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February 24th, 2005 04:00
Dimension 8400
Hi,
I'm planning to buy a gaming machine and want it within $1000. Please suggest if DELL Dimension 8400 is a good option. As per
www.dell.com, the specifications of Dimension 8400 are ...
Dimension 8400
Cutting Edge Technology
I need a good graphic card, atleast GeForce 4 (128MB)
Sound card Sound Blaster
Please suggest, should I buy this machine ?
-- Ady Kings
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Daddyjaxx
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February 24th, 2005 12:00
pparks1
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February 24th, 2005 13:00
leobracrl
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February 24th, 2005 17:00
I just purchased a great dell gaming machine for 1122.00. Dimension 8400
P4 3.2 ghz Processor with HT
1 gb ram
Windows XP home
256mb geforce 6800
160 gb hard drive
dvd/cdrw
1 year warranty
soundblaster live 24bit.
Great gaming computer...FPS ranks up there with the best machines on the market...the only think that would have made it better would have been to get the 6800 Ultra but financially that wasn't possible...I highly recommend this machine and with a little tweaking you could be right at 1000.00
herb366
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February 24th, 2005 21:00
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Daddyjaxx
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February 25th, 2005 20:00
CastleBravo
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February 25th, 2005 20:00
3.0 GHz/1GB RAM/6600 GT or 6800 should be your minimum features. You can always upgrade to a faster CPU and graphics card later if you need them, but these specs would serve you very well.
Note that if your main concern is gaming peformance, Intel Pentium 4 processors perform terribly compared to similarly priced AMD Athlon 64 processors, which Dell doesn't offer. A $1,200 P4 3.46EE processor can't consistently beat Athlon 64 processors that cost 1/2-1/3 as much.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2261&p=13
Bottom line is that Intel processors are not the best choice for gaming. The Athlon 64 and Athlon FX64 processors beat them to a pulp.
Message Edited by CastleBravo on 02-25-2005 04:10 PM
adyking
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February 28th, 2005 00:00
Dang!!
You guys have great machines. Man! my machine s@cks! I got Intel pentium 4 2.4GHz with 256 MB DDR RAM, Graphics card 128MB Geforce 4 (MSI - IT S@CKS BIG TIME!!), Sound blaster Live! Value 5.1, Intel motherboard. I hate my machine :smileymad:
Message Edited by adyking on 02-27-2005 08:16 PM
bob350
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February 28th, 2005 03:00
Howdy
I bought a refubished 8400 with a 6800gto-1 gig of ram-cd burner & dvd rom- audigy something card. & a 3 year warranty for $1200.
Just started playing Far Cry with everything on high, that resource hog Norton 2005 running, & on line to a walkthrough. Everything runs great.
Just so you know, the Dell 6800gto is crippled only 12 pipelines & 5 vertizes ( ? spelling) runs at 350/900.
However many people have very good results using Rivatuner on this card:smileywink:
Bob
adyking
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February 28th, 2005 03:00
You guys are awesome lol.
My Vid card MSI 128MB GeForce 4 wont play Simcity 4 and Thief 4 Deadly Shadows. I LUV those games, but argh my Vid card dont support it :smileysad:
msblue0716
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May 24th, 2005 20:00
I just purchased a refurbished 8400 with p4 3.0 ghz 800fsb and 1gb ddr2 sdram and 256mb nvidia geforce 6800 250gb hard drive and it costs 904.00 dollars. i bought a system last week that I had to send back so let's just hope that this one is better. I will be playing the sims 2 on this machine so I hope that it works great. it was a great price. someone told me once that refurbished doesn't mean old, so maybe you might want to look at a refurbished machine if you are looking at purchasing one in a reasonable price.