The Ultimate Dream Computer

oh, ok thats interesting, then why does it say that its the most powerful graphics card then? or maybe its trying to say its the most powerful GPU for consoles...

 

Yep, indeed. And it's irrelevant, because my X1900XT is not only also faster than the RSX, but can run a higher resolution too, 2560x1600 vs 1920x1080.
Granted that's not quite the point of games consoles, but with the PS3, I think it is the point.

 

yeah i'm sure it can run faster than the RSX but compare that graphics cards graphics its full HD...i bet that your card cant produce that kind of graphics...

 

Full HD is 1920x1080 Progressive. That's all it is, My Graphics card can produce 2560x1600 progressive, and apply post-processing such as Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering to make it look better.

 

oh about AA and AF, i got a 8600GTS when i change the AA and AF to the highest the game lags...does it has anything to with the CPU?

 

Nope, solely graphics. Your 8600GTS isn't quite powerful enough. Applying AA and AF usually loses you a good 40% of your frame rate, often more.

 

is 8800GTS powerful enough...ok what gpu can max out all games? 8800GTX?

 

Well, as I was discussing with DInc in another thread, no card, really. That's the whole point.

 

no card...but the games are getting much better...overthrowing the graphics cards, in the past the graphics card are so good that it can play games on full...now the games are too good for the cards...no wonder nvidia is making a new card every 12 months...

 

Actually it's been tis way for years, deliberately, so you play a game once on what you have, then again later when you can run it at full specs.

 

yeah that makes gamers buy more stuff

 

Yep, and the hardware manufacturers have a field day fleecing money out of customers. Don't we feel special? :S

 

yeah i do! so whats your dream computer

 

This is going to sound tacky, but the one I use now, just with a couple of modifications - a quieter Corsair PSU, a Thermalright heatsink, and a modified 8800GTX (singular).
I love my PC, I don't need another!

 

lucky you man, having a great computer, i'm still in the old days using 939 and a 3500+, i need a upgrade!...my dream computer is

new AMD AM3 CPU (atleast 2.6Ghz or 2.8Ghz quad core)
DDR3 Ram (atleast 2GB)
good AM3 mobo(prefer Gigabyte)
Nividia's latest gpu(atleast Sli)
800W or 1000W psu(very quiet)
BD-RW(blu-ray!)
26" or 30" monitor(so i can play PS3 on it IF i do get one)
good Thermaltake Tower
5.1 Sound system
256bit sound card(if there is one)
gaming keyboard and mice
atleast 5TB of HDD(prefer seagate or Barracuda)[reason why i need taht much space is b/c i download Anime)
good cpu fan and heatsink

thats it, dont know if i miss out anything...

 

Hey, up until January I had 939 and I'd still be happy if I was using it now, I had a 4200+. I only really changed to the E4300 for an overclocking experiment, it wasn't even intended to be my main PC initially!

- No such thing! The only PSUs of that rating get very loud under load :-(

Only the 24" and 27" dells (revision A04) are compatible with the PS3 due to HDCP, the 30" that I have isn't.

Fair enough, I never liked that many Thermaltake cases, but there you go.

No such thing, only 24-bit, and that never gets used, 16-bit 48Khz is plenty enough, you won't notice the difference

gaming keyboard and mice

A Barracuda is a Seagate. I personally vote Samsung for large drives at the moment.
I download a lot of HD films, and I mean a lot, and so far I've only used 1300GB of storage, I can envisage 5TB taking ages to fill, one person I know has only just got to 5TB after spending months and months getting games, films, HD films, tv episodes and all sorts.

 

-oh ok...i see...but still 800W is the min

-no, the benq 26" monitor has HDMI port and it can output 1080i HD

-oh, so i dont need a sound card then

-mistake, i mean western digital, well i know some one that has 2.5TB of anime and lots of games, i have 23games and i have more than 250gb of anime, so i do need that much

 

Just bear in mind the Corsair 620W HX unit can run two 8800GTX cards in SLI with a Water-cooled and overclocked Quad core Processor, without crashes.
800W still the minimum now?

My bad, but we're talking about Dream computers here. The only experience I had with benq was a nightmare. Shoddy tat.

Yes, you do, but nothing more than a basic SoundBlaster.

So that'll be all of about 400-500GB then. Why do you need 5000?

 

-nope that help me save lot of money

-yeah i heard that benq is cheap, but thats the only cheap monitor that supports HD, might as well try it...

-a good and cheap cheap one will do fine...

-no i can only have that much now...there is still lots more to download...man theres too many animes i cant download them all and movies and music bear that in mind

 

Is the Benq that much cheaper than a 2407WFP?
As for the storage, 1-1.5TB is a reasonable size limit, don't forget you can easily add more HDDs later.