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X30pilot
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Location: Plano, TX -USA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		I am thinking about buying a new computer before the end of the year. My old Gateway will run the older version of Reflex, but not XTR. So what machine should I buy that does all the usual computer stuff but will offer me the most trouble free operation with XTR?

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X-30
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coolice
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Location: Northamptonshire, England

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Hey,

The best option is to go for the best you can afford without breaking the bank. If your going to use the PC for other tasks as well as the Reflex you wont be spending money for nothing.

As to a basic spec to go by as a minimum I'd say :

- Pentium 4 3.0 ghz+ perhaps even "64 Bit" (Intel or AMD Athlon)
- 256mb Graphics card, ATI or Radion are some of the best
- 512mb RAM (most stores now bundle 1024mb as it's cheap, go for the fastest accessing ram you can. They do have different speeds, all within miliseconds of one another but with graphics the faster the better)
- Hard Drive space not really improtant, but any new machine don't accept any less than 80Gb.

I'm using an Intel P4 2.8Ghz with a Radion256mb DDR graphics card & 1Mb of DDR Ram and it runs Reflex great, all under Windwos XP PRO.
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Ian Contessa
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SkateFreak
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Location: Cambs UK/Luton

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		coolice...
Thats scary....
I'm running a practically identicall set lol!
Had this for way to long... need to upgrade...
But it still runs Counter Strike and XTR....
For some reason all PC upgrades get defured to helicopter bit's *sighs*
Gone are the days i could keep up with all this "Quake 4" Shizz *shrugs*

Oh well... I'll jst be a bitter old man with me helis *grins*

-Jvr

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coolice
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Location: Northamptonshire, England

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Hey,

I to have been running this PC setup for sometime now, I've built & sold better ones to others than what I am running

But it works well for me still and so I'm happy, I use mine for CAD in the day and other dutys like Reflex & games later on.

I am yet to see one of the top 64 bit PC's running XP 64 bit to really see if you get a boost in performance running XTR or not.
A lot of it, as with games to still comes down to the graphics card I think more than the main CPU as long as it's of reasonable speed.
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Ian Contessa
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AlanR8
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Location: Saddleworth near Manchester (UK)

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		I'm running a brand new Dell 8100 P4 3.2 with a Radeon X600 PCI Express card and I get in excess of 200 FPS in Reflex. Very impressed! I don't run games but my sons do and they report it's a good gaming machine as well.

A tip if you're buying Dell in the UK.

Price it up on the Net and save the order. Then phone them. They can retrieve the order and you can negotiate! By default, the Net order will add the 3 year warranty, the thing will be in the bin by then, and if you don't ask you won't get! I asked for a further discount and got another £60 knocked off and I just ordered another for a friend, got £50 knocked off and because it came with a free printer got a spare set of cartridges as well!

Alan
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X30pilot
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Location: Plano, TX -USA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Gentlemen,

Thanks for the input! I’ll take a look at the Dell and see what kind of price I can get here.

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X-30
12-20-2005 Over year old.
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coolice
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Location: Northamptonshire, England

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Hey,

The only thing I have against Dell is the fact from then on you are stuck with Dell approved parts, also 9 times out of ten nothing else will fit in their nice looking case's.

Read what is offered in the package carefully, as even though they show good prices on the TV for what you appear to be getting they are saving money elsewhere.
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Ian Contessa
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Want2Fly
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Location: Denton, TX

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		X30pilot,

I am using an HP Pavilion ZD8000 and before I had this one I had a ZD7000. Both of them run G3 and Reflex VERY nice. It has the big screen and a 256 Nvidia GeForce FX 5600 or ATI Radeon, depending on which one you get. This laptop will do just about anything.

I did not get mine at BestBuy, but they do stock them and have a pretty good price on them.

Mike
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X30pilot
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Location: Plano, TX -USA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Mike,

Thanks for the input. I'll look at HPs
PM me, we'll go flying.

X-30
12-21-2005 Over year old.
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