Computer Buying Help

We checked the Studio XPS 8100 out tonight. Not for the specs (even though it was almost identical) but for the case, and its a nice case with a good setup. It looks like we will move on it this weekend.

Update: We might go with teh ATi 5670 1GB card.

Update: We might go with teh ATi 5670 1GB card.

Why not the 5770, how much is the 5670?

Its $50 to upgrade to the 5670, which is why we are considering it. The 5770 is $130.

You'll still be able to handle BC2 with the 5670, just not 1920x1080 at high settings....

I will be running it at 1600x900, minimum of medium settings

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You'll still be able to handle BC2 with the 5670, just not 1920x1080 at high settings....

+ with ati overdrive you'll be able to squeeze out an additional 10+ fps by maxing out gpu clock to 850mhz and memory clock to 1050mhz
on most games at medium settings or atleast with no AA & no AF. it's not a bad card and if you only have to pay $50.00 for it i would say go
other than that i would get the 5770 for ~$150.00 i know they make a 512mb version for ~115.00 right now but i don't think it's worth it

could have gotten this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... _-07232010

could have gotten this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... _-07232010

ouch...he's got you there, nacho. same price, better parts. BUT i hate both HP and Dell, so I wouldn't touch either of them with a 10-foot pole (other than the one I own, it was given to me. lol.)

could have gotten this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... _-07232010

ouch...he's got you there, nacho. same price, better parts. BUT i hate both HP and Dell, so I wouldn't touch either of them with a 10-foot pole (other than the one I own, it was given to me. lol.)

HP owns Dell.
Either way tho, he sould have wait another week for better parts..lol

HP owns Dell.

True, but up until about 2 years ago, if one of your parts died, you HAD to buy HP brand because they made theirs to where only their parts would work with their computers. I still don't like them because when you buy a pre-built comp from them they stick a TON of useless crap on your hard drive that you'll never use.

HP owns Dell.

True, but up until about 2 years ago, if one of your parts died, you HAD to buy HP brand because they made theirs to where only their parts would work with their computers. I still don't like them because when you buy a pre-built comp from them they stick a TON of useless crap on your hard drive that you'll never use.

yea, i hate how they put so much crap on your computer, but i bought an HP a few years ago, (intel Pentium Dual core, 2.8GHz, 2 GB ram, 250 GB HDD, geforce 6200 LE, windows XP MCE) and it still runs smoothly and quite fast

Me, add $150 for Microsoft office and tax, plus thats not an i7 chipset.

Oh, and kiss my 500 FPS on Flems (Max settings, 16x, 16x)

Me, add $150 for Microsoft office and tax, plus thats not an i7 chipset.

Oh, and kiss my 500 FPS on Flems (Max settings, 16x, 16x)

lawl, you dont even have an i7 tho, and 500 FPS on flems wont make you better

Me, add $150 for Microsoft office and tax, plus thats not an i7 chipset.

Oh, and kiss my 500 FPS on Flems (Max settings, 16x, 16x)

lawl, you dont even have an i7 tho, and 500 FPS on flems wont make you better

LOL. The chip was built to be an i7. Its a Lynnfield chip, which is on of the i7 chips. In the manual, it even calls it the i7-750 instead of the i5-750. so