The Computer Megathread

[Ethan]

Is it a good idea to wait for the 7000 series to come out so the 6000 series drops in price?

I was thinking about getting a Radeon HD 6970 for this new PC with an Intel i5-2500k. (HerpaDerpa, you rock. Got it for $195 at Microcenter.)

I was originally intending to get a Nvidia GeForce 560 and then getting the same card later on, but I screwed up on buying a mobo and got an ATi Crossfire-X only board. I currently have an ATi Radeon, and I love the card so far.

Well, the 6970 blows a 560 out of the water anyway.
However, nobody can tell for sure whether or not it will drop in price when the new series is out, as they have different performance levels, and the 6970 will still be a great performer for the price.

Would a laptop with 4 gig RAM, 3 core processor, AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 video card, and a 640 gig HDD be considered average, or good?

Bad to average. The video card really sinks it down.

its like the 4the time i had to quote this over this week. i cant find any answers by google.
i figured since ethan is an amd/ati enthusiast that he would know well how to do this.

this can easily be done with nvidia control pbrown town. a simple setting flipped on or off.
this is what allows multi-displays work when using high end games. (game one screen / browsing, chatting other screen)
without the video card cutting its resource directly in half, pointlessly.

unless this is yet more proof that ati/amd sucks ;)

this is my friend's newegg prebuilt package from newegg im fiddling with. shes a gamer and a worker and wishes to do both effectively.

Ah. Not what I was thinking of then, sorry.
Uh, I've never had performance problems with multi monitor setups unless I'm actually gaming on both with an AMD card. I even tested an old, low end HD4650 with 2 monitors for you, and received the tiniest performance drop, while multitasking (game + browsing) from one monitor.
How high end is the card? It might be low end and somehow the 2D rendering might be cutting performance.

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[Coulmbai]

DAC Type: integrated RAMDAC
Does this mean that my video card is integrated?

[Ethan]

DAC Type: integrated RAMDAC
Does this mean that my video card is integrated?

Not necessarily.
What is your video card model?

[Coulmbai]

Not necessarily.
What is your video card model?

Geforce 7900 GS

[Ethan]

Geforce 7900 GS

Not integrated.

[Coulmbai]

Not integrated.

Sweet, thanks
Also, I'm probably going to buy a new hard drive soon will i have to re-install windows and stuff?

[Bisjac]

It's called Eyefinity.

ive checked it out. all it does is combine both monitors rather then dual monitor use. for like flight simulators i guess since its not applicable to anything else you could do on a computer.

it does not allow you to control vid card resources from monitor to monitor.

plus the only options for eyefinity is how you want to stack the monitors, or on/off button.

combining 2 monitors into 1 big one isnt the same thing as dual desktops.

[TomTheGeek²]

Well, the 6970 blows a 560 out of the water anyway.
However, nobody can tell for sure whether or not it will drop in price when the new series is out, as they have different performance levels, and the 6970 will still be a great performer for the price.

Sweet, thanks man.

[Ethan]

ive checked it out. all it does is combine both monitors rather then dual monitor use. for like flight simulators i guess since its not applicable to anything else you could do on a computer.

it does not allow you to control vid card resources from monitor to monitor.

plus the only options for eyefinity is how you want to stack the monitors, or on/off button.

combining 2 monitors into 1 big one isnt the same thing as dual desktops.

Did you read my other reply?

[Coulmbai]

Sweet, thanks
Also, I'm probably going to buy a new hard drive soon will i have to re-install windows and stuff?

[Ethan]

Sweet, thanks
Also, I'm probably going to buy a new hard drive soon will i have to re-install windows and stuff?

The hard drive is where all the OS and stuff is stored.
There is a big list of what the parts do in OP.

[Nickelob Ultra]

If you keep your old hard drive, no.  If you just add in your new hard drive as an extra then it will just be more space without having to reinstall.

If you're replacing the hard drive, as in getting rid of the old one, yes.

[Legosuperman64]

Bad to average. The video card really sinks it down.

Why do I feel like the only one without a custom/specially made PC here? ._.

[Tetris]

The Dell however does have more expensive spec options that could be better, however with the quality of Dells, I wouldn't go there personally.

What do you think of this one?

http://bit.ly/vn1QGC

Do you think this could run Minecraft/Blockland/World of Warcraft no lag?

[Blooker]

Motherboard brand doesn't matter. So long as it has 2 PCI-E 6 pin power connectors from the PSU, and it has more than 500 good quality watts from the PSU.
You also need enough space in your case, and one free PCI-E 16x lane, with a lane below it free for the cooler.
What CPU do you have? Make sure it isn't too underpowered for the GPU you are getting. If it is, you will experience bottlenecks.

My CPU is the AMD Phenom II.

Also what do you mean by "With a lane below it free for the cooler?"