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Originally Posted by Justzen
Firstly, I want to clarify something.
Uh, is an Intel PD (which is a dual-core right?) 2.66GHz better than a AMD Athlon 64Bit 939 3000+?
The cost is around the same, so I was wondering which one would be better for online gaming, or maybe general use, in future.
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The PD will multitask better, but for gaming it's probably going to be outperformed by the 3000+ (that can very well change for the next generation games taking advantage of the dual cores).
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Originally Posted by Justzen
Okay, here's choice two, which is the most likely choice I'll take.
Choice 2
AMD Athlon 64Bit 939 3000+ (warranty 3yrs)
AMD MSI Nvidia Neo4 2000FSB 939 OCI-Ex SATA x4 Dual Core 64 Bit Support Mainboard (warranty 2yrs)
512MB DDR400 PC3200 Kingston Ram (warranty lifetime)
80GB SATA2-3.0 8MB Hard Disk 7200RPM (warranty 3 yrs)
CDRW Writer - 52x32x52x Drive w/ Nero
256MB ATI Radeon X300 HM PCI-Express 16x Graphic Card w/ TV+DVI (Up to 6600/256 - $95) <- I dont know what this means
10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Lan <- is this necessary? what's the use of /1000?
3D 6CH Sound Device
8 USB 2.0 Ports (2 in front)
ATX 450Watts Tower Casing
Comes with a slim keyboard, optical scroll mouse, antivirus + free office software link <-- whatda hell is this and free assembly, testing, formatting, extra cooling fan, mic/spk headset.
I also want to upgrade the RAM to 1GB DDR which costs SGD75 more, so in total the tower is SGD750+75=SGD825.
Plus the XP Home SP2 which is SGD132, the total cost with the original software is SGD957, close to a thousand.
Is this worth it?
Is this compatible or at least, good for gaming purposes?
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The X300 wont play any new games at an acceptable framerate.
Have a look at this for some ideas.
Video Card 101