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Title: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on February 24, 2008, 07:55:59 am
I'm getting mixed messages about what kind of gaming PCs HLP has. It seems like only a minority have l33t gaming PCs, but then there'll be a bunch who say they do.

Get out your ePenises!

P4 1.5 Ghz
Radeon 9550 PRO
2 GB PC133 RAM
180 GB HDD
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Nuke on February 24, 2008, 08:10:34 am
this thread is spam, but since i have a huge e-penis i might as well flaunt it.

c2d e6700
asus p5n32-esli
4gb ddr2(3?) ram @ 800 mhz
geforce 8800 gts
0.4 terabytes of installed storage.
600 watt power supply (german made)
huge ass xclio a380 case with dual 250mm fans (also german made)
sb xfi xtreme music
logitech mx5000 wireless laser mouse and keyboard.
ch fighterstick/ pro throttle / pro pedals
track ir
wireless network with 4 other attached lesser computers
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 24, 2008, 08:14:46 am
All i've access to is a clunking steam powered beast - p4 800 mhz, 2gb ram, old radeon i forget which ;), 80gb hard disk. Soundblaster audigy.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Prophet on February 24, 2008, 08:39:49 am
lol u noob get abetter computror u cant even plau halo lol i can hack you with my 360 and eyes closed lol


What? It's a spam thread! :nervous:
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Dysko on February 24, 2008, 08:57:21 am
I have a 386.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Mika on February 24, 2008, 09:17:56 am
While I'll most certainly watch this thread turn in to a nothingness, there is important thing here: it might remind FREDders about the number of ships they can put in a single mission, especially with SCP (which I haven't tried yet).

So:
Athlon XP 3000+ (or something like that)
ATI Radeon 9800
1 Gb of RAM

That's about all one needs.

Mika
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 24, 2008, 09:21:38 am
I am not a noob, i just have my priorities set. :p my 360 will eat yours and wipe its ass with your achievements.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Jeff Vader on February 24, 2008, 09:45:24 am
Intel Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz
Mobility Radeon X1600
1GB DDR2 SO-DIMM
100GB HDD

I know, I know. My e-peen is mediocre at best  :(
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Col. Fishguts on February 24, 2008, 10:31:45 am
1.21 jiggawatts
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Hippo on February 24, 2008, 11:44:01 am
evga nvidia 780i mobo
3 way sli evga gforce 8800gx overclocked
8gb ddr2 800 ram
core 2 duo e6850 (3.0ghz x2)
sound blaster SB0570 audigy w/7.1
1.8tb spread between a raptor, standard internal, and 2 external drives
900w ocz modular psu
2x generic dvd burners (lightscribe)
floppy drive (hilarity)
card reader
Logitech G15 gaming keyboard (the good blue one, not the ****ty new orange ones)
Logitech G-something mouse
Hanns-G Hi2201D 22inch widescreen LCD
And an awesome case for insane cooling (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811215009)
Vista Ultimate 64
Ubuntu Gutsy

Personally built.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Ashrak on February 24, 2008, 12:14:41 pm
Asus Striker 2 Forumla 780i 3Way-SLI ready
Gigabyte 8800GTS
2GB noname ram
Core 2 Quad Q6600
SB X-Fi extreme music
Logitech Z-5500 speakers and logi G5 laser gaming mouse.
Samsung 226BW display
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: BlackDove on February 24, 2008, 12:17:26 pm
(http://www.fastcontactlens.com/images/rectangle-computer-glasses_lg.jpg)
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Bob-san on February 24, 2008, 12:24:39 pm
Intel Pentium Dual-Core (Conroe-1M) E2140 1.6GHz @ 3GHz (375*8)
Scythe Infinity SCINF-1000
Transcend JetRAM 1x2GB DDR2 800 CL5 @ 750 CL5
Abit IP35-E Rev1.00
Diamond Radeon HD 3850 256MB @ 770/900+ (core/mem)
WD Caviar SE16 320GB SATA + WD Caviar 80GB IDE
20x DVD+/-R Burner SATA w/ LightScribe
Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU 500W
XClio Propeller with 36CM side fan
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit OEM
Ubuntu Linux 7.04 32-bit
ViewSonic E771 17" CRT (1280x1024x32 at 60hz)
Generic 2.1 speaker system
Logitech Wingman Force 3D (the Force part of that doesn't work in Vista)
Logitech basic USB optical mouse
Microsoft internet keyboard of some sort
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Dark Hunter on February 24, 2008, 01:29:58 pm
Quote
Post your specs

