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Elspode · 09-28-2003, 01:07 AM

Oh...and if you actually wanted something useful in the way of commentary, Sam's Club here has a pretty decent spec-wise E-Machines tower for around $600.00. Biggest drawbacks are the embedded audio and video w/shared memory, but if you aren't a fanatical gamer, there's a lot of performance for a reasonable price, assuming you don't need a monitor, speakers or a printer. 2 gig+ CPU, nice big HD, lots of RAM...

I know a lot of people look down their noses at off the shelf machines, but I've had to buy a couple lately for on-a-budget people and business, and I've been pretty impressed with how well they perform. Haven't really pushed them with a big 3D based game or anything, but I'm betting they'd do as well as anything I own, and probably better since all I've got is a 1 gig machine with 256 megs and a 32 meg vid card.

09-28-2003, 01:07 AM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Oh...and if you actually wanted something useful in the way of commentary, Sam's Club here has a pretty decent spec-wise E-Machines tower for around $600.00. Biggest drawbacks are the embedded audio and video w/shared memory, but if you aren't a fanatical gamer, there's a lot of performance for a reasonable price, assuming you don't need a monitor, speakers or a printer. 2 gig+ CPU, nice big HD, lots of RAM... I know a lot of people look down their noses at off the shelf machines, but I've had to buy a couple lately for on-a-budget people and business, and I've been pretty impressed with how well they perform. Haven't really pushed them with a big 3D based game or anything, but I'm betting they'd do as well as anything I own, and probably better since all I've got is a 1 gig machine with 256 megs and a 32 meg vid card. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog