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Question for Gamers???
Ok I have.
Antec P183 Tower Antec Basiq 430 W PSU Asus P5Q Turbo Mobo Radeon HD 3650 Video 4GB Ballistix Memory Seagate 500GB SATA 16MB Cache HDD Core2Duo E8400 CPU Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit OS My question is: What do I have to do to bring this rig up to a respectable Gaming machine? Thanx
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12-23-2009, 01:21 PM
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How much are you prepared to spend?
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12-23-2009, 01:27 PM
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12-23-2009, 01:50 PM
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I only play FPS games now. Keep in mind I said respectable, not Top of the Line. Thanx |
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12-23-2009, 04:53 PM
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PSU - 1200W GPU - HD 5970 or GTX 295 Last edited by 12twelve12; 12-23-2009 at 04:55 PM. |
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12-23-2009, 05:14 PM
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Thanks twelve. I didn't mean to suggest you were doing anything but that. I was telling iamjosh that, He was asking about how much I was willing to spend.
I found your suggestion both informative and reasonable. |
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12-23-2009, 07:23 PM
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Or wait for the next gen Nvidia "Fermi" GPU to become available.
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you can get a 4850 card and keep that PSU you have now and be set for a little bit...
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