Why?
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 24, 2008, 05:05:18 pm
Just gotta change my cpu speed - it's 3ghz i was reading the fsb speed on the POST :nervous:
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Excalibur on February 27, 2008, 10:30:32 pm
Intel Pentium IV 1.51 gHz
NVIDIA GeForce II? (Yes, it's a crappy one, I think)
512 MB RAM
Fortissimo II Soundcard
18.9 GB HDD
CD-DVD ROM
CD-RW (doesn't work)
3 1/2 Floppy
2 USB input (low speed)
Microsoft wireless optical mouse
Microsoft Natural Keyboard
some MSI motherboard...

Mitsubishi Diamond View 19 Inch Monitor

D-Zone 3 W stereo, Harman/Kardon 19.5 stereo, Telex stereo headphones and some mono homemade speakers???


Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: nvsblmnc on February 28, 2008, 02:24:53 am
nVidia mainboard
Athlon64X2 4400+
2Gig Ram (not sure which type)
2x GeForce 7800GT
Creative X-Fi extreme music
400gig drive
8 usb ports
Vista
Wireless mouse/keyboard

Plus an overengineered cooling system that makes you feet cold if you don't push the PC hard enough.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on February 28, 2008, 08:10:24 am
Intel Pentium IV 1.51 gHz
NVIDIA GeForce II? (Yes, it's a crappy one, I think)
512 MB RAM
Fortissimo II Soundcard
18.9 GB HDD
CD-DVD ROM
CD-RW (doesn't work)
3 1/2 Floppy
2 USB input (low speed)
Microsoft wireless optical mouse
Microsoft Natural Keyboard
some MSI motherboard...

Mitsubishi Diamond View 19 Inch Monitor

D-Zone 3 W stereo, Harman/Kardon 19.5 stereo, Telex stereo headphones and some mono homemade speakers???



That's near exact what my PC was before I added 2 GB RAM and a new GPU. Is it a Cicero PC?
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Ashrak on February 29, 2008, 02:16:17 am
18.9 gb HDD.... you must hate yourself.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Herra Tohtori on February 29, 2008, 03:00:10 am
Oh what the hell... :p

Nexus NX-4090 400W PSU
MSI MS-7184 (aka AmethystM-GL6E) MOBO
Athlon64 3200+ Venice
3 GB DDR-SDRAM PC3200, dual channel (2x512 MB + 2x 1024 MB) with horrible 3-3-3-8 latency/cycle settings... probably due to crappy motherboard not being able to handle any better. :rolleyes:
PCI-e XFX GeForce 7600GT (with extra 60 MHz core factory overclock compared to specification), aftermarket cooler Zalman VF-700Cu
Hyundai ImageQuest L72D 17'' TFT display
Maxtor 6B200M0 200GB SATA HD
Seagate ST3320620A Barracuda 320GB Ultra-ATA HD
Buffalo USB Drive Station 500GB
DVD-RW and DVD drives
Terratec Aureon 7.1 PCI sound card (for Linux as soon as I can bother getting it correctly configured...)
Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit USB sound card (for Windows use)
Philips SHP2000 headphones
Creative Inspire P380 2.1, working as sub for front channels and amplifier for the front speakers taken from Sony's PMC R35L stereos
Creative Inspire P5800 5.1 speaker system
Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 2000
HP (Logitech clone most apparently) wireless kboard/mouse combo; the mouse sucks so just the keyboard is in use.


Main case fan switched to a silent one, and CPU fan switched to bigger and silent version (with minimal use of violence to make it fit to the heatsink, had to drill the screws throuh the fan frame to get it stay in piece), plus an air duct made from Sprite bottle and duct tape to guide cool air from outside the case directly into the CPU heatsink, through the conveniently placed grid on the side panel.

