2010 gaming computer build?

Aurian

Hi, I was looking to build a good gaming computer. I don't know what parts are compatible with each other. I can figure out how to install the parts through videos and online forums. I have a budget of around $1000. I don't need a mouse, keyboard, or monitor. I am purchasing a 1080p samsung 22' screen. I want the computer to play world of warcraft, call of duty, and other mmorpg/first person shooters. Could someone please provide me with a build that can run these games on maximum settings. Thanks in advance
I don't want the computer itself. I want a list of parts to buy. I'm going to custom build it

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Here's a list you could easily modify (the budget doesn't include Windows or a monitor)

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclock-cpu-gpu,2655.html

The solution... go with a single Radeon 5830 instead of two, the savings are enough for a copy of Windows 7 Home Premium plus your Samsung 22" monitor. If the monitor is a separate purchase that doesn't need to be included in your $1000 budget, upgrade your graphics card to a single Radeon 5850. That leaves an open slot for a CrossfireX upgrade 1-2 years down the road.

http://www.techspot.com/review/206-his-radeon-hd-5850/page4.html

Anyway, this system is overkill for titles like Call of Duty and WoW... Even a $170 Radeon 5770 can max those games out. This computer is capable of playing games like Just Cause 2, Far Cry 2 and Crysis.

AutoCAD 2010 computer for gaming?

Dylan

On the 26th I am getting a custom built computer that was used for AutoCAD 2010. I'm getting it from a family member, he spent atleast 1000$ on it and it was used for 3D modeling and such. I am not interested in using it for AutoCAD, but for gaming. I play games like World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, SWTOR, League of Legends, etc. Are the specs on a 1000$+ custom built computer for AutoCAD typically good for gaming?

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Yes is perfect for gaming!

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How much would Gamestop give me for a used Xbox,controllers and about 10 games?

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Q. The games are mostly older games but i have some new ones like NBA 2K11, wwe svr 2011 and 10. If they wouldn't give much is there any other place to sell this at for a reasonable price?

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Looks like I have to educate some more people who think conducting a business is "evil".

First lemme answer your question quick, I can't know what you'll get for all the games since I only can find out what you name off but:
Xbox System (system in working order, 1 controller - wireless, A/V cables, Power Adapter) - $35 (iirc)
Xbox 360 controller wireless MS brand - $12
NBA 2K11 - $12
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 - $8
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 - $15

Now if you have a power up pro card, you can add 10% extra to each of those plus the rest, and if done today I believe the 3/5/7 promotion is still going on trades (3 games gets 10% more, 5 get 20% more, and 7 gets 30% more credit) and that stacks with the pro card so you can see it as 20%, 30%, 40% additional trade in credit.

If you want cash it's going to be about a 25% decrease from the total value of the games and no promotions, and you should be 18 with a valid photo ID or with a parent or guardian. If you want to know the values for the others just edit and name them and I can tell you how much. And their are other places to trade/sell games.. Pawnshops, Bestbuy, some of your local gaming stores if they do allow trades...But I can GUARANTEE you that we have by far the best deals and outside of selling on ebay you won't get a better value than what we offer when combined with promotions, etc.

Now to the rest of these people. What do you really know about gamestop? Nothing, you're just "entitled" customers who feel you deserve to make exactly how much money you spent on the game however long ago. Guess what? doesn't work like that...ANYWHERE. Sure ebay can get you more, but that's because YOU are offering the games to others and it's up to them if they want to spend that amount or not. Guess what again? Most times, people know GS prices and usually won't give you anything over what they can pay at a store, so good luck getting what you THINK you deserve.

Lets look at it from this perspective. We're a business. We need to make a profit in order to run. How can a company make a profit if they are spending out more than they are selling the games at? You say you want the 50 or 60 you paid like 10 years ago on a game back just because that's how much you paid and the disc still looks pretty? Go back to school, take Econ and BuS classes and learn a thing or two. Now while I agree our base values are pretty low (corporate decides these prices FYI, they are set in stone in the computer so arguing with the employee of your local store is about as pointless as trying to run through a brick wall. WE CAN'T CHANGE THE VALUE, WE HAVE NO ACTUAL ABILITY TO DO SO)

Go ahead, shop at walmart, target, best buy, circuit city, whatever. That's up to you and if it makes you feel all cool because "you're sticking it to gamestop" kudos. However....Gamestop is still multinational. Gamestop still has over 6000 stores. Gamestop still brings in billions. Gamestop is still the #1 video game retail company in the world. And trust me, those of you who are "Anti Gamestop" really, and I do mean really, are the minority.

