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Click on "Ready to Go" and it's the Intel Pentium in the pink column. Seems like a pretty good deal to me. I already have the XP and video card. We can borrow a floppy from our old computer to boot the baby up. So what do you think? I want to play NWN2 and Oblivion on it as well as work with a number of graphics programs.

 

Looks good... except that it's an Intel.

IMO, I'd go with the 900 bucks Athlon X2 kit. But that's just my opinion.

 

What's wrong with an intel? (I'm not that computer savy - someone helped me pick it out)

 

There's nothing wrong with Intel. DotW just hates them and tries to convert anyone who'll listen to the AMD cult. Nothing wrong with AMD either.

 

Unfortunatly I've already waited a long time to save up enough for that one. Money is pretty tight these days. At least it's a good deal better than the monster I'm typing on at the moment.

 

What kind of graphics card do you have?

 

Will she really be able to play NWN2 on that computer?

 

Overpriced, crap, and NOT able to run NWN2 or Oblivion.

None of those can run NWN2.

For a new computer, you need at least the following if you want to run NWN2 halfway decently: Intel Core 2 Duo processor (E6400 looks good), 1gb ram (kingston's good) and a nVidia 7600GT or 7800GT graphics card. Onboard graphics cards... just aren't worth it.

At the moment AMD sucks, and if it has "Pentium" on it, it's not worth it for a gamer.

And yes, DotW, AMD sucks at the moment. Undoubtedly they will come up with something better than Core 2 Duo soon enough, but at the moment Intel is wiping the floor with AMD.

EDIT: While a Core 2 Duo isn't needed for NWN2 - honestly, it's price/performance ratio makes it the best choice.

EDIT2: Oh, right. Didn't notice you have a graphics card already. Then it might be able to run NWN2 - wouldn't still call it a good deal. At all.

 

Hehe. My thoughts exactly.

It kills me to say so, but yes, AMD lags behind right now. That's how it is - Intel took the leads with the Core Duo, and AMD are cooking something up to overthrow Intel. And I hope they do it, and do it hard.

Memory-wise, Corsair is just as good - it's what my X2 runs.

Don't even think about running NWN2 or Oblivion with an onboard graphic card.

 

And I hope that they spend the most money they ever have on developing their next chip, and once it comes out, it turns out to still be slower than the Core Duo...I'll just sit back and laugh as I watch AMD's street cred drops to 0.

As for the computer...the motherboard that come with the "pink" computer only has an AGP video card slot, so if you were ever to upgrade the video card, you'd be very limited to your choices since PCIe is the standard now.

To be honest, I would go with the "black" computer. It's motherboard supports PCIe, it has an Intel Core Duo CPU, it comes with more than twice as much hard drive space, faster RAM, and speedier LAN...and it's only $200 more. But if money is *really* tight, just don't play NWN2.

 

The yellow one supports PCIe and it's the same price as the pink one, BUT, is AMD...
I don't know the difference but both processors looks the same (dual core both) and to me, they both do what we want and the 'speed factor' difference shouldn't be noticed between them. For the rest, is everything the same.
But also, we need to know what kind of graphics card you have, is AGP? is PCIe?
If AGP, the pink is the one; if PCIe, is the yellow you need.
Also, you have to keep in mind that PCIe is much better and as Kitrax said, is almost the standar nowadays and they are becoming cheaper. I just bought a geforce 7600GT which cost me €70.

 

The card is a Gforce 7600. My husband opened it up and it does support PCIe cards. It will also take up to 400g of RAM.

akkk - my bad - We realized that AGP slots and PCIe slots look very similar inside a comp. Looks like we'll be selling some memory cards in the bargain finder so we can buy and new AGP card.

[ October 06, 2006, 04:15: Message edited by: Dragonfly ]