(http://i32.tinypic.com/5kk0a9.jpg) :lol:
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on February 29, 2008, 11:04:58 am
Kind of ironic, the NVidia card right next to the words "ATi".
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Excalibur on March 13, 2008, 09:45:59 pm
Intel Pentium IV 1.51 gHz
NVIDIA GeForce II? (Yes, it's a crappy one, I think)
512 MB RAM
Fortissimo II Soundcard
18.9 GB HDD
CD-DVD ROM
CD-RW (doesn't work)
3 1/2 Floppy
2 USB input (low speed)
Microsoft wireless optical mouse
Microsoft Natural Keyboard
some MSI motherboard...

Mitsubishi Diamond View 19 Inch Monitor

D-Zone 3 W stereo, Harman/Kardon 19.5 stereo, Telex stereo headphones and some mono homemade speakers???



That's near exact what my PC was before I added 2 GB RAM and a new GPU. Is it a Cicero PC?

No, it's a CM - Custom Made (I think)
18.9 gb HDD.... you must hate yourself.
:nod: It does run out of space, but I can do with it (for now).

@ Herra T - Does that thing actually work? Because I could do that to mine - it has air holes in the side.

btw, can you make the fans quieter without getting new ones, as well as the HDD, because mine's pretty annoying sometimes, mainly the HDD whine.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Herra Tohtori on March 14, 2008, 07:51:59 am
Well quite obviously it makes the ventilation of the case a little more effective since the CPU fan is sucking fresh air, but how much is just imagination and how much is real is another thing...

Normally, on case like this the only thing that gets new air into the case are the rear fan and PSU fan creating a lower pressure inside the case, which drags air in from every hole and corner of the case, but directly pushing air into the case is a different matter altogether. I never did any benchmarking (and damn me if I can be bothered into changing the fans and removing the air duct to make experiments on CPU temps), but if I recall correctly, the CPU idle temperature was lowered somewhat, but compared to the retail fan, the idle temperatures lowered about 5-10 degrees Celcius, but I can't say how much of that is caused by air duct, how much by new fan increasing the air flow through the heatsink blades, and how much is from cleaning the heatsink from accumulated dust. Ambient temperatures dropped a few degrees too if I recall correctly, and that should be a direct result of the duct making the CPU fan an intake fan as well.

Right now, SpeedFan is reporting CPU temperature to be exactly the same as ambient temperature of the case air (35 deg Celcius), but I can't know how accurate the temperature sensors are and where they are. One of my MOBO sensors currently reports (or is interpreted wrong by the SpeedFan) 116 degrees Celcius and I suspect my PC would have become a toast (or toaster) long ago if it were accurate... :rolleyes:

At any rate it was fun to make and at least I can imagine it working. :p
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: IceyJones on March 14, 2008, 08:06:27 am
okay...here my specs:

PC1 Main:
AMD Athlon X2 4600+
2 GB Ram
7800 GTS
2x200 GB HD Raid
2x19" EIZO-CRTs
MS Sidewinder 3D Joy (best ever)

PC2 Mobile and Render Client:
Fijitsu Siemens
Amilo Pro V3205 Laptop
with Centrino Duo Core

PC3 Render Client:
Athlon 1000
rest i dont know....
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on March 14, 2008, 08:25:06 am
One of my MOBO sensors currently reports (or is interpreted wrong by the SpeedFan) 116 degrees Celcius and I suspect my PC would have become a toast (or toaster) long ago if it were accurate... :rolleyes:

At any rate it was fun to make and at least I can imagine it working. :p
My CPU is apparently 209o.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: IceyJones on March 14, 2008, 08:28:05 am
Kelvin?
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on March 14, 2008, 08:30:16 am
Celsius.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: IceyJones on March 14, 2008, 08:34:46 am
wondering when it will melt then....
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on March 14, 2008, 08:36:22 am
Whispers: It's a faulty sensor!!
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Mars on March 16, 2008, 12:03:25 am
AMD 3200+ @ 2.05 Ghz
XFX 7600GT
1 GB DDR RAM
80GB SATA HD
450 Watt PSU

