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Ikaros
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 Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:48 am Post subject: FX530 Desktop & Nvidia 8800 now offered! |
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Gateway finally just added upgrade options on their FX530 desktops for
Nvidia 8800 GTX 768MB ($600) and GTS 360MB ($300). In case you are not
familiar with these cards they are DirectX 10 ready which is cool for
Windows Vista and future DX10 games. In product reviews I've read a single
8800GTX vastly outperformed the best ATI CrossFire dual card solution.
Does anyone here own a FX530? I am wondering how they are for gaming. I like
the fact that they have a 700 watt power supply. I am getting ready to
purchase a new computer for 3D first person shooter gaming.
Before Gateway started offering the 8800 today my only other PC to consider
is the Dell XPS 410 with the 768MB Nvidia 8800 GTX. By the way, the 410 has
a 375 watt power supply. Now it's a matter of most bang for the buck and
people's opinions here!
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Bill
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: FX530 Desktop & Nvidia 8800 now offered! |
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"Ikaros" <snmavronis@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:na-dnbkJPuqbWIPbnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@comcast.com...
| Quote: | Gateway finally just added upgrade options on their FX530 desktops for
Nvidia 8800 GTX 768MB ($600) and GTS 360MB ($300). In case you are not
familiar with these cards they are DirectX 10 ready which is cool for
Windows Vista and future DX10 games. In product reviews I've read a single
8800GTX vastly outperformed the best ATI CrossFire dual card solution.
Does anyone here own a FX530? I am wondering how they are for gaming. I
like the fact that they have a 700 watt power supply. I am getting ready
to purchase a new computer for 3D first person shooter gaming.
Before Gateway started offering the 8800 today my only other PC to
consider is the Dell XPS 410 with the 768MB Nvidia 8800 GTX. By the way,
the 410 has a 375 watt power supply. Now it's a matter of most bang for
the buck and people's opinions here!
Steve
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Looking at one of the 530 myself...much better than the Dell XP410 as you
say. The power supply for one and I found out the mother board cannot
upgrade to quad pros like the Gateway mother boards.
I currently have a Dell8400 almost three years and a Gateway laptop on a
wireless network. The CPU upgrade path on the Gateway makes it more
attractive at a better price. I also read somewhere Intel has some CPU price
cuts coming in a week or tow so I will hold off and see what happens at
Gateway
Bill |
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Ikaros
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| Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:45 am Post subject: Re: FX530 Desktop & Nvidia 8800 now offered! |
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Just saw on the Gateway pages for the FX530 today that they are advertiseing
the Nvidia 8800 GTX and GTS as "Factory Overclocked"! Here is what I'm
thinking of ordering at the end of next week, when I get paid some overtime
I earned to go with my tax refund:
- Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit)
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6600 (2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 4MB
cache, non-HT)
- Motherboard: Intel 975X Chipset with DDR2 and Intel Core Duo support
- Memory: 2048MB 667MHz Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2-1024MB modules)
- Hard Drive: 500GB 7200rpm Serial ATA II/300 hard drive w/8MB cache
(2-250GB hard drives)
- Optical Drive: 48x/32x/48x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
- Optical Drive: 16x Double-Layer Multi-Format DVD Writer
DVD+-/R+-RW/CD-R/RW
- Video: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX w/768MB, Dual DVI-I Dual link TV Out
(Factory Overclocked)
- Sound: Sound Blaster X-FI PCI Card
- Speakers: Logitech X-230 2.1 32 watt Speakers
- Media Card Reader: 9-in-1 Memory Card Reader
- Network: Integrated Intel 10/100/1000 (Gigabit) Ethernet
- Power Supply: 700-Watt Power Supply
- Chassis: Gateway 7-bay BTX tower case
Expansion Slots: (3) PCI Expansion Slots, (1) PCI-E x4 Expansion Slot, (1)
PCI-E x16 Expansion Slot.
- External Ports: (5) USB 2.0 (2 in front and 3 in back), (3) IEEE 1394
Firewire (2 in front and 1 in back), (2) PS/2, (1) Microphone, front audio
ports
- TV Tuner: TV Tuner Asus/ViXS Combo-210E NTSC/ATSC
- TV Tuner Accessories: Remote Control for TV Tuner
- Keyboard: Gateway Elite Multimedia Keyboard (might replace this with
Microsoft or Logitech)
- Mouse: Logitech MX-518 Gaming Grade Optical Mouse
- Monitor: Gateway 22" Widescreen High-Definition LCD Display
- Warranty: 3 Year Value Plan
"Bill" <bill@home.com> wrote in message
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"Ikaros" <snmavronis@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:na-dnbkJPuqbWIPbnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@comcast.com...
Gateway finally just added upgrade options on their FX530 desktops for
Nvidia 8800 GTX 768MB ($600) and GTS 360MB ($300). In case you are not
familiar with these cards they are DirectX 10 ready which is cool for
Windows Vista and future DX10 games. In product reviews I've read a
single 8800GTX vastly outperformed the best ATI CrossFire dual card
solution.
Does anyone here own a FX530? I am wondering how they are for gaming. I
like the fact that they have a 700 watt power supply. I am getting ready
to purchase a new computer for 3D first person shooter gaming.
Before Gateway started offering the 8800 today my only other PC to
consider is the Dell XPS 410 with the 768MB Nvidia 8800 GTX. By the way,
the 410 has a 375 watt power supply. Now it's a matter of most bang for
the buck and people's opinions here!
Steve
Looking at one of the 530 myself...much better than the Dell XP410 as you
say. The power supply for one and I found out the mother board cannot
upgrade to quad pros like the Gateway mother boards.
I currently have a Dell8400 almost three years and a Gateway laptop on a
wireless network. The CPU upgrade path on the Gateway makes it more
attractive at a better price. I also read somewhere Intel has some CPU
price cuts coming in a week or tow so I will hold off and see what happens
at Gateway
Bill
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