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lol thats so s**t even 10 years ago you would be due for a big upgrade.

not a gamer... don't care!

Depends on the resolution you're gaming at.

If you're gaming on less than 1080p, i.e., 1680x1050 or 1600x900, you're not likely to see an appreciable difference. As long as you can get a steady 50 fps or so, your eyes won't really be able to tell the difference.

At 1080p and above, it becomes more apparent. Similarly, if you are using nVidia Surround Vision or AMDs Eyefinity technology, you'll need more graphics horsepower to push that many pixels. Same goes for 3D gaming.

Max Payne 3 will make more use of a high-end card than Diablo 3 will. Diablo 3 has a graphics engine that is built to scale well from low-end machines to the high-end. Even if you're running a 30", 2560x1600 display, a GTX 580 is overkill for Diablo III.

I run at 1680x1500 so would a GTX 680 be a good upgrade for maxpayne 3?

SSSSWeet!

No. In my opinion, it would be a waste of $500. What framerates are you getting now with your 460s?

In Battlefeild 3 I get about 40 FPS in heavy combat somtimes it dips down to the 20's. I don't have max payne 3 installed becuase that game unlocks in two weeks.
My main problem I'm having right now is the computer dosen't always boot up so im thinking its my motherboard so I'm eyeing down http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... CatId=6976 or any Z77 from Asus I do not turst Giabyte they make BS motherboards or even an msi motherboard, I want to get the 680 becuase its pci express 3.0 and my cards are only 2.0 but for that I need too get a f*****g ivy cpu inorder too unlock the extra bandwith the 680 holds and from my understanding the 680 is equal to a 590 but if i just used my sandy in a z77 id be getting the same FPS then its not wroth the buy.

HP Pavilion dv7-3085dx Entertainment Notebook PC

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Hardware
Product Name dv7-3085dx
Product Number VM188UA#ABA
Microprocessor 1.60 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
Microprocessor Cache 6MB L2 Cache
Memory 6144MB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
Memory Max 8192MB
Video Graphics Nvidia GeForce GT 230M ( NB10P GE) discrete 1024MB up to 2815MB total graphics memory
Video Memory ith 1024MB dedicated
Hard Drive 500GB (7200RPM)
Multimedia Drive LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
Display 17.3” Diagonal HD+ High-Definition HP LED BrightView Widescreen Display (1600 x 900)
Fax/Modem High speed 56k modem
Network Card Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
Wireless Connectivity

Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN

Sound

Altec Lansing with SRS Premium Sound and Sub-Woofer

Keyboard 101-key compatible with full size keyboard with integrated numeric keypad
Pointing Device Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical scroll Up/Down pad
PC Card Slots 1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)
External Ports

5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0, 4th port shared with eSATA
2 Headphone out
1 microphone-in
HDMI
1 VGA (15-pin)
eSATA + USB 2.0
1 RJ-11 (modem)
1 RJ -45 (LAN)
1 notebook expansion port 3
1 IEEE 1394
irewire (4-pin)
1 Consumer IR (Remote Receiver)

Other Devices

HP Webcam with integrated digital microphone

Dimensions 16.2" (W) x 10.9" (D) x 1.37" (min H)/1.70" (max H)
Weight 7.74 lbs
Security

Kensington MicroSaver lock slot
Power-on password
Accepts 3rd party security lock devices

Power

120W AC Adapter
8-Cell Lithium-Ion battery

What's In The Box HP Mobile Remote Control
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Software
Operating System:
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Security and Support:
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2009 (including 60 days complimentary live update)

HP Help & Support

HP PC Recovery

HP Advisor

HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
Multimedia:
HP MediaSmart

Cyberlink DVD Suite

Adobe Acrobat Reader

HP Games Powered by Wild Tangent
Productivity and Finance:
Microsoft Works

Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student Edition: 60 Day Trial Version
Internet Solutions:
HP Set Up

Microsoft Internet Explorer

i7-920
Asus P6T Deluxe V2
12gb gskill ddr3
2x XFX gtx 285 SLI factory oc
2x300GB Velociraptors (raid1-OS and documents)
2x500GB RE3's (raid 1-games)
Corsair 850TX
Win7 Pro

Cooler Master Stacker 830

It was overclocked to 4ghz but my power supply started having issues from an overheating 12v1 rails on the atx connector and the OC made things worse

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oh yes I also have:

Poweredge 1800
Dual 3ghz HT xeons
2gb ecc reg ddr2-3200
2x WD black 1tb hd's (raid 1)
ubuntu server 10.x 64-bit
^fileserver

DV1000 laptop (upgraded by me)
given to me for free
managed to find matching keyboard at a local electronics shop for $3 to replace the bad one
celeron 1.3 upgraded to pentium M 1.7 I had lying around
512M ddr333 upgraded to 1G 333 from other laptop given to me
30gb hdd upgraded to 120gb WD scorpio blue (also from aformentioned laptop given to me)
XP Pro

I later sold the other laptop (dell P4) for $100. wish I kept the mouse

multimedia pc
gigabyte board I forget model
core 2 duo 6600
2gb ddr2 800
6800 GS 256M
500gb
win7 pro
hooked to 46" samsung lcd tv

Mine is a cobbled together secondhand Dell Dimension 4700 I got off ebay a couple of years ago and added a better graphics card and more RAM to. Not used for gaming beyond old/retro stuff, Football Manager 2011 and casual games so don't need loads and loads of graphical power, and I'm skint so can't justify spending shedloads on it - I just replace bits that kaffle with other cheap reconditioned bits.

