How much to spend to get a PC with great graphics for games
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Hmm...
Depending on what games you play, looking at a console might be better? A lot of people in the CG forum seem to be having a wail of a time on PS2's and 360's... and both are definetly in your budget.
For £650... the Dell XPS range is out of the price range (cheapest is £1,170ish), although I haven't looked at their 'B' grade stock; which is still good and comes with a waranty, keyb, monitor, etc.
www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/pcrange.html?NFO Seems to be 'good' enough for casual gaming; drop a cheap monitor and some speakers in and you should be in the £650 budget, including VAT.
Depending on what games you play, looking at a console might be better? A lot of people in the CG forum seem to be having a wail of a time on PS2's and 360's... and both are definetly in your budget.
For £650... the Dell XPS range is out of the price range (cheapest is £1,170ish), although I haven't looked at their 'B' grade stock; which is still good and comes with a waranty, keyb, monitor, etc.
www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/pcrange.html?NFO Seems to be 'good' enough for casual gaming; drop a cheap monitor and some speakers in and you should be in the £650 budget, including VAT.
thepassenger said:
amdb7 said:
Got a 360 already!
Ahh
In that case poke around Dell's factory outlet/refurbished stuff and the Novatech linky.nForcer 4200
AMD Athlon X2 4200 Dual Core 64 Bit Processor
2048MB PC3200 400Mhz DDR Ram
300GB Serial ATA II HardDrive
nVidia 7600GT 256MB PCI-E Graphics Card
16x Dual Layer +R/-R/RW DVD burner
7.1 8-Channel Capable Sound
1 x Gigabit LAN
Logitech Wireless Optical Keyboard & Mouse
Order Code: PC-0938T
Ex Vat Inc Vat
what would it be like in comparison to a 360?
Difficult to say really. Consoles tend to be really good at some things and not very good at others.
But in terms of load time and graphics capabilities... I'd say reasonably on par with each other considering what I've seen of a 360's capabilities.
Remember, though those Novatech prices don't include the monitor or speakers.
Out of interest what you looking at playing on the PC?
But in terms of load time and graphics capabilities... I'd say reasonably on par with each other considering what I've seen of a 360's capabilities.
Remember, though those Novatech prices don't include the monitor or speakers.
Out of interest what you looking at playing on the PC?
cuneus said:
7600GT = high end: I don't think so
Yeah; a 7800 would be much better. But for the amount of kit that's being thrown in the case you really can't argue all that much... besides for casual gaming a 7600 should be pretty good.
On the other hand; I'm always eager to know where other people source stuff from so
Edited by thepassenger on Thursday 31st August 23:53
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