What Kind of Computer do you have?

Pentium 4 2.8Ghz

GeForceFX 5900 Ultra 256

1024 RD ram pc 1066, and they are 2½ faster then BF's rams the pc3200 😄 anyway

but I only got 80Gb 🙁

SB Audigy

pretty good huh? 😄

You don't need 3000 dollars for a new pc, unless you want to waste your money on unnecessary "uber" parts, like the new ATI Radeon 9800XT, which costs 200+ dollars more then an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro and is only about 5-10% faster then the Pro. If you play you're cards with some smarts, you can get a machine that will last you for the new 2 years for less then 1000 dollars...or if you want a monitor, a little over 1000 dollars. Or if you're spending 3000 dollars, you're going to a place like Falcon NW or Alienware, and spending that extra 1500 dollars or so on a fancy case and a name.

Basically, be smart, shop around, a good computer doesn't need to cost you 3000 dollars. I got my new one for 1100, specs below...

AMD Athlon 64 3000+

1024 DDR 400 Ram

120G HD

ATI Radeon 9800 Non Pro

SB Audigy ZS

Yes, I know PC 1066 ram is better tehn DDR 400, but chances are you paid about double for that ram, when the performance increase is not that much higher.

i wouldn't buy a complete pc...i'd build it. and i don't want "a" monitor...i want "the monitor" 20" LCD baby!

Can't remember the when I built the PC, but I think it's been about 2 years now.

Anyway specs:

P4 1.7Ghz
768Mb RAMBUS RAM (Stupid I know)
3HDDs - total around 240Gb
Pioneer DVD writer
ATI Radeon
Soundblaster Live
21" HP monitor

Pretty happy with it. Can't really see myself upgrading for quite a while yet.

I have an ol' Mac and I'm currently planing to trash it for good. I'm planning to get me a iBook G4. 1GHz PowerPC G4. With all these specs:

256K L2 cache @ 1GHz
14-inch TFT Display
1024x768 resolution
256MB DDR266 SDRAM
60GB Ultra ATA drive
Combo Drive
ATI Mobility Radeon 9200
32MB DDR video memory

I'm saving for it so that I can make a good deposit and pay it off in 14 months, so I'm almost there with the money.
😄

My bro has that iBook G4 it's a piece of crap, atleast for the price he paid for it

than again a laptop

never saw the point for a 20" LCD (and ofc everyone builds their comp)

Pentium 3, 1 Ghz
256 RAM
40 HDD
SoundBlaster LIVE! 5.1
128 MB Radeon 9600 PRO
17 in monitor
10/100 Network
Cable Connection

Originally posted by Fire
My bro has that iBook G4 it's a piece of crap, atleast for the price he paid for it

than again a laptop

How much did he pay for it Fire? I'll probably be paying an estimate of $1099 for my. Did your brother overpaid for his or is iBook really a horrible notebook?

about that price, but if I get that money to buy a normal comp it owns that laptop 10 times, problem is with laptops (atleast as far as my knowledge goes) you can't build em yourself, where as with a PC you buy parts and do all the work yourself that makes your price a lot lower

Originally posted by Fire
never saw the point for a 20" LCD (and ofc everyone builds their comp)

yeah i never saw the point of "The Sims" but that didn't stop people from buying it

The thing with labtops is that no one wants to tamper them by upgrading them. I personally (if I had one) would much rather take it somewhere else and get it done. PC parts you can do it yourself and occasionally parts are cheaper. So is worth the risk to tamper with them. I may have to read more about iBooks on cosumerreports.org to see if it is worth expending my money with that labtop.

ofc not link, but what I ment is the image quality from a 20' LCD and a normal 20' monitor isn't that big.

probably true silver, but to make it easy, PC parts are always cheaper

oh i totally agree with you there Fire. But it's like owning a porsche 911 and a ferrari modena. Sure they may have similar acceleration and top speeds....but what would most people rather have? (i'm assuming the ferrari)

and i dunno if my comp desk has room for a normal 20 inch monitor.

The flat screen monitor's visual quality is usually not nearly as impressive as a bulky flat panel monitor.

I found the LCD screen my friend has is noticably better than my other friends new bulky monitor...but the price for the LCD screen wasn't justified by the picture clarity.

For gaming a regular monitor is usually better. There is often tearing on a LCD screen.

LCD needs a few more years to develop I think

I have 2!! Countem 2!!

A Dell Desktop

and a nice little Mac IBook completely compatible with the sick IPOD I MUST have

yeah i was watchin a vid clip on the LCD so i guess i really haven't given it a full evaluation for gaming...but i just want it to have it. I went out and bought a 50" plasma television for my parents (because i still live with them) and i like the picture more than the other HDTV i have at my house