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The $500 Gaming PC Upgrade

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-fps-equals-more-frags dept.

sand writes "Building a powerful PC for gaming doesn't have to be expensive. In this article, FiringSquad spends $500 on a gaming upgrade, and compares its performance to that of a high-end Core 2 Extreme PC. The Core 2 Extreme rig is faster, but you may be surprised by how well the $500 PC is able to hang with it in Crysis, Call of Duty 4, and Unreal Tournament 3."

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  1. Re:500$ inexpensive? by Apple+Acolyte · · Score: 3, Interesting

    When many gamers spend $500 for just a gaming GPU, yes $500 for a full gaming upgrade is cheap - if it lives up to the hype.

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    Part of the hardcore faithful who believed in Apple long before it was cool again to do so