Oh my god!!! As they say, who said only Apple can make sexy computers...
Very Sexy PCs!!!
or
Nice Dual G5
Very Sexy PCs!!!
or
Nice Dual G5
New PC: Win or Mac?
- Thread starter London Geezer
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What do u think about this configuration?
Cubit P4 - Titanium Grey - Custom
- Video Card ATI Radeon 9800 Pro XT 256Mb (Nice...)
- CD/DVD drive Panasonic 2x DVD-R/-RW/-RAM
- Processor Intel 3.2GHz/800FSB
- Memory (dimm1) 512Mb DDR400 (Crucial)
- Memory (dimm2) 512Mb DDR400 (Crucial) (<--- That makes for a total of 1 GB Ram...)
- Hard Drive 200Gb SATA 7200 Seagate
- Add-in Card PCI - Wireless Netgear 54Mbps
- Operating System Windows XP Home
- Build It! (Warranty) Yes (3 Years Extended)
- Matching Keyboard Anodised Aluminium
- Matching Mouse Anodised Aluminium
- Software Bundle Yes (Norton Antivirus 04; Power DVD 5.0; Nero Suite 1 etc)
TOTAL: £1880.50
Monitor Excluded...
So gonna get one of those...
Cubit P4 - Titanium Grey - Custom
- Video Card ATI Radeon 9800 Pro XT 256Mb (Nice...)
- CD/DVD drive Panasonic 2x DVD-R/-RW/-RAM
- Processor Intel 3.2GHz/800FSB
- Memory (dimm1) 512Mb DDR400 (Crucial)
- Memory (dimm2) 512Mb DDR400 (Crucial) (<--- That makes for a total of 1 GB Ram...)
- Hard Drive 200Gb SATA 7200 Seagate
- Add-in Card PCI - Wireless Netgear 54Mbps
- Operating System Windows XP Home
- Build It! (Warranty) Yes (3 Years Extended)
- Matching Keyboard Anodised Aluminium
- Matching Mouse Anodised Aluminium
- Software Bundle Yes (Norton Antivirus 04; Power DVD 5.0; Nero Suite 1 etc)
TOTAL: £1880.50
Monitor Excluded...
So gonna get one of those...
Overpriced.
You could get a similary specced machine a lot cheaper by buying the components separately and building it yourself. You'd propably not get such a nice case, but is that case really worth all that money.
I just built myself a new PC for about 1200 euros, I was able to use components from my previous PC such as monitor, keyboard, mouse and printer, but everything else is new.
AMD64 3000+
Asus Radeon 9600XT
Antec Sonata case + PSU
512Mb DDR4000
120GB Seagate SATA drive
Plextor DVD+-RW
Win XP OEM
It doesn't look as stylish as those, but is cheaper and powerful.
Now all I need is some good games to try... hmmm.. can't think of many... maybe I'll just wait for HL2...
You could get a similary specced machine a lot cheaper by buying the components separately and building it yourself. You'd propably not get such a nice case, but is that case really worth all that money.
I just built myself a new PC for about 1200 euros, I was able to use components from my previous PC such as monitor, keyboard, mouse and printer, but everything else is new.
AMD64 3000+
Asus Radeon 9600XT
Antec Sonata case + PSU
512Mb DDR4000
120GB Seagate SATA drive
Plextor DVD+-RW
Win XP OEM
It doesn't look as stylish as those, but is cheaper and powerful.
Now all I need is some good games to try... hmmm.. can't think of many... maybe I'll just wait for HL2...
Yeah the "sexy" factor plays a big part.... But u know me.... Always have to do it differently... Errr... 
It's a PC. PC's need not be sexy.
rabidrabbit said:It's a PC. PC's need not be sexy.
But think about it! I'd be one of the 10 people in the UK to have one!!! I mean that's reason enough right.............. RIGHT...............?
And it looks SWEET...........
yeah, and you'll be on the national news because of that.
Ask yourself:
Do you really need that shiny box.
What about upgradeability? In two years, you might have one expensive case you can no longer upgrade.
Ask yourself:
Do you really need that shiny box.
What about upgradeability? In two years, you might have one expensive case you can no longer upgrade.
rabidrabbit said:
In 2 years i'll be loaded so who cares....
No, really, the system is powerful enough to play the best games for 1 year at least (a P4 3.2GHz and a 9800XT 256MB??? Jesus...), and it looks very upgradeable to me, apart from obvious case size issues...Well, yes. It is quite well specced after all.
Might not be such a bad choice when I think it more.
Don't know, those small form PC's just have stuck on my mind as lacking in power quite a bit, but this does seem to have enough to last a year or two.
