It seems to be dying. Horribly.

Re: It seems to be dying. Horribly.

feeds@yuku.com (Dreyco) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:41:13 GMT

Tell you what.

Get it and i'll help dumb it down to the point that it functions, looks, operates, and runs just like XP. Then at least you'll have the DX10 Functionality without the sidebar, aero interface, and the ability to keep an operating system that will last you longer?

Re: It seems to be dying. Horribly.

feeds@yuku.com (Zinthas) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:29:54 GMT

My moms machine has vista and i hate it! >.< There's also the point of, if i build the machine myself, ill have to spend HOW MUCH on vista software? Yeah. Point for keeping XP for a while longer. Hey, its me. Im stubborn. I kept 98 long after xp was out too.

Re: It seems to be dying. Horribly.

feeds@yuku.com (Dreyco) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:46:13 GMT

Honestly, Zin, you're shooting yourself in the foot if you don't get Vista.
First of all, I use it. It's fine. It works well. I don't notice a loss in performance at all in my games.
Secondly, games are already starting to be designed for Vista. If you want compatability, you need Vista.
Thirdly, XP is going to be phased out in a year. No more support or updates. If you want a machine that will carry you into the next several years, get Vista.

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Re: It seems to be dying. Horribly.

feeds@yuku.com (Zinthas) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:04:29 GMT

Not bad. My only restrictions are keep it close to 1k and ABSOLUTELY NO VISTA!!

Re: It seems to be dying. Horribly.

feeds@yuku.com (Dreyco) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:47:07 GMT

FYI: I could probably go cheaper if I downgrade parts. I was being fairly generous in some of the things I picked

Re: It seems to be dying. Horribly.

feeds@yuku.com (Dreyco) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:44:14 GMT

For me? Dell is the way to go. I just built a PC on Dell that blows away what's been listed here, all for about the same price. This one is about 1300

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Re: It seems to be dying. Horribly.

feeds@yuku.com (Xandaria) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:33:21 GMT

Links, cuz Xan is teh lazy, and would rather have someone else figure out all the compatibility and stuff

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3118935&CatId=114

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?Lprice=200&Hprice=499.99&Nav=|c:2627|c:2630|&Sort=3&Recs=10

Bare bones kits, basically a case and a motherboard and I think a power supply

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Re: It seems to be dying. Horribly.

feeds@yuku.com (Zarraema) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:02:24 GMT

All I can tell you on the matter is that Edo and I upgraded our computers at Christmas, entirely (rebuilt from the floor up) and it cost about $1200 for mine.

New Case
Asus P5KC mother board
Intel Core2Duo 3GHz processor
2 gigs of really fast ram (I'd have to ask Edo what kind)
NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
150 gig Hard Drive (the smallest HD they were selling at the time!)
DVD ROM drive (The read/writes were too expensive for our budget at the time)
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Re: It seems to be dying. Horribly.

feeds@yuku.com (Zayle) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:46:04 GMT

You can try to just upgrade the neccesaries, instead of buying a whole new machine. I swear, you just got a new video card. You can probably salvage your old tower, but an updated mother board might be needed. Quad core processors are super cheap these days and are all it takes to run the best games. Don't skimp on the ram, two gigs is a minimum these days. The biggest problem is probably your hard drive. Replace it. I wouldn't get any of the 10k rpm ones, that extra speed just means...

It seems to be dying. Horribly.

feeds@yuku.com (Zinthas) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:16:19 GMT

I'm talking about my computer. This morning is the second time ive woken the thing up to bad video. Yesterday while at work it had crashed hardcore. So, advice from the tech types? I know i need a new machine. What parts and such do you guys recommend. So i can get an estimate of how much this will cost.

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