Computers: This will be mine.

[Cavalier]

lol... >_> umm ... that would be weird especially if by some chance shes a mentally disabled person *shudder* rofl

[mrwiseman]

You want a desktop computer now? (That's what I use because of the better screen and keyboard, plus space to mess up with hardware which is a hobby of mine, but laptops are convenient for vacations etc.) Consider an Athlon XP 3000+, it'll be more than enough; my 2 year old Athlon XP 1800+ is still kicking ass becuase software hasn't evolved that much. For example, I can run Halo in maximum detail at 75 fps, with just a Radeon 9600 Pro. Oh and that; unless you want to play the latest PC games with the maximum detail at 75+ fps, you won't really need a 9800, it's quite expensive and not worth for non-PC gamers. If you're really into it you might want it though, but I don't think games take advantage of half of it. BTW, get 512 or 768 MB RAM though, that's really useful though, and a 160 GB hard disk will come in handy ^_^.

[Xellos]

Since this laptop needs a buncha shit fixed, I figured I might as well make the update now, rather than later.

[One Classy Bloke]

Also, all that power will last you longer as games do need more power.

[Xellos]

Yeah. I'm hoping to have it last me at least through college.

[Cavalier]

*bows* wiseman knows alllllll lol

funny thing is, i have an Athlon 1800, but its running at 1.15... and it WAS running at 1.5 Ghz ofcourse, whats goin on?????

[Dreamer7000]

I donno. [img]graemlins/smarty.gif[/img] (I love to write this sentance down... ^_^)

[mrwiseman]

IRT OCB: Also, all that power will last you longer as games do need more power.

This is true but prices don't scale. Sometimes it's more convenient to aim for a cheapest one and replace it later. Think of this (note: the following case is entirely fictional, and oversimplified beyond measure.)

Today's games eat 40 PowerMarks?.
Games in 2 years will eat 80 PowerMarks?.
Games in 4 years will eat 160 PowerMarks?.

Card 1: offers 80 PowerMarks for $100.
Card 2: offers 160 PowerMarks for $400.

Not only card 1 has a twice as high power to price to power ratio, but in 2 years, the cards available will be:

Card 3: offers 160 PowerMarks for $100.
Card 4: offers 320 PowerMarks for $400.

So you have 2 options:

A) Go for Card 2, which will last 4 years for $400
B) Go for Card 1, which will last 2 years for $100, then buy Card 3, which will last another 2 years for $100

Total spent:
A) $400
B) $200, plus you're getting a new one which will come with new toys your 2 year old card doesn't have, and you can use the old one for a secondary computer.

This is, as I said, an oversimplification, but you can get the idea. Evaluate all the possibilities and decide what is best for you. The website I recommend to find serious, unbiased benchmarks, and good quality/price ratios, is http://www.tomshardware.com . It's my hardware magazine of choice, those people are real serious and real good [stamps Wiseman's seal of quality ^_^].


IRT Cav: funny thing is, i have an Athlon 1800, but its running at 1.15... and it WAS running at 1.5 Ghz ofcourse, whats goin on?????

In the BIOS settings, make sure your front bus speed is set to 133 MHz and your CPU multiplier is set to 11.5. 133.333 ? 11.5 = 1533.333 MHz as intended. Either that or use some program to change it should you have it installed.

[Dreamer7000]

I would like to try thi! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

http://www.angelfire.com/crazy3/drea.../Bee-Alive.doc

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