Edit: By the way, I've read some benchmarks where the 256 MB graphics cards are slower than 128 MB ones, because they use cheaper memory. It was someone from these boards who said so when I asked. So maybe you should go for 128 MB 9800XT instead. 256 MB I think is not even really needed in today's games.
Might not be such a bad choice when I think it more.
Don't know, those small form PC's just have stuck on my mind as lacking in power quite a bit, but this does seem to have enough to last a year or two.
Edit: By the way, I've read some benchmarks where the 256 MB graphics cards are slower than 128 MB ones, because they use cheaper memory. It was someone from these boards who said so when I asked. So maybe you should go for 128 MB 9800XT instead. 256 MB I think is not even really needed in today's games.
rabidrabbit said:
And for me it's either that or an equally overpriced G4 Powerbook.... So...
mmm.. G4 Powerbook....
I had my first experience with a modern Apple laptop a while ago, and boy did it feel good...
I had my first experience with a modern Apple laptop a while ago, and boy did it feel good...
rabidrabbit said:
.... Or a Dual G5. The only thing that keeps me from getting one of those is that i like to play games on PC once every so oftern and with some very good games coming out (like Doom3 and HL2) i can't spend 2 grand for a computer that doesn't have the best and latest games when i want them...
Also, performance wise, i think a Dual G5 would thrash any P4 out there right.... Is this still valid for games?
Dunno, Doesn't G5 have also some ATI 9800 card.london-boy said:
I'm really no Mac expert, but I'd be surprised if the Dual G5 wasn't more powerful than any P4 system.
Actually I have no idea what games there are for the new Apples, does anybody have any info and how they compare performancewise to their PC versions?
Mr.Sparkle
Newcomer
That's one expensive toaster! :?
I know that Halo is out, although it doesn't really interest me...
A Dual 2GHz G5 (it's two 64bit processors with 1GHz FSB!!) should in theory shit all over any x86 processors, but i'm not sure how they compare, does anyone know where to find comparisons under different applications, such as games, imaging, 3D modelling and rendering etc...
A Dual 2GHz G5 (it's two 64bit processors with 1GHz FSB!!) should in theory shit all over any x86 processors, but i'm not sure how they compare, does anyone know where to find comparisons under different applications, such as games, imaging, 3D modelling and rendering etc...
Edited the title of the thread, with this link too:
Nice G5 too choose from
Oh, the performance comparisons are on the same site...
Can i say... WOW
I mean i knew G5s were more powerful than P4s but.. gosh....
Nice G5 too choose from
Oh, the performance comparisons are on the same site...
Can i say...
WOWI mean i knew G5s were more powerful than P4s but.. gosh....
OK, read some independent performance comparisons and it looks like Apple is slightly misleading about the supposed "performance gap" between the new G5s and the Win family... mmmm....
Bought myself a Soltek 3401 SFF case, which I guess is a kind of half way house between a bog standard PC and the cubic. Much better looking that a standard case, drives are nicely stealthed, and it's as quiet as a mouse.
I just had enough of my ugly, noisy, brute of a machine whining away like a jet engine in the corner. I agree entirely that's it's worth spending a little extra (although I couldn't justify paying for a Cubic!) for a modicum of style.
I just had enough of my ugly, noisy, brute of a machine whining away like a jet engine in the corner. I agree entirely that's it's worth spending a little extra (although I couldn't justify paying for a Cubic!) for a modicum of style.
crystalcube
Newcomer
Mac's are still not very usable for games. Its not the perfomance issue but rather availaibility. The games perform well within acceptable limit ie you will not be able to brag about fps but games will play comfortably.
Availaibility is the major issue .... a subset of PC games is available on Mac and they are slow to be ported to Mac. things might change in future as its rumoured that UT2K4 will be relased simultaneously or maybe first on Mac. right now only Blizzard games are developed and released simultaneously ... and blizzard games come on same disk for both platforms.
I recently bought a G4 Powerbook and its really good. On top of that it has Unix kernel which is familiar territory for me.
Now my work is on powerbook and my PC is used for the purpose it was meant to be ...playing games
Availaibility is the major issue .... a subset of PC games is available on Mac and they are slow to be ported to Mac. things might change in future as its rumoured that UT2K4 will be relased simultaneously or maybe first on Mac. right now only Blizzard games are developed and released simultaneously ... and blizzard games come on same disk for both platforms.
I recently bought a G4 Powerbook and its really good. On top of that it has Unix kernel which is familiar territory for me.
Now my work is on powerbook and my PC is used for the purpose it was meant to be ...playing games
london-boy said:
Personally I'd go for a dual Opteron setup if you're looking for that kind of power yet want to play the very latest hot crazes in gaming (it's not as if there aren't ports of a lot of games for Mac, but later).
But I like style too, which is why I opted for a little Shuttle barebone for my latest PC (Athlon 64-based)..
