get home, the most I ever use my computer for is checking e-mail and playing old NES/SNES games. How much power do you really need for that?
anagamiMar 23, 2006
Why the article has to have so many pages?! For the ads? IMO that's a lame practice.I know exactly what I want to upgrade my computer:64 bit dual core CPU1 GB of DDR2 RAMLCD TFT 1440x900PCIe Ati or nVidia card with 128 MB of RAMWiFi (should I dare WiMax?!) + BluetoothUSB 2.0 + Firewire 400 + eSATASATA 7200rpm hard driveand last but not least:Mac OS XPD: seriously, did diggers really need this article?
jtjamesApr 30, 2006
Was planning to do the same, but an apparent Mobo fatality is all the excuse I need to built another one. Its either that or live on this laptop until Conroe is out. Thoughts? From the specs and release prices it really looks to be the one to run. I was thinking the LGA775 / Intel 955x combo might be a smart buy IF it supports Conroe - anyone know for certain? I am extremely disappointed that I cant run this Dell 24 at its native resolution at max settings with decent framerates with even the top of the line stuff available now. What will it take? I'm guessing a 5.1Ghz CPU with dual ATI2100XTX cards in crossfire. If Oblivion, with an FX60 and dual 1900XTX can barely manage 1280x1024 with average settings without dipping into the teen framerates..... sad, very sad. Setting this monitor to 1280 is just wrong. Seriously, what kind of speeds will it take to run CURRENT games at 1920x1280 ? I refuse to go out and buy a smaller monitor just to play games. Um no. Hard to believe that the highest end, overclocked even, PC hardware available now cannot make quick work of 1080HD content without crying. What will it take? Super-parallelism - like the cell processors coming out for PS3? Will my new dual-8-core-CPU motherboard finally be able to handle HD in 2008? Can you tell I'm bitter about having to upgrade now? I'm with you on the wait to upgrade. Must though.