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« on: February 26, 2008, 04:20:52 PM » |
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Just wondering what people are buying these days. I have gone from full AMD to full Intel in less than a year.
I really don't have a preference, i am buying what i think meets my requirements at the right price when i need it.
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« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2008, 02:43:49 PM » |
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The last system I brought a few months ago was a Intel. Before that I had an AMD for 3 years.
I don't have a preference, I buy which ever is the better product at what I can afford.
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« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2008, 01:10:41 AM » |
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Same as you guys.. I discovered that most of the comps I have suddenly all ran Intel.. Not really on purpose, but the best deals out there are Intel products  Also, I used to have a lot of ATI GPUs, now most are Nvidia.. |
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« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2008, 04:50:56 AM » |
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I never had ATI cards, only Nvidia. Mainly because ATI had bad drivers a few years ago. But now reading the forums Nvidia isn't doing very well with Vista.
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« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2008, 06:54:24 AM » |
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I recently got a budget ATI X1550 for my fileserver (cheapest pci-e i could find) and i cannot say that the drivers have improved. Image is jittery at anything over 1280x
Linux support is anything but great also.
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« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2008, 12:16:55 PM » |
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my very "own" computer. Not sure what it will be, but something good.
I do not know a lot about puters, so will have to consult with my expert.
I love to play arcade games, so something with decent power. And, my
kingdom for high speed. lol
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« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2008, 10:23:26 PM » |
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I think i am an impulse buyer. I do the research but usually end up with something i never thought about originally.
But a Core 2 Quad is next on the list of "must haves".
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« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2009, 03:15:58 PM » |
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Time to revive this thread.  I plan to buy a graphics card next week. Not sure which one yet but it wont be a Geforce GTX 260 or faster (To expensive).  |
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« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2009, 05:14:32 PM » |
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Indeed I have ordered a Q9550 that i hope i will get on Saturday.The drivers for my ATI HD4670 have improved. It's cheap and fulfills all my needs How about the 4870 1GB version? |
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« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2009, 01:28:19 PM » |
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At a local store here.
ATI
512MB HD4670 is $170AU (762 NOK)
512MB 4870 is $450AU (2,018 NOK)
1GB 4870 is $579AU (2,597 NOK)
Nvidia
512MB/1GB 9500GT $125AU (560 NOK)
1GB 9600GT $258AU (1,157 NOK)
896MB Geforce GTX260 $580AU (2,601 NOK)
I think I will shop around. This store is looking rather expensive.
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« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2009, 05:30:04 PM » |
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The 4870 costs around $370 AUD here. I did find an Australian cheap computer shop once, but i have forgotten the name  |
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« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2009, 03:35:55 PM » |
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Have you found a better offer yet? |
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« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2009, 09:18:20 AM » |
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Haven't been looking much. Work around the home took priority.
But now I have almost finished I can start looking again.
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« Reply #13 on: March 10, 2009, 11:18:02 AM » |
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I walked into that local store today and can get a 512mb 9800GT for $230 AUD.
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« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2009, 10:14:39 AM » |
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I would the 1gb version if the memory speed is equal that is The 9800GT sounds like a good deal though |
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« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2009, 12:31:24 AM » |
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« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2009, 04:20:35 PM » |
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hehehe. Bought one yet? |
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« Reply #17 on: March 24, 2009, 08:32:43 AM » |
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Yup It's in Oslo at the moment. Should arrive at Skedsmokorset during the day |
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« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2009, 09:24:43 AM » |
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Congratulations. Now you need to crank that thing up and compared your results with Sveins Phenom II. You know you want to |
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« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2009, 10:05:17 AM » |
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Congratulations. Now you need to crank that thing up and compared your results with Sveins Phenom II. You know you want to I know I want to, and I've even convinced him. Trouble is, his pump for the watercooling has decided to end its life. It's still running, but barelly pumping water. He has ordered a new pump, and he said as soon as he gets it, he'll run seti for a few days |
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« Reply #20 on: May 19, 2009, 03:55:00 PM » |
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The 4870 costs around $370 AUD here.
I managed to get a 512mb ATI 4870 from a friend for free.  I had to pay postage to get it to my place. |
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« Reply #21 on: May 22, 2009, 09:29:33 AM » |
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« Reply #22 on: August 09, 2009, 04:52:40 AM » |
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Just got the Sapphire Radeon 4850 512MB and the Samsung T220 monitor, now I want a new corner workstation, looking at the galant corner unit from Ikea.
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« Reply #23 on: August 09, 2009, 09:46:36 AM » |
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I want a corner workstation too. I was able to finished Crysis on it. Looked awesome. |
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« Reply #25 on: November 17, 2009, 10:45:20 AM » |
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I am pretty content with my hardware, although i might do an upgrade late next year if i can find somethign cheap enough.
I did treat myself with a new monitor. A 32 inch to be exact thats right now hanging on my wall.
I just need a receiver and a decent soundcard for my gutars and i will be all set on my "studio".
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« Reply #26 on: November 17, 2009, 01:26:38 PM » |
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That's a big case mystic. Do you have it full of drives? I didn't know there was a 32 inch monitor been made. |
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« Reply #27 on: November 17, 2009, 03:11:38 PM » |
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Monitor would be the wrong term. TV would be more correct. My boss wondered if i needed a tv and he gave me this one. * H-kon happy |
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« Reply #28 on: November 21, 2009, 08:43:07 AM » |
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Ahh it's a TV. That's a good score H-kon. |
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« Reply #29 on: November 29, 2009, 05:30:35 PM » |
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Nice one H-kon Just bought myself 16GB ram for my computer. Running a lot of virtual machines for testing and such, so it was actually needed  |
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