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#5
Almighty Bass said:
The specs look good to me. Although, the vid card isn't as top of the line as the other things, but it's still a good, solid 128MB card. You should be 100% gtg.
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Actually it's a good, solid 256mb card. I was thinking the same thing though. While there really isn't a "weak" point on the computer, I'd say from what you've shown us if you were going to upgrade anything it'd be the video card. Compaq doesn't have a reputation for great reliability but that sounds like a pretty kick-a$$ setup. Congrats.

brad cook
 
#6
One question, why XP home... home is bad for you:( no 64 support, and not as stable as pro:/

imo of course


Other then that, looks good spec wise, hope you dont have troubles i've seen some customers have with compaq, it changed after HP got em i believe.

Cheers
 
#9
Looks pretty sweet.

I don't know what prices are like in other countries, but top of the line parts are insanely expensive here. I can't understand why anyone (to whom money is a concern) would buy them when they could get a slighty older one for less than half the price.

In Canadian $:
ATI X800 Platinum edition 256MB - $800
Nvidia GeForce 6800 256MB = $630 - $820

The card you have is $230. I don't think the extra quality is worth an extra $400 - $600.

In fact, out of curiousity I used the computer building tool at one website to configure a setup for an imaginary computer. I used the best available parts and the total came to about $12,000. That computer was only slightly better than what you have.
 
#10
Almighty Bass said:
Yeah, I was thinking it was a 128MB card. I have a GeForce FX5900 and it's only a 128MB card. But I see no reason to upgrade mine yet...runs Doom 3 just fine.
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That's definitely an upgrade from the fx5500 256mb. Although PICK's has twice the video memory yours is much faster. I'd take yours over his any day.

brad cook
 
#12
Almighty Bass said:
XP Pro doesn't have 64 support either. Pro supports dual processors, but not 64 bit. 64 bit processors will still work, but won't be used to their full potential. Win2003 and the upcoming Windows Longhorn both support 64 bit processors however.
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Ya, but there is XP 64bit edition avelible. I ment why get 32bit is with 64bit cpu...

Anyway longhorn wont be out an til 2007 i believe:( toobad, its not a bad os, winFS looks good:P
 
#14
DigMe said:
So did your buddy, Bill Gates, send you a special advance copy or what?

brad cook
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I ran alpha of it and acctually ran the latest for abit, friend gave me a copy he got from work. Its not too bad... 2007 is number i heard it got pushed up to... not 100% sure but...

WinFS is i believe kind of like sql based type of thing, should be much faster working FS

Those are infos i know:) the freaken bar on LH is abit annoying though:)
 
#16
I'm using a compaq right now. It's a great internet machine, and does some games. I have a compaq laptop, too, and their service has been quite good to me. If I were to want a gaming machine, I'd build the thing myself. My compaq was inexpensive, and it does great for me. I mean, they are selling the same machines with Celerons instead of the Athlon XP I got for the same price. I got the better deal.

Woah! 2000 Posts!!!
 
#19
Compaq/Dell/HP = :spit:

Mostly because a lot of the time they bilk people out of money with junk parts and a pretty case. The parts in that are pretty swanky, and if there's a weak link, it's definitely XP home. If you can get it, XP Pro is better, but I generally tend towards Win2k. Never had issues with that OS, but I've had innumerable ones with WinME (what a hunk 'o crap) and a few with XP Pro (and way more with home). If you build your own frankensteiner, you can get an equally powerful machine cheaper with everything you want, but that can be pretty hairy if you haven't done it before.
 

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