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Trying to decide between Samsung GS4 9505 or Nexus 5

Camera and storage both big priorities for me, as well as battery talk time (I like being able to have a spare battery on hand to swap over if necessary, not so easy with the Nexus).

Also performance/speed is important, as well as large screen. My main phone uses are calling, email, web browsing, photos.

I understand that the GS4 has a 13mp camera, and the Nexus 5 only 8 but how do the sensors compare?

I have a PCI-E 2.0 mobo and a Saphire HD 6960 2GB video card that is running 3x27" screens. It can pull most games on medium in an Eyefinity, however, I would love to upgrade so that I can run it at High or Ultra settings.

I have been considering getting a new video card, however, I don't know whether I should go all out and buy a whole new PCI-E 3.0 setup, seeing that it is x2 the speed of a PCI-E 2.0 or just buy a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti for my PCI-E 2.0 mobo and deal with whatever performance I get out of it.

Hi

I have been thinking about buyingupgrading a new monitor for a while and a mate has always told me to go for the 120Hz monitors, which I have been considering, but with the new 4K monitors coming out at a relatively decent price, what would you guys recommend?

Cheers

Chris

Hi guys. My rig:

Intel Core i5 3450, 8GB RAM, 240GB SSD Racer from VisionTek, Hadron Air case (with its own 500W PSU). My GPU now is a AMD Radeon HD7850 2GB. I play mostly hack 'n' slashes (Torchlight 2, Diablo 3), and occasionally something up to Deus Ex: Human Revolution but not too often. I use to play those high graphics games at 1600xsomething resolution, to keep FPS high.

I got a ASUS GTX670 Mini DirectCU for 249 dollars. My reasons to choose it was: 1. size, it's the perfect match for the EVGA Hadron Air small size. 2. Still future proof for my gaming profile.

My question is... Was it a waste of money for my gaming profile? Besides the fact that I can crank up my playing resolution now... What you guys think?

I want to replace my current GPU - MSI 6950 TFIII PE OC. My configuration is:

• Core i7 4770k @ 4.5GHz
• ASUS Maximus VI Hero
• 8GB G.Skill RAM
• 1x 60GB SSD
• 1x 1TB HDD
• DVD/CD burner
• Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced
• Seasonic SS-620GB

As I mentioned, I want to change my GPU, but don't know which one to buy. My biggest dilemma is should I buy NVIDIA or AMD? Budget is around 400 euros.

Thanks for your help.

Milos

What CPU/MB do you think would be best for a video editing workstation?

I will be running the Adobe tool set. From my reading it seems that video editing benefits from more cores/threads that does gaming. Would an 8-core AMD CPU be better than a 4-core Intel part, for example? What other factors, besides the obvious like lots of RAM, should I consider?

Thanks for your help.

Rob :-]

I am planning to buy a mobile and here are my choices:

• Galaxy s4 mini
• Nexus 4
• Nexus 5
• Xperia SP

I am not a big gamer, but I am looking for a good battery life and does a lot of browsing and WhatsApp. The S4 mini has QHD screen and the rest have HD screens, so when coming to the application support will I face the problem of non supported apps with S4 mini?

Hi

I'm looking to do a small upgrade just a PSU and Video Card to keep up with some of the latest games that I have like BF4 and COD: Ghosts. Not looking to SLI or Crossfire setup otherwise would mean I need a whole new PC as my motherboard is not quite adequate for that.

My current system is:

• Intel Core i7 870
• ASUS P55A
• 16GB Corsair RAM
• DVD/CD Burner
• 1 x 128GB SSD
• 1 x 256GB SSD
• 2 x 1TB WD Black running in RAID0
• 1 x 2TB WD Green
• Antec 902 V2 (4x120mm FAN's and 1x200mm FAN)
• 1 x 24" DELL (running at 1920x1200 (landscape))
• 1 x 22" DELL (running at 1050x1680 (portrait))

My current GPU and PSU is an ATI 6870 and a Corsair 650W.

I'm looking at buying either the R9 280X or the 7970. Since the price is almost the same what would be the ideal GPU to be running some of the latest games that I have mentioned above? Also what would be the ideal PSU size to accommodate the above set-up and also the GPU I am looking at?

Thanks,

Chris

Hi currently my processor is the AMD FX 8320 and my GPU is the Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT (LE). I was thinking to do a dual graphic setup in future.

My question is should i change my GPU to GeForce GTX 760(SLI) or stay with my HD 7870 XT (LE) to do crossfire? I can get a GTX 760 at additional $40+ trading in my old Sapphire 7870 XT. Which setup is more future proof?

Hello Tweakers,

i am planning to buy a smartphone but confused between Galaxy S4 mini and Google Nexus 4.

S4 mini is quite costly, if we look for features comparing both. But the Nexus 4 is not dual-SIM capable and it also doesn't supported micro SD expansion. The rest of the features are better than the Galaxy S4 mini... kindly suggest me which one I should buy.

Is there any other phone which has features like Nexus 4 and also having dual-SIM capabilities?