LOOK who building gaming PCs now.....

[Arcmanov]

GATEWAY of all people!!!

Their first gaming PC is a real BEAST though, at $4000 US too.
Check it out:  http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/02/08/gateway-goes-gaming/index.html





Look at them wicked specs:

Processor                     Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme quad-core processor QX6700 (2.66GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 2x4MB cache)

Chipset                        Intel® 975X chipset with DDR2 and Intel® CoreTM Duo support

Memory                        2048 MB PC5300 dual-channel DDR2 667MHz SDRAM (2-1024MB modules)

Hard Drive                    300GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA hard drive w/ Raid 0 16 MB Cache (two 150 GB hard drives)

Floppy Drive                 9-in-1 media card reader.

Optical Drive                16x Double-Layer Multi-Format DVD Writer (DVD±/R±RW/CD-R/RW) and 48x/32x/48x CD-RW/DVD combo drive

Case                            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             (6) USB 2.0 (2 front, 4 rear), (3) IEEE 1394 Firewire (2 front, 1 rear), audio ports and (2) PS/2

Video                           Dual Card ATI Radeon® X1950 CrossFireTM solution w/512MB GDDR4 memory DVI w/HDCP, VGA (via adapter) & TV-Out

Network                       Integrated Intel® 10/100/1000 (Gigabit) Ethernet

Integrated Audio          Integrated Intel® 7.1 High Definition audio

PCI Multimedia Card 1 56K PCI data/fax modem


Software

Operating System Genuine Windows VistaTM Home Premium (32-bit)
Additional Software Adobe® Acrobat Reader® 7.0 and Google Toolbar
Standard Software Napster Trial Subscription


Peripherals

Monitor Gateway 24" Widescreen HD Performance LCD Display
Keyboard and Mouse Gateway Elite Multimedia Keyboard and Soft-touch USB optical wheel mouse
Speakers Logitech X-230 2.1 32 watt Speakers


Services

Internet Service Provider Six months America Online® Internet access

[Nephilim]

was looking so good till i see vista, why do on vista (not to mention is not even the 64bit) with 2 gigs that xp doing with 1

[disciple]

lol
cuz vista is the new pony
i'm sure you could prolly get XP if you wanted, but for advertising sake, it'd hurt them if they offered xp off the bat, instead of vista

that and ms prolly have the oem gun to their head  lol

[Nephilim]

LOL @ OEM GUN!!!!

true that eh, but leh meh ask yuh something save for dx10 what are the real benefits of vista to the gaming community as of right now?

[Spazosaurus]

Yeah I read about this in a magasine a while back where they changed the location of thheir base of operations back to where they originally started. Obviously all new machines coming out wil come with Vista. Almost no one anywhere will be selling any new machine with XP still cuz vole simply won't allow it. Where do you think the vast majority of Vista sales will come from? OEM copys on new pc's.

[W1nTry]

If anyone hasn't noticed, Dell hasn't started shipping its 'gaming rigs' aka XPS with Vista and there is a perfectly logical explanation for this, THERE AREN'T ANY GAMES FOR IT YET. Thus I have to agree with the person who said that's the sucky part. Apart from that, there is 1 more thing that doesn't make sense for a Vista gaming rig, its' using DX9 CARDS.... IDIOTS imho.

[Arcmanov]

Same thing I said.  They using DX9 cards, and shipping VISTA!!? 
Yuh DONE know whoever buying that go format tha HDD and install XP (I hope)

[Nephilim]

what i would do (had i acquired one) :

-install xp and throw way vista (since it is home version and 32 bit, why bother with a 32 bit current gen os?)
-hit up another hdd for raid 5 (or another 2 for raid 0 & 1, since raid0 alone is suicide), OR get a BIG external back up
-change the stock cooling if it not sufficient

[W1nTry]

As with many PC sites, couldn't you just SELECT Windows XP as the Operating system INSTEAD of Vista? just a thought...

[TriniXaeno]

makes sense

but why fuss about the 32bit vista? I don't see that many real world advantages for 64bit os over 32bit yet.

Or have I been sleeping on myself?

[TrinireturnofGamez]

4000 USD?  I can build a better one for 2000 . 8800GTX ftw... Though' 'better'' is subjective , i'd get an E6300 and wait for quad core to come down and save cash or something , but it would be better for my and most people's gaming needs.

[Arcmanov]

Good point.  They need to ship that with dual 8800GTX cards instead.

[Beomagi]

makes sense

but why fuss about the 32bit vista? I don't see that many real world advantages for 64bit os over 32bit yet.

Or have I been sleeping on myself?

Only reason I want 64 bit, is 4+ GB memory. still room in 32 bit instruction base for more simd instructions.
64 is still poorly supported, so 32 is fine for now. would be nice if one cd held both. no need for xp is all the games work, and while i'd reformat, i wont get rid of vista. maybe a dual boot for games like cod2 that need open al, but otherwise, if I had that, i'd maintain vista to see how well it's coming along.