I personally start here:<div><a href="http://pcper.com/leaderboard">http://pcper.com/leaderboard</a></div><div><br></div><div>Right now a midrange system built around the core i5 is a good start though I would drop the sound card (caveat, I already have an RME) and I would go with an ATI as opposed to the nVidia for better out of the box support. I only put an ATI in my system to support 3 monitors, otherwise the onboard video should be good enough. </div>
<div><br></div><div>The upcoming Ivy Bridge should have even better on board graphics and hopefully Intel does not miss the boat with drivers this time around.</div><div> </div><div>Just my 2c </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 5:02 AM, Tom Poe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tompoe@meltel.net">tompoe@meltel.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Running Dell GX260 desktop now. What's cheapest upgrade desktop I might look for, that will handle better graphics cards? Poor man's gaming desktop?<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
Tom<br>
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