Is this a good computer?

[Starcraftman]

Hyper threading does not make it the equivalent of a quad core.

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[Chriz]

That site is hardly accurate.

Yeah, it tells me I can run TF2, when I tried it, I bluescreened out of lag. It tells me I can't play Zoo Tycoon, but I can run any of the games laglessly.

[Ethan]

Hyper threading does not make it the equivalent of a quad core.

Exactly, the point was that it said dual core. The hyperthreading may have had Gen. Nick confused.

[Daedalus]

Alright, there seems so be nowhere I could downgrade to save money, apparently, so I'm gonna calculate this up.

[Ethan]

Alright, there seems so be nowhere I could downgrade to save money, apparently, so I'm gonna calculate this up.

Video card maybe? How much does a 4850 cost these days?

[Starcraftman]

About $130

[Daedalus]

Video card maybe? How much does a 4850 cost these days?

Like this one?
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10011157&prodlist=celebros

[Sirrus]

Valve games are piss easy to run. Really, Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2 are not high end taxing games.

It's awesome how little HL2 taxes your system for how good it looks. I think it even looks better than some games that are released now.

[Daedalus]

I think it even looks better than some games that are released now.

This.