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Maybe if you read the article you will understand.
No... uh... the article lists three manners in which Vista will support OpenGL, one of those is in much the same way XP does today....
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I found some sellers for some parts of my pc, are they good or not enough?
ATI RADEON x700 PRO 256MB Seller price: 100$ shop price: 200$
ASUS P5ND2-SLI Deluxe Seller price: 140$ Shop Price: 190$
The Radeon X700 should go in favor of a Geforce 6600 GT or a Radeon X800 GT. Both of those cards perform much better, and if you want my honest opinion, the Geforce 6600 GT is a better buy.
As far as the motherboard, I'll agree with Predator in that you can find a much cheaper one than that.
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You don't need a dual core for good gaming. In fact, some of the single core Athlon 64's are better, as long as you don't want to multitask.
Single-core chips can multitask just fine... they're just a lot slower at it. Also, dual-cores are so cheap these days... and seeing as how games will be multithreaded, I'd see a dual-core as an effective method of future-proofing the machine.
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ EPoX 9NPA+ Ultra 1024MB DDR Antec Sonata II w/ 450W SmartPower 2.0 Floppy Drive Western Digital 250GB Caviar SE LiteOn 16x16 DVD+/-RW GeForce 6800GS 256MB Windows XP Home Edition
Thats from a local shop, comes to $1086.50 CDN without tax. The processor is also very overclockable so you can give it a good boost.
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does athlon 3500+ beat Pentium D. 2.8ghz? they r like the same price
Quick answer - yes But, since the Pentium D is dual-core, it will beat the AMD when you have multiple things going. So, if you're a heavy multitasker on the computer, go with the Pentium D. If not, and especially if you want it for games, go with the AMD.
Thats from a local shop, comes to $1086.50 without tax. The processor is also very overclockable so you can give it a good boost.
Is that Canadian?
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Quick answer - yes But, since the Pentium D is dual-core, it will beat the AMD when you have multiple things going. So, if you're a heavy multitasker on the computer, go with the Pentium D. If not, and especially if you want it for games, go with the AMD.
I feel inclined to mention that the Pentium D 820 will perform just fine at any game (IE, with the same graphics card you won't be able to tell the difference without FRAPS), and it will perform faster in a lot of other things. Games are also jumping on the multi-threading train, so having a Pentium D might be beneficial.
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so i dont know if i should spen like 1300 instead of 1000 and get an athlon 3800+ so it will last me for long, what you guys think?
Yeah, it would. I'd recommend going dual-core, whatever you do. The Pentium D is a good buy... but the Athlon 64 X2 3800+ is a better one.
well im gona go with athlon 3800+, geforce 6600gt. Any suggestions for a motherboard around the 150$ canadian or 125$ U.S. Also, would that processor need extra cooling?
I didn't read most of this topic, but if this is mainly a gaming rig and you have a limited budget get a 3000+ and buy a better video card. An Opteron 144 would be the best option if you are overclocking.
Also, no, it would not need extra cooling. The retail package will come with a HSF that will be fine.
well im gona go with athlon 3800+, geforce 6600gt. Any suggestions for a motherboard around the 150$ canadian or 125$ U.S. Also, would that processor need extra cooling?
Like Drew said, with your budget you should probably get either a 3000+ or Opteron 144 and overclock so you can invest in a better video card. And for the mobo I'd recommend an EPoX 9NPA+ Ultra.
I will get an athlon 3800+. For 4 reasons: Because it's better than pentium Because it's dualcore and I dont want to be upgrading every 6 months or so. Because I play games but not alot so a 200$ video card is more than good for me :D And finaly because you guys helped me alot since it would have taken me an eternity to look for the information i needed :D
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