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 Member 4709 Level 26.30 Apr 2006 
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The X550 is bad. And by bad, I mean bad. So potentially it would be a fairly good system, except for the whole horrible video card thing.
Going from American prices, this is not a great deal. This might not be the case where you are (france?). In the states you could get a deal with a Nvidia 7600 and a dual-core A64-X2 for about the same $839. If you think that it is a good deal compared to other comparable systems in your area, then go for it. But if you plan on gaming start looking into a video card now, because that one won't suit for gaming enjoyment. Jam it back in, in the dark. ~ Ready To Strike ~ :Currently Playing: League Of Legends(PC), Skyrim(PC), Golden Sun: Lost Age(GBA), Twilight Princess(Wii), Portal2(PC), Dragon Warrior II(NES), Metroid Prime 2: Echoes(GC)
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Member 4709 Level 26.30 Apr 2006
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Believe it will be VERY comparable, in fact nearly identical... Check the links
Mobility 9700 * Offering up to a 30% MHz boost over its predecessor * Supports Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 * Pixel and Vertex Shaders * Quad rendering & dual vertex engines * Full precision floating point with full performance * 0.13 micron GPU featuring Low-K process technology * Fastest 3D engine speed * Low power operation * Support for AGP 8X Radeon X550 * 64-bit and 128-bit memory interface supporting 64MB or 128MB DDR1 memory configurations * Four extreme parallel 3D rendering pixel pipelines * Two programmable vertex shader pipelines * PCI Express® x16 lane native support * Full Microsoft® DirectX® 9 support Note that they have the same amount of pixel pipes and vertex pipes. The 550 might be a touch faster in terms of on-board memory throughput, but you aren't going to notice that. It does have more "video" type optimizations, but again, very little you could notice. The X550, though it sounds like it'd be a good card, is VERY far from being a decent graphics card. I'd recommend strongly that if you buy that system you at least upgrade to a Nvidia 7600 if you want to have a good gaming experience with current release games. There's nowhere I can't reach. ~ Ready To Strike ~ :Currently Playing: League Of Legends(PC), Skyrim(PC), Golden Sun: Lost Age(GBA), Twilight Princess(Wii), Portal2(PC), Dragon Warrior II(NES), Metroid Prime 2: Echoes(GC)
Last edited by TheReverend; Aug 19, 2006 at 08:00 PM.
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Member 4709 Level 26.30 Apr 2006
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Barely any. The PCI-Express and AGP slots are both VERY fast. PCI-Expressx1 on par with AGP 8x speeds, while PCI-Expressx16 is, well, about 16x faster than AGP.
Though they have yet to make a card fast enough to be limited by either of the slots speeds. In other words, a exact replica of a X1800XT on AGP would be for all intents and purposes, just as fast. The reason PCI-Expressx16 is the new standard is because it will be a looooooooong standing standard. Like as long as IDE slots and PCI slots have been. PCI-E is made to be such a wide and fast bus, that you can't really have a fast enough card to max it out. I would imagine still using the PCI-Ex16 slot about 8 years from now, if not longer. Most amazing jew boots ~ Ready To Strike ~ :Currently Playing: League Of Legends(PC), Skyrim(PC), Golden Sun: Lost Age(GBA), Twilight Princess(Wii), Portal2(PC), Dragon Warrior II(NES), Metroid Prime 2: Echoes(GC)
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