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		<title>PC Specs for gaming and internet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are someone who loves to play games like Fate, Diablo, Law &#38; Order, Chainz, Luxor, Zuma, Mah Jong, etc. and don&#8217;t need anything overly fancy, then you might not be faced with the need of purchasing over-priced gaming machines and any decent configuration should suffice. However if you are a hard-core gamer, who [...]]]></description>
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<p>If you are someone who loves to play games like Fate, Diablo, Law &amp; Order, Chainz, Luxor, Zuma, Mah Jong, etc. and don&#8217;t need anything overly fancy, then you might not be faced with the need of purchasing over-priced gaming machines and any decent configuration should suffice.</p>
<p>However if you are a hard-core gamer, who needs extreme graphics support and high-end configuration then you need to consider many aspects in your gaming PC.</p>
<p>Rendering 3D graphic environments and displaying complex animations requires enormous processor power and memory.</p>
<p>So even though your PC works fine for everyday tasks like e-mail, Web browsing, and playing music, it might not be able to run many of the latest games.</p>
<p>But don’t worry many ways you can tweak your system so it can rise to the challenge.<span id="more-131"></span></p>
<p>For all the diehard net users, a very high-end configuration isn’t really worth the money, and mostly the cost of the PC goes up when you try to upgrade your graphics card, RAM and put-in additional things, that make your system a GAMING PC rather than just a PC!</p>
<p>The internet users may go for a PC net book rather than a desktop or a high-end laptop!</p>
<p>The latest Lennovo net-books and acer-aspire one are surely a viable option, but things vary greatly when it comes down to selecting a gaming PC!</p>
<p>So here&#8217;s what you need to know about your PC before buying a game:</p>
<ul>
<li>The CPU type and speed (for example: AMD Athlon, 2.2GHz)</li>
<li>How much RAM (memory) you have</li>
<li>How much hard disk space is available</li>
<li>Version of Windows XP and upgrade level (like Windows XP Home Edition, SP1 etc…)</li>
<li>Graphics card information</li>
<li>Sound card information</li>
</ul>
<p>The video or graphics card is the most important component of a gaming PC&#8217;s. Some systems use dual SLI (<a href="http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html" target="_blank">NVIDIA</a>) or CrossFire (<a href="http://ati.amd.com/products/home-office.html" target="_blank">ATI</a>) cards, and as the graphics card gets older, it struggles to play the latest PC games at the highest screen resolution and graphics-detail settings.</p>
<p>So while setting out to buy a PC for high-end gaming it’s very much essential to buy the one with the latest graphics card configuration, so that you don’t get outdated in the race pretty soon!</p>
<p>But having said that, unless it has enough RAM (about 2-3GB) to be able to run wholly from it, a gaming computer with a fast processor and a good gaming video card that had a slow hard disk drive, working at only about 5200RPM, would be a hell of a joke!</p>
<p>The midrange video cards, such as those that are built around the ATI Radeon 9600 graphics chip, can all play the latest games, but you won&#8217;t experience the same level of graphical detail as you would with a state-of-the-art card, such as those that are built around ATI&#8217;s Radeon and NVIDIA’s GeForce high-end graphics chips.</p>
<p>For instance, with a Radeon 9600 video card displaying on a 17&#8243; LCD monitor, set to its native resolution of 1280&#215;1024, you would have to turn down the game-detail settings such as the colour depth from 32-bit to 16-bit colour, or possibly switch off the card&#8217;s post processing image enhancement capability.</p>
<p>But none of those restrictions would apply if the video card used a Radeon 9800 XT chip.</p>
<p>Dell&#8217;s XPS systems are supposed to be good in this regard…</p>
<p>AMD Athlon FX&#8217;s are the best gaming CPUs since they are the highest clocked, so try to get the highest one available possibly the FX57, as this category of powerhouse CPU’s have large caches and are multiplier unlocked for preventing over clocking.</p>
<p>You may consider the X2&#8242;s if gaming is not the most important thing to you, but still you need a gaming machine!</p>
<p>However running something complex in the background is something you think you&#8217;d like to do often &amp; if software MPEG trans-coding is important to you then surely it’s a good choice, not to mention the recent GPUs helping out everyone in the cause.</p>
<p>My design for a perfect gaming machine would be</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_9484,00.html" target="_blank">Athlon</a> 64 X2 4800+</li>
<li>At least 2Gb DDR400 ( possibly from Kingston)</li>
<li>Asus A8N-SLI Premium Motherboard</li>
<li>Asus Extreme N7800 GTX-2DHTV in SLI Mode Graphics Card</li>
<li>Western Digital Raptor 74Gb/10k RPM Primary Disk</li>
<li>Hitachi Deskstar 7K500 500Gb Secondary Disk (never runs out of space)</li>
<li>DVD-R and DVD-ROM Drives from LG</li>
<li>Thermaltake Armour Black Casing with BigWater SE water cooling system</li>
<li>Turbo-Cool® 850 SSI 850W PSU</li>
<li>Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty™ FPS Sound Card</li>
<li>Creative GigaWorks™ S750 Speaker System</li>
<li>Probably LG M1940A 17&#8243; LCD Monitor</li>
</ul>
<p>Like its cheap and you can play games, for under 500 bucks it’s a dream machine for people who want to play games, but can’t really afford it.</p>
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		<title>Craze for PC Gaming</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a big craze of PC gaming all over the world. This an extremely addictive habit, and lots of people are attracted to buy the gaming PC. Some people wish to improve the present desktop they have. No matter what path you are selecting to take, you will have to do some research to [...]]]></description>
