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ChickenInferno · 08-15-09

The recertified stuff is ussually fine (30 day return/refund period on newegg). Ussually the waranties are very short though (90 days)

BubbaJim · 08-15-09

After reading some reviews on Newegg of customers' experiences with the recertified gtx 285, I think I will avoid it. I don't know why I'm so tempted to get the gtx 285. If I spend forty dollars less on the case and get a haf 922, I can afford the 285. I know its a question of opinion more than a factual answer, but what would you do, haf 922 with gtx 285, or haf 932 with gtx 275?

Thanks again

ChickenInferno · 08-15-09

First point - Don't trust newegg reviews. The vast majority of people don't know how to use the hardware and blame it and give up before figuring out what they are doing wrong.

Second point - The HAF 922 is a mid tower case. If you don't mind that, then it's fine. I would personally just get the GTX 275, because there isn't that much difference and there is a pretty big difference in price.

BubbaJim · 08-16-09

Sorry to keep this thread going, but since I won't be upgrading for a while after this one, I really don't want any buyer's remorse. I just read a review over at AnandTech (http://www.anandtech.com/video/showd...=3539&p=1)that showed the 4890 basically on par with the 285 in a majority of games, and in some it beat it. The only times it loses its lead is at 2560 x 1600. At the same price point as the 275 is this a better deal?

EDIT: I know its a review at Newegg, but someone said they had driver issues with ATI Catalyst and Windows 7. This review was a little while back, does anyone know if its been fixed?

Thanks again you guys are awesome!

mickmania · 08-16-09

the pc looks great, but hold off on the video card. On September 10 ATI is release the 5800 series.

ChickenInferno · 08-16-09

The Catalyst issue is (last that I heard) mostly fixed and a new version of catalyst was actually leaked today to fix alot of the problems.

For ATI fans, they will say the 4890 is the obvious choice. For NVIDIA fans, they will say that the GTX 275/285 directly compete with the 4890 and that the GTX 275/285 also have CUDA which allows you to run proccesses on your graphics card that would normally run slow on your CPU and also it has PhysX, which is used more than ATI's physics proccessing called Havok.

In my opinion, either is a great card and will definitly suit you well, but I am an NVIDIA fan so I tend to stick with the NVIDIA cards.

BubbaJim · 08-16-09

Hmm well that CUDA feature sounds very appealing. I think I'll stick with Nvidia. Also do we have any knowledge of a price point of the 5800 series and gtx 300 series? I imagine they're going to be expensive. So I might just go with a graphics card now unless those new cards are going to be good bang for the buck.

Thanks again

ChickenInferno · 08-16-09

Ussually, the new ATI cards are arounr $350 and it will play DX11 (new technology), but ussually they don't play the new directX very well. The second generation of cards ussually dominates it.

The first Nvidia card (no details out yet) won't be released until october IIRC and it will probablly be $500 and there might be a $350 version. Again the second generation of cards for DX11 will dominate it.

The 4890 or the GTX 275 would be a great bang for the buck. The GTX 285 is a little overpriced because DX 11 is coming out and who would pay that much for a GPU when it's going to be technically outdated in less than a month.

BubbaJim · 08-16-09

At the moment I could do either a single Caviar Black 640gb, or would I be better off getting two cheaper/smaller hdds and putting them in raid? Because at the moment I only use about 200gbs of hard drive space in total. Also what is cache? Does it play a factor in hdd performance?

Thanks again

razr7 · 08-16-09

awesome pc man.

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