Danny-Vain Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Hey Hello and HI, i need some help comparing 2 computers, i want to get one soon (xmas) and i dont kno wich one. heres there stats 1st one. Intel Core Quad Q8200 2,33ghz Memory 1 Terabyte 4 Gig RAM Geforce 7050 512mb 2nd. Intel Dual Core2 2.4ghz x2 4 Gig RAM 500 gig memory Geforce 9800 GT 1gig it seems the second one looks more powerful but its second hand while the first one is new. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434311-help-with-new-computers/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exkabewbikadid Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 The CPU in the first one would be a bit better for games, but the graphics card in the second one is far better for games. And for the record, Hard drive storage capacity is not called "memory". Only RAM is called memory. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434311-help-with-new-computers/?do=findComment&comment=1059664973 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf68k Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Are the priced the same? Which Intel Dual Core is it? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434311-help-with-new-computers/?do=findComment&comment=1059665240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Why would a quad system have a 7 series Nvidia anyway? That's too odd. BTW, TB mentioned as memory, that's the Hard Drive I'm pretty sure Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434311-help-with-new-computers/?do=findComment&comment=1059665448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf68k Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Why would a quad system have a 7 series Nvidia anyway? That's too odd. BTW, TB mentioned as memory, that's the Hard Drive I'm pretty sure Because it's on-board video. And you're only pretty sure that it's a hard drive listed as being 1TB? What else do you think it would be? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434311-help-with-new-computers/?do=findComment&comment=1059665463 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Deuce Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 First one, with a decent vid card Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434311-help-with-new-computers/?do=findComment&comment=1059665500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pico Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I'd personally go for the first as I'd like a stronger CPU, I don't play games very much. If you get the first though and want to upgrade the graphics card you'll need to make sure that it's got a strong enough power supply to upgrade with. Anything under 500W won't be enough for most decent modern graphics cards. But, in games and programs that utilize more than 2 cores you'll lose quite a bit of performance just getting the PC with the 9800GT which isn't that amazing of a card anyways. The 7050 onboard graphics will play games on low settings I'd say. Then save up $150 for a graphics card later on, and if you need a higher wattage PSU then you'll only need $100 more. So $250 total to make it much better. These are USD numbers, btw. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434311-help-with-new-computers/?do=findComment&comment=1059665566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exkabewbikadid Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Anything under 500W won't be enough for most decent modern graphics cards. That's kinda debatable. My SFF system (small form factor) has a Q6600 @ 3.1GHz, a heavily OC'd 8800 GTS, 3TB of disk space (as well as another 3TB of external disk space) and 4GB of RAM all running totally stable on a 400W power supply for over 2 years now. It is an 80 plus certified PSU though. I wouldn't trust it with a cheap PSU. Although, I'm not really sure how much more juice a full ATX mobo is going to draw. And if crossfire/SLI or a dual GPU card is thrown in, wattage will be a concern. But for midrange systems with something along the lines of a Radeon HD 5850, a good quality 400W PSU goes a long ways. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434311-help-with-new-computers/?do=findComment&comment=1059665610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny-Vain Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 Thanks people, great help and sorry for calling the HDD "memory" im spanish lol Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434311-help-with-new-computers/?do=findComment&comment=1059666072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny-Vain Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 Also we found another computer but with everything the first computer has got except the graphics card, soo witch is better? Nvidia GeForce 7050 512mb VS ATI Radeon HD 4670 oh and i forgot i saw that you were talking about 500w well this also has 520w Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434311-help-with-new-computers/?do=findComment&comment=1059667767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 In the older series nVidia, I think the ATI card in the HD ranges will perform better, from recollection. I'd try a 7 series, considering mine is a 6200. And the nVidia 9400, stay away from, for gaming use. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434311-help-with-new-computers/?do=findComment&comment=1059667986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny-Vain Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 In the older series nVidia, I think the ATI card in the HD ranges will perform better, from recollection. I'd try a 7 series, considering mine is a 6200.And the nVidia 9400, stay away from, for gaming use. thanks. i might go with the 1st as it also has 2 year gurantee and the 2 other ones are second hand. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434311-help-with-new-computers/?do=findComment&comment=1059668661 Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopskin Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Thanks people, great help and sorry for calling the HDD "memory" im spanish lol Tu hablan Espanol, Si? Mi estudio espanol, pero mi espanol esta muy malo. Conjugation esta muy dificil! Anyway, They both have their perks...tough choice! i'd go with the first. (Seriously, why can't i seem to grasp conjugation in spanish?) Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434311-help-with-new-computers/?do=findComment&comment=1059668753 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Freak-2001 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 soo witch is better? Nvidia GeForce 7050 512mb VS ATI Radeon HD 4670 Considering the GeForce 7050 is a onboard video card the HD4670 is better on that fact alone. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434311-help-with-new-computers/?do=findComment&comment=1059668772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny-Vain Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 Thanks people, great help and sorry for calling the HDD "memory" im spanish lol Tu hablan Espanol, Si? Mi estudio espanol, pero mi espanol esta muy malo. Conjugation esta muy dificil! Anyway, They both have their perks...tough choice! i'd go with the first. (Seriously, why can't i seem to grasp conjugation in spanish?) No tienes problemas hehehe, anyways back on subject Thanks people you can lock or close this one. Thanks oh and my choice is going to be the 1st i can always upgrade the card. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434311-help-with-new-computers/?do=findComment&comment=1059670424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slamman Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 No habla Espanol, M'kay?!? English only here! haha You wouldn't be the first to mistake the listing types for the specs on the main components. Hard Drive space is Gigabytes, and of course, GB is also the size of the RAM memory Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/434311-help-with-new-computers/?do=findComment&comment=1059670668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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