My e-penis is shrunken
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: phreak on March 17, 2008, 01:00:44 pm
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x 3.0GHz).  Not overclocked yet.
Geforce 8800 Ultra
Asus P5K-e
Corsair Dominator 8Gb DDR2-800 4-4-4-12.  It's listed at 1066 5-5-5-15, but it's unstable at that speed.  I'm thinking of dropping the timings even lower (3-4-3-10).  I have 3GB dedicated to a ramdisk.
2x WD 80GB drives in a RAID1 (Operating System Drive)
2x WD 500GB drives in a RAID0 (Data Drive)
Logitech G15 keyboard
Logitech G5 laser mouse.
Windows XP x64.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: castor on March 17, 2008, 03:55:29 pm
Athlon 64 X2 4200
1 GB RAM
GF 7950GT
Terratec Aureon Sky
320 GB HDD
Debian GNU/Linux 32bit
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: CP5670 on March 17, 2008, 04:00:36 pm
E6750, 3.6ghz
Abit IP35
2GB Ballistix, 900mhz
X1900XTX, 710/800mhz
CM Stacker/OCZ PS 520W
Logitech MX518/G15
Mitsubishi 2070SB

That video card is really showing its age now. I missed out on the 8800s when they came out and don't want to buy one so late in their lifetime, and neither company is going to release anything decent until the summer. It's a good thing I have plenty of old games to play in the meantime. :p
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: shiv on March 17, 2008, 04:01:11 pm
Intel Celeron M 1,73 GHz
2 GB RAM
160 GB HDD
Intel X3100
GNU/Linux Ubuntu 7.10 / Windows XP Home / Vista Basic
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on March 17, 2008, 04:01:43 pm
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x 3.0GHz).  Not overclocked yet.
Geforce 8800 Ultra
Asus P5K-e
Corsair Dominator 8Gb DDR2-800 4-4-4-12.  It's listed at 1066 5-5-5-15, but it's unstable at that speed.  I'm thinking of dropping the timings even lower (3-4-3-10).  I have 3GB dedicated to a ramdisk.
2x WD 80GB drives in a RAID1 (Operating System Drive)
2x WD 500GB drives in a RAID0 (Data Drive)
Logitech G15 keyboard
Logitech G5 laser mouse.
Windows XP x64.
I ****ing hate you. Sure you don't have a couple of 9650s around you'd like to throw my way?

And what do you use that for? Rendering? Gaming? Surfing the net? (I assume you might be able to get decent speeds in Firefox, but IE is just way too demanding on system hardware)


On a side note, with the hardware I posted, would I be able to run Vista? I used the Upgrade Advisor, and it said all systems were go, but I don't know if it took into consideration the age of my PC. This (http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/VistaRequirements.html) guy says that I can.

And @CP: You've sure got an old and decrepit GPU. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: CP5670 on March 17, 2008, 04:10:23 pm
And @CP: You've sure got an old and decrepit GPU. :rolleyes:

It doesn't run a lot of recent games that well. In the past, the video card was the one thing I switched out on almost every six month refresh cycle, and I never spent much money since the old card went on ebay before it lost much value. I didn't do that this time due to several factors that came up during the last two years; first it was a lack of any decent games, then a lack of time to play, and finally a lack of good cards. :p
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on March 17, 2008, 04:15:00 pm
If you want ATi (which by rights you should) wait for the 4870, supposed to be good. But then, the 2900 was too, on paper.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: CP5670 on March 17, 2008, 04:19:01 pm
The 4870 isn't coming until June. In any case, it's supposed to be a multi-GPU card that operates on Crossfire, so I'm not that interested in it. What I want to see is Nvidia's GT200, but they are still busy milking the G80/G92 generation for all it's worth. :p
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on March 17, 2008, 04:37:53 pm
No, you're thinking about the 4870X2.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: CP5670 on March 17, 2008, 05:05:50 pm
Well, the vanilla 4870 likely won't be that fast, or they would not be releasing a dual chip version for their flagship.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on March 17, 2008, 05:09:19 pm
Why not? If you can have it, get it.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: phreak on March 18, 2008, 06:53:03 pm
And what do you use that for? Rendering? Gaming? Surfing the net? (I assume you might be able to get decent speeds in Firefox, but IE is just way too demanding on system hardware)

