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April 12th, 2005 19:00

XPS 4

I'm looking to upgrade my computer to the XPS 4, is this a great computer for the extreme gamer? I also do alot of photoshop work


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April 12th, 2005 20:00

Unless you want to wait just a little while, when the Gen 5 comes out, perhaps this month with dual-core....

 
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Message Edited by SR45 on 04-12-2005 04:08 PM

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April 12th, 2005 23:00

Get the Gen4 if you are a gamer.  The dual core CPU's will run games slower. 

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April 13th, 2005 09:00

I have a souped Gen 3 - a lot of money, but very stable and runs even the most graphics intensive games very smoothly. HL2 with max graphics and all the lighting effects, mmmmm............ :smileyhappy:

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April 13th, 2005 12:00

omnibeing

Sorry to deviate from this thread topic a bit.

Could u plz tell me your system specs and wot graphics card driver u are using?

I am having some probs with HL2 crashing wit the latest ATI graphics drivers.

I went back to catalyst 4.12 and all is well again.

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April 13th, 2005 13:00



@Daddyjaxx wrote:
Get the Gen4 if you are a gamer.  The dual core CPU's will run games slower. 



This is true for now, until games become multithreaded, instead of single threaded, and those with dual core will see a difference
 

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April 13th, 2005 14:00

Sorry!

 

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I've never had any probs with HL2, even with the catalyst centre. Got rid of it recently tho, and now run jus the latest drivers from ATI without the catalyst software- it slowed everything down. Removing it increased my Aquamark score several thousand when i removed it.

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