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What's on your shopping list?

Intel
3 (60%)
AMD
0 (0%)
I decide at the register. (No preference)
1 (20%)
My next upgrade is so far down the road that this poll is meaningless.
1 (20%)
Consoles rule!
0 (0%)

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H-kon

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What are you buying next?
« on: February 26, 2008, 04:20:52 PM »
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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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2008, 02:43:49 PM »
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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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2008, 01:10:41 AM »
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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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2008, 05:50:56 AM »
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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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2008, 07:54:24 AM »
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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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2008, 01:16:55 PM »
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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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2008, 11:23:26 PM »
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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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2009, 03:15:58 PM »
Time to revive this thread. :D

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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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2009, 05:14:32 PM »
Indeed :D

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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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2009, 01:28:19 PM »
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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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2009, 05:30:04 PM »
The 4870 costs around $370 AUD here.

I did find an Australian cheap computer shop once, but i have forgotten the name  :scratch:
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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2009, 03:35:55 PM »
Have you found a better offer yet? :)
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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2009, 09:18:20 AM »
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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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #13 on: March 10, 2009, 11:18:02 AM »
I walked into that local store today and can get a 512mb 9800GT for $230 AUD.
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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2009, 10:14:39 AM »
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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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2009, 12:31:24 AM »
Q9550  :ybanana: :clap: :drool: :purpleyay: :hello: :drunka: :accordian:
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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2009, 04:20:35 PM »
hehehe. Bought one yet?

:)


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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #17 on: March 24, 2009, 08:32:43 AM »
Yup :) It's in Oslo at the moment. Should arrive at Skedsmokorset during the day :)
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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2009, 09:24:43 AM »
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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Re: What are you buying next?
« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2009, 10:05:17 AM »
Quote from: H-kon on March 24, 2009, 09:24:43 AM
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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