I bought an XPS 700 gaming computer, Do you think it will be good when i get it , i sure hope so, do you like?

Question

I bought a XPS 700 from dell. I looked at reviews few. I just want to know it you have 1 and do you think it will be good for hard core gaming. I spend $2800.00, Got Intel core2,
2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz ,
250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/ DataBurst Cache ,
512MB NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX for Dimension XPS 700 ,
Motherboard 7-slot BTX ,
X-Fi PCI Sound Card ,
16X DVD-ROM and 16X DVD+/-RW .
should i wait or take it?



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Answer 1

That machine will rock for current games. My only concern is the GeForce 7800 GTX video card. There is a new Nvidia card (the 8800 series) that supports Microsoft DirectX 10. If you plan on upgrading and gaming on Windows Vista (comes out Jan 30, 2007), then you will need this card (or another that supports DX10, currently it's the only one).

Overall this is a great rig for now, but in just a few months you'll need to buy a new video card. Video cards can be uber expensive (up to $600), so it might be worth the wait.

Answer 2

From what you listed, you are looking at about $1800 worth of hardware, if you built it yourself using the best off-the-shelf parts.

If you are good at hardware, and enjoy doing it yourself, then why not just have a field day at newegg or tiger and build this puppy the way you want it to act and look? Use the saved grand to step this thing into a whole new class if you want.

Dell has pretty much lousy support for the home user, so other than a hardware runaround and non-existent software support that you get when you have problems with this thing, do not put any value on that. It is utterly worthless.

I am not a Dell basher. The hardware quality is reasonable and they work great for institutions and medium to large business, but a home user does not have the time, resources or multi-lingual abilities to handle support calls with this company. Most of us speak ENGLISH in the U.S., and they need to step up their fluency requirements for support people that deal with us. Nuff Said.

The free support available on the web from all of us geeks in the forums will fix just about anything you need for free (advice, anyway), and the big parts vendors like Newegg and Tiger will replace anything that does not work for up to a year with NO RUNAROUND and NO QUESTIONS.

Be more than a user.

Bite the bullet and build it. Then become a Pro.

Answer 3

That system will be Great for gaming. i do recomend building you own in the future as it will save you TONS of $$$. When i compared my pc to the one dell had i saved like $500. But beware that building you own can take time and can be frustrating but in the end it all pays off.

Answer 4

MacBook professional for specific. The processor is quicker to start with and the two.66GHz peaks at 3.33GHz in rapid mode. as nicely, it has a Nvidia’s discrete GeForce GT 330M (subsidized via 256-512MB of RAM), which co-exists alongside the Intel HD pictures processor. in accordance to Apple, the HD pictures engine helps 1080p video, as nicely as having its own rapid strengthen mode (to drop the frequency of the processor middle and will improve that of the pictures middle) and the capacity to get right of entry to as much as one million.7GB of RAM. the better section is that shoppers can swap between Intel’s integrated pictures middle and Nvidia’s discrete pictures chipset with out the could desire to reboot the computer. additionally, you will discover the Macs have a plenty longer battery life than the Dell and the aluminum unibody makes it one not easy computing gadget. Then, too, Macs have an prolonged artwork life and extra useful resale fee sooner or later. yet all of that's the hardware. you could not forget approximately with regards to the convenience, recent protection and reliability of OSX. in case you have not used that OS formerly, it could desire to take some days to override some domicile windows behavior yet as quickly as you spend a while with X you will not even elect to apply domicile windows. of direction you do have that selection on the Mac in case you elect. forget approximately with regards to the incorrect tips from the poster approximately Boot Camp. It helps you to run domicile windows as an area OS with all the attendant applications. in fact it grew to become into discovered to run extra useful on a Mac than on a domicile windows device in accordance to PCWorld and standard Mechanics tests. BTW, you additionally can get a nil.33 occasion application like Fusion or Parallels and run X and 7 in tandem. And there are tens of hundreds of applications for the Mac. That previous delusion of no application is in basic terms that, a delusion. there could be some outstanding classes that it particularly is mandatory to run that are domicile windows in basic terms yet then you definately've the alternative of working that OS if mandatory. yet you will discover Mac apps are written to a strict UI that boosts their usability and with the Unix middle under X there are super applications available. All in all, the MBP is the superb selection.

Answer 5

do yourself a favor....go to www.tigerdirect.com and check their prices...I have almost the same computer (IT ROCKS) and I paid WAY less than HALF that price....do not take my word for it....go look! good luck.

-Doc-