"Gun show" didn't give you any hints? lol It was a new years special and you could get any message up to 35 characters laser engraved for free. /shrug. Why not

Like I mentioned in my first post, I came across a decent sum of money and I could have gotten something nice and ridiculous if I wanted to. However, considering that tax return season is nigh as well as the next gun show... I went a little more budget conscious on this setup. I went with a CyberPower setup. I did a bit of research and found that the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 graphics card ran smoothly (for the most part) with SWTOR and many other games. Here is my build for those that were interested ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mega Special I SP1, https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Mega_Special_I/ *BASE_PRICE: [+815] BLUETOOTH: None CAS: Corsair Carbide Series 400R Mid-Tower Gaming Case [-2] CASUPGRADE: None CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR) CD2: None COOLANT: Standard Coolant CPU: AMD FX-4100 3.60 GHz Quad-Core AM3+ CPU 4MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology CS_FAN: Default case fans ENGRAVING: Custom Message - Max 35 characters (including spaces) [+0] (Times New Roman Italic [+0]) ENGRAVING_MSG: DON'T TREAD ON ME FA_HDD: None FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Single Standard 120MM Fan) FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK COLOR) FREEBIE_CU1: FREE! Battlefield 3 Game (AMD) [+0] FREEBIE_CU2: FREE! DiRT 3 Game [+0] FREEBIE_VC1: FREE Just Cause 2 Game Coupon [+0] FREEBIE_VC2: FREE Game Coupon Batman: Arkham City [+0] FREEGAME_VC02: None GLASSES: None HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive) HDD2: None IEEE_CARD: None IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports KEYBOARD: Xtreme Gear (Black Color) Multimedia/Internet USB Keyboard MEMORY: 8GB (2GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair or Major Brand) MONITOR: 24" Widescreen 1920x1080 Asus VS247H-P LCD [+157] MONITOR2: None MONITOR3: None MOTHERBOARD: * [CrossFireX] GigaByte GA-970A-D3 AMD 970 Socket AM3+ ATX Mainboard w/ On/Off Charge, 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe X16, 3 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI MOUSE: XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse NCSW: None NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network OS: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium [+104] (64-bit Edition) OVERCLOCK: No Overclocking POWERSUPPLY: 700 Watts - XtremeGear SLI/CrossFireX Ready Power Supply PRINTER_CABLE1: 10-FT HDMI v1.4 Cable Type-A Male to Male High Speed Cable [+10] (2 pieces [+10]) RUSH: NO; READY TO SHIP IN 10~15 BUSINESS DAYS SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT SOFT1: Free Microsoft® Office® 2010 STARTER EDITION (Reduced-Functionality versions of Word and Excel that include advertising) [+0] SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO SPEAKERS: Logitech Z313 2.1 DT speaker [+33] TEMP: None TVRC: None USB: None USBFLASH: None USBHD: None USBX: None VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 2GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+38] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA) VIDEO2: None VIDEO3: None WNC: None XWNC1: Asus USB-N13 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 300Mbps Wireless USB Adapter [+22] _PRICE: (+1187) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $1187, ladies and gentlemen. Packed, and shipped for free. Doesnt get any better than that. Try finding a Mac build that cheap

definitely!

Never once said I expected a killer performance. I wonder... if neither of you two read past the word "laptop", why bother posting at all? Youre not being of any help ... actually, you're not doing anything at all lol

Yes I know what they do. I know what is "good enough" and sufficient but computer hardware becomes obsolete rather quickly. My current mindset is, whatever I purchase will be so that I wont have to upgrade components for years. At the same time I'm not going to buy something ridiculously cutting edge. I dont need 32GB of RAM and a 2TB HD and a 480GB SSD. I have no practical use for such things There comes a point where I have to compromise for the sake of "thinking ahead".

Thanks. I'll look into Nvidia, but I dont really need a mobile gaming laptop. I could find more use in a desktop, so I'll look into some desktop Nvidia graphics cards.

I respect your opinion and I do not wish to go on any further than just stating that from personal research, I will be more cost effective in building my own windows based desktop rig or buying from a company that custom builds them. My girlfriend loves her Macbook too, she uses it for her graphics design major in college. Very useful and powerful tool Fair enough Well I dont have a desktop anyways. I wanted to have one to play more "intense" PC games that my laptop cant handle, plus a permanent system to have around the house to act as my "command center" for when I set up my home security camera system lol Duly noted though, I guess I dont have to dish out on a super fancy graphics card if its a common issue despite high spec'd PCs I know right? I lol'd pretty hard. It's why I made my response short and simple. Either a troll, or just a jerk. No need to feed it

Personal Computer

where would I find this guide? Im assuming its on the forum? Yeah I'm not too worried about Linux support. Physics maybe... though I hear not too many programs are dependent on a dedicated physics card (I'm assuming thats what youre referring to?) Thanks for the quick and helpful response

I'm sick of the fps issues with my Sony Vaio laptop. I never had any problems playing WoW (even at medium settings) on it. I used to raid all the time. Now it's difficult just leveling on SWTOR YES I've tried everything. I've tried the "ULTIMATE GUIDE" of freeing up computer resources by shutting down unnecessary functions/features. YES I've turned off shadows and fullscreen, updated graphics card drivers I have MORE than sufficient RAM and processing power. My laptops only weakness is its integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD graphics card. Instead of continuing down a pointless road of trying random fixes here and there and praying my fps increases, I'm just going to finally buy a desktop I'd like to ask y'all for some advice I know I dont really want to buy a prebuilt computer (Like Dell, HP, etc). If I'm not going to build it myself, I'm going to buy from a company with a ridiculous amount of options for PC builds (like Cyber Power System or my local Acer store that custom builds PCs) I recently came upon a large sum of money. I'd like to be wise and save most of it, but I dont mind spending a little extra on "must have" features that help with hardcore PC gaming I'm pretty set on an i7 core processor and at least 8GB RAM. I'll give a SSD a chance because I hear it helps quite a bit with performance. I'm pretty lost when it comes to a good choice for a graphics card. Help? Advice? Opinions? etc etc tl ;dr What computer build (what graphics card, etc etc) do yall reccommend that are known to work flawlessly with SWTOR and many popular PC games of 2011+? Thank you in advance for your time and opinions!