- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: sexy legs davis
I said Dell is growing more gamer friendly - they used to lock the BIOS on the FSB and such, on the new XPS they don't, plus they do supposedly ship with something other than the stock heatsink/fan that allowed one reviewer to get a 500MHz overclock.
Now, did I say it was a wise investment? Of course not. My rig can blow a Dell out of the water, and it cost me less than $1300. I don't deny that it's cheaper to build on your own, I doubt it will ever change from that. I'm simply saying that at least they're moving from the typical pre-fab pc scene which involves overly cautious manufacturers locking everything on the pc and using lower-grade parts. At least they're starting to realize why people say 'Dell is crap', 'I'll never buy a Dell'. It's at least a step. That's what I meant.
I guess you took it offensively...I was just trying to shed some light beyond 'Dell sucks', especially when he wanted help and not a flamewar.
Is Norton running when you play games? I mean, can you disable it during a game, or at least tell it to allow Halo or something? It sounds like it's simply starting to hog resources and spends a lot of cpu MHz 'protecting' your system.
I usually just shutoff McAfee during games, the fps loss when it is supposedly potecting me from god knows what can get steep on Battlefield 2...
I don't turn off norton, unless it's blocking images on a website (for example: screenshots on bungie). The slowdown doesn't seem as bad as it used to now; the only impact i noticed on halo back then was slightly longer loading times and lag when it tried to update itself. It really spikes up when i run liveupdate and for some time afterwards.
Thank you for helping me. I'm a newb to the PC gaming world, about 6 months of experience. I will build my next pc unless trends change. I'm not totally disappointed with my system, it's not that bad (at least to me, my previous system was a JUNKER). I could have gotten something more powerful if i had a bigger budget.
[Edited on 6/29/2005]