I used it to play starcraft at a lan party...
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 18, 2008, 06:57:54 pm
Firstly i apologise for the huge link. But i cant copy the specs, due to a recent windfall from the mod in light of the op. I'm buying one of these. On thursday :) http://www.google.co.uk/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcworld.co.uk%3A80%2Fmartprd%2Fstore%2Fpcw_page.jsp%3Fpage%3DProduct%26sku%3D100061&hl=en&client=ms-tm_mb_no_pda&q=Dell+xps+pc+world&source=m&channel=bm
Could a mod tidy it please. Thanks
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Hippo on March 18, 2008, 11:43:58 pm
use this:

http://tinyurl.com/2wfj74
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: BloodEagle on March 18, 2008, 11:47:56 pm
Firstly i apologise for the huge link. But i cant copy the specs, due to a recent windfall from the mod in light of the op. I'm buying one of these. On thursday :) http://www.google.co.uk/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcworld.co.uk%3A80%2Fmartprd%2Fstore%2Fpcw_page.jsp%3Fpage%3DProduct%26sku%3D100061&hl=en&client=ms-tm_mb_no_pda&q=Dell+xps+pc+world&source=m&channel=bm
Could a mod tidy it please. Thanks

[-url=address]text to appear[/url]

Get rid of the first dash, then insert your address, then set the text that you want to appear. You'll end up with this (http://www.google.co.uk/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcworld.co.uk%3A80%2Fmartprd%2Fstore%2Fpcw_page.jsp%3Fpage%3DProduct%26sku%3D100061&hl=en&client=ms-tm_mb_no_pda&q=Dell+xps+pc+world&source=m&channel=bm) link.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: CP5670 on March 19, 2008, 01:40:51 am
Why not? If you can have it, get it.

Get what? If I'm going to wait until June, I might as well wait another month or two and pick up a GT200.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Ashrak on March 19, 2008, 02:05:30 am
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x 3.0GHz).  Not overclocked yet.
Geforce 8800 Ultra
Asus P5K-e
Corsair Dominator 8Gb DDR2-800 4-4-4-12.  It's listed at 1066 5-5-5-15, but it's unstable at that speed.  I'm thinking of dropping the timings even lower (3-4-3-10).  I have 3GB dedicated to a ramdisk.
2x WD 80GB drives in a RAID1 (Operating System Drive)
2x WD 500GB drives in a RAID0 (Data Drive)
Logitech G15 keyboard
Logitech G5 laser mouse.
Windows XP x64.

err, the lower the timings the more strain on the memory yaknow.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on March 19, 2008, 04:20:21 pm
Why not? If you can have it, get it.

Get what? If I'm going to wait until June, I might as well wait another month or two and pick up a GT200.
I'm saying that if ATi wants to improve power by doubling their card, why not?

EDIT: And Dekker, you could get a much better PC for 5000 bucks if you made it yourself. It's not really that hard to do.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 19, 2008, 04:28:22 pm
5k ??
WTF. . . . . . . . . *checked link*
Whoaaa, wrong one, i had my eye on the eight hundred pound job.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: CP5670 on March 19, 2008, 06:33:04 pm
Why not? If you can have it, get it.

Get what? If I'm going to wait until June, I might as well wait another month or two and pick up a GT200.
I'm saying that if ATi wants to improve power by doubling their card, why not?

It will be positioned as their high end solution from the beginning, in the absence of any single GPU card. AMD has stated in their investor conferences that they will be looking exclusively at multi GPU configurations for the high end in the future. Nvidia, in contrast, has said that they see advantages in continuing with single chip cards and their GT200 is expected to be such a card.

I have no interest at all in multi GPU configurations for several reasons I've discussed here in the past, so I will be waiting on that GT200.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Mars on March 19, 2008, 07:45:37 pm
Next card I get will be ATI AMD, because I don't want them to go out of buisness and leave Nvidia with no competitor
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on March 19, 2008, 08:06:08 pm
Next card I get will be ATI AMD, because I don't want them to go out of buisness and leave Nvidia with no competitor
Still ATi s'far as I'm concerned, same Canadian (and Japanese) engineers.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: DeepSpace9er on March 24, 2008, 07:31:35 pm
Built this computer last January.. starting show its age by now.

