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Is this a good gaming computer for 256mb graphic and price at $1377.00?

It includes:
CPU: (Socket AM2) AMD Athlon™64 X2 6000+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
MOTHERBOARD: (Socket AM2)Asus M2R32-MVP AMD 580X Crossfire Chipset DDR800 Dual PCIE SATA RAID MB w/GbLAN, USB2.0, 2xIEEE1394, & 7.1Audio
MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (($30 off Mail-in Rebate) Corsair XMS2 Xtreme Memory w/ Heat Spreader)
VIDEO CARD: ATI RADEON HD 2600 XT 256MB Video Card
VIDEO CARD 2: ATI RADEON HD 2600 XT 256MB Video Card
HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
Optical Drive: LiteOn LH-20A1H 20X Double Layer DVD+-RW Super Allwrite + Lightscribe Technology (Black Color)
Optical Drive 2: LiteOn LH-20A1H 20X Double Layer DVD+-RW Super Allwrite + Lightscribe Technology (Black Color)
Power Supply Upgrade: 600 Watts Power Supplies
Fan: 1 standard fan w/ CoolerMaster Liquid CPU Cooling System (Superior Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dba) and Network:Intel 10/100/1000?

God no!

At that price, you can build a quad-core/Nvidia 8800GTX based system that is 4 times as powerful.

And please don't say "I can't build one!"

It's so easy, even a monkey could do it- I mean do you really think the people putting together Dell/Compaq/HP computers on an assembly line are skilled workers? Not a chance, they're just cheap labor.

There are tons of instructional videos on youtube, and great help forums at anandtech.com and tomshardware.com. Or email me.

Is that PC from Cyber PC or something?

The AMD processors are great if you're on an extreme budget build, but they have no place in a $1400 gaming machine.

This is a basic parts list from newegg.com, which is undoubtedly the best place in the world to buy parts/build your PC from.

$309 - Intel Q6600 quad-core

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017

$479 - Nvidia 8800GTX

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127281

$130 - Gigabyte P35 Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128050

$80 - 2gb kit of DDR2 RAM
$30 - DVD burner
$80 - Seagate 320gb SATA hard drive
$115 - Corsair PSU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139001

$130 - Lian Li full aluminum case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112069

That's about the same price for a superior machine with name brand, top-tier everything.

Here's a chart showing the Q6600 vs the 6000 X2.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=921&model2=871&chart=422

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=921&model2=871&chart=425

They may look close, but you have to remember that all the new games coming (Crysis, Alan Wake, etc) are multi-threaded, meaning they can utilize all 4-cores in a quad core CPU.
This benchmark really shows the power of the Q6600, it's almost twice as fast at encoding video than the 6000:

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=921&model2=871&chart=432

As for the two 2600xt's....well, they're just about bottome of the barrel. Here is the 8800gtx VS 2600xt (look at the blue lines):

http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=858&model2=706&chart=278

http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=858&model2=706&chart=297

Overall gaming:

http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=858&model2=706&chart=318

As you can see, the 2600xt can barely play current games at decent resolutions, let alone next gen games (and using two won't make much of a difference).

The general rule is you only use two cards (SLi or CrossFire) when you're using two, high-end cards. What's the point of having two low-end cards when a single mid-to-high end cards can outperform them? There isn't.

 

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