Re: [OT] Gaming PC Recommendations Needed

[Darren Karp <darren.karp@xxxxxxxxx>]

yes but now getting bogged down with things like i7 processors
vs.=20=20
quad core, nvidia or ati, Alienware or Dell...phew this is hard!

On 25 Apr 2009, at 17:40, Paul Gale wrote:

> XPS 630 looks good - dual SLI graphics - although they're older=20=20
> cards, with SLI, it'll give you good single monitor performance
and=20=20
> you also have a route to add additional monitors for Flight Sim X
in=20=20
> the future if you want - or connect up additional old/borrowed=20=20
> monitors :)
>
> Should run most other games pretty well too at reasonable resolutions.
>
> Paul.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On=20=20
>> Behalf
>> Of Darren Karp
>> Sent: 25 April 2009 15:32
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Gaming PC Recommendations Needed
>>
>> the 630 rather!
>> On 25 Apr 2009, at 11:40, Paul Gale wrote:
>>
>>> OK, which XPS model?
>>>
>>> Yes, you can indeed change the graphics although I'd suggest a
>>> decent card to start with if you can afford it - FSX is VERY
>>> demanding on graphics at higher res.
>>>
>>> I also note that the lower end XPS's are AMD based which
personally
>>> I wouldn't touch for gaming - Intel still have a substantial
lead in
>>> performance. Core 2 Quads or i7 are the way to go IMO.
>>>
>>> Paul.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
>>>> Behalf
>>>> Of Darren Karp
>>>> Sent: 25 April 2009 11:27
>>>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Gaming PC Recommendations
Needed
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Paul.
>>>>
>>>> I think I'm leaning towards a Dell XPS system which would
cost
>> around
>>>> =A31100 inc. a 23" monitor. I can always change the
graphics card in
>>>> the
>>>> future I assume. FSX is my thing.
>>>>
>>>> Darren
>>>>
>>>> On 25 Apr 2009, at 11:06, Paul Gale wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The Alienware PC's are very good, as are chillblast.
But pretty
>>>>> expensive. I guess you don't want to build your own?
I've always
>>>>> built my own PC's from the earliest 286's. Of course,
you don't=20=20
>>>>> get
>>>>> support and system warranty which may be important to
you? (only
>>>>> component warranty) The Alienware cases are very
distinctive and
>> not
>>>>> to everyone's taste!
>>>>>
>>>>> The main question though is how much you want to
spend? With a
>>>>> really top end rig, you'll easily spend =A32,000 if
not more (over
>>>>> =A34,000!).
>>>>>
>>>>> SLI graphics is an option but to be honest, the latest
nVidia
>> single
>>>>> card GTX295 etc handle most games pretty well.
>>>>>
>>>>> You still may want to consider multiple graphics cards
with
>> multiple
>>>>> screens for flight sims to enable panoramic gaming - I
have 3 x
>> Dell
>>>>> 24" 1920x1200 and two nVidia GTX 280 cards -
these work pretty=20=20
>>>>> well
>>>>> with flightsimX (although for outside views, it's even
better to
>>>>> have one card per screen - this can get really
expensive though -
>>>>> some mainboards do now support three PCIe graphics
cards).
>>>>>
>>>>> I just spec'd up a system on the Alienware site that
I'd go for -
>>>>> reasonably high spec but not extreme and it came to
=A32,298.92 all
>>>>> inc. Let me know if you want me to send you the
spec...
>>>>>
>>>>> Feel free to ask any other questions.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul.
>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
>>>>>> Behalf
>>>>>> Of darren_karp2001
>>>>>> Sent: 24 April 2009 21:26
>>>>>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>>>>> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Gaming PC Recommendations
Needed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Looking for gaming PC recommendations, mainly for
flight sim type
>>>>>> games. Not sure whether to go for Dell XPS or
Alienware and am
>>>>>> getting
>>>>>> lost with all the specs!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any advice warmly welcomed.
>>>>>> Darren
>>>>>>
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