2.4ghz C2D E6600
EVGA 680i mainboard
BFG 8800GTX (768mb)
4GB Corsair XMS PC 6800
2x DVD burners (Sony OEM)
500W Power Supply
Vista Ultimate

Cheapo Logitech wired keyboard
MX 518 mouse (my second one.. I swear by them. First one had a bad right click after 2 years, logitech shipped a new one no questions asked)

Dell 1905FP. Im still in the stone age as far as widescreen monitors go.. my square one works just fine.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Bob-san on March 24, 2008, 07:36:23 pm
Built this computer last January.. starting show its age by now.

2.4ghz C2D E6600
EVGA 680i mainboard
BFG 8800GTX (768mb)
4GB Corsair XMS PC 6800
2x DVD burners (Sony OEM)
500W Power Supply
Vista Ultimate

Cheapo Logitech wired keyboard
MX 518 mouse (my second one.. I swear by them. First one had a bad right click after 2 years, logitech shipped a new one no questions asked)

Dell 1905FP. Im still in the stone age as far as widescreen monitors go.. my square one works just fine.
It may show its age, but it's still a decent system. Not depreciated that much--mainly the graphics card is half the price and the RAM is probably a good bit cheaper now. What motherboard do you have?
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on March 25, 2008, 01:06:44 pm
Built this computer last January.. starting show its age by now.

2.4ghz C2D E6600
EVGA 680i mainboard
BFG 8800GTX (768mb)
4GB Corsair XMS PC 6800
2x DVD burners (Sony OEM)
500W Power Supply
Vista Ultimate

Cheapo Logitech wired keyboard
MX 518 mouse (my second one.. I swear by them. First one had a bad right click after 2 years, logitech shipped a new one no questions asked)

Dell 1905FP. Im still in the stone age as far as widescreen monitors go.. my square one works just fine.
You people ****ing get on my nerves. Oh my god, your PC is sooooooo old. That is a brand new PC by my standards, quit your whining.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Jeff Vader on March 25, 2008, 01:11:03 pm
"That technology is three months old. Only suckers buy out-of-date machines. You're not a sucker, are you sir?"
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on March 25, 2008, 01:13:03 pm
"That technology is three months old. Only suckers buy out-of-date machines. You're not a sucker, are you sir?"
That had better be sarcasm. And if it isn't, it better not be directed at me.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Mars on March 25, 2008, 01:15:36 pm
It's pretty funny that I'm running around with DDR ram, a 3200+, and a 7600 GT...

and the people with 8800 GTX's are talking about their systems showing their age.

Don't suppose any of you want to unload your "old" stuff? Particularly MoBos and CPUs?
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on March 25, 2008, 01:19:30 pm
It's pretty funny that I'm running around with DDR ram, a 3200+, and a 7600 GT...

and the people with 8800 GTX's are talking about their systems showing their age.

Don't suppose any of you want to unload your "old" stuff? Particularly MoBos and CPUs?
Yeah, really. If it's worth so little, you can just give it to me. And Mars, you still can't say that yours is that old.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Jeff Vader on March 25, 2008, 01:20:15 pm
"That technology is three months old. Only suckers buy out-of-date machines. You're not a sucker, are you sir?"
That had better be sarcasm. And if it isn't, it better not be directed at me.
That's a quote from The Simpsons an educational TV show. Just humour. I try to think that as long as it isn't steam powered, it'll do.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on March 25, 2008, 01:21:29 pm
"That technology is three months old. Only suckers buy out-of-date machines. You're not a sucker, are you sir?"
That had better be sarcasm. And if it isn't, it better not be directed at me.
That's a quote from The Simpsons an educational TV show. Just humour. I try to think that as long as it isn't steam powered, it'll do.
Why'd you cross it out? Everyone knows The Simpsons is educational.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Bob-san on March 25, 2008, 02:17:12 pm
"That technology is three months old. Only suckers buy out-of-date machines. You're not a sucker, are you sir?"
That had better be sarcasm. And if it isn't, it better not be directed at me.
That's a quote from The Simpsons an educational The Simpsons TV show. Just humour. I try to think that as long as it isn't steam powered, it'll do.
Why'd you cross it out? Everyone knows The Simpsons is educational brain-numbing and forces conformity.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Jeff Vader on March 25, 2008, 02:19:32 pm
"Conform or be butt-****ed"
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: DeepSpace9er on March 25, 2008, 09:26:22 pm
Dont get me wrong.. the 8800GTX kicks Crysis in the ass.. but its showing its age in that its not the top of the heap anymore, not with the 9800GX2s coming out. There is nothing I have or game on the market that needs that kind of graphics power unless you are running a command center of 30" LCDs at max resolution just because you can.

