http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/22-001-Intel-Junior-Gaming-PC-94p435.htm

The default is great. But if that extra 50 really matters then you can; choose the e5200, 4gb of standard 800mhz,smallest HDD, and cheapest dvdrw drive. I would say save for the 50 though.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-147-OK&groupid=43&catid=1184&subcat=

Is also quite good for the price. Leave at the default. Over budget again.

The first is a much better deal, and the default is worth the extra (but not the light scribe drive). I assume you have a monitor & m/k etc. Hope this helps.

You know what?I finally figured it out.

There are actually two completely different versions of this game. There's the version that some of you guys played, which was created in Russia, and there's the version that I'm playing right now, which was made on Mars. Folks, just before I quit playing for the night I ran straight up to a military NPC and unloaded an entire round from my machine gun right into him - I was standing fifteen feet away from him... and he didn't die.

There's something seriously wrong with this game. Just for kicks I tried the shotgun again too. I went straight up to a military NPC and fired off both shots from my shotgun, and the stupid S.O.B. didn't even frickin' die - he just kind of stumbled backwards, as though he'd been b i t c h slapped in the face. I don't know what version of the game it is that you guys are playing, but the version I'm playing is a complete turd. I'm going to keep playing, because I like the visuals, but this... this... game... is just beyond frustrating.

Charles_Dickens

OK 0oSuperMario0. You have convinced me. But: "With 4mp as the cap limit for GPUs, anything under one quarter will start at the default 1024x768 and under which will be low end for Gaming. 1280x720 is much higher then the quarter but under 50% making it medium end for Gaming. A 4mp image can dwarf any PC supported resolution under it, but you'll be lucky enough to find applications that can even support it, especially for movie film format. With Blu-Ray/ TV Broadcast being 1080p as the cap, 720p will still be consider as high res."

2560x1600=4096000=x

1280x720 = 921600=y

x/y=4.444...

ie 25x16 is approx four and half times the resolution.

Also the 4MPcap limit was removed from modern gpus about the time g80s dropped. I cant be bothered to look for the exact data but this site shows it and ive owned one myself in the past. If i recall correctly the max theoretical res is approx 8000x8000 in modern GPUs (post g80, both nvidia and ati).

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/index.php/TH2Go_FAQ

I will agree with you that 720p is "high definition", and that it is entry level highres when considering televisions (there being only 2 'HD' resolutions). For monitors, however, just under 1MP is not high res anymore. A $200 monitor 10yrs ago would do 1280x1024 or 1024x768. That same $200 will buy this today: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000190020%204017%201309822582&name=22%22.

This is budget, the price of 2 console games and 3 or 4 pc games buys this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000190020%204027&name=%2475%20-%20%24100

"Check the standards and you will see that 1280x720 meets entry level for High Definition Television/High Resolution Television" Yes. Entry level for television screens. Monitors are what the vast majority of PC gamers play their games on, and these have always been capable of higher resolutions at much lower price and smaller screen size. This is the PC and mac games forum. PC gamers have different standards. Feel free to to visit any any PC gaming hardware site or gaming site and look at the resolutions they bench games at. 1MP=low, 4MP=very high. Most 'high def' television is at 720p, most cg consoles render at 720p. Pc gamers can play at what ever resolution their hardware allows, and this goes all the way up to 4MP. If 4MP is at the top end then a quarter of that is the low end. If your car does 200mph and mine does 50mph, my car is the low end. I can stick a sticker on my oven that says high temperature, but compared to what. Been great arguing but this is going nowhere. Lets leave it at this. You and the consumer electronics industry believe 1MP to be entry level 'high definition'. I believe 'high resolution' refers to the highest resolutions that we have access to (excluding specialist screens for engineering/research etc), ie 4 MP. The thread title is 'Is 1024x768 hi res?'.

[QUOTE="fu114u70m471c"][QUOTE="OoSuperMarioO"]Where are you retrieving this data about what's low res and high res?

OoSuperMarioO

• SDTV: 480i (NTSC, 720×480 split into two 240-line fields)
• SDTV: 576i (PAL, 720×576 split into two 288-line fields)
• EDTV: 480p (NTSC, 720×480)
• EDTV: 576p (PAL, 720×576)
• HDTV: 720p (1280×720)
• HDTV: 1080i (1280×1080, 1440×1080, or 1920×1080 split into two 540-line fields)
• HDTV: 1080p (1920*1080 progressive scan)

Entry point for a High res display is 1280x720.

[QUOTE="fu114u70m471c"][QUOTE="cluclap1"]

Is it? I was wondering because it doesn't really seem like it, yet this resolution and anything above it seems to double in fps loss. I'm wondering because I perform a lot of low-end game test and was wondering if I should include this resolution in my results before I post them on the forum.

OoSuperMarioO