QUOTE(Uronacid @ Jul 30 2009, 11:38 AM)
Medic,
You're asking us to price out a budget gaming computer without giving us the opportunity to use parts that will give you the biggest bang for your buck. This is a complete waste of time.
You're an Intel/NVidia whore as well. When did ATI fail you? 3-4 years ago, before they completely changed.
Don't bother accusing me of being a fan boy. My computer has an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 this processor was a great deal at the time. While ATI had their 3000 line (which totally sucked) out, I was loving my GeForce 9600GT 512MB. This Christmas I upgraded to a 4850, because ATI's 4000 series just knocks the pants off NVidia's 200 series in $/FPS.
Experience my good man. From building my ow machines and building people their machines. Between AMD and ATI I've lost nearly $3k because my stupid past clients made the decision of AMD and or ATI.
Again this is from personal experience... I used to love AMD but my god... wtf happened after 2003?! I remember building my first two machines for family members and they had AMD. They worked flawlessly, but after that... literally after 2003, almost every other machine would perform badly even after reseating the processors and RAM repeatedly. And WTF is with the AMD temperatures?! Screw that...
Seriously avoid AMD, they've gotten sloppy and what seems to me, careless.
As for ATI again, another manufacturer that has failed me and cost me serious money, which is part of the near $3k in loss. Horrible drivers and horrible hardware. I've had many ATI cards die on me within hours after installation. I highly doubt I'm doing something wrong with the installation. And ATI generally runs too hot and too loud. I don't want an oven for a computer.
I want a machine that can perform great and AMD + ATI together is not going to meet my criteria. I've learned to make the customer aware that if they want AMD and or ATI that I am not responsible for any failures of any sort. And if it does fail that I will not pay out of pocket to replace that part, they will need to purchase it on their own and I'll replace the parts for half off.
And Buttsex.. you have it backwards. 10 years ago AMD was the product to go with... FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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AMD met Intel's expectations for nearly half the cost, that's what made AMD great but once they got into the mid 2000s they f*ckin fail in quality.