What Computer?

[Zerg_eater]

Well, I need a great Comp for PC gaming that could at least run something like Call of Duty 4, or Doom 3, or something like that. And Also, for homework and School. WHats a good price for a good comp? and where?
also.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883108122

is this a good comp?

[TranquilNightElf]

That PC , from what I can see, has an integrated rafix card. You are going to need something way more powerful than that to enjoy CoD4.

Also, if you have the pockets, I'd suggest getting a Core 2 Duo over the Pentium Ds. They are one generation beyond the pentium Ds and give better performance for the same Ghz.

It would mostly depend on what you are willing to spend

TNE

[pytum]

do you want a laptop or a desktop? how much do you want to spend?

and for gaming issues, go for comps that have video cards with DEDICATED memory, do not grab a pc with video cards that is shared(unless you want to buy a video card with dedicated memory later) and i recommend Nvidia, cause my brother(who know about these things:P) recommended it to me :P

for those who doesnt know what is shared memory video card... it is a type of video card that works with memory from the memory ram, so, that video card "eats" X amount of memory ram and your pc has less memory ram to work with. And people say, also internet (if you desire, check it out in google), that video cards with dedicated memory work better than shared memory video cards in aspects like GAMING, 3d gender (Autocad is an example) or other 3d aplications.
But you should talk with people that have both types of video cards in order to make a decision.
and i dont know nothing about intel since pentium 4:P but people that i know, say that AMD processors are good, and the AMD athlon 64 is a good choice, so you should go with it, or make a research by yourself on internet or people that know about these things

[Moser]

I assume that if you are asking us for help to find a good gaming machine, you don't know how to build one? But that would be my suggestion. However, Buy a decent computer with enough room for expansion, and you can upgrade it as you deem necessary. Never buy a laptop in hopes of gaming with it. You'll spend way to much money for something that you can only use for a short period of time until the games require more then your laptop can support, and there is no way to upgrade anything but ram. ;)

[Zerg_eater]

well I cant spend over 800$ :/

[TimP]

well I cant spend over 800$ :/


Do you need a full PC (monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, etc.) or just a new tower?

[Zerg_eater]

both, If i can find my stuff, then I just need a tower

[FrankZ]

I suggest you assemble the PC yourself, so you can filter out each part specifically for the feature you are aiming for;

- Buy the primary components first (motherboard, processor, power supply box, disk drives, etc.)
- Then take your change and head for add-on cards (video card, sound card, lan card, whatever card, etc.)
- Then lastly if you still have remaining money (we all hope), head for the next store and buy the input/output hardware parts.

I'm not sure if this will save your $800 budget, but at least you get to choose all the features you want without sacrificing any other part.

[SilverCrusader]

An 800$ budget? I'll have to agree with FrankZ. You'll have to assemble it yourself, and hunt for parts hard until you find the ones you want. I know my grandpa (He is a hardcore gamer oddly enough), put together a kick ass computer for under 500$. He said all you have to do is find bargains and keep every part under 100$

[King_Critter]

I bought my computer (including 19" widescreen monitor) for about $900 -- and yeah, I built it myself. That was close to a year ago, and I really didn't know what I was doing then :P, so I think if I did it again I could get everything for $800 or less. And yeah, my computer can (at least according to what I read) run Doom 3 pretty well.

[Zerg_eater]

ah well. I got a new computer for christmas! yay!!!!!111oneoneoenoenoenoen

Emachines Vista Home premium 2.2 ghz

[SilverCrusader]

*cough* I don't think that'll be able to run CoD 4... Without upgrading significantly.

[Zerg_eater]

Yeah. Im going to do that pretty soon

[SilverCrusader]

We can help you with it, so you can get the best parts for the cheapest price.

[Neo]

Was gonna mention dell w/promo codes are just awesome.

>.>;;

-Neo

[Twitch6000]

ah well. I got a new computer for christmas! yay!!!!!111oneoneoenoenoenoen

Emachines Vista Home premium 2.2 ghz

Yeah as silver has said thats not going to run much.From my point of view Emachines is worse then hp :/.Anyways you will need a new video card and hard drive if its anything like the usual Emachine computers :/.

[hammocksleeper]

if you are going to build yourself, it's easy to find great deals on stuff online. you can also often find sweet deals on preassembled computers. if you are paying msrp for a lot of computer parts, you are paying too much. for example fry's online (http://shop3.outpost.com/product/4987821) has a great deal on 300gb seagate (rebadged as maxtor) hard drive for just $44! but the offer is good today only.

also steer clear of integrated video if you are doing any kind of gaming, that is good advice. but to whoever was talking about shared memory - "dedicated" and "shared" are not opposites in this context. the memory a video card is always dedicated, and can't be used for anything else, whether that memory comes from RAM on the mother board or RAM on the video card. "shared" doesn't mean that it switches between being used for graphics and regular stuff - the amount used by the video card is set at boot up and cannot be changed. shared RAM is slower though, naturally. so on-card video RAM is preferred.

[Neo]

To be fair, onboard video isn't always that bad, for instance any onboard video you get on a computer today will probably handle any popular games, but anything recent or new might not run on full settings.

It's not a bad idea to simply build something with onboard, and then further down the line pickup a kickass video card -- or something to that extent.

Oftentimes you don't have to spend a bunch of money all at once. Don't buy 3 gigs of memory, get 1, upgrade later. Don't get dual 500gbs, grab a 250 gig to start, etc... Stuff like that.

Specially if you are short on cash.

-Neo