750$ for Vista and DX10?

Alright, I am coming once agin for your guys's help. A friend of mine wants me to help him build a nice new computer that will run games for now and future. He is on a 750 dollar budget, and wants vista, and a Duel Core processor and hopes for DX10. HE is not very computer geeky and I don't want to worry about overclocking it or anything like that. Can you guys send a few links to newegg. I'm thinking an AMD Windsor since he's a budget, what do you think?

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103749

Ok, Which card for BEST gaming experience for money

ATI 1900

8600 GTS

X1950GT

7900 GS

2600 XT

$750 dollars is nothing. He wants to be able to play games well for the future? He has to invest a little more for the future. Sorry, but that's how it is nowadays. You get what you pay for, and a sub-$1000 PC will be just that: sub-standard.drucom

My computer is sub 1000 dollars and maxes bioshock DX10 w/ vista........

Please can someone just answer my few questions?

Ok, Which card for BEST gaming experience for money

ATI 1900

8600 GTS

X1950GT

7900 GS

2600 XT

Flame_Co

None of these are good for gaming.

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Ok, Which card for BEST gaming experience for money

ATI 1900

8600 GTS

X1950GT

7900 GS

2600 XT

Latina_Chlck

None of these are good for gaming.

hmmm you do know that the 8600 GTS will max a few games at 12**x10**

or so ive heard. but i have seen it max oblivion at that res.

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Ok, Which card for BEST gaming experience for money

ATI 1900

8600 GTS

X1950GT

7900 GS

2600 XT

cheetfreak

None of these are good for gaming.

hmmm you do know that the 8600 GTS will max a few games at 12**x10**

or so ive heard. but i have seen it max oblivion at that res.

It will run Dx10 games like Crap

Case $40

HD $60

Monitor $180

Motherboard $75

GPU $150

PSU $50

RAM $60

CPU $90

Vista Home Premium $110( This is the 64 bit only one i found on the egg but im sure you would rather go with 32 bit)

So all this is about $850 its about $100 over budget but hopefully your friend has a monitor, then you would reduce the price by 180. or he can try to come up with the extra 100 bux:D Now to be honest im not really sure how this system wil perform but im pretty sure you would be able to play games with some decent settings. Now im probably gonna get ripped apart by some of the more advanced builders but im trying:D Hope this info at least gives you an idea of what to go for.

Case $40

HD $60

Monitor $180

Motherboard $75

GPU $150

PSU $50

RAM $60

CPU $90

Vista Home Premium $110( This is the 64 bit only one i found on the egg but im sure you would rather go with 32 bit)

So all this is about $850 its about $100 over budget but hopefully your friend has a monitor, then you would reduce the price by 180. or he can try to come up with the extra 100 bux:D Now to be honest im not really sure how this system wil perform but im pretty sure you would be able to play games with some decent settings. Now im probably gonna get ripped apart by some of the more advanced builders but im trying:D Hope this info at least gives you an idea of what to go for.

cheetfreak

Ur Gpu is very slow in Dx10 games and its bus is 128 bitu can buy a X1950 Pro goodcard for money

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Case $40

HD $60

Monitor $180

Motherboard $75

GPU $150

PSU $50

RAM $60

CPU $90

Vista Home Premium $110( This is the 64 bit only one i found on the egg but im sure you would rather go with 32 bit)

So all this is about $850 its about $100 over budget but hopefully your friend has a monitor, then you would reduce the price by 180. or he can try to come up with the extra 100 bux:D Now to be honest im not really sure how this system wil perform but im pretty sure you would be able to play games with some decent settings. Now im probably gonna get ripped apart by some of the more advanced builders but im trying:D Hope this info at least gives you an idea of what to go for.

Latina_Chlck

Ur Gpu is very slow in Dx10 games and its bus is 128 bitu can buy a X1950 Pro goodcard for money

Maybe most likely true, but if they really want dx10 i think thats a reasonalbe card. But like i said i not sure.

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mushkin 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 996527 - Retail

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BIOSTAR TForce TF7050-M2 AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

All I need is a video card. Preferably something less than 150. And he will be getting vista elsewhere.

Why is this product bad? can anyone please tell me, 1950xt's are expensive as heck!

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well your only option if you must have DX10 is an 8600 GTS/GT. The GT is VERY overclockable btw.

To be honest though, the games that will look better in vista are going to be VERY hardware intensive. Do your friend a favor and explain that without getting a high end card, he won't even be able to use the DX10 effects in games where they matter like crysis.

Personally, I'd expand his budget to include at least a 2900 pro and an athlon x2 5600+ or better cpu.