The "Rate My Computer" Thread

[Mark Iskander]

Originally posted by dark666angel
I am not going to grade it, but I will tell whats not so good about it.

2000+ is slow. 2800+ would be consdered minimum now to play games in a decent way. especially wiht all the dual cores.
1 gig ram is fine.
6600TD isnt good. the 6600GT would have been a much better choice.
80 gig hard drive, I need you speed to know how it is though, but whatever yo want; if yo dont have a lot on them, then80 gig is cool.
sound card is good I think.

Crap, I meant 2x 80 GB.

And I got the 6600 TD as an upgrade from the 9600 PRO.

[dark666angel]

Originally posted by Mark Iskander
Crap, I meant 2x 80 GB.

And I got the 6600 TD as an upgrade from the 9600 PRO.

the 6600 series are bad, just as the 6200 series. the 6600GT isthe only good one from the series. I dont mean bad as in ad, its just they are to expensive for what they deliver. thats why the 6600GT is recomended.

and Icant really see you having a lot of gain from going to a 6600td froma 9600 pro.

did you get a lot of increases?

[Sktr4lf]

A64 3200 clawhammer (s754) oc'd to 2.2ghz (mmm 1mb l2 cache)
gigabyte k8vnxp
1gb crucial ballistix pc3200
bfg 7800gs oc
gigabyte 3d rocket cooler
thermaltake purepower 560w
120gb hdd
akasa fan controller
antec plusview 1000AMG
other usual stuff

12,000 3dmark03
6200 3dmark05

[dark666angel]

Originally posted by Sktr4lf
A64 3200 clawhammer (s754) oc'd to 2.2ghz (mmm 1mb l2 cache)
gigabyte k8vnxp
1gb crucial ballistix pc3200
bfg 7800gs oc
gigabyte 3d rocket cooler
thermaltake purepower 560w
120gb hdd
akasa fan controller
antec plusview 1000AMG
other usual stuff

12,000 3dmark03
6200 3dmark05

this is probably the best score a 754 mobo could get I think. maybe a bit more through higher OCs.
how does the 7800gs play if Imay ask? css/hl2/fc/*Q4/fear etc?

[-|H3adsh0t|-]

amd 64 3200+ 939socket
asus sli mobo
7800gt 256mb
2gb gigaram pc3200
500w xclio psu

[dark666angel]

Originally posted by -|H3adsh0t|-
amd 64 3200+ 939socket
asus sli mobo
7800gt 256mb
2gb gigaram pc3200
500w xclio psu

with your 7800, You should buy a better cpu, or OC this one with a newer cooler. your 3200+ is a bottleneck for your 7800.

[noga]

Originally posted by dark666angel
with your 7800, You should buy a better cpu, or OC this one with a newer cooler. your 3200+ is a bottleneck for your 7800.

ya hes right -|H3adsh0t|- bottleneck to the max

srry, but for all that money, your 7800gt is runing like a 6800gt or even less

my friend has a 3700+ running a 6800gt with 1gig

:(

[USB is FUNFORME]

Originally posted by noga
ya hes right -|H3adsh0t|- bottleneck to the max

srry, but for all that money, your 7800gt is runing like a 6800gt or even less

my friend has a 3700+ running a 6800gt with 1gig

:(

It's not a severe bottleneck at all. There is not such a huge difference between processors as everyone sort of gets in there heads.. it may not be performing as well as it could, but a small OC would fix that.

[noga]

Originally posted by USB is FUNFORME
It's not a severe bottleneck at all. There is not such a huge difference between processors as everyone sort of gets in there heads.. it may not be performing as well as it could, but a small OC would fix that.

yes you are right, but any bottle neck at all is completely pointless, you waste you other components

pluse starting with a bett cpu will give you better upgrade for the future

[l337x3r1cx]

Originally posted by noga
yes you are right, but any bottle neck at all is completely pointless, you waste you other components

pluse starting with a bett cpu will give you better upgrade for the future
not true, I have a 3500+ and i upgraded my X1800XL to a X1900XTX and it only doubled my fps in some games, increased by 30fps in very cpu intensive source... real cpu bottleneck huh

[noga]

