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pibbur
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Hi
I'm buying a new PC, as the old one seem to be slowly dying (please don't suggest things to do to fix it, like reinstalling win Xp. I need the excuse. And the wife has accepted it).
I have a couple of questions.
1) Vista32 or Vista64 (Upgrading to Win 7 is free)? Where can I find information about compatibility problem with 64 and for instance games? (I have a laptop with Vista 32, no problems there, so far)
2) Radeon HD4870 or Geforce gx275. Performance should be about the same, but I've no experience with Radeons - I'm a nVidia guy, and thus I've heard nasty things about compatibility problems and image quality with Radeons.
3) I can get a PC with Intel Core i7 920 for about the same price (+200USD) as a PC with Core™ 2 Quad Q9650 (with water-cooling). Should I go for i7, or is the Q9650 safer?
I prefer not to buy the latest and best technology, but the next best, since that usually gives more bang for the bucks. I also can't spend too much time evaluating a million options, therefore I've mostly selected brands I'm familiar with (thus no AMD cpus).
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Pibbur
I'm buying a new PC, as the old one seem to be slowly dying (please don't suggest things to do to fix it, like reinstalling win Xp. I need the excuse. And the wife has accepted it).
I have a couple of questions.
1) Vista32 or Vista64 (Upgrading to Win 7 is free)? Where can I find information about compatibility problem with 64 and for instance games? (I have a laptop with Vista 32, no problems there, so far)
2) Radeon HD4870 or Geforce gx275. Performance should be about the same, but I've no experience with Radeons - I'm a nVidia guy, and thus I've heard nasty things about compatibility problems and image quality with Radeons.
3) I can get a PC with Intel Core i7 920 for about the same price (+200USD) as a PC with Core™ 2 Quad Q9650 (with water-cooling). Should I go for i7, or is the Q9650 safer?
I prefer not to buy the latest and best technology, but the next best, since that usually gives more bang for the bucks. I also can't spend too much time evaluating a million options, therefore I've mostly selected brands I'm familiar with (thus no AMD cpus).
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Pibbur