Q: http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10107448&catid=10607&atab=3&logon=&langid=EN AMD Phenom 9550 - Guessing its a quad core or triple 4G RAM - Tons of it 640GB SATA 7200RPM - Huge amount of HD space ATI Radeon HD 3650 - Seems like a good card, supports directx 10, 512MB video memory, 725 coreclock800 memory clock, released in 2008 Im only having doubts because it has an ATI card and an AMD processor, both of which I have never used. Please post opinions. Here are a few more options: Forgot to mention, im using an intel celeron d processor with 1 gig ram, and 7600 GS nvidia card. Isint this x200 upgrade for me? I used to play COD4, etc fine with that PC, im just looking for a faster processor, a bit better card, more ram.
A: It really depends on what you want to use it for. It's like asking is a single seater race car a good car. At first glance sure but if you want to use it to take 6 people n a camping trip then no it would be a terrible choice. AMD CPUs currently lag way behind Intel in terms of performance even rated at a similar speed they will under perform against an Intel. On the flip Side they are cheaper and to be perfectly honest a quad core is a lot more CPU power than a general home PC user will ever need or use. Serious gamers that's a different story. ATI cards are fine and are more or less on par with NVidia, it really comes down to preference 4 gigs of RAM sounds great but unless you are going to be using windows vista 64 bit you will not be able to use it. Windows XP and Vista 32 bit can only address approx 3 GB the remainder will not be available to you.