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« Reply #30 on: Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 11:22:33 » |
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vista is shite in my opinion, i think its too slow
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #31 on: Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 11:31:45 » |
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I've not used vista, but you have to have a top notch computer for it to be any good I'd imagine.
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magicroundabout
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« Reply #32 on: Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 11:50:45 » |
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You'd probably be best to hang fire until Vista improves a bit and also the directx10 games start coming out.
I bought a couple of XFX 7600gt fatal1ty graphics cards and put them into sli because it was cheaper than the directx10 capable cards and I'll probably wait until the games get good before I upgrade to vista and new graphics.
You going to bu a refurb again? I built my pc and now I've ironed out the problems I'm well chuffed with the performance. i'm thinking of selling all together and buying a dell xps700. they have duel core pcu's now and better performance. not that mine is slow anyway. not sure though tbh. my machine is Vista ready so i could just upgrade to that in time and then purchase a couple of Direct 10 cards for SLI fun |
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« Reply #33 on: Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 12:32:26 » |
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Yeah mate. Just pointing out that if you weight for a while you'll get more value for money.
I've got my Intel E6400 overclocked to 3ghz
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magicroundabout
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« Reply #34 on: Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 12:59:07 » |
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mine is 3.6mhz with 800mhz front & 2meg cache.
it has Hyperthreding enabled too. is this good or not. can't really tell the difference tbh
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« Reply #35 on: Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 13:06:37 » |
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Hyperthreading is supposed to improve performance.
The new Intel chips have lower clock speeds but are faster than the old chips, so if you can get a Core 2 Duo when you buy a new machine.
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« Reply #36 on: Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 13:38:02 » |
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thats what i was thinking with a XPS700. they come with duel core and also have x16 sli motherboards where as most motherboards only support x8 SLI
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« Reply #37 on: Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 13:46:03 » |
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i used to be a complete sony fan boy, i bought an xbox about a yea after they came out as i'd been playing a mates and it was superb. after that, i very rarely touched the ps2, ended up selling it, and then i bought a 360!
dont get me wrong, the ps3 looks like a serious piece of kit, but you gotta remember microsoft have had a hell of alot of ground to make up after coming into consoles completely green, and with games like Halo, which i dont think any game in Sony's catalogue even gets near, they're getting bloody close!
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« Reply #38 on: Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 16:30:37 » |
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i used to be a complete sony fan boy, i bought an xbox about a yea after they came out as i'd been playing a mates and it was superb. after that, i very rarely touched the ps2, ended up selling it, and then i bought a 360!
dont get me wrong, the ps3 looks like a serious piece of kit, but you gotta remember microsoft have had a hell of alot of ground to make up after coming into consoles completely green, and with games like Halo, which i dont think any game in Sony's catalogue even gets near, they're getting bloody close! yep i guess halo is an exception. What about Grand Theft Auto IV though. Any news of a 360 version? |
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« Reply #39 on: Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 16:52:39 » |
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as far as i know, its coming out at the same time... i may well be wrong tho.
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« Reply #40 on: Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 16:57:52 » |
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http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/objects/907/907969.htmlalas, i am correct! and the lil trailer you've almost definately seen, that was from the xbox 360 version  cant remember where i read that, but i distinctly remember it being the 360 it was demo'd on.
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« Reply #41 on: Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 17:00:03 » |
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http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/objects/907/907969.htmlalas, i am correct! and the lil trailer you've almost definately seen, that was from the xbox 360 version cant remember where i read that, but i distinctly remember it being the 360 it was demo'd on. ah cool. Thats good news for you 360 lot. i thought you'd be deprieved possibly one of the greatest games in future existence |
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« Reply #42 on: Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 17:05:36 » |
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http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/objects/907/907969.htmlalas, i am correct! and the lil trailer you've almost definately seen, that was from the xbox 360 version cant remember where i read that, but i distinctly remember it being the 360 it was demo'd on. ah cool. Thats good news for you 360 lot. i thought you'd be deprieved possibly one of the greatest games in future existence Microsoft struck a deal for extra content for GTA and for the 360 to get it the same day as the PS3. |
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« Reply #43 on: Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 17:06:11 » |
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hell no, we had the last GTA, no way would we not have got this one!
its based in new york aint it, if memory serves me correctly?
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« Reply #44 on: Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 17:08:53 » |
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hell no, we had the last GTA, no way would we not have got this one!
its based in new york aint it, if memory serves me correctly? I didnt realise they had san andreas on the xbox. I don't know much about the new one. I've seen one trailer and it looks immense though |
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