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Originally posted by Videoholic


Yeah, I\'ve seen them for about 70 bucks.  I had to get 2 128 meg chips though.  I couldn\'t find them for less than 45 bucks a piece.  Sorry.

It must be good to pay 45 bucks for 128meg.. when i pay that for 256

hehe just bugging u.

It\'s strange how many people wanna be your friend when u get parts at the CHEAPEST rate they can be at the time..... quite funny.

I remember buying my stick of PC2100 256 MB DDR for $100 back in April.  Times are bad but pc parts are very cheap.  Just wait a couple days and somebody will say "Oh Soulgrind you got ripped off"

well i just did a little 3dmark 2001 benchmark with my little pc bundle of joy and this what i got - i need to upgrade my p3 though to something better

My Benchmark  
 
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP  
DirectX Version 8.00  
 
Mobo Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer INC.  
Mobo Model TUSL2-C  
 
CPU Intel Pentium III 1005 Mhz  
FSB 133 MHz  
 
3D Accelerator NVIDIA GeForce3  
Graphics Chipset NVIDIA GeForce3  
Driver Version 5.01.2001.1240  
Video Memory 64 MB
 
Resolution 1024x768 32bit  
Texture Format Compressed  
FSAA Disabled  
Z-Buffer Depth 24bit  
Frame Buffer Double  
Rendering Pipeline D3D Pure Hardware T&L  
 



 
3DMark Result 4572 3D marks
 
Game 1 Car Chase - Low Detail 70.8 FPS
Game 1 Car Chase - High Detail 23.6 FPS
Game 2 Dragothic - Low Detail 73.7 FPS
Game 2 Dragothic - High Detail 37.6 FPS
Game 3 Lobby - Low Detail 78.6 FPS
Game 3 Lobby - High Detail 35.5 FPS
Game 4 Nature 20.0 FPS
 
Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 586.9 MTexels/s
Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 1321.4 MTexels/s
 
High Polygon Count (1 light) 16.0 MTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (8 lights) 3.1 MTriangles/s
 
Environment Bump Mapping 103.0 FPS
DOT3 Bump Mapping 101.8 FPS
 
Vertex Shader Speed 38.2 FPS
Pixel Shader Speed 75.6 FPS
Point Sprite Speed 14.8 MSprites/s

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Originally posted by EmperorRob
I remember buying my stick of PC2100 256 MB DDR for $100 back in April.  Times are bad but pc parts are very cheap.  Just wait a couple days and somebody will say "Oh Soulgrind you got ripped off"

Buhahaha doubt that. I get manufactures cost prices, and buy at manufacture costs. NOT Retail prices.  Why? like i said, my brother owns a pc hardware business..  I also get listing on when prices are goin to change. (there not always spot on. But there pretty close)  So, I doubt i\'ll ever get ripped off.. AGAIN. (I used to pay retail) BUHAHAHAHAH
I think getting ripped off, is when someone pays say 200 dollers for a product.. when you can get it elsewhere in the SAME time for 100.. Not acouple of months later...   Off course things drop in prices as they get older.  DUHH  But DDR is fairly new too mem.

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Hey, I also happen to buy retail, but you don\'t here me bragging about it.