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Intel i3 Ivy Raid" Intel Core i3 3220 Ivybridge Dual Core Gaming System
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB £55.99
NO OPERATING SYSTEM £0.00
Seagate Barracuda 2TB £79.99
No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost) £0.00
HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB Graphics Card £161.99
VAT and shipping Total : £555.60
+ £50 for the cheapest i5 and maybe another £20 for the cooler, making it £625
That's without an SSD - a better all round system considering the £600 budget? Could probably get the GTX 660 for only £8 more, a toss up really, I don't really know what games he likes to play - which is always the question that's asked, but I don't think it really applies here, as we're not watching frame rates, and the 10% diff in games between cards probably won't come into affect due to the res. I did get a HD7950 myself recently, and been playing batman arkham asylum at 2560x1600, I turned on physx, and it murdered the card. When I turned it off it was fine, but could see a lot of "missing" stuff when rebenching.
On Nvidia cards, what's the performance impact of having physx switched on? I wonder if he'll get similar performance in games with the 660 and physix on as opposed to the hd 7850 without physx
I suppose the toss up is i3 and an SSD and standard cooler, or i5 and no ssd but better cooler and (better?) nvidia card.
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB £55.99
NO OPERATING SYSTEM £0.00
Seagate Barracuda 2TB £79.99
No Second Hard Drive Option (ZERO Cost) £0.00
HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB Graphics Card £161.99
VAT and shipping Total : £555.60
+ £50 for the cheapest i5 and maybe another £20 for the cooler, making it £625
That's without an SSD - a better all round system considering the £600 budget? Could probably get the GTX 660 for only £8 more, a toss up really, I don't really know what games he likes to play - which is always the question that's asked, but I don't think it really applies here, as we're not watching frame rates, and the 10% diff in games between cards probably won't come into affect due to the res. I did get a HD7950 myself recently, and been playing batman arkham asylum at 2560x1600, I turned on physx, and it murdered the card. When I turned it off it was fine, but could see a lot of "missing" stuff when rebenching.
On Nvidia cards, what's the performance impact of having physx switched on? I wonder if he'll get similar performance in games with the 660 and physix on as opposed to the hd 7850 without physx
I suppose the toss up is i3 and an SSD and standard cooler, or i5 and no ssd but better cooler and (better?) nvidia card.
