Help me explain to a friend why he's a fool

[Giraffe }{unter]

If he's financing from dell at a rate lower than his credit card, and getting a warrantee of 2 or 3 years, sadly it may be cheaper in the long run to but the Dell.

I didn't check the specs, but I've read some great reviews on that system, you bud may be going for the "I'm buting the Best Dell system with the hott paintjob so I can brag about it"... in that case there is not much you can do to sway his decision.

[bikkeldesnikkel]

$3700 here, only need keyboard, mouse, screen, mainboard, soundcard and case. don't know the specs of those but you could well build a top system that's faster for less than $5000

[Jackal]

I honestly don't know what the guy is thinking. He's literally a freaking genius doing a masters degree in Biology and philosophy yet when it comes to finances he's retarded. He doesn't even almost have his $2500 laptop paid off and he already wants to jump into another huge purchase like this. Crazy guy.

[dzjepp]

That quad sli setup is not going to give you a whole lotta more juice than just having 2 cards like that today simply because 2 cards alone are more than enough to sqeeze everything out of todays games without worrying about performance. You should be able to run high resolutions like 1600x1200 and get good performance, thats why you're getting 2 cards in the first place.

I bet the performance of the quad-sli is further reduced most likely because the drivers powering them are not as mature as they could be in a year or so time.

But look at it this way. Have you seen the Crysis video footage? That game will be running on directx10. His quad-sli cards only do directx9. So in half a years time he would be able to buy 2 cards that would probably be faster than that quad setup and would give him more gfx to boot (the quad setup wouldn't have the same eye candy on Crysis and other upcoming directx10/vista games that the new cards will).

[4days]

that's a good enough angle - immature, overpriced technology and the fact that it's going to be out of date in a few months.

and it comes in a case that might as well be pink with lacy trim.

[losCHUNK]

That quad sli setup is not going to give you a whole lotta more juice than just having 2 cards like that today simply because 2 cards alone are more than enough to sqeeze everything out of todays games without worrying about performance. You should be able to run high resolutions like 1600x1200 and get good performance, thats why you're getting 2 cards in the first place.

I bet the performance of the quad-sli is further reduced most likely because the drivers powering them are not as mature as they could be in a year or so time.

But look at it this way. Have you seen the Crysis video footage? That game will be running on directx10. His quad-sli cards only do directx9. So in half a years time he would be able to buy 2 cards that would probably be faster than that quad setup and would give him more gfx to boot (the quad setup wouldn't have the same eye candy on Crysis and other upcoming directx10/vista games that the new cards will).

heh, you just convinced me to wait for my gfx upgrade :]

[dzjepp]

I'm not really sure when those dx10 cards will ship. But you would expect them to arrive before vista no?

[MKJ]

oh i forgot about the quad sli, olo.
what a tard

[ek]

Go to newegg, build a PC with the exact same specs for $1,500 and show it to him..

[Grudge]

quad SLI is a marketing stunt, not something one should really consider buying

[stocktroll]

tell him to suck my dick