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Becareful of salesmen tryng to sell high end video cards. I have a invidia
g-force 7900 gs and it rates a 5.9 for graphics on my computer I believe 6 is
the best and the video card was only 200 bucks. But the salesmen told me I
needed a 600 dollar one. I was suprised at my proceesor though I have an
intell 2 duo core e6700 and it only rates a 5.5.
zductman
 
Hi,

People are putting way too much stock in those ratings. There is no "cap",
per so, by design it can go higher when newer, higher end hardware is
available. Rather than look at spec's and ratings, see if the machine does
what you want it to do. If it does, then why worry about a number?

By the by, salespeople are supposed to try and get you to buy the most
expensive models. Don't take a lot of stock in one that pushes a specific
product, trust one that asks about how you plan to use it. It would behoove
you to do your own research, then purchase that which suits your needs based
on it. You'll quickly know more than most salesmen.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Here the story I got sick of preloaded computers so i went to frys
electronics to have them build me one. We put the best of everything in it
but it kept shutting off by itself cause the power supply had a thermo safety
on it so i took it back and after two days i went up to check on it and they
werent even working on it so i got pissed and returned the whole thing. 3000
dollar computer.
Then i did exactly that went to the internet and research each individual
componet and went back to frys had them build another that only cost 1800 and
performs just as good as the 3000 one.
Initially the salesmen told me the only graphics that would run areos was a
600 dollar one which raelly ticked me off cause they actually lied or didnt
know their products. My only mistake was putting vista on it. In time vista
will be great but we got about a year for that.
zductman
 
Why let Fry's build it? If you've done the component research, you can put
it together yourself and save the bucks.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Why let Fry's build it? If you've done the component research, you can put
it together yourself and save the bucks.
Click to expand...

Personally I'll probably do the same thing next time.

I can install 5 different operating systems on my computer plus
software.

But don't ask me to do anything "under the hood".

On the other hand, I can determine that a 7200 RRM HDD is slower than
a 10,000 PPM model and I understand you need identical DIMMS for dual
channel RAM...

But I'll let you install if for me if you'd like. ;-)
 
Here the story I got sick of preloaded computers so i went to frys
electronics to have them build me one..............
Click to expand...

I looked all over the service area the last time I was in Fry's cuz
I'd heard they will do custom bulds, but I saw no details whatsoever.
The only price lists were for your typical stuff (install hard drive,
Video card, etc).

Add all that up and it get pretty pricey. Much more than what you
paid.
 
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