Budget Computer Parts Get

[Shuemue]

'sup not putting the search in quotes for the exact phrase, not words

Actually we wanted pages containing those words by relevance, not that exact phrase, so kma.

[Zigma]

stop talking green shit and get the facts straight. Ever since AMD aquired ATi (and even before that) their driver suite has been nothing but great, as a matter of fact, the 7.xx version of their drivers have been the best so far and have given speed boost to almost all the radeon family of cards.

Green shit?

I'm speaking from experience, CCC is fucking garbage.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ati+bl ... =firefox-a

'sup 2 million hits when you search ATI blue screen. Don't even get me started on the Access Violations etc.

The .NET integration blows, there are so many people that can only run their ATI cards by uninstalling CCC and just running the base drivers. So yeah, they work okay as long as you don't need to change any settings.

So now you're contradicting yourself, good job and oh

Results 1 - 10 of about 2,050,000 for nvidia blue screen. (0.22 seconds)
Results 1 - 10 of about 2,100,000 for ati blue screen. (0.10 seconds)

Just about equal if you ask me.

[Shuemue]

How did I contradict myself?

Driver =/= CCC

[Skai]

Thanks for the suggestions guys, appreciate it.

I am such a newb at anything regarding building a desktop. So right before I decide to return my PSU, I found out that it was actually 20+4 pin as I didn't really knew that I could "pop" the extra 4 pin out. Well, either way, it didn't work in the end so I had to return it anyway, lol.

The reason why I chose the 7950GT was because I wasn't really in a hurry to prepare myself for DirectX 10 and I heard that 7950GT was better than 8600. I also chose nVIDIA because I am more familiar with their line of cards.

Again, thanks for the help, but I changed my mind. I am going to buy a laptop instead. While I possess a decent amount of knowledge for desktop building, I have no clue on how to build a laptop. I also understand the fact that building a custom laptop will result in a better laptop than a factory model, but I do not wish to risk breaking any parts in the process of building so I am going to opt for a factory model instead.

Does BG have any good suggestions? Also, if I were to search for one myself, is there anything important I should look out for? What brand should I avoid and which are the reliable ones? Are there certain components that I shouldn't worry too much about? I am more familiar with Intel processors (not laptop processors though) so which type should I look at? Etcetera etcetera.

The main activities I will be using the laptop for are word processing, PhotoShop, watching videos (I am a big fan of fansubbed anime), and FFXI. If I can find a quality laptop that can do all those well then I am content. However, I am fine with not able to play FFXI at top settings. Anything is good.

Once again, I thank BG for the help.