Poll: Your computer

[Max_A_Buck]

This is all a bunch of garbily gook to me. But I know my computer's got lights on it so it must be good.

I don't even know what the hell a Duo and Quad are. Do they have something to do with 2 (Duo) and 4 (Quad) of something?

Duo and Quad are terms used by Intel, a processor manufacturer. They have the Core 2 Duo (dual/2 core) and Core 2 Quad (quad/4 core). Gone are the days of single core processors.

 

[crepesack]

intel pentium d820 processor (2.8ghz, overclocked to 3.4)
9400gt nvidia gpu (might upgrade to 8400gtx)
144GB HDD
1GB RAM
Windows XP

Upgrading heatsink and PSU from 375watt to 500watt.

 

[Mcface]

I have quad, and often have to handicap it to duo just to play many games.
So I generally get half of my power when playing most games (anything older than a year really)

Your computer is wrong.

Uh no. Games like Witcher, Sacred, (fallout 3 in many cases) all have the same problem, with a lot of PCs.

 

[MrTub]

I havent noticed any problems with my quad while playing old games.

 

[inflamessoilwork]

Dual cores are typically better for gaming because most games utilize 2 cores max, so if you have a high clock speed duo against a slightly slower quad, the duo should outperform in gaming (IN THEORY)

 

[MrTub]

Dual cores are typically better for gaming because most games utilize 2 cores max, so if you have a high clock speed duo against a slightly slower quad, the duo should outperform in gaming (IN THEORY)

Yea thats true unless the game supports quad.. then the quad would perfom better.. but sadly there arent so many games that supports it

 

[inflamessoilwork]

Dual cores are typically better for gaming because most games utilize 2 cores max, so if you have a high clock speed duo against a slightly slower quad, the duo should outperform in gaming (IN THEORY)

Yea thats true unless the game supports quad.. then the quad would perfom better.. but sadly there arent so many games that supports it

Yeah, but I would go with quad anyways simply for MUCH better multitasking abilities

 

[Nibsy]

Dell Inspiron 1525 Laptop

CPU: Core 2 Duo T6400 @ 2.0Ghz
RAM: 3gb 667mhz DDR2
HDD: 320Gb 5400RPM
GPU: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 (GM965 Chipset)
OS: Windows 7 RTM
Monitor: 15.4" Laptop Screen, 1280x800 native res.

Paid AU$1100 for it in March.

Plays most Source games and The Sims 3, and has pretty lights above the keyboard, so I'm happy.

 

[MrTub]

Dual cores are typically better for gaming because most games utilize 2 cores max, so if you have a high clock speed duo against a slightly slower quad, the duo should outperform in gaming (IN THEORY)

Yea thats true unless the game supports quad.. then the quad would perfom better.. but sadly there arent so many games that supports it

Yeah, but I would go with quad anyways simply for MUCH better multitasking abilities

yep I bought a quad.. kinda bought it also for the "future" when all new games support quad it will be kinda worth it imo

 

[Emilin_Rose]

dell laptop. 1 screen. 1 keyboard - the 6 key, which fell off. 1 disk drive. 4 usb ports. 2 headphone jacks, 1 microphone jack, and a place for the power cord to connect to.

Honestly i have no idea what duo and quad mean. I only found interest in pc games from so far back that i have to scour the internet for something that will make them work for vista.

 

[inflamessoilwork]

Dual cores are typically better for gaming because most games utilize 2 cores max, so if you have a high clock speed duo against a slightly slower quad, the duo should outperform in gaming (IN THEORY)

Yea thats true unless the game supports quad.. then the quad would perfom better.. but sadly there arent so many games that supports it

Yeah, but I would go with quad anyways simply for MUCH better multitasking abilities

yep I bought a quad.. kinda bought it also for the "future" when all new games support quad it will be kinda worth it imo

Same here, I will soon be upgrading to a Phenom II 955, price on newegg is under $200, not bad for a 3.2 Ghz Black edition quad

 

[MrTub]

damn mine cost around 2500swedish kr which is around 350$? and bought it for about a year ago and its only 2,88ghz

 

[Kruxxor]

- My computer -
Grafic card: Radeon 4500hd
processor: Intel quad 2,83ghz
ram: 4gb
hdd: 1x 500gb & 2x 250gb
OS: Vista ultimate (loving it. No flame please )

its about a year old and costed me 8000kr ($1135)

So Im woundering what kind of stuff you got in your beloved computer and why you choose it and what did you pay for it? and how old is it?

Last thing.. What do you prefer for gaming Quad or Duo?

OS : Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 (build 2600)

Processor : 2.85 gigahertz Intel Core2 Quad Q9550

HDD : 720.15 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity

RAM : 2048 Megabytes Installed Memory

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT x2 (Yes, I have 2 graphics cards installed)

I bought this PC about a year and a half ago, cost me a little over £800

I chose this PC because I wanted to use it for gaming. And I wanted it to last me a few years, so far, it runs Crysis on high which makes me happy. Hopefully it's still got a few years in it yet before it gets outclassed by a game.

I am unable to comment about the quad / duo question because i've never owned a duo machine, my machine before this one was a 1.5GHZ machine with 128 graphics card (not a good one at that) and only 1GB of RAM. The one before that was a 333mhz PC which speicifications I can't remember.

 

[Eleuthera]

I got this about 2 months ago for just over 1000 euros (~$1300,-)

GPU: (PCIe) Sapphire HD4870
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit + Voucher
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 945
TFT-Monitor: LG W2261VP-PF
Power: Sharkoon SilentStorm CM SHA660-135A 660 Watt
Case: Procase Zirco AX
DVD-burner: LG GH-22NS30
Case-fan: Arctic-Cooling AF12025L
Motherboard: ASRock M3A780GXH/128M
HD: (SATA) Western Digital WD1001FALS
Memory: Buffalo 4 GB DDR3-1333 Kit

 

[sirdanrhodes]

Am building a computer, will have Quad Core soon.

 

[AhumbleKnight]

i7
3 gig of DDR 3 (to be upgraded in times to come)
gForce 9800 GTX 1gig DDR3 (to be upgraded when needed)

I built this machine to be a very good machine with limited upgrading required in the years to come.

 

[Spitfire175]

3,2 quad, Rareon HD 4800 2x, 8gb ddr 5 RAM, 2x 1TB hard drive, Vista 32 bit & ulitmate.
Cost me a fortune, but it's worth it.