How much would this cost?

[MarD]

Heyyo,

That's pretty good. Is it the AMD Athlon XP 2500+? cause AMD doesn't really go by cpu speed, they go by like, efficiency. Cause an AMD Athlon XP 2500+ is equivalent to Intel's P4 2.5GHz. If you can, try to get a 2500+, cause me bud has that, and with his ATI Radeon 9800 Pro he can run far cry on full graphics without his framerate dropping below 30f/s.

BTW, for big company's selling pre-made computers, HP's the best cause they're easy to upgrade, unlike their lower end products, the compaq line, (lol, yeah HP bought them out man. ) you can fully upgrade your HP.

[MarD]

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oops... double posted again, sry, I made changes to my post and hit posted a 2nd time... I should really stop this knack, I'll try harder in the future to let slow internet connections take their time.

[-=RAV=-AdrianShephard]

Originally Posted by nocturnal

Okay i finally think i know what i want. I'm getting an HP a600n for 550$. I want a custom pc but it's my parents buying the computer so they don't really trust me. But here's the problem now the vid card. As you guys know i'm low on cash (or i mean parents). Here's my choices

1st choice: ATI radeon 9600 pro for 139$
2-asylum 256mb 5200 Geforce 129$
3-geforce 5500 overclocked 99$

i have a very low knowledge of video card so plz help! I just want a comp. ready for hl2 sooooo bad! My budget for the vid card is nothing over 140$ so plz ne suggestions

I wouldnt go Brand name computers.
Reason: If they break you need to go to hp and buy the parts from them. and they overcharge. plus upgrading wise you cant do much but the ram and vid card.

Both the 9600 and the 5200 are good cards but to 5500 is a piece of crap

[MarD]

Heyyo,

Err... the 5200? good? I dunno, I've seen it, in NFS: Underground, that one had to be cranked to low res as possible, n' it still averaged beloe 25f/s... then again the processor was an old AMD K6 700mHz...

But here in canada, you're better off spending the extra $60-$70 for a ATI Radeon 9600 Pro..

[-=RAV=-AdrianShephard]

If your gonna spend 139 bucks go ahead and pick up an Nvidia 5700 256 ecellent car i have it

[nocturnal]

Okay i've already gotten this computer, but it was faster then the hp i was planning to get.
http://www.outpost.com/product/4177013

Compaq Presario SR1126NX AMD® Athlong™ XP 3000+, 512MB, 120GB, DVD+R+RW, CD-ROM, 56K, NIC, XP

AND i went ahead to get the 9600 pro. This setup can play most modern games right now right? I haven't been happy in such a long ass time!

[MarD]

Heyyo,

You should easily be able to play modern games. Heck, I think your computer's even stronger than mine!

Ok, download that 3D Mark 2003, and benchmark your comp, it'll give you a number, that number will tell you how strong your computer is. Give it a shot man, and post your number here, Later on tday I'll dig mine outta my comuter once I get home.... anyone else wanna see how well our computers stack up against eachother? get it, n' let's see.

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TRUST me, you made the right choice with HP. Don't get a compaq whatever you do! they're just the low-end line of HP since HP baught out Compaq. Even before Compaq was baught out their comps sucked cause of how hard it is to upgrade those buggers...

[-=RAV=-AdrianShephard]

nice rig 9600 pro is a good card