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Felon
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21 September 2007 18:29
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Just kicked Nath off his PC for 30 mins and played TF2, suddenly realised I miss PC gaming and now pondering about getting another PC, tbh I havnt missed not having a PC for 8 months but that 30 mins just gave me the bug again :c)
Anyway is Vista worth a buy or stick with XP?
No idea on my budget either so no idea what my spec will end up like but hope to be back gaming sometime this millenia.
Atari 2600 1978-81 -|- ZX81 Spectrum 1982-84 -|- Commodore 64 1984-87 -|- Amiga 500 1988-91 -|- Sega Mega Drive 1992-94 -|- Atari Jaguar 1994-95 -|- Sony PS1/2 1995-04 -|- MS Xbox 2003-06 -|- Flawless 360 01/12/06 and counting.. 28 years gaming, man im old |
Midnight
I have a big chopper
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21 September 2007 18:38
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TF2 rocks. As I said before on msn when you asked stay with XP unless you want the pretty stuff / want to get a dx10 graphics card.
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Stan
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21 September 2007 20:13
Edited by Stan on 21-Sep-07 at 20:14
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I really really like vista, its stable fast, supports dx10 and control alt delete actually works.
I would say its silly to buy a pc now and not get a dx10 card, also you want to make sure u get a intel duo cpu and if possible a quad core.
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Mani
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21 September 2007 23:26
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Yup, don't arse about with yesterday's OS go Vista
If you only want 3gb of ram or less got with Vista 32, 4gb or more, vista 64.
I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
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Scrappy
Uber sex0r?
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22 September 2007 18:19
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Intel Q6600
4 Gig of Ram
nvidia 8800GTX
Sorted.
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Re0sLess
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22 September 2007 18:45
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I would go vista, but stay clear of the 64 bit version for a while, the drivers are not there yet, If you have a USB drive 4GB or over or a broadcom/windcom bluetooh dongle forget it they wont work  the xfi making me sound like a robot my be 64 bit problem or just my setup :/
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Felon
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22 September 2007 19:32
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Thats without mobo and ram then scrapps eh.
I will probably do what I did last time and just buy a component each week, man its madness going from a 17" crt to a 22" widescreen LCD, this thing is HUGE.
btw would a cube still be a viable option or too much messing?
Atari 2600 1978-81 -|- ZX81 Spectrum 1982-84 -|- Commodore 64 1984-87 -|- Amiga 500 1988-91 -|- Sega Mega Drive 1992-94 -|- Atari Jaguar 1994-95 -|- Sony PS1/2 1995-04 -|- MS Xbox 2003-06 -|- Flawless 360 01/12/06 and counting.. 28 years gaming, man im old |
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22 September 2007 20:19
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Shane - I have a very fast dual core & I paid very little for it , if you want a low down on the rig give me a shout . It scored over 3700 pints on 3DMARK06 which does not sound massive but this is with a £56 GFX card mate fast & cheap - My rig is the e4300 @ 3.19 Ghz
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WUD
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22 September 2007 21:27
Edited by WUD on 22-Sep-07 at 21:28
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It scored over 3700 pints My god Spit, your Pc can handle its beer!
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