Is the World Chess Championship finally going to be played on a COMPUTER?

Trenchcoat

Its now 2010, are these world chess championship games still played on an actual board with pieces touched and moved by hand with no computer used the old fashioned low tech way? Why dont they start using a computer for this? Do you think they should start doing this? Why or why not?

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There is a computer world chess championship, but of course this is quite separate from the human variety!
Using a computer in a human chess championship would be akin to firing a shot from a cannon in athletics: not really fair!

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How do i learn and become a computer / video game programmer?

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Liz M.

I am a junior in high school and love video games. I am very precise and work well alone. For all these reasons i am interested in possibly pursuing a career in computer / video game programming. But first i need to learn how? I would love any suggestions on maybe a good online class i can take to get me started. Then ideas on how to make it my career. What would be the best way to get a job as a programmer? and how?

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For one, I recommend AGAINST Eli's advice. You will not learn game programming by using the "Easy Routes". If you want to be able to make memory efficient, fast, satisfying games you should look into other methods. (If you ever want to be anything but a hobbyist programmer you HAVE to learn actual programming. Good luck getting a job if your resume only includes "Unity3D" ;D)

My Recommendation:
1: Learn a programming language (C and/or C++)
2: Learn the Windows API (Mainly for tools creation, but minimally for game programming)
3: Learn a Graphics API (DirectX and/or OpenGL)
4: Make EASY games until you are comfortable with the languages/APIs and how they work together (This will teach you the fundamentals of your programming language and graphics API of choice, how they work together, and teach you game related devices required for larger projects such as handling the game loop. This will also make learning to write proper code easier to learn because the scale of the game will be smaller, and therefore easier to manage)
5: Keep creating programs and/or games that are of your skill level, with a few newly added features. Introduce yourself to new topics slowly. Successfully creating a Pong clone is going to aid you a LOT more than failing to create a successful MMORPG.
6: If you enjoy programming, enroll in a college for Software Engineering/Computer Science. Make sure they have classes for Object Oriented Programming and things like that. If you learned a language already in High School, you will have a head start on college, so either way it will be beneficial to start now.

Also, you must work well as a team as well as alone. If you join a game company you will be working with a team and most likely working on code you did not even initially create. Blizzard didn't create World of Warcraft by paying only one man, you know! If you want to be a one man team you will need to expand your knowledge incredibly. You will need to learn how to create, rig, animate, texture models... how to create sound effects, background music... how to program the game (which seems to be what you are after)... and MUCH more. (Nothing is impossible, but as a one man team you will need to rely on releasing Indie games and hope they do well. If they do, you could be a rich, rich human being! If they don't, you might want to sign up for food stamps!)

Good luck! It's actually a lot of fun aside from chasing bugs and memory leaks, but you will not care when you have a finished project. It's just so satisfying ;D Just never forget, technology is swiftly evolving, and Game Programming is like playing a musical instrument. You are never "Finished learning".

PS-
Look into C++ Primer Plus Fifth Edition. It's a great book to learn C++.
As for IDE's to start developing with? It is completely your decision but I recommend Visual Studio 2010 Express Edition OR Bloodshed Dev-C++. You only need one, and Visual Studio is far superior, but Dev-C++ is sufficient until you get into programming graphics (Learning C++ initially will be Console Window based, and therefore a bare-bones IDE will suffice)

How many home gaming consoles have been released to date?

Bill

Not counting portable consoles (Game Boy, Game Gear, Virtual Boy, etc.,) how many home game consoles have been released since the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972?

