Budget Machine Thread Of Joy™

Post by **deject** » October 19th, 2007, 22:04

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:pretty much any nvidia graphics card after (IIRC) a 6600 will do SM3.

otherwise, I think you're into x1000 territory, dunno which are sm3 there.

I'm pretty sure the entire X1000 series does SM 3.0. I know the X1600's do for sure.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 27th, 2007, 20:56

Well, 8800GT pricing is leaking out.

Apparently they'll be gettable here for ~£130, which is a fucking great price.

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » October 27th, 2007, 22:08

Good grief

Also, 88800GT VS X1950. Which wins?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 27th, 2007, 22:35

the 8800GT pwns every ati card on the market.

Shada · Post by **Shada** » October 27th, 2007, 22:42

So... after I bought an 8800GTS 320mb for £170, there's a cheaper and better card coming out straight after? .-.

MrGreen · Post by **MrGreen** » October 27th, 2007, 22:55

Shada wrote:So... after I bought an 8800GTS 320mb for £170, there's a cheaper and better card coming out straight after? .-.

No.

Shada · Post by **Shada** » October 27th, 2007, 23:00

MrGreen wrote:No.

Good.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 27th, 2007, 23:01

Shada wrote:So... after I bought an 8800GTS 320mb for £170, there's a cheaper and better card coming out straight after? .-.

Pretty much, but the GTS is still a good card, just not quite as good as the GT.

MrGreen · Post by **MrGreen** » October 27th, 2007, 23:03

*may be in denial*

Shada · Post by **Shada** » October 27th, 2007, 23:03

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Pretty much, but the GTS is still a good card, just not quite as good as the GT.

Sod you and your conflicting viewpoint. I'm going to keep living in the world where my card is better

Post by **deject** » October 29th, 2007, 0:45

Shada wrote:
Sod you and your conflicting viewpoint. I'm going to keep living in the world where my card is better

It isn't, but it's still pretty damn fast.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 30th, 2007, 0:52

Just updated the first post in this thread to account for the 8800GT and prices dropping

Anhamgrimmar · Post by **Anhamgrimmar** » November 11th, 2007, 16:38

UPGRAED COEDZ GET!

Well, its not entirely woohoo worthy, but i just scored a X1950PRO 512 for no moneys.

Thanks to my Chickenz like hardware discarding neighbour! It'll keep me going until PC upgrade time. And also means i can move my X800gto into my MaMe box.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 4th, 2007, 6:49

I've updated the first post in this thread.

Added moar and less money options to the main spec, the Mid range is What I'd recommend still, but better and worse have been added, mix and match at will.

The CPU is where I'd put my money, The 4gb of ram option is often a good deal (when on special) allows for more upgrading in future.

Also added the money to burn option to the graphics cards. In this case, the new 8800GTSes (the ones based on the G92 core, rather than the G80 of the old GTS) makes the 8800GTX look bad.

The ATI 3870 doesn't get a look in yet, the 8800GT is still faster for about the same money. (though ATI can make magic happen using drivers)

Post by **deject** » December 4th, 2007, 9:10

yeah it's unfortunate the 3870's price got inflated so fast. at its MSRP it's a good alternative, but the prices it's going for now it's not worth it. They're costing the same as a stock 8800GT, which I find quite bizarre. I'm glad I got mine at the price I did...

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 4th, 2007, 9:18

deject wrote:yeah it's unfortunate the 3870's price got inflated so fast. at its MSRP it's a good alternative, but the prices it's going for now it's not worth it. They're costing the same as a stock 8800GT, which I find quite bizarre. I'm glad I got mine at the price I did...

Unfortunately, same price, less performance has pretty much fucked ATI. again.

Sheriff Fatman · Post by **Sheriff Fatman** » December 12th, 2007, 16:02

New toy tiem, GO!

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Dear Mr J A Sinclair,

This email is to acknowledge placement of order number blah.
Order date and time: 12 Dec, 07, 3:46 pm.

Your order consisted of the following items:

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x1GB) 	1 	£67.99

Foxconn X38A Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard 	1 	£134.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail 	1 	£129.99

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail 	1 	£214.99

Enermax Galaxy 850W EGX850EWL ATX2.2 Modular PSU 	1 	£129.99

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case 	1 	£61.99

Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (WD1500ADFD) 	1 	£96.99

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) 	1 	£5.99

Pioneer DVR-212DBK 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM 	1 	£16.99

Sub Total: 	£859.91
City Link Parcel Next Day Before noon (Delivered Mon-Fri) 	Shipping: 	£19.95
  	Total Vat: 	£153.98
  	Total inc Vat: 	£1033.84

Many thanks to Dr. KB for guiding me through it

Post by **HereComesPete** » December 12th, 2007, 21:52

Wooo, sheriff has a cupcake card!

And a whole new system, although was the enermax branded powerstation or the mobo necessary? Also can't believe how cheap top notch ddr2 is becoming!

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 12th, 2007, 22:06

HereComesPete wrote:Wooo, sheriff has a berk card!

And a whole new system, although was the enermax branded powerstation or the mobo necessary? Also can't believe how cheap top notch ddr2 is becoming!

The mobo is an X38 DDR2/3 Jobbie, allows for pretty much any foreseeable CPUs and memory.

PSU is overkill, But I suggested it over the 720W (I think) enermax at £130 (inc vat), again for futureproofing and because sheriff is a tart

amblin · Post by **amblin** » December 12th, 2007, 22:11