# $1700 later.. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 9, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535 "2006-04-09T21:34:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/41 "2006-04-11T08:18:02Z")
anything nvidia ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/42 "2006-04-11T08:37:47Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > anything nvidia Word. For a good card at a reasonable price you could pick up a 6800GT 256mb. ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/43 "2006-04-11T08:37:52Z")
> [@Minglor](#): > > Fetter - Let’s bomb them. > > Emachines are a dump in a box. Awesome. Sounds good. I know I’ve talked a few people that I know that don’t know much about computers that saw an eMachine and said “Wow, that’s a great deal!”. All I had to say to them was “Trust me. I know you won’t be using the computer for a hell of alot other than e-mails homework and maybe music or something. Maybe a simple game or two… but you’d be buying an accident waiting to happen when you get an eMachine.” They ended up getting something else and haven’t had a single problem. ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/44 "2006-04-11T09:34:23Z")
i dont want to spend to much on a card probably $200 would be my limit. also im new to this dual core stuff so how do u get the most out of it? ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/45 "2006-04-11T10:33:37Z")
didn’t read specs of computer just read gateway :sigh: ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/46 "2006-04-11T10:51:49Z")
> [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > Word. For a good card at a reasonable price you could pick up a 6800GT 256mb. He means the 6800GS, basically a faster (overclocked) 6800GT. The latter doesn’t exist anymore, at least on the mainstream market. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/47 "2006-04-11T11:00:09Z")
> [@azndc5er](#): > > The latter doesn’t exist anymore, at least on the mainstream market. Good to know. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/48 "2006-04-11T11:32:19Z")
This is the card I picked up recently,I love it.I couldnt go wrong for the price. > **[SAPPHIRE Radeon X850XT DirectX 9 100106-RD 256MB 256-Bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16...](https://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102483)** > > Buy SAPPHIRE Radeon X850XT DirectX 9 100106-RD 256MB 256-Bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card with fast shipping and top-rated customer service.Once you know, you Newegg! Benchmarks on [tomshardware.com](http://tomshardware.com) speak for themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/49 "2006-04-11T11:44:51Z")
> [@Jon](#): > > This is the card I picked up recently,I love it.I couldnt go wrong for the price. > > [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102483](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102483) > > Benchmarks on [tomshardware.com](http://tomshardware.com) speak for themselves. Thats the card I was going to recommend. For that price, you get a great card… 256-bit, 256MB, PCI-E and its amazing. I’ve put it into a few computers, and it even looks like the price went down! 🙂 Of course, after spending 1700 on a computer… play with it before deciding you need an upgrade. ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/50 "2006-04-11T18:46:56Z")
Nah, it was basically a typo, for whatever reason i read it wrong, and then misinterpreted it. PCI-E \> AGP ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/51 "2006-04-11T20:16:05Z")
my sister has one of thoes emachines and i use to always do stuff on it that my laptop could not do i never had a problem with it or anything. even played half life 2 on it. i think if u take care of any computer it can be fine except for compaq i hate them my family bought one and then returned it a few days later casue it would not boot up right. i tried everything to get it working even updateing the bios and it still wouldnt. ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535/52 "2006-04-11T21:12:27Z")
I would take an e-machine over a gateway ANY day of the week. They are using the same motherboards as Tunerfreak’s brand new gateway,nvida 6100 chipset.How bad can they be? 😉 Not to mention they’ve got a PCIe x16 slot. Same stuff,only thing that changes from model to model is the processors and they add more ram. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1700-later/10535.md?page=2)