If you go with cards that use more than one explansion slot (the things on the back of your PC that look like cheap alluminum foil), make sure you don't have too many other cards like modem eslot fan etc, because it makes it a bit hard to work in the case, and with the fan in the GPU going, it gets really dusty so cleaning is a must atleast once every 2-3 months.
I use overclockers almost exclusively now. I have never had a bad deal from them and they are competitive on price. The only people I have ever had problems with was dabs when they refused to refund goods which were damaged on arrival and insight direct with long delivery times.
Have you ever met anybody that likes their employer?
What does that have to do with anything? I'm refering to customers having very bad experiences, not the staff (having bad experiences WITH the staff, not the staff having bad experiences). Meh, maybe they've changed over the years and this has all blown over then.
Um. No offense to the guys that own computer shops, but I would not spend a [strike]dollar[/strike] pound in one of them. You are better off purchasing off one of the internet stores in the uk, they will undobtably have much better prices.
I'm not sure about how much the price of componets over in the uk are, but here, you can build a decent computer (with a new monitor sometimes) for around 800-900 dollars, which comes out to around 500 pounds at the moment.
We can look around, and I think that depending if you want a new monitor you might get away with 450 pounds for the whole build.
although, if you buy really high end componets, it is going to shoot the price up, the 500 pound estimate will most likely get you a nice computer that will be a fairly well performing computer, I will get a list of componets up shortly.
That brings your total to right around 575 pounds without the psu. It came out high because I get you a 2gb kit of ram, and a decent video card, but you said you wanted a higher end Video card anyway, like a 7950GX2 I think it was?
Anyway, there is something to start with, and everone else can run with it.
Um. No offense to the guys that own computer shops, but I would not spend a [strike]dollar[/strike] pound in one of them. You are better off purchasing off one of the internet stores in the uk, they will undobtably have much better prices.
I'm not sure about how much the price of componets over in the uk are, but here, you can build a decent computer (with a new monitor sometimes) for around 800-900 dollars, which comes out to around 500 pounds at the moment.
We can look around, and I think that depending if you want a new monitor you might get away with 450 pounds for the whole build.
although, if you buy really high end componets, it is going to shoot the price up, the 500 pound estimate will most likely get you a nice computer that will be a fairly well performing computer, I will get a list of componets up shortly.
This is not necessarly true. Some builders (like myself) don't charge overhead for parts. It's the overhead for the parts that makes alot of shops seem to expensive.
This is not necessarly true. Some builders (like myself) don't charge overhead for parts. It's the overhead for the parts that makes alot of shops seem to expensive.
yeh, but the shops that dont are pretty much a rarity. I work with a guy that owns a computer shop, and he charges a 20% markup on parts + $35/hr. Which is pretty decent around here, because some of the shops charge up to $70 to set your computer on the counter, he will look at it for free.
A shop that specializes in repairs is almost always going to tack a premium onto the replacement parts they sell, if for no other reason than they don't buy enough of each item to get a big discount from the wholesalers. The repair shops I worked for hardly stocked anything, and certainly nothing more exotic than a generic MB, RAM, etc. If we needed anything more expensive than a network card we would often have to wait for an overnight delivery from the supply company.
Shops that offer a lot of new system builds are often much more reasonable in price parts-wise. They know they're likely to need a bunch of each individual part every month and can order in bulk.
Yeh, the guy I work with keeps 0 inventory, thus he also has 0 overhead, as he works out of his home. He doesnt make a killing at it, but I belive he makes around 40k a year, and that is his side job. Pretty interesting fellow; he is a janitor at a local school that I'm working at, and his wife encouraged him to go to college, so he got a degree in CS and got multiple certs, 7 years later there he is.
OK, I bought a new computer entirely so i could play Elder Scrolls 4: oblivion, i used srtest.com to scope my comp. Only thing im short is the video card, now i avoided getting a video card with the package because i want the best one...But i was assuming I could run this game with the onboard video being that my cpu is 3.2ghz, but it seems it requires 2 things...
Video HW Transform & Lighting
and
Vertex Shader Ver
Is there a way to download the necessary things to avoid these requirements or add them...IM wanting to play right now not in 4 days...
I have a pretty nice video card by most standards (Radeon X850XT) and it plays oblivion reasonably well - i'd say "medium" settings - definitely not as pretty as the game can be, but it works. I have an AGP card for sale that would definitely play oblivion on medium-low settings. My kids played oblivion for months with this card and they loved it. Does your computer have an AGP slot?
yeh, I have a 6800GT, and oblivion brings it to its knees with just about everything maxed out, I am only getting like 35-40fps, although, im sure that since i only have an a64 2800+ the cpu is the bottleneck. Now if I back some of the setting down to medium or so i get a steady 60 or so.
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im gona guess graphics cards etc but tell me anyway
and im still not sure what to do bout a case
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/7950_Series.html
im gona be saving up for a while for any of these
That's why. He wasn't really asking you to help answer your computer question.
OC are fine
What does that have to do with anything? I'm refering to customers having very bad experiences, not the staff (having bad experiences WITH the staff, not the staff having bad experiences). Meh, maybe they've changed over the years and this has all blown over then.
Although this may be worth a read (although slightly dated now):
http://rage3d.net/board/showthread.php?t=33796684
I'm not sure about how much the price of componets over in the uk are, but here, you can build a decent computer (with a new monitor sometimes) for around 800-900 dollars, which comes out to around 500 pounds at the moment.
We can look around, and I think that depending if you want a new monitor you might get away with 450 pounds for the whole build.
although, if you buy really high end componets, it is going to shoot the price up, the 500 pound estimate will most likely get you a nice computer that will be a fairly well performing computer, I will get a list of componets up shortly.
That brings your total to right around 575 pounds without the psu. It came out high because I get you a 2gb kit of ram, and a decent video card, but you said you wanted a higher end Video card anyway, like a 7950GX2 I think it was?
Anyway, there is something to start with, and everone else can run with it.
what is vat and uk extortion?
ok, i found value added tax, but nothing for extortion.
This is not necessarly true. Some builders (like myself) don't charge overhead for parts. It's the overhead for the parts that makes alot of shops seem to expensive.
yeh, but the shops that dont are pretty much a rarity. I work with a guy that owns a computer shop, and he charges a 20% markup on parts + $35/hr. Which is pretty decent around here, because some of the shops charge up to $70 to set your computer on the counter, he will look at it for free.
Shops that offer a lot of new system builds are often much more reasonable in price parts-wise. They know they're likely to need a bunch of each individual part every month and can order in bulk.
Video HW Transform & Lighting
and
Vertex Shader Ver
Is there a way to download the necessary things to avoid these requirements or add them...IM wanting to play right now not in 4 days...
Here is some light reading for you. You want at least a X1900XT to play this game as the developers intended.
And no, you can't download hardware