1. Yes a video card is the same as a graphics card.
2. You can check compatibility with things such as RAM at http://kingston.com/ there are other places to check compatibily for other things as well.
3. I would check the price and the quality. I hear newegg.com is good but look at places like pricewatch.com.
SuSE - Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:01 pm
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One time I found a shrinkwrapped quad opteron in a pawn shop for $5.
(only not really)
xsp0rtsfanx - Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:16 pm
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lol.. amd > intel though
apparently the 3800+ amd dual cores are going down in price.. i need to upgrade too.. but first i have to find a job
Smong - Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:54 pm
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1) If you are thinking of playing some recent games make sure the graphics card is directx 9, not just dx 9 compatible.
2) The newer pentium 4's supposedly get hotter than the old P4's (and they take like 100 watts...).
Yoink - Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:18 pm
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If you're an AMD fanboy, I suggest..
Thermaltake PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153023
ASUS A8N5X
AMD Athlon 64 3700+
nVidia Geforce 6 or 7 Series
Kingston ValuRAM (DDR 400) 2x512MB
Western Digital 250GB SATA
NEC DVD/CD R/RW - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153023
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Indulgences -
Audigy 2 (sound card)
Logitech X-530 (speakers)
17" LCD (*)- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824001072
That, plus a nice ATX case, a monitor, a keyboard / mouse, a cheap microphone (TS/Ventrilo), should cost...
Power Supply - 50$
Motherboard - 80$
Proc. - 200$
RAM - 90$
Vid Card - 100-200$
Optical Drive - 40$
Hard Drive - 90$
Plus your indulgences...
Sound Card - 60$
Speakers - 90$
Monitor(listed as a perk because CRTs are much cheaper) - 200$
So, that's less than 1100$ with shipping. Slap Ubuntu on it (x86-64) and you'd have a pimpin' nice machine.
Assassin2684 - Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:32 pm
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Might as well just buy the new comp I want for $1500. Thanks for your help guys..
Cyan~Fire - Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:27 pm
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You mean a pre-assembled one? I'd recommend building your own, you almost always get a better deal.
Dr Brain - Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:28 pm
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I just bought myself a new computer. Ordered the parts and put it together. Total came to about $1200 not counting rebates.
Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (dual core) $300
250GB SATA II HDD $80
MSI K8N Neo4/SLI motherboard -- I forget how much, I want to say $60
1 GB PC3200 corsair "value" memory (two 512 sticks) $85
Sapphire ATI X1800GTO $185
El Cheapo DVD burner $30
Logitech MX1000 laser mouse (totally sweet) $55
Hanns G N199D 19" LCD (never heard of them before, but a truely superb buy) $220 w/ $70 rebate
Run of the mill multimedia keyboard $10
Windows XP Pro $70 (bad deal, got a pirated copy, working on tracking the dude down to get my money back)
Xion light-up-my-room-at-night case $55
All the prices include shipping, but are approximate, as I don't recall exactly. If you wan't more info (like exact prices) I can provide it.
EDIT: The monitor is truely awesome, but the speakers are not great. I still need to get myself a nice set, and that isn't acconted for in the total.
Agurus - Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:44 pm
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You dont HAVE to upgrade if you have a half decent computer to play games such as Half Life 2. I know of this great tool which enhances the computers performance greatly, pm me if intrested and I will pull it out.
Basicly the tool edits your computer tasks/processes etc... to "up other attributes" of your computer.
Pretty dandy if you would ask my opinon but if your computer is real out dated then dont bother
Muskrat - Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:54 pm
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