Dell computers....

[barley182]

Hi all...

Im looking to get a new P.C this month, as i want to get back into the online game "Counter Strike" but my P.C is dated.

Can anyone tell me if the " Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator 900 " is a good graphics card? Will it be good enough for gaming??

Heres the link, i think this is a brilliant deal:

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/desktops_Q2_W7_dimen_3100c_D063C5b?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

Computer wizards help me out!

 

[Griff]

Can anyone tell me if the " Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator 900 " is a good graphics card?

No.

Will it be good enough for gaming??

Minesweeper maybe. Anything else no.

 

[Daz]

I doubt any integrated card will be "good" for gaming.

You'd want a high end card.. and depending on the games you want to play, and how "high quality" you want it, probably about £200 -> £300 on the graphics card alone.

 

[Daz]

Minesweeper maybe. Anything else no.

Bah,
Solitaire would be OK? :rasp:

 

[BenWall]

hey dude. If you want to play the latest counter strike (source) then that PC just want hack it. Its pants, for starts dont buy a dell, and dont get on board graphics if you want to play games etc.

Get a pc with a graphics card which is at least 256mb and also make sure you have at least 512mb of RAM.

 

[barley182]

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/desktops_Q2_W7_dimen_5150_D06516?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

what about this one then:

Graphic Card

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256MB PCI ExpressT ATI RadeonT X600 Hypermemory

 

[Daz]

Better than before, yep.

Good enough? I guess that'll depend on the game etc..

I don't play games at all on PC.

 

[McBunny]

hey dude. If you want to play the latest counter strike (source) then that PC just want hack it. Its pants, for starts dont buy a dell, and dont get on board graphics if you want to play games etc.

Get a pc with a graphics card which is at least 256mb and also make sure you have at least 512mb of RAM.

dell pc's arnt crap dell are alienware remember

 

[Daz]

Dell Computers are great in terms of "out of the box".
For office use (which most people use them for), it's very difficult to beat them.. hence why if you go into any company now, 8 times out of 10, they'll have at least one Dell PC

In terms of price, it's quite difficult to build a like for like PC yourself and it be cheaper than a Dell.. once you add in all the warrenty etc..

Gaming PC? Well.. that's why they bought Alienware.. to get that market

 

[McBunny]

their own xps range havent been too bad of late either

 

[_Kenny_]

I got a Dell a few months ago with an ATI Radeon X600 256MB DVI Graphics Card and it seems ok. I got a really good deal through work that's why I went for Dell. A 3 year warranty was too good to turn down too.

 

[barley182]

Thats for the help guys... particually:

Get a pc with a graphics card which is at least 256mb and also make sure you have at least 512mb of RAM.

 

[Griff]

Thats for the help guys... particually:

Get a pc with a graphics card which is at least 256mb and also make sure you have at least 512mb of RAM.

You want atleast 1gig of ram these days and don't assume every graphics card with 256mb onboard is decent.

My 7800GT and a £30 FX5200 both have 256mb but there's bit of a differance between the two cards.

 

[seb]

You want atleast 1gig of ram these days and don't assume every graphics card with 256mb onboard is decent.

My 7800GT and a £30 FX5200 both have 256mb but there's bit of a differance between the two cards.

oi! i have one of those, served me very well over the years had it quite a while... runs command and conquer ok for me

 

[McBunny]

c&c rocks ah those were the days when game stook longer than 30 seconds to complete

 

[seb]

yeah i love the c&c series... still playing them today. only got tiberium sun and generals now...

 

[_Kenny_]

yeh deffo need 1GB RAM, 2GB if you can afford the upgrade!

 

[BenWall]

hell, why not 4 gig.

Build your own pc.

Come to Ikonik where I work and I will build you one and it will be exactly what you want.

http://www.ikonik.ltd.uk/

 

[_Kenny_]

I would have built a PC but I didn't have the time to source the parts and build it. It probably wouldn't have been much cheaper than what I paid for the Dell and there's that warranty as well.

 

[BenWall]

you get warrenty with all the parts. + u dont have to pay for the delivery and the maintance carried out on it.