I Think I Just Found The System Specs

Marik_Steele

<div class="IPBDescription">for my family's next computer</div> Looks like I'll only need $300 to build a <a href='http://www.arstechnica.com/guide/system/ultimatebudget.html' target='_blank'>budget system</a> for the family when I go off to college at the end of this summer.

TechTV apparently has a <$500 system parts list up <a href='http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/products/story/0,24330,3598882,00.html' target='_blank'>here</a>. Their inclusion of the 9600Pro and claims that it's around as good as a 9800SE makes me wonder: when I finally build a replacement for my own machine at the end of the school year, should I <i>purposely</i> skimp on the video card, wait until ATI's X800's and NVidia's GeForce6's are out, then go for a newly-pushed-down-price on a 2nd-from-best card?

Har_Har_the_Pirate

sweet machine for that price (that 500 buck one will run just about any game, cept far cry n such)

Quaunaut

That processor- what speed is it? 2.6? Higher? Lower? AMD always confused me with those(3400+ being a 2.8ghz? WTH?)

Tequila

<!--QuoteBegin-dirtygabbsnevada+Apr 19 2004, 06:43 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (dirtygabbsnevada @ Apr 19 2004, 06:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> sweet machine for that price (that 500 buck one will run just about any game, cept far cry n such) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I have pretty much an identical PC, and it runs Far Cry at high settings just fine.

It's a snap Marik, go for it!

docchimpy

Good things come to those who wait. Especially in the world of computers. When the next line of video cards comes out, the now-obsolete cards (top of the line now) should go through some drastic price cuts. Always a good thing(more money for games).

OttoDestruct

<!--QuoteBegin-Marik_Steele+Apr 19 2004, 06:01 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Marik_Steele @ Apr 19 2004, 06:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Looks like I'll only need $300 to build a <a href='http://www.arstechnica.com/guide/system/ultimatebudget.html' target='_blank'>budget system</a> for the family when I go off to college at the end of this summer.

TechTV apparently has a <$500 system parts list up <a href='http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/products/story/0,24330,3598882,00.html' target='_blank'>here</a>. Their inclusion of the 9600Pro and claims that it's around as good as a 9800SE makes me wonder: when I finally build a replacement for my own machine at the end of the school year, should I <i>purposely</i> skimp on the video card, wait until ATI's X800's and NVidia's GeForce6's are out, then go for a newly-pushed-down-price on a 2nd-from-best card? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
9800SE's are just glorified 9600's, as they operate on 4 pixel pipelines, and have reduced memory and core clocks.