Dell Xps 400

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beefdawg

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I am thinking about purchasing the DELL XPS 400, specs are:

Pentium® D Processor 940 with Dual Core Technology (3.20GHz, 800FSB)

Genuine Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition

256MB nVidia GeForce 7900 GS

1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 2DIMMs

250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/ 8MB cache


I was just wondering, If I get this will I be able to play games like Half-Life2, Doom3, Battelfield2 and COunter-strike source on high setting at 800x600 resolution? Or will it lag?


Thanks in advance,
Beefdawg
 
Lol yeah, how much is that costing you? You'll be able to play those games at the settings you mentioned but you're probably also paying way too much for that computer.
 
jp198780 said:
those computers are a little high in prices, alot of people are gonna say build 1.
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Haha you read my mind, seriously though you are very limited in what you can do with a dell, especially with core 2 chips out now you could build a comp for the same price, if not less, that would blow right past that comp, how much is that config anyway?

Sorry about asking the same question, we were responding at the same time. :D
 
it's coool lol, you could build a pc 4 like $600, and probrably have it perform way better. i like Dells though lol, they just arent really 4 gaming.
 
Ya dells aren't bad for e-mail, word processing and internet, but when it comes to gaming, yikes. Wouldn't even go with alienware, way overpriced.
 
bball4life said:
Ya dells aren't bad for e-mail, word processing and internet, but when it comes to gaming, yikes. Wouldn't even go with alienware, way overpriced.
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They are not bad for e-mail, internet, gaming, etc... just bad for the price you have to pay for it not to be bad at gaming.
 
well for that dell its 1,590 but thats with monitor and speakers and all the extras but just like that its around 850
 
beefdawg said:
well for that dell its 1,590 but thats with monitor and speakers and all the extras but just like that its around 850
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$750 worth of extras? :confused:, you can get a good 19: lcd for $250 and very nice mouse and keyboard for $100, good 5.1 speakers $50 and then you have $1200 to put into a comp.
 
beefdawg said:
I am thinking about purchasing the DELL XPS 400, specs are:

Pentium® D Processor 940 with Dual Core Technology (3.20GHz, 800FSB)

Genuine Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition

256MB nVidia GeForce 7900 GS

1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 2DIMMs

250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/ 8MB cache


I was just wondering, If I get this will I be able to play games like Half-Life2, Doom3, Battelfield2 and COunter-strike source on high setting at 800x600 resolution? Or will it lag?


Thanks in advance,
Beefdawg
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One, why would you play games in 800*600?
Two, build your own computer or get one from a cheaper retailer. They are good comps, but way way way overpriced.
 
Burgerbob said:
One, why would you play games in 800*600?
Two, build your own computer or get one from a cheaper retailer. They are good comps, but way way way overpriced.
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Ya for that price and even with that setup 1280x1024 is the resolution you should be looking at.
 
if you dont want to build the system yourself at least buy it on cyberpowerpc.com. go to intel desktop mega special III and you get free shipping.
 
bebopin64 said:
if you dont want to build the system yourself at least buy it on cyberpowerpc.com. go to intel desktop mega special III and you get free shipping.
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I still say build it, its not very hard believe me.;)
 
dells are good but i wouldnt say gaming material also i have heard there really hard to upgrade i would just build a computer its fun and you can customise it
 
robina_80 said:
dells are good but i wouldnt say gaming material also i have heard there really hard to upgrade i would just build a computer its fun and you can customise it
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I made the mistake of buying a dell, well lets say within the first 2 months I was already upgrading, that didn't last long because I sold it to my parents like 4 months after I bought it and built myself a new computer.
 
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