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<p>There is a big craze of PC gaming all over the world. This an extremely addictive habit, and lots of people are attracted to buy the gaming PC. Some people wish to improve the present desktop they have.</p>
<p>No matter what path you are selecting to take, you will have to do some research to locate the computer that suits your PC gaming requirements and your pocketbook!</p>
<p>There are lots of manufacturers now who will be pleased to build the gaming PC will be only customized for you. This gaming computer will be modified so that you get an amazing gaming experience.<span id="more-95"></span></p>
<p>Here are some things you might want to consider when you shop for a gaming PC:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Cost</strong></li>
<p>When considering about buying PC gaming, you need to take into consideration the price you can spend. Costs for gaming PC might range from 1,500 up to 13,000. At times, at first glance, it might seem like desktop is the best way to go. But, after all upgrades are added, it is not very practical.</p>
<li><strong>Only for Gaming</strong></li>
<p>Will you use your computer only for gaming or else for some other things like for work or school? If you use your PC for some other things also, you will absolutely want to take within consideration the hard drive volume.</p>
<p>If you decide on hooking up the joysticks or else some of the other popular PC gaming devices, you would like to have an adequate quantity of USB ports and a FireWire port. You need to make sure that gaming PC comes prepared with very fine CPU and graphics card and this will certainly affect the kind of gaming knowledge you have.</p>
<li><strong>Upgrades</strong></li>
<p>If your plan is to simply upgrade your current PC, then you already have mouse, monitor and keyboard. If this is a first time purchase then you need to consider getting the gaming package that arrives with all fundamentals.</p>
<p>You might find some makers offering free security set and some well-liked PC games like <a href="http://affiliate.buy.com/gateway.aspx?adid=17662&amp;pid=2400689&amp;aid=10391416&amp;sURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ebuy%2Ecom%2Fretail%2Fusersearchresults%2Easp%3Fquerytype%3Dhome%26qu%3Dworld%2Bof%2Bwarcraft%26qxt%3Dhome%26display%3Dcol" target="_blank">World of Warcraft</a> and Age of Empires III.</ol>
<p>There are numerous sites that you can visit on Internet that will offer you free online games for the gaming PC fan.</p>
<p>To determine whether you wish to purchase the game or not, then you can opt to play the trial version of the PC game for the specific amount of time – generally about an hour.</p>
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		<title>PC Games &#8211; Fun Unlimited</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PC games are one of the very exciting ways of getting entertained on the personal computers. PCs supports games and the users can play it for a very long duration for amusement purpose. Innumerable companies are offering free PC games, which can be downloaded from Internet as well. The display options permit PC owners to [...]]]></description>
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<p>PC games are one of the very exciting ways of getting entertained on the personal computers. PCs supports games and the users can play it for a very long duration for amusement purpose.</p>
<p>Innumerable companies are offering free PC games, which can be downloaded from Internet as well. The display options permit PC owners to enjoy gaming on their computers.</p>
<p><strong>What are PC Games?</strong></p>
<p>PC games are very interactive way of taking pleasure of the latest games. Personal Computers will permit the users to access the games as well as have fun at their own free will.<span id="more-94"></span></p>
<p>As a result, PC can be utilized as a option for storing all types of games. Computer Games are very amusing and the user will not even come to know while playing the games when time has been passed by.</p>
<p><strong>PC Game Availability</strong></p>
<p>PC Games are very popular and are available on CD, DVDS and other formats. The full version PC games are the great source of amusement. Action games like the racing, pirates, puzzle, and air assault are some of the favorites in the market.</p>
<p>The mad truckers or crusader tank are also equally attractive games. Some games even allow a multiplayer options, which will let you play with your loved ones together or against each other, which will add to the fun and the interactivity.</p>
<p>Always make it a point that you purchase original games, which will give you a wonderful playing experience.</p>
<p><strong>PC Game Requirements</strong></p>
<p>The PC normally has a huge memory space and hard disc, which is very capable for storing large files. Thus, it becomes very simple to store all the gaming files on PC.</p>
<p>One more attractive thing about personal computer is that it has big monitor and that is more appealing. The users can take pleasure of the games, which is same as playing the games in the video halls.</p>
<p>With Personal computer’s, there is no problem of battery charge. A backup supports Personal Computer. So, even though there is the power failure users can continue playing their desired games on PC.</p>
<p>Playing all types of games on personal computers has forever been attractive, and kids as well as adults like to spend their valuable time playing wonderful games on their personal computer.</p>
<p>So what are you waiting for, enjoy your share of fun with computer games and get started today with all the fun.</p>
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