AMD Sempron vs. Athlon 64

Did one of you guys buy that $229 system!!! :-\ :cry:

Not me, is it gone?

yes… :cry:

THey’ll have more…I just have to be patient. The thing I dont want to do is be penny wise and dollar foolish, so I’m trying to find out as much as I can b4 I buy. Tiger is a good place to buy stuff…my employers and I have been buying stuff from them for years and have never had a problem.

FYI - Ultra brand memory (supposed to be one of the better choices) is on sale (ends tonite). 512 DDR 3200 for $30 after rebate. Was going to buy this if I would have bought a PC.

Rats. That really was a good buy. I’ll watch too, and PM you if I see them again. Do the same for me…


If you are to use this computer for viewing dvds as stated above, I would stay away from older graphics such as the GeForce4 Mx (2 on that link had this) as that is now very old and will decrease dvd viewing pleasure. I had one of those cards about 5 years ago and in it’s time, it was ok. But, I would not want to use it these days … especially with dvds and other video applications.

Just my 2 cents worth. :slight_smile:


What about a GeForce 6100?

It doesn’t specify exactly which chip set it has, but this might be helpful:

NVIDIA® GeForce 6100 / nForce 430
The brand new NVIDIA® GeForce 6100 / nForce 430 MCP (Media and Communications Processor) features CineFX™ 3.0 Engine. This unique combination of MCP creates a single motherboard featuring a world-class DX9, Shader Model 3.0 GPU for faster and smoother game-play, a high quality video processing engine for advance quality of video and DVD playback.

If you decide to get it, I wouldn’t wait too long… :wink:

Edit:

Just saw your PM, and responded - Thanks.

Better than a geforce 4mx no doubt there … :wink:

Review: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2539