I'm hopefully getting a new computer...

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I'm hopefully getting a new computer...

Postby Mazzocchi on Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:24 am

Now, could somebody please direct me to the best computer on the market right now?

I don't need a monitor, speakers, a keyboard or a mouse.
all I need is the actual computer (Vista based).

and by "Best" I mean the best gaming computer. I don't give a crap about anything else.
Gaming, gaming, gaming and gaming.

EDIT:
Actually, I lied. I would like to get on the internet, use AIM, MSN and run Project64 (but that would probably fall under "Gaming" anyway)
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Postby BigKaboom2 on Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:41 am

You want to build it yourself or just buy one?

http://www.falcon-nw.com/ for the latter.
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Postby Mazzocchi on Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:43 am

well I would prefer to just buy a really really good one, because I can't be bothered with piecing together parts, making sure their compatible, then when the parts come building it, etc.
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Postby JaoSming on Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:49 am

Project64 works on Vista? hmm


anyway if you want to run any games on Vista you NEED 2 gigs of ram and a ballsy video card. A high end 256mb card or a medium end 512 card should do it.

I'd rather build my own computer but that is just because it will cost less, especially if you have a "base" computer to steal stuff from (power supply, DVD drive ect)
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Postby Mazzocchi on Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:50 am

JaoSming wrote:Project64 works on Vista? hmm

does it? O.o

I might just get my friend to build me one...
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Postby Axel on Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:30 pm

I'm getting a new laptop from Lenovo. It's a great computer, and a good deal too. You might want to consider them.

Lenovo ThinkPad T Series

Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0 Ghz
2 GB RAM DDR2
15.4" widescreen display
160 GB HD
DVD R/RW Dual Layer
256 MB ATI Mobility FireGL V5250 chipset

It also came with a boatload of insurace (i got it in a package through UNC, my college). It's $2,137. It also has one of those cool fingerprint scanners. College paid for $1,500 of it too :D
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Postby JaoSming on Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:52 pm

im just going to flatout suggest that you do NOT get a laptop for Vista, I've heard nothing but issues when it comes to games.
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Postby BigKaboom2 on Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:27 pm

And that laptop's video card isn't really designed for gaming, either. On the other hand, anyone who buys a laptop for gaming is silly.
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Postby Fitzy on Fri Apr 27, 2007 3:36 pm

Mazzocchi wrote:
JaoSming wrote:Project64 works on Vista? hmm

does it? O.o

I might just get my friend to build me one...


you might need 32-bit version to have the support to run project 64
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Postby [Q] on Fri Apr 27, 2007 4:23 pm

BigKaboom2 wrote:And that laptop's video card isn't really designed for gaming, either. On the other hand, anyone who buys a laptop for gaming is silly.


I don't really game that much on my comp anymore, but this bad boy has an Nvidia 512 MB graphics card :D
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