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Help me and my sister build a computer!
est:
um, shit. how the hell did that happen?
thanks for the pick up.
Se7en:
I cant belive the press are that bad in oz. PC mags are quite a competitive market in the UK, and they are always bang up to date, with very short lead times. They get in pre-production product samples for review, so the magazine hits the stands as the product reaches the shops.
Bias in a PC magazine is seen as horribly unprofessional here, it just doesnt happen. Innacuracies do creep in, but they are usually for the sake of simplification. Blatant misinformation isnt common.
Web review sites have historically been pretty awful, but now big publishing houses are putting money into them, and some good ones are cropping up. The site i wrote for was one of the very first to use content from professionals, presented in a concise magazine style.
SpacemanSpiff:
--- Quote from: Digs ---TFTs? Really? Isn't Microsoft punching people who dig TFT monitors in the stomach in a year or so with Vista?
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Every monitor, actually.
But as far as I'm aware that will only stop you from playing HD-DVDs (and maybe BluRay disks) from being played on your comp. Otherwise, Vista will work with a normal screen.
--- Quote from: oceansaway ---My sister loves her games. I just want a new computer and I got dragged along. 90 percent of this thread doesn't make sense to me.
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Basically, before this thread developed into a geek discussion, there were two systems up there and I think both would do the job. Mine and Se7en's.
Basically, from what I gathered, the system I picked has a slightly faster CPU (though you won't notice the difference, really) and has a bigger case, which means it's less fiddly to install. I also picked the better screen.
His system on the other hand looks a lot better and is smaller, has a faster video card, a bigger HD though it's a bit more fiddly to install (though Se7en claims it's not that bad and I personally don't have a lot experience with XPCs).
I figure both are rather silent and both should definitely get the job done.
I could explain my choices in a more detail fashion if you want to.
McTaggart:
I <3 my CRT. It's nothing special but it beats the hell out of every tft I've ever used. Why? Because it's using the same icc profile as my camera and my printer. I haven't found a way to properly manage colours on the tft's I've used. To me that matters a lot, except that my printer is crap.
If you don't kow what I'm on about go with the tft.
ThatGuy:
--- Quote from: McTaggart ---I <3 my CRT. It's nothing special but it beats the hell out of every tft I've ever used. Why? Because it's using the same icc profile as my camera and my printer. I haven't found a way to properly manage colours on the tft's I've used. To me that matters a lot, except that my printer is crap.
If you don't kow what I'm on about go with the tft.
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It's a problem with all LCD monitors they can't accurately display tru colors.
The other huge drawback is that you are stuck with a "Native Resolution" which is the only resolution the the monitor will be able to display correctly so if you don't have the latest and greates vid card out and you want to lower your resolution for better framerates you can't.
I would recomend you go with a AMD 3500+ CPU(around $220 right now) and a ATI X800XL($250 or less) for good gaming performance on a budget
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