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Hollyharvey
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Hi everyone,
I am about to place an order with Dell for a new XPS 8500 computer and have decided on the spec.
However, I can have the same system with either:-
AMD Radeon HD 7570 1GB DDR5
or
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 1GB DDR5
The system with the AMD Radeon card is £30 less than the one with the NVIDIA card.
Apart from this the specification on both machines is exactly the same.
Is it worth paying the extra £30 for AMD card?
I am about to place an order with Dell for a new XPS 8500 computer and have decided on the spec.
However, I can have the same system with either:-
AMD Radeon HD 7570 1GB DDR5
or
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 1GB DDR5
The system with the AMD Radeon card is £30 less than the one with the NVIDIA card.
Apart from this the specification on both machines is exactly the same.
Is it worth paying the extra £30 for AMD card?
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unless you are a game player, probably little difference
don't forget to use voucher codes and cashback to get more money off
some here
http://www.dmxdimension.com/dell-uk/xps-8500-deals-coupons/
http://www.topcashback.co.uk/dell/
http://www.quidco.com/dell/!!
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depends on what you want the graphics cards to do.
i bought the same nvidia card for my wifes pc because the onbaord one was horrible, i spent £29.99 for it from pcworld and it will not run most modern games.
ATI is not the prefured manufacturer for gamers nor is AMD processors.
if it were me i would upgrade the graphics cards in those machines to GTX560TI or a GTX660ti but expect to pay about 179 to 229 for either of these cards.0
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