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I agree, Intel is the clear leader in performance and has been for 4-5 years. They are slightly more expensive but performance more than makes up for it. an i5 would be a good processor to get. ...
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Recommended reading to get you started:
Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: August 2012
Best Graphics Cards For The Money: September 2012
In 2 years all current cards will be outdated but that...
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Am I reading this right? The cost is not a problem as long as the video card is less than $200 and outperform those $400 cards after 2 years? I failed to see the logic in this. :lol:
For BF3 a...
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Check out my thread I started a few days ago:
https://slickdeals.net/f/5298306-Help-with-my-PC-build?p=53725648#post53725648
Still unsure on the video card, but I'm just gonna use onboard Intel HD...
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Building a new computer system mainly for gaming but also streaming HD if needed. I want to run newer games on the highest setting such as BF3. I was looking at the AMD CPU AMD FX-6100 6 Core AM3+...
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A quick little ATI search on Amazon for Radeon cards that would be suitable for gaming.
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also might want to post what res you play at. you need less power for lower res. be prepared to spend about 300ish for your GPU to max out BF3
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for video cards, wait for a slickdeal in the $150 range. This is the sweet spot in performance/price. This way you can buy anotehr $150 card in 3 years which will be 2x-3x as good as the $500 card...
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Don't prepare yourself to spend $300 on a GPU as suggested by dayv. $200 is a good price point for price/performance ratio. Spending more than that, you really won't notice the difference unless you...
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that's the problem with ANY gaming computer - your not going to be able to avoid it..
might want to list your budget, intended games to play, and what screen resolution / detail settings you want...
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Any technology is replaced over time. If you spent $300 on the Radeon HD 4870 (single GPU) in mid-2008, it would be on par with the $120 HD 7750 in 2012. If you spent $230 on the Core i7-920, it...
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If cost is not a concern, then you're doing it wrong. Intel far exceeds AMD these days as far as CPUs go, and Nvidia is the BF3 performance leader. I'd say go with a i5-3570k with a GTX 660 or GTX...