I'll stick with this 8800GTX until they retail for $50.. then it will be about time to unload it for something newer.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: CP5670 on March 25, 2008, 10:24:59 pm
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8800GTX kicks Crysis in the ass

Only if you're very lenient on what framerates you consider acceptable. As far as I can see, Crysis kills everything right now even on its "high" setting and at fairly average resolutions. The built-in benchmark is misleading and the game performs much worse in several maps towards the end of the game.

For that matter, the 9800GX2 is also pretty useless due to the fact that the minimum framerates don't improve over a single 512MB GTS in many games (including Crysis) even when the averages look good. There is a good midrange lineup from both companies right now but simply no high end cards at all, or I wouldn't still be using this X1900. As it stands, I would rather wait for something good and just stick to older games in the meantime, of which I have plenty to go through.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Grace_ofGod on March 25, 2008, 10:40:24 pm
Haha, most of your guys' specs are far better than me:

I'm currently running FSOPEN on a 3 yr old laptop:

1.5 Pentium-M oc'd to 1.68
768 mb DDR-200 ram
Intel 855gm integrated video
40gb 4200 rpm HD
all this is hooked up to a 22" Acer monitor lol

But I'm getting this pretty soon:

2.2 AMD Phenom 9500
2gb DDR-5300 RAM
nvidia 8400gs, 256DDR2 ram
TV tuner
nforce 470i chipset
500gb 7200rpm HD

Hopefully when i get this I'll be able to turn up some settings and resolutions =)
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 26, 2008, 08:12:10 am
Price and where?

It's still not to late for me to get a refund :D
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on March 26, 2008, 01:06:04 pm
Haha, most of your guys' specs are far better than me:

I'm currently running FSOPEN on a 3 yr old laptop:

1.5 Pentium-M oc'd to 1.68
768 mb DDR-200 ram
Intel 855gm integrated video
40gb 4200 rpm HD
all this is hooked up to a 22" Acer monitor lol

But I'm getting this pretty soon:

2.2 AMD Phenom 9500
2gb DDR-5300 RAM
nvidia 8400gs, 256DDR2 ram
TV tuner
nforce 470i chipset
500gb 7200rpm HD

Hopefully when i get this I'll be able to turn up some settings and resolutions =)
If you are custom building and can wait, wait for the new 9000 series Core 2 Quads, get one of those or a cheap Q6600.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 26, 2008, 01:08:05 pm
Got :D my only gripe with my new rig is that vista bites major monkey backside.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on March 26, 2008, 04:05:35 pm
Try XP Ultimate. (WinXPU.info)
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Grace_ofGod on March 26, 2008, 04:31:22 pm
Haha, most of your guys' specs are far better than me:

I'm currently running FSOPEN on a 3 yr old laptop:

1.5 Pentium-M oc'd to 1.68
768 mb DDR-200 ram
Intel 855gm integrated video
40gb 4200 rpm HD
all this is hooked up to a 22" Acer monitor lol

But I'm getting this pretty soon:

2.2 AMD Phenom 9500
2gb DDR-5300 RAM
nvidia 8400gs, 256DDR2 ram
TV tuner
nforce 470i chipset
500gb 7200rpm HD

Hopefully when i get this I'll be able to turn up some settings and resolutions =)
If you are custom building and can wait, wait for the new 9000 series Core 2 Quads, get one of those or a cheap Q6600.

I'm getting the above PC for ~$370 after $100 rebate.  Yeah, I would've chose C2D if possible, but they only had AMD configs.  Strangely, it would've cost me extra to "upgrade" to Athlon 64 x2 line of processors.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: colecampbell666 on March 26, 2008, 04:43:04 pm
Good deal.
Title: Re: Post your specs
Post by: Colonol Dekker on March 27, 2008, 04:29:11 am
I knoiw the grafix are lacking, but i thought it post a link (the HD ram and CPU are quite beefy.



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