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Geek Culture / Gateway FX530XG

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MartinS
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Posted: 21st May 2007 18:04 Edited at: 21st May 2007 18:05
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Hi all,

What do you think of the Gateway FX530XG gaming PC? It starts at $1,499 (£759.48), and at a pretty good spec. Do you expect it to have decent build quality? Is it powerful enough to push along FPSC X10? (Or Halo 3, when it comes out) And will Duo Core be enough for DirectX 10?

G2L

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Nicholas Thompson
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Posted: 21st May 2007 18:17
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looks powerful enough to me. I didn't know Gateway was still going!

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MartinS
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Posted: 21st May 2007 18:21
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@Nicholas Thompson: Thanks!

@Everyone else: I forgot to add, do you have any other (similarly-priced) gaming PCs you'd recommend?

G2L

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Raven
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Posted: 21st May 2007 19:51
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Not too bad powerwise, but it's not exactly what I'd call "cheap" for what is in it.

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JerBil
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Posted: 21st May 2007 21:23
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Looks like it comes with a 8800 video card, so it should be fine for DX10.

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Robin
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Posted: 22nd May 2007 00:07 Edited at: 22nd May 2007 00:07
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How about this one?:
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsdt_710?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19
I'm not too up to date with the latest graphics cards etc. but it seems pretty cool...

edit: oh, and you get a 19" flat panel with it too

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Virtual X
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Posted: 22nd May 2007 00:31
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I'd go with the DELL system
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Robin
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Posted: 22nd May 2007 00:35
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lol...I just customised that dell system to the max and it came to nearly $10,000

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Torsten Sorensen
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Posted: 22nd May 2007 08:18
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I went to Falcon-NW and customized their top PC to all the top parts, and got it up to $20,001.23! Now, THAT, is a PC I would want..


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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 22nd May 2007 11:54
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That Dell is U-G-L-Y. It looks like a squashed minifridge.


Since the other one was scaring you guys so much...
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Robin
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Posted: 22nd May 2007 12:59
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http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/infxlc.asp?v=d

^ This is a pretty cool one, and theres plenty of customisable options to tailor it to what you want.

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