3GHz P4 HT
305w power supply (main limiting factor for upgrades)
DVD ROM drive
CD/DVD RW drive
300Gb 7200rpm Western Digital HDD (about to be replaced due to a nasty habit of locking up - some bad spots on there)
external 500gb HDD
Zotac GeForce 9500GT 512mb (about as good as I'm gonna get for the power drain)
Creative Audigy 2
3.5Gb DDR2 RAM
17" Packard Bell LCD monitor (1280x1080)

Running XP Pro, W7 Enterprise, Mint 12.

AMD Phenom II quad 965
4 gig ram
500gig HD
2TB external my book live
ATI 6870
23 in Samsung 2333 lcd
Mint 12


But my favourite bit of tech is my audio streamer Cambridge audio Np30, all my music on the external drive, no god-damn awful MP3', Rotel 1520 amp and my 32 year old AR12 speakers: Sweet Sounds

Main Machine

Code Name: Entropy

AMD Phenom II X2 550 BE unlocked 4 cores running @ 3.2 I think.... been awhile.
8Gb ddr3 1333... again, I think thats what I have, haven't poked around in my case for a few months other than to clean it and replace a toast CPU fan.
2 75Gb Raptors in RAID
1 - 500Gb in machine.
1 - 1Tb green drive in an enclosure
1 - 2Tb green drive in the machine
Gigabyte blah blah board
Some 2Gb nVidia card
Cooler Master HAF 932 (HUGE CASE.. Sooo heavy!)
some kilowatt PSU
Samsung ext dvd-rw


Also have an Asus EEEPC 12.1" netbook. 1.8ghz Atom CPU OC'ed to 2.4ghz installed 8Gb's ram and a 750Gb hdd plus I took the original 250Gb internal drive and stuck it in a slim enclosure.

With the HDMI out I can play BF2 or Sims3 on the bigscreen from a wee tiny netbook. Also good for wardriving with BackTrack5 and the monitor in the back of the van.

Plus the computer in the kitchen, the living room, the garage and one downstairs in the gym....

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Current Desktop 2011:

CPU: Sandy Bridge 2500K @5,089Mhz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100 with 240mm radiator
RAM: 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws CL7
Mobo: 6.7"x6.7" Zotac Z77 ITX WiFi
GPU: ASUS GTX560Ti DircetCUII (need better)
HDD OS: 60GB OCZ Solid III 500MB/s
HDD Storage: 2TB Seagate SATA III
Case: DangerDen Mini ITX LAN Tower
PSU: Silverstone 450W
Monitor: 28" ASUS LED
Mouse: Razer Death Adder Decepticon

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Current Laptop:
Alienware M11X
Core 2 Duo, 2GB Mem, Geforce GT 335m, Name Plate, 11.6" Screen

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Old Desktop 2005
Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2.5GHz OC), ASUS A8N-SLi, 2GB Corsair, 7900GT then 8800GTS, Zalman CNPS 9500AM2, Custom NZXT Nemesis Elite


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I custom cut an AMD logo on the side, made it a window, and put a cathode back there

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Its not about what kind of computer you have.
Its about ____________________

i7 2600k @4.3 ghz+ antec kuhler 620 waterblock
16gb ram @1600mhz
128gb crucial m4 SSD
GTX 570
Asus p8p67 evo
2 TB Seagate barracudas in raid 0
24inch asus monitor
Ubuntu Gnome shell

laptop:
HP dm4 2000ed
i5
6gb ram
ati radeon hd4670
500gb hdd
Ubuntu Gnome Shell

GPU: 560ti @ 950mhz
CPU: 2500k @[email protected]
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz (OC 1866mhz) DDR3, 8gb
MTHERBRD: Gigabyte P67A D3 B3
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 7200rpm, 32mb @ 500gb
SSD: A-Data 510-Series 120gb@550/510mb/s
DVDRW: DVD±RW Samsung 22X
PSU: Cooler Master 600w, 80+ Standard, Modular
CPU-COL: Zalman CNPS10X Performa
FAN: be quiet! SilentWings 120mm Pure 1350rpm (2inhalefront, 1inhalebottom, 1exhaleback, 1exhale CPU-COL)
FAN2: Noctua NF-P14 FLX 140mm 1200rpm (1inhaleside)
FAN3 Fractal Design Silent Series 800rpm (2exhaletop)
CASE: Fractal Design Define R3
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64