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dennykyser

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For a workstation for my photography / videography business would you change anything.


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1 EVGA 256-P2-N751-TR GeForce 8600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
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1 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail
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1 G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK - Retail
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1 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA-300 Hard Drive - OEM
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2 LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model LH-20A1L-05 - OEM
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1 Microsoft Windows XP Professional With SP2C - OEM
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Like said above get a better video card, somethging like a 3850-3870-8800GS-8800GT or a 9600GT. As far as the harddrives get a W/D raptor 150 for the OS and the Seagate 500Gb for storage not that much more bucks considering you were going to pay over 100 buck for the GP drive.
 
Thanks guys, will upgrade my video card, I do like the first board better, I need as many Sata drives as I can, I get cases with great cooling and pack them with 3-5 internals and I do like the esata for my externals. And yes firewire and Usb 2.0 gets used alot for my printers and scanners.
 
I'm just curious as to what kind of equipment you use for your photography business?
Also I take it you have a website. Would you mind if I could get a link to it?

Thanks
Bob
 
dennykyser said:
Website.
www.kyserphoto.com

What equipment did you want to know about, computer or photography?
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Actually, I'd love to know your photography equipment.
Thanks

BTW- Nice looking shots you've got there. Under the children's section you actually have doubles of the boy in the dark blue/ black shirt.
I'm guessing that was a mistake?
Hope that helps
 
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maroon1 said:
HD2600XT is not better

Check this review
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3023&p=5

HD2600XT performed better in 3 cases, while 8600GT performed better in 5 games

And they were testing HD2600XT GDDR4 version, not GDDR3

So, there is no doubt that 8600GT is faster than HD2600XT GDDR3 in most cases
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Really? How about 2600XT DDR3 512MB vs 8600GT OC DDR3 256MB?
Hard to tell, isn't it?

One reason I leaning towards 2600XT is it's support HDCP...
 
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