460 is best card price/performance wise, but the 6950 is an amazing card as well. Chance on unlock and even pulling ahead of the 570 at higher resolutions. In CF/SLI the 6950 just crushes the 580 SLI even, which is insane, so if you're planning on going CF/SLI in the future and can get your hands on a cheap 6950 it's definitely worth it. But as mentioned earlier, Rift runs better on Nvidia and it does not like dual card setups.
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/review...ty-vs-sli.html
both the builds run up close to 850 for shipping to where i live so you figer both of those are better then the ones i posted from futureshop ? i know building is better but is it 150$+ better if i can just drive to the store and get it XD
*Facedesk* Alright, I'll paste the same thing from iBuyPower... /sigh
I got halfway through and gave up. It was about $50 more on iBuyPower for the SandyBridge platform.
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http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Gamer...n_E710/w/62868
Hm, I'll dick with the CyberPower one. Not bothering with iBUYPOWER.
If its only 50$ more I'm sure he could live with that :P
http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/4916...ery-win-7-prem
Just saw this, it looks good other than the crap screen it seems.
# $300 off with code 8GHR80Q1PLLCF7
# $100 off with code QFSNKXG0P1S1BK
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550 should ~ desktop 450 GTS
ah haha k sory for all your trouble im just super newb at shit like this XD
Holy deal batman! Does he want a laptop though? I hope I haven't been posting desktop setups just to have overlooked something...
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/saved/1D4TYE
Anywhoo, that's with a 2300, I dropped back off the 460 because there is NO way that he's going to get both. The 450 isn't awful, I actually adore the little thing.
and not interested in a laptop ayako
core i5 2500k
gigabyte p67-ud3p
corsair 4gb ddr3 vengeance
antec 100
antec truepower 650w
gigabyte 6950 2gb (or 5870)
scythe mugen rev.b
640gb western digital caviar black
thats about 1000$ at newegg.com
but you will have to put the pieces together and get a OS
will run Rift at 60fps with everything over ultra (shadow on, but probably not supersample)
Still, I want to know what resolution he plays at. It might help...
Not sure if they ship to Canada, but ecollegepc is pretty good too. Did a quick config on there (don't think I can post links yet...) AMD II X4 645, Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 mobo, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, GTX 460, 650W Antec Earthwatts PSU, comes out to around $749
@tetrisgoat i play on a laptop atm i have a 19inch monitor in a box lol so im not shure what resolution id be playing on
hah just to clear this up i WILL NOT be getting a laptop