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10-22-2005, 07:37 PM
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| Ultra Techie Join Date: Oct 2005
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10-22-2005, 08:21 PM
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| Lord Techie  Join Date: Jul 2005
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10-22-2005, 08:37 PM
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| True Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Lafayette, Oregon
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| Thanks for all the help, I really appreciate it.
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10-22-2005, 08:40 PM
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| Lord Techie Join Date: Jul 2005
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| np 
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10-22-2005, 09:00 PM
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| True Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Lafayette, Oregon
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| I'm not planning on overclocking, would these components still be good to run those games?
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10-22-2005, 09:29 PM
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| lvl Infinite Psychopath  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Mount Prospect, IL
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 | Also, Its socket 754, Slot processors are no longer made. if your gonna go AMD socket 939 is the way.
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10-22-2005, 09:36 PM
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| True Techie Join Date: Apr 2005
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yea im pretty sure you can play games for about 3-4 years with medium settings fine. the comp i have here (in my signature) can stay run at 130 frames with settings on high, and your 6600gt is going to beat my x700, so your computer is pretty good
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10-22-2005, 09:52 PM
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| True Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Lafayette, Oregon
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| OK, thanks. Nother question: Is Win XP the way to go for gaming? I was just wondering if Linux compares? Also, is the going price for XP about $200?
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10-22-2005, 09:54 PM
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| Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2005
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| msi k8n neo4-f - 85 amd athlon 64 3000+ venice core (skt 939) - 145 1GB patriot signature series - 80 evga geforce 6600gt 128MB - 150 use the hdd you already have buy some dvd-rom drive like benq or lite-on then pick up that antec case w/ psu at fry's for 50 and your only 10 + however much for you drive/s over you 500 dollar budget. edit: you can get windows xp home (which will be sufficient for a budget gamer like you) for a lot less than 200. i'd say maybe 80 or something. 2nd edit: just looked at newegg - oem win xp home for 88 bucks |
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