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Offline NVIDIA256
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« Reply #30 on: November 04, 2005, 09:32:04 AM »
Yep, Last Gen cards go for around 25% less than there original MSRP.
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« Reply #31 on: November 04, 2005, 11:11:22 AM »
hell, you can\'t find an nvidia 5950 ultra for less than 200$ and there 2 generations old
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« Reply #32 on: November 04, 2005, 11:59:54 AM »
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4400+ X2?  Yow that\'s like a jillion zillion dollars.
No it isn\'t.
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« Reply #33 on: November 04, 2005, 12:31:21 PM »
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No it isn\'t.


Is it $3 jillion zillion? And what currency is that from?
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« Reply #34 on: November 04, 2005, 01:45:53 PM »
If you\'re buying the CPU part directly from AMD, it\'s going to cost a sh^tload more than buying the part separately. It really isn\'t that expensive.
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« Reply #35 on: November 04, 2005, 05:38:52 PM »
yeah cuz it\'ll end up costing you less per unit, but you have to buy them 1000 peices at a time >_<
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« Reply #36 on: November 11, 2005, 10:59:05 AM »
the new dual-core socket 939 Opterons are really the way to go, better than the X2 processor line, and about 20 bucks cheaper.

The 2MB of L2 cache is a nice upgrade over the X2\'s 1MB as well.  And they tend to overclock better as well.  

I know what i\'m getting :)  Only problem is they are sold-out nearly everywhere.  The only places that have them are price-gouging at the moment. :( (opteron 165)
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« Reply #37 on: November 11, 2005, 11:02:34 AM »
Sweet, I\'ve been hearing some great things about them.  What technology separates an Athlon X2 from a dual-core Operton?  Is it just the L2 cache size?
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« Reply #38 on: November 11, 2005, 07:18:56 PM »
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« Reply #39 on: November 15, 2005, 10:38:56 AM »
Well, I\'m also having some plans to get something new too.

It might be a notebook, it might be a desktop.

The budget\'s about 3000 Euros, since my old folks are willing to buy my P3,2 Ghz, that\'s not as steep as it seems....

So, notebook Pentium M780 + 2Gb ram + Go7800GTX for 3000 €

or notebook AMD Turion64 + 1 Gb ram + mediocre X700 for about 1800 €

Or....I could go desktop again and either do a AMD FX57 + 7800GTX or AMD X2 4400 (not really easy to find yet here in NL) + 7800GTX
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« Reply #40 on: November 15, 2005, 11:06:56 AM »
I am here to support SLI.  I had my rig set up a week ago with a single 7800 GTX, beatiful GFX and everything.  Now, I put the second card in, and what\'s the difference you ask?  Graphically, the game looks the same, but the frame rate is great, and it loads a LOT quicker for some reason, plus there is virtually no slow down with the graphic options maxed out.  (Game tested was Farcry)
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« Reply #41 on: November 15, 2005, 11:10:48 AM »
If another $500 bucks is worth 20fps, go for it. It\'s a moot point.

SLI is not an feasible for most users. And it really shouldn\'t be.  It\'s for the uber-geeks...well, it was. \'Till you came along, you don\'t even know what half of these numbers being mentioned mean and you got SLI...

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« Reply #42 on: November 15, 2005, 11:59:03 AM »
I\'d get SLi if I could afford it

a 15 month old son and my wife being due in Feb has curtailed any "fun" spending.  I\'ll just have to learn to save and wait.

When are you expecting your twins LIC?
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« Reply #43 on: November 15, 2005, 01:22:25 PM »
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I\'d get SLi if I could afford it

a 15 month old son and my wife being due in Feb has curtailed any "fun" spending.  I\'ll just have to learn to save and wait.

When are you expecting your twins LIC?



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