PC for Graphics Processing and Gaming

Buying Advice Desktop & PC Buying Advice
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Open for choices

  1. Q: Is this going to be your final configuration or you would be adding/upgrading a component in near future. If yes then please mention when and which component
    . Final

  2. Q: Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)
    . Mumbai

  3. Q: Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market
    . No

  4. Q: What is your intended use for this PC/hardware
    Extreme Graphical Processing
    and Gaming

  5. Q: Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.
    NO

  6. Q: If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?
    . Strategy - Civilization 4
    a. Shooters

  7. Q: What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage

  8. Gaming -

  9. 1920x1080

  10. Q: Are you looking to overclock?
    . No

  11. Q: Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
    . Windows 7

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Budget?

BTW why did you use half pc buying template? any particular reason for doing this…? :confused:

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Sorry seems like the questions wasn’t copied well.Budget is around 80k , CPU is going to be hooked to 32inch LED TV

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**Intel Core i5 2500 **~ 10500/-

**ASUS P8P67 PRO **~ 14500/- OR Gigabyte GA-Z68S-UD4 ~ ???/- http://in.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8P67_PRO_REV_31/ OR GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 1155 - GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 (rev. 1.0)

nVidia GTX 570 ~ 21500/- OR Sapphire AMD HD 6950 2GB-stock version (unlock it to a HD 6970) ~ 17000/-

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1 TB (primary storage) ~ 2800/- + Corsair SSD 60 GB (for the OS) ~ 7000/-

G.Skill RIPJAWS 1600 MHz CL-9 4GB x 2 kit ~ 4900/- Gskill Sandy Bridge 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 4GB X 2

APC Back-UPS 1 KVA ~ 4400/-

Windows 7 Professional 64-bit – Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 7, Buy Windows 7 Online at Microsoft Store

nVidia is a better card if you plan to play Civilization series games a lot, Civilization V is heavily biased towards nVidia, overall including other games the AMD is a better option though. AnandTech - Bench - GPU11

AMD HD 6950 2 GB stock edition card can be unlocked to a HD 6970 with a simple BIOS bump. AMD Radeon HD 6950 Can be Unlocked to HD 6970 | techPowerUp / The TRUTH behind unlocking the AMD Radeon HD 6950 - techPowerUp! Forums

Please support original software. Kill Piracy.

Switch to the Intel Core i7 2600 if you can accommodate it in your budget.

Hope this patch of drivel helps.

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Just to add again primary usage is graphical processing , gaming can take a backseat

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What exactly do you mean by ‘graphical processing’?

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Alpha sir- P8P67 PRO costs 14,500? Where? :confused:

12K here > Asus P8P67 PRO B3 Revision Motherboard

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^^ Don’t call me Sir for starters brother, I’ve been of the market pulse for a month so gave the last stable prices I had been able to verify thanks for the flag.

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Errr.. Then you should check it before posting or at least mention that you are unsure of the pricing in the post. Else it will mislead the members.

And TBH i dont remember the P8P67-Pro ever priced at 14.5k in India! The max i saw online was still less than 13k even at launch

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^^ Yes Sir will double check Sir from next.

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Software which would be using Autocad, 3dMax and Maya.

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^^ I specified the nVidia card(s) for those purpose the CUDA framework and plug-in support is biased towards nVidia and you’ll notice a GTX 560 demolishing a AMD HD 6970 at encoding and similar uses in 3Ds MAX and MAYA as far as I know, for CAD you might need AMD FirePRO OR nVidia Quaddro series cards to make a real impact.

But if main usage is such applications definitely I throw my lot with nVidia, gaming performance of AMD not withstanding.

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For graphics and 3d nvidia is out front. it has CUDA which is necessary for the newer programs…
dude alpha when did u become that old :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: sirji;)

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^^ Bruv, please no Sir. Not an uncle-ji here, I’m just 19.

Anyways here are some interesting reads I found for the graphics quagmire –

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/3029/amd_vs_nvidia_are_they_even_playing_the_same_game/index.html

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/quadrofx-firepro_16.html.

Hope these help.