Re: Re: [OT] Help needed choosing new PC Spec.

[Scott Ewing <geekstah@xxxxxxxxx>]

yeah, the speed of the card, the x800 will see you better into the
future, and yeah you'll only need 256meg for hardcore gaming. although
there were rumours of a 512meg GeForce 6800 ultra it has yet to rear
it's head, probably be the kind of thing that gets released just
before the GF7.

virus updates being free, yes and no.
with Norton anyway, it'll cost you 45 quid for the program, and you
get 15 months of updates included. You then get the option of buying
another subscription, or buying the new version of the product after
that time.

you can of course "acquire" the software by other methods, thus
negating the need for subscriptions.

Scott

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 16:23:09 -0000, Andy Whitfield
<andywhitfield2002@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Thanks for the info.
> Am I right the only difference between the cards is processing speed?
> And 128Mb memory on the graphics card enough?  I'm guessing 256Mb
> really only needed for 3D graphics?
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> Ummm, maybe dumb question, but I thought virus updates were free?
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> Andy
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> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Scott Ewing <geekstah@g...> wrote:
> > get the X800 graphics card instead of the X300, i know your not
into
> > gaming, but it's simply a better performing card and you never
know
> >
> > get xp [ro instead of xp home
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> > get them to throw the modem away.
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> > add a virus scanner subscription, there are lots of varying
opinions
> > on which is the best, i use norton, but have used mcafee and
enjoyed
> > it a couple of months ago.
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> > Good spec machine, justa pitty it's not an amd64 :)
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> > Scott
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> > On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:39:30 -0000, Andy Whitfield
> > <andywhitfield2002@y...> wrote:
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> > > Got to buy a new desktop PC as mine is so sloooow.
> > > I'm hoping the knowledgeable members of UKHA can help.
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> > > I need it for business use and don't want to upgrade or
update it
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> > > many years, so I want a fairly good spec.
> > > I tend to have a dozen windows (or more) open at any one
time.
> > > Mostly IE but also Word, Excel and a graphics program. 
Within the
> > > graphics prog, I may have 20 or so photos open for editing.
> > > But I'm not in to gaming or video editing, etc.
> > >
> > > I'm looking at www.dell.co.uk/deals and E-Value code
DMUK5-D1147
> > > From the defaults, I've changed the warranty to 1 year and
added a
> > > floppy drive.
> > > Plenty of RAM at 1Gb but is the graphics card enough at
128Mb?
> > > Any comments about the spec or make very much appreciated!
> > > Thanks
> > > Andy Whitfield
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