which is more important for building a PC...the CPU or Video card ?
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Both are Vital . But the Vitally varies dependingon the application for which u are going to use your machine for.\nLike if u are going to run Business application like Eord/excel powerpoint and internet & Not 3 D Games then CPU is More important witha simple graphic card (onboard)\n but if u are going to use it to play games/ do 3d Animation , Photoediting then the Graphics processor (GPU) which comes on Video Card playes a major role.. So it is more Vital.\n\nBut let me tell you Both are equally vital as without 1 of them your machine cannot be made coz without video card you cannot seee the feedback and respond to the computer and if u don't have CPU .. guess wat ur system never existed ...\n\nAnd to Tickle more to your mind There Are PPU (Physics Processing Units) which are going to be launched along with your GPU ( on video card) So the story will become realy jazy..till then Hang On
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Dual-core is better if you run multiple applications at the same time -- such as a video editor who is streaming a video at the same time he's adjusting audio or rendering to 3D, or an office worker with fiften MS Office programs all open at the same time and flipping back and forth between them.  Naturally this assumes you are running programs optimized for dual-core processors.\n\nIf you're a gamer, then HT is better.  \n\nSee the benchmarks for details.
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ram pc ram then video card . ATI  video cards are good there is update drives for them every 2 months from ATI  website\n3d rendering.. ids from ur video card
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If you want to maximize your gaming experience, then you'll have to upgrade both your RAM (if your motherboard allows it) and your video card.\n\nIf you want to invest the money and have something that'll last you a while, then skip the 256 MB Video cards and go for the bigger boys.\n\n2 GB of RAM will help as well.
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Yes.  If you are looking for performace, go with a standalone gpu, that way you aren't bottlenecking your speed.
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Hi,\nthe biggest question you have to reslove is "What do I really want to do with my new computer?"\n\nIf you are a heavy gamer and get frustrated because you are a couple of frames per second FPS slower that the max or you have need of a powerful machine to do some 3D graphics procssing (ie: rendering a complex animated scene) or as you mentioned you are heavy into Video processing then you have to do some serious studying ahead to get the best match for price / performance. Study benchmarks that are specific to video processing and then you can make some intelligent decisions.\n\nIf you are a casual gamer and just want some speed and are on a budget then it's easy to throw one together.\n\nFirst oreder of business is PCI Express, it's the new kid on the block and for some reason the video care mfgrs. are only charging about $160 for a PCI Express video card that is about the equivalent of a $500 AGP card.\n\nBeyond that choose either AMD or Intel and go with the 64 bit. AMD has both excellent performance and excelent pricing. Each manufactuer has chips in the $900 to $1000 range (and above if you start looking at XEON and Opteron processor) but for the general usage, you can get a pretty decent AMD 64 bit for around $300 - $400.\n\nAdd a case, a high quality power supply, cooling system (if you get some of the higher powered chips) a decent mother board. Lots to choose from  http://hardwarehell.com/mobo.htm \n\nPersonal experience stay away from PC Chips they're kind of weak in the BIOS can't do much over clocking and they have less settings overall. \n\nGet a board wth a fast FSB front side bus, some decent quality memory (at least a gig) and a SATA hard drive. DVD burner and DVD player. and you are good to go.\n\nThere are sooooo many chips and soooooo many motherboards that it is almost a full time job keeping up.\n\nSome chips within the same manufacturer like AMD are very close in performance and yet are several hundered dollars apart in price.\n\nDual core just means (a new trend in chip technology) that there are two processors on the same die or physical chip. \n\nI have an AMD 3000+ 32 bit with 1 GIG of memory and an ATI x700 graphics card that is respectable in performance.\n\nI can play games and I can render simple stuff and I do a fair share of video creation using a program called MAGIX Movie Edit Pro.
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Get the top of the line motherboard\nGet the fastest cpu\nThe fastest memory\nThe best video card\nThe best sound card\netc. etc
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for high end gaming you should go with AMD\n\nbut if you insist on using intel,  get the core 2 duo with 2q GB of ram\n\nyou can order it from newegg.com
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They're both good but it's what you need and what you're going to use it for. Processors don't matter much if you're just doing MS Word, since a P2 can run it. If it's higher intense work, a higher processor and RAM should do the job. If it's gaming, video cards are what you need. \n\nSo for medium intense-ish, the Pentium M should do the work. For some gaming, you'll need a Geforce go 6600+/Ati Radeon xXXX and the Core Duo.
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What do you mean overall performance? In fact, most of the times, your PC does not operate at the full potential, just like internet, rarely does it reach the max speed. To make your CPU run faster, you may want to enter setup during booting time and overclock your processor.\n\nYour system performance is based on amount of RAM and CPU and VIDEO CARD quality, therefore it cannot be compared with your CPU.
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If you want to try and build one yourself then I would go for a "barebones" PC which is usually just the processor, motherboard, case and fan.  if you want to stay on the cheap side then go for the AMDs and if you want performance then the AMD64 would be right up your ally.  Good Luck
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Your Chip set is NVidia nForce 410 and  Video Output Interface PCI Express, it depends on who much you want to spend on a Graphics Card, i would suggest GeForce 7 series
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well the most powerful Intel processor is the Core 2 Extreme Dual core processor and the best of a video card is this:\nBFG Tech BFGR7950GX21GBE Geforce 7950GX2 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Dual GPU Video Card
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It really depends on what the motherboard will take, rather than the CPU.  The best thing to do is get the computer brand and model, or the motherboard brand and model and call a company who specializes in memory upgrades.  I've had good experience with www.BuyMemory.com.  They will help find the memory you need and are super cheap.
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Go with ATI. its cheaper and my 512 MB card plays EVERYTHING on full graphics. Whether you have pcix, pci, or agp, there isnt much difference because the true speed is determined by your motherboard. If you have an old motherboard, dont waste your money on an expensive video card.
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That sounds like several things. CPU? RAM? PCI BUS?
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There is a big difference depending on what you do.  I just upgraded 100 systems at our work place to AMD 4 Ghz dual cores and we have not crashed one yet.\n\nDual cores are great if you are doing numerous things at the same time.  One department where I work edits video and sound.  Before they had trouble having both programs doing stuff at the same time, now one core will be working with the video and the other with the sound.  The dual cores are good at load balancing between the two cores, almost like having two processors in one system.