[retired_ashc21]

Originally posted by Will Smith:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by masteR+_+:
The 8600GT is garbage. Get a X2900XT or a 8800GTS please.

arent the x2900s unstable with lots of driver issues? </BLOCKQUOTE>

This will eventually (soon) be sorted out, except if you plan on using Linux.

[retired_shean]

The problem is, I can't afford to spend that kind of money on a graphics card (to upgrade to a 8800 on that Mesh PC Will Smith linked to adds £330), which is far too much for a budget of £6-700.

Also, I can't choose 7x00 cards from companies like Dell or Mesh, as they don't offer them.

Are any new cards likely to be announced soon? I can hold back on ordering a short while, but i'll need the computer by the beginning of October.

[retired_shean]

Originally posted by Will Smith:
another option

http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODUCTV...T=PRODUCT&KEY=232135

Seems like a similar, but slightly worse PC, except for the ram.

How much difference does 4Gb make over 2Gb?

[marynot]

well can you not fit it yourself to get costs down?

[marynot]

Originally posted by Insanemadman:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Will Smith:
another option

http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODUCTV...T=PRODUCT&KEY=232135

Seems like a similar, but slightly worse PC, except for the ram.

How much difference does 4Gb make over 2Gb? </BLOCKQUOTE>

tbh not alot, i'm just a mesh fanboy really as we've never had problems

[retired_cherylweston]

Originally posted by Insanemadman:
The problem is, I can't afford to spend that kind of money on a graphics card (to upgrade to a 8800 on that Mesh PC Will Smith linked to adds £330), which is far too much for a budget of £6-700.

Also, I can't choose 7x00 cards from companies like Dell or Mesh, as they don't offer them.

Are any new cards likely to be announced soon? I can hold back on ordering a short while, but i'll need the computer by the beginning of October.

try another site, like komplett.co.uk, or pcspecialist.

i know for certain you can get 7900s from those.

[retired_cherylweston]

and without 64bit vista, you'll only get 3gig of ram.

[retired_shean]

Originally posted by Hell Hath No Fury:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Insanemadman:
The problem is, I can't afford to spend that kind of money on a graphics card (to upgrade to a 8800 on that Mesh PC Will Smith linked to adds £330), which is far too much for a budget of £6-700.

Also, I can't choose 7x00 cards from companies like Dell or Mesh, as they don't offer them.

Are any new cards likely to be announced soon? I can hold back on ordering a short while, but i'll need the computer by the beginning of October.

try another site, like komplett.co.uk, or pcspecialist.

i know for certain you can get 7900s from those. </BLOCKQUOTE>

I couldn't see any on komplett, but could on pcspecialist.

Prices are so much more on those sites, for example, a nearly identical computer to the one in the first post is £100 more on pcspecialist, even with the same graphics card, £120 more with a 7900GS.

It would be cheaper just to buy the Dell PC and fit a 7900GS myself, but i'd feel a bit annoyed at spending £70 or so for such a relatively small upgrade.

Thinking of getting a Dell (still not sure which of the two is a better system for the money) and replace the card after 9 months or so when prices have dropped, allowing me to get a 8800 (or a new card) for quite a bit less than they cost now, and when proper DX10 games are out.

Any flaws in that plan?

[retired_shean]

Just looked and you can select the 8600GTS on the quad-core system for no extra cost, an extra difference between the two.

[marynot]

http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/426/