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The Best Gaming PC Money Can Buy
SlappingOysters writes "Gameplayer has gone live with their best PC hardware configurations for Q1 2009. They've broken it into three tiers depending on the investor's budget. And while the prices are regional, it is comparative across the globe. The site has also detailed the 10 Hottest PC Games of 2009 to unveil the software on the horizon which may seduce gamers into an upgrade."
These PC's are low-end when compared to my overclocked Commodore 64.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits" - Albert Einstein
And the fact that they put two optical BD burners on the extreme one (one on each page) makes me think that this article was slapped together instead of fully investigated. Where's the benchmarks? The proof that you built a good machine?
Looks like a buncha kids opened up newegg and built themselves machines in their head...
Why the hell would you want to benchmark one of those beauties? It's like a wife. Your supposed to spend money on it, care for it and look but not touch.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits" - Albert Einstein
In 1 years time, it will be worth 40% of what they paid for it. That's an investement, isn't it? Heck, it's not even a bad investement these days.
How? Are you a dildo?
On the Extreme 4 GB of Video RAM? Seriously?
Someone please Correct me if I'm wrong but if you're mapping 4GB of video RAM you'll not be able to run a 32 bit OS. Given that this is a gaming PC, wouldn't this be a deal breaker? I mean even the uber gamers occassionally like to run older games right?
The kernel should deal with that. If you request some memory address, paging assigns a virtual address for the physical memory so that you can access -any- 4 Gb of data in some order.
You can still only access 4 Gb at one specific time per process, but that should be enough for most purposes, no?
GAAH! MY PRINTER IS ON FIRE!!! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!
Nope, the mailman.
Perhaps their belief that it's "investing" is an indication of why we're currently in the middle of an economic crisis.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
When they talk about hot computers, they are referring to your gpu/cpu temperature of course.
But she said I was the only one for her.. {sigh} I'll have to start playing "pool boy" for a less "active" lonely house wife. :)
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
See, we live in an analog world which has essentially infinite FPS.
The Planck time allows for only around 1.86x10^43 fps, which is nowhere even close to infinity.
I have seen the future, and it is inconvenient.
You need to reinstall your sarcasm detection package.
Really, I know what I'm doing...Ohhhh, look at the shiny buttons!
You need to reinstall your sarcasm detection package.
There's a serious lack of sarcasm tags, and it's required when it's not immediately obvious.
Posts not to be taken literally. Almost everything is sarcasm.
Chingo la mujer, tambien! Ella sopla mi pene como un puta. Si, Si, Si!
Raul
Yo dawg, I heard you like burning, so we put a burner in your burner so you can burn while you burn.
Seriously, I'm honestly curious. I'm a huge PC gamer and I run Vista 64-bit.
No offence, but maybe a Wii Fit would be a good investment, then? I'm just sayin...
The Planck time allows for only around 1.86x10^43 fps, which is nowhere even close to infinity.
Holy frak. What sort of high-spec machine is our universe running on then?
64.0 fps should be enough for anyone!
And you can see the difference between 100 fps and 100000 fps in a display that uses a 60Hz refresh signal by counting the tearing lines you get per frame.
Ofc, you disable vertical sync to get to the 100000fps.
At some point it is better to invest in shorter display cables to get a feedback loop that is smaller. You should also invest in the smallest display you can pay so you can view it completely while being as close to it as your nose allows. That way you will reduce the space light needs to travel and your feedback loop is shorter. That will surely will give you that extra CS-or-whatever kill.
And an affordable .45 can get you a $2,000 machine overnight!
What sort of high-spec machine is our universe running on then?
Over 6 billion cores and counting...
Wrong. Mine, which is specced to run Duke Nukem Forever, runs your game at that resolution just fine.
help me i've cloned myself and can't remember which one I am
What say we all universally switch to a 300fps system for now. It divides by 20, 25, 30, 50, 60, and 100, so it would convert most of the old signals smoothly. And I bet OLED technology would allow it.
At a push maybe even 600fps, so that 24fps would divide also.
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You need to reinstall your sarcasm detection package.
There's a serious lack of sarcasm tags, and it's required when it's not immediately obvious.
Where is your irony tag...
After logging in slashdot still does not take you back to the page you were on. It's been that way for 20 years.
Upgrade your head.
You need to reinstall your sarcasm detection package.
There's a serious lack of sarcasm tags, and it's required when it's not immediately obvious.
Where is your irony tag...
Guys! I found it:
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Please stop stalking me, bro.