Now for brownie (best answer) points, can you list them all?
The PC/MAC does not count, but systems like Commodore 64 do count.
Handhelds don't count because the asker (me) is only interested in home consoles. :P

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Magnavox Odyssey 1972 1
Philips Odyssey 1976
Pong 1976 Atari Inc. Arcade
Atari 2600 1977
Bally Astrocade 1977
Color TV Game 6 (Japan Only) 1977 Nintendo
Color TV Game 15 (Japan Only) 1978 Nintendo
Color TV Racing 112 (Japan Only) 1978 Nintendo
Interton VC 4000 1978
Magnavox Odyssey 1978 Magnavox / Philips
Channel F System II 1979 Fairchild
APF Imagination Machine 1979 APF
Bandai Super Vision 8000 1979 Bandai
Computer TV Game (Japan Only) 1980 Nintendo
Intellivision 1980 Mattel
PlayCable 1981 Mattel
CreatiVision 1981 VTech
Epoch Cassette Vision 1981
Atari 5200 1982
ColecoVision 1982
Commodore MAX Machine 1982
Entex Adventure Vision 1982
Vectrex 1982
Atari 2800 / Sears Video Arcade II (Japan Only)
Intellivision II 1983 Mattel
Atari 2600 Jr. 1986
Coleco Gemini (Atari 2600 hardware clone) ~1982
* Consoles of the early 1970s, such as Pong and Magnavox Odyssey were often inaccurately called "analog" but actually discrete logic circuits.

Third generation (1980â1989)
MSX 1983 Microsoft Japan console / Home Computer
RDI Halcyon 1985 RDI Video Systems console
Super Cassette Vision 1984 Epoch console
Commodore 64GS 1990 Commodore console
PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 1987 NEC console
Atari 7800 1986 Atari Corporation console
Sega SG-1000 1983 Sega console
Sega SG-1000 II 1984 Sega console
Sega Master System, Sega Mark III 1985 Sega console
Sega Master System II 1992 Sega console
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom 1983 Nintendo
Famicom Disk System (Japan Only) 1986 Nintendo console add-on
Action Max 1987 Worlds of Wonder console
Amstrad GX4000 1990 Amstrad console

Fourth generation (1989â1994)
Sega Mega Drive / Sega Genesis 1989 Sega console
Sega Mega Drive II Sega console
Sega Genesis II (North America Only) 1994[6] Sega console
Sega Genesis 3 (Americas) 1998 Sega console
Mega CD / Sega CD 1992 Sega console add-on
Sega Genesis 32X / Sega Mega Drive 32X / Sega Super 32X 1994 Sega console add-on
JVC X'eye / The Wondermega Sega / JVC console
TurboGrafx-16 1989 NEC console
TurboGrafx-CD NEC console
TurboExpress 1990 NEC Handheld
SuperGrafx 1989, Japan NEC console
Neo-Geo 1990 SNK console / Arcade
Neo-Geo CD 1994 SNK console
Neo-Geo CDZ 1994 SNK console
Memorex VIS 1992 Memorex
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) / Super Famicom 1991
SNES 2 / Super Famicom Jr. 1997 Nintendo console
Super Game Boy 1994, U.K. Nintendo console add-on
Super Game Boy 2 1998 Nintendo console add-on
CD-i 1991 Philips console / Media player
Super A'Can 1995 Funtech console

Fifth generation (1993â1998
Virtual Boy 1995 Nintendo console
Apple Pippin 1995 Bandai console
Atari Jaguar 1993 Atari Corporation console
Atari Jaguar CD 1995 Atari Corporation console add-on
Atari Jaguar II canceled Atari Corporation console
PlayStation 1995 Sony console
PS one 2000 Sony console
Sega Saturn 1995 Sega console
3DO 1993 Panasonic / Sanyo / GoldStar console
Amiga CD32 1993 Commodore console
Casio Loopy 1995 Casio console
FM Towns Marty 1991 Fujitsu console
Pioneer LaserActive 1993 Pioneer console
Playdia 1994 Bandai console
Nintendo 64 1996 Nintendo console
Nintendo 64DD 1999 Nintendo console add-on

Sixth generation(1998â2004)
Dreamcast 1998 Sega console
Nintendo GameCube 2001
PlayStation 2 2000
PlayStation 2 Slimline 2004
PSX (DVR) 2003
Xbox 2001 Microsoft console

Seventh generation
PlayStation 3 2006
PlayStation 3 Slim 2009
Wii 2006 Nintendo
Xbox 360 2005
Xbox 360 S 2010

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