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« Reply #195 on: Sunday, February 3, 2008, 19:28:17 » |
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I want to play films on a 42" plasma. my laptop just isn't up to playing back any kind of video without stuttering or getting the sound out of sync with the video.
Was looking at dual core, smallish hard-drive and 2/3 GB RAM. Was mostly worried about getting a good enough video card - any recommendations?
I've been reading back through this thread to save you all repeating yourself but it's all a bit over my head.
Figured it'd be about £400 all in.
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« Reply #196 on: Sunday, February 3, 2008, 19:47:53 » |
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I want to play films on a 42" plasma. my laptop just isn't up to playing back any kind of video without stuttering or getting the sound out of sync with the video.
Was looking at dual core, smallish hard-drive and 2/3 GB RAM. Was mostly worried about getting a good enough video card - any recommendations?
I've been reading back through this thread to save you all repeating yourself but it's all a bit over my head.
Figured it'd be about £400 all in. Unless you want to play games you won't need that great a graphics card for films. In all honesty you could get something for £300 that would a decent job. |
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« Reply #197 on: Sunday, February 3, 2008, 20:03:56 » |
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« Reply #198 on: Sunday, February 3, 2008, 20:27:05 » |
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I'd get a separate graphics card if I were you - that one is a built in job. Price looks ok though.
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« Reply #199 on: Sunday, February 3, 2008, 20:29:08 » |
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I can upgrade it to this as part of the deal:
nVidia GeForce 8500GT Super+1G PCI-E 1GB GDDR 2 MEMORY ADD 59.99 TO ORDER
Redefine your gaming reality with NVIDIA DirectX 10 GeForce 8500 graphics processing units (GPUs). GeForce 8500GT 1GB equipped with avant-garde 1024MB super memory size which allows the users to escape from memory capacity bottlenecks.
It features the architecture with unparalleled levels of graphics realism and performance for Microsoft DX ®9 and DX® 10 games for the pricepoint.
Chipset nVIDIA 8500GT
Connectivity Dual Link DVI-I HDTV/VGA/S-Video
Cooling Fan
Direct x support Microsoft DirectX® 10
Gpu speed 450MHz
Interface type PCI Express x16
Max resolution 2560x1600
Memory 1024GB DDR2
Ramdac 400MHz
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« Reply #200 on: Sunday, February 3, 2008, 20:36:07 » |
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That card got reviewed in my mag this month. Apparently it's a waste of money and is really gash. You best bet would be to put aside £50-80 and buy something yourself. If you don't know how to fit it you can always get someone to do it for you. Would be a 2min job to fit the card, then install the drivers would take another few minutes
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« Reply #201 on: Sunday, February 3, 2008, 20:59:00 » |
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how about this? £330 inc vista premium:
Motherboard: Intel Socket 775 64-bit
CPU: Intel Pentium 925 Dual Core (2 x 3.0GHz Dual Core = 6.0GHz)
Memory: 4GB DDR2 (667MHz)
Graphics: 1GB ATI Radeon 2400PRO-Sonic Turbo Cache PCI-Express 16x
Microsoft DirectX 10 supporting 4.0 pixel shader
Optical: NEC Dual Layer 20x DVD+/-RW
Hard drive: Maxtor 320GB S-ATA2
Internal Multi-Function Card Reader
Sound Card: 7.1 Premium Level HD Audio
LAN: Realtek 10/100 Ethernet
USB: 4 x rear USB 2.0 ports (plus 2 x front USB)
PC Case Dimensions: 550 x 195 x 462
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« Reply #202 on: Sunday, February 3, 2008, 21:04:50 » |
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you can get better dual core processor than that and 4gb isnt necessary as has been alluded to previously. Posting from the new beast thanks to advice from this thread  |
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« Reply #203 on: Sunday, February 3, 2008, 21:06:00 » |
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problem is finding it all in one package - I wouldn't have a clue how to build it. Do you know any sites that let you customise your build and price it up online?
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« Reply #204 on: Sunday, February 3, 2008, 21:08:17 » |
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building really is a piece of piss - no more difficult than lego. sites do let you do that but you will end up paying for it http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/ is one such site but expensive... |
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« Reply #205 on: Sunday, February 3, 2008, 21:14:24 » |
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wow that is expensive.
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« Reply #206 on: Sunday, February 3, 2008, 21:15:01 » |
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If you want axs I could always build it one Saturday for you.
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« Reply #207 on: Sunday, February 3, 2008, 21:20:47 » |
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thanks for the offer Si, but I wouldn't even have a clue what bits I need.
I'm gonna scout online for a few deals once I can get the spec right:
Dual Core processor - any particular good ones I should look for?
2+ GB RAM
Graphics Card with 256? 512? 1GB? any recommendations of brand / model?
250GB HD
DVD RW
Vista Premium - 64 bit version?
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« Reply #208 on: Sunday, February 3, 2008, 21:22:18 » |
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spend that software money else where :|
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« Reply #209 on: Sunday, February 3, 2008, 21:22:52 » |
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What no OS?
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