is it worth the extra 200 to 300 extra dollars to go with the 7600 to 7900 seies
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tisbod's right, a 7600gt, the best in terms of price/performance can be found for $150. and it runs so much faster than the 7300.\n\nif you're going to go for something under $100, you might as well get a geforce 6800 xt, which can be found for $80 on newegg.com
120682
Go with the GeForce 7800.  I never buy the latest greatest product as it's usually too expensive.
479397
Best place to look is Newegg.com ther are many. for the ATI side the 1600 series and up are very good and usually between 100 and 300 dollars but you can go as low as 1300 series, and for gforce the 6600 series and up are usually good and are usually priced from 100 to 500 dollars but once again at a minimun you'll want a 6200 series. And in today day and age i dont recomend below a 256 meg vid card for gaming.
528109
For what you are spending, you processor wont bottleneck the video card.  I would suggest that you spend that $150 on one good card rather than two very mediocre cards.  Try to go with the Nvidia 7800 series and above or the ATI 1800 series and above.  Those cards will outperform the two 7300's in SLI.
548547
The X1900XT and the 7900GTO are both awesome cards, and both cost less than $300.  They're both comparable in performance, too.  They're roughly twice as fast as your X850 Pro, but only at higher resolutions.  They aren't much faster at all at lower resolutions, because at lower res., you are cpu-limited.
25281
If you are pretty rich go for both\n\nelse for PC
280831
Gotta agree w/ The Expert for the most part, except...\n\nAs a system builder and semi-high end user, I always recommend that a buyer go w/ "custom" built system assembeled by a local trustworthy shop...The reason for this is you will get pretty much exactly what you want for your specific needs, will easily be upgradable in the future, service will get done quicker, and you're putting $$ in the pocket of a local merchant instead of a corporate entity...\n\nThat being said, think about this...Spend most of your money on the things you're going to keep over the long haul...Like a monitor, speakers, etc...A monitor is like a TV when you buy it...You're going to be keeping it for a LONG time... Same thing goes w/ speakers...\n\nJust remember, a Brand Name system has built-in obsolensece, which is fine if you're just gonna surf the Web and read e-mail like yer Grandma does, whereas a "built" system can be upgraded many times for a LOT less than what you'll spend for a new system down the road...I have a system case that  I've had for over 7 years, and have upgraded 4 times....  \n\nWhile you might pay a little more for a "built" unit, just remember that things like your video card, sound card, network card, CD/DVD, and Hard Drives won't need to be replaced, so that all you have to do is just get a new mobo/CPU, and RAM, and yer good to go....
346889
It really appeals to you...the things I've noticed is the 1900 has HD capabilities.  If I was going to hook this up to my plasma I'd go with that, but for the price difference if I was going to use it primarily with a pc monitor I'd go with the 1650 with the bigger memory.
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Both companies make good cards, sometimes nvidia is better than Ati, sometimes Ati is better than nvidia.\nYou should look at the card that is better, not the company. For example, if you want to buy card that cost around 130$ then you should get  geforce 7600GS, becasue this is the best card for that price.\nIf you want to get card that cost 450$ then you should get radeon X1900xtx, because it's currently the best for that price.\n\nSo, you should look at the card that perform the best at the price that you want to buy.
304871
Turions are faster.  clicks and pops are 100% driver issues since its rare to have IRQ conflicts now with PCI steering.
515570
With those specs, you're NOT going to find this computer cheap at all.  You get what you pay for and that would be an incredible computer but again, you will have to pay for it expensively.  Do you even understand how much a 24" screen 'alone' would cost as much as a pc?    good luck :-)
280214
Here's a quick cost breakdown to help you decide:\n\nMemory upgrade:  Your system most likely takes PC133 SDRAM.\n\n2 x 512MB modules at $75.00 each =  $150.00***\nhttp://www.buymemory.com\n\n***Careful, not all P3 1GHz machines accept 512MB modules, ask about compatibility before you buy.\n\nNew hard drive:  7200RPM ATA 80GB-100GB about $50-$60\n(Any online source with good customer service)\n\nTotal upgrade = $200-$210\n\nOR\n\nNew P4 2.8GHz or higher with 512MB RAM and 80GB drive or larger for around $400 (sometimes with flat panel monitor for about $450)\n\nUpgrading will definitely help your PC, however, you'll grow out of even that in a hurry with graphic design.  I highly recommend a new PC to preserver your sanity and save you money in the long run.  You'll want a large hard drive, but can always buy a seperate drive for storage later, they're getting cheaper each week it seems.\n\nSometimes it's more expensive to upgrade memory during the PC purchase instead of ordering somewhere online.
486010
at your selection chance are you're not going to find oen for under 1200 for a core 2\n\nthat processor itself is alteast $800, 2gb of Ram is around $200\n320gb of hd is aournd $200, if you looking a widescreen a 17 is aournd $100 plus this is only a barebone u still neeed software,video card,sound card ...etc..\n\nusally wait for the holiday to come back, they have great deals on it.:). you will notice they trying to sell as much they can because they need invenotry space. buying during the holidays allow you to get those deals so u can really get a great deal on it.\n\nDepend on what you mainly going to use for and what type:\nI would say if you are jusing for mainly interent surfer,and school/office work \nyou don't need all those power but a good company to go with are \nemac,hp and compaq. they are great for low end users :)\nthey are cheap. you can your spec on those pc and they usally around your price. although they don't have good customer service.\n\nif you thinking  watch movies (movies that are HD support like h.246 XD)  and playing games on it. \nGateway (bestbuy carries a lot of them) is the best way for teh cheapest deal.\nDell has a better costumer service so yoru not a computer techie dell is a great way to go.\nSony is still the best and leading one because they ahve the advance technology in there. they aren't cheap.\n\nif you are a computer techi :)... you shoul djust build it your self ti's nto too hard and you do save a lot of money plus you get to pick what type of motherbord you wana so if your a hardcore gammering ABIt and ASUS are pretty nice compare to Dell Motherboards. \n\nIf you going to get a Laptop:\nget a Dell or a Gateway thsoe usally will fit your budget.\nif you willing to spend more, Sony are the best way to go. Now if your not oging to carry it around with you. like this laptop is mainly stationaly you shoul dget a big one so watch movie on it. if you are carring around try to get a less weight on it.
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It's not bad deal, Good contrast ratio 700:1 good response time 8ms.  The viewing angle isn't the best @ 150º horizontal 135º vertical; but if your just sitting infront of the monitor you'll never see the difference.  Good price for a 19" too Check out http://www.pricewatch.com/brands/monitors/sceptre_technologies-2.htm\nCostco has it for cheaper.
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its a better.\nGeForce FX5200 AGP8X 128MB DDR DVI+DB15+TV-Out Retail \nbut for only gaming this one \nXFX GeForce FX 5200 128MB DDR
369867
If you're looking for REAL performance for MODERN games both will be severely disappointing. If you want to look for a card for modern games (Like Call of Duty 2, Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion, Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Far Cry, Doom 3, F.E.A.R., ect) get something like:\nATI X800 or X850 series...\nATI X1800 or X1900 series...\nnVidia 7600 series...\nnVidia 7800 series...\nnVidia 7900 series...\nnVidia 8800 series.
558067
if it is your budget go for it. nothing wrong with more power. make sure you build it with a 64 bit CPU.