Originally posted by l337x3r1cx
not true, I have a 3500+ and i upgraded my X1800XL to a X1900XTX and it only doubled my fps in some games, increased by 30fps in very cpu intensive source... real cpu bottleneck huh

i bet if you had a 4000+ you would get another 50-80fps instead of the 30

and what about in 2-3 years? will you beable to upgrade your videocard to what ever it is then and not get a bottle neck?????

bu if you have a 4400+ you still would or better yet, a fx-60, then you would

pluse better cpu = better performance and speed outsidde of your gaming

[Ruben11]

Originally posted by Ruben11
Okay, thats for the detailed explination, this helps me a lot. Thanks a million. :)

So the processor wont a problem... so is this correct (see my previous post):

+ 512 MB RAM (makes 1 gig)
+ Videocard 128 MB DirectX 9 AGP (because my motherboard had AGP slot)
+ And maybe another motherboard or CPU? Can you tell me some more about the motherboard and CPU?

For the Videocard, I can order a GeFore 6600, which support DirectX9.0, SM 3.0, 128 MB + AGP. Will this be okay for the HDR?

Thank you all,
Ruben

Did someone missed it? Or do you guys forgot it? :(

Do I need to make a new topic dedicated to me or should we continue here?

[noga]

Originally posted by Ruben11
Did someone missed it? Or do you guys forgot it? :(

Do I need to make a new topic dedicated to me or should we continue here?

wait what are you asking the first place???


HUH??? i beti can help tho

[Ruben11]

Hahaha, that would be great noga. Ill tell you my question now :)

Look, I am going to buy some stuff to get HDR for my machine. But I want to make sure I'll buy the right stuff and make sure I WILL be able to play FULL HDR then. This will be the products I'll buy:

+ 512 MB RAM (makes 1 gig)
+ Videocard 128 MB DirectX 9 AGP SM 3.0(because my motherboard had AGP slot)
+ And maybe IF NEEDED another motherboard or CPU? Can you tell me some more about the motherboard and CPU?

For the Videocard, I can order a GeFore 6600GT, which support DirectX9.0, SM 3.0, 128 MB + AGP. Will this be okay for the HDR?

So then my processor will have 2.8 GHz (OC isnt possible dont ask why, its just NOT possible), and my new GeForce 6600gt and 1 gig ram. What will be my FPS with all settings maxed out? If its under 25/30, then what must be upgraded to get avarage above 30 fps on max settings?

Thanks noga and others for looking after my post :)
Ruben

[USB is FUNFORME]

A P4 2.8 and 6600GT are going to struggle with HDR, unless you signifigantly lower the resolution and / or settings.

I recommend at least a 6800GS, and since you can't OC, a 3200 - 3500.

[-|H3adsh0t|-]

Originally posted by dark666angel
with your 7800, You should buy a better cpu, or OC this one with a newer cooler. your 3200+ is a bottleneck for your 7800. I plan on buying a better heatsink in the future and ocing it to the max so it doesnt bottleneck as much. I was told it wouldnt be noticible.

[Amish Warhead]

One of the users posted their Corsair 1GB sticks as being timed at 2-2-2-5. Anyone know where these can be purchased? TIA

/Never mind :P

[Erf]

-Opteron 148 @ 2916mhz @ 11x265 [stock 2200mhz]
-DFI Ultra D Lanparty
-EVGA 7800gt OC [470/1100]
-2 Gb of OCZ Platinum pc4000
-Raptor 74gb 10k
-2 80gb Seagate "Cudas" in raid 0
-1 120gb WD
-OCZ 520watt SLI
-Watercooled Cpu and Gpu
-NZXT Lexa
Scores
-3dmark03 - 16879
-3dmark05 - 7589
-Aquamark3 - 97320
-SuperPi - 1 MB : 28.047s
- 32 MB : 25m 4.75s
-Prime95 - Stable 24 hours+
-Memtest 86 - Stable 24 Hours+

Havent voltmodded or oced the graphics card so theres more room in those scores. I hope to hit 100k in aquamark3. Processor has run at 3002mhz but is not gaming stable.

[l337x3r1cx]

Originally posted by Erf
-Opteron 148 @ 2916mhz @ 11x265 [stock 2200mhz]
-DFI Ultra D Lanparty
-EVGA 7800gt OC [470/1100]
-2 Gb of OCZ Platinum pc4000
-Raptor 74gb 10k
-2 80gb Seagate "Cudas" in raid 0
-1 120gb WD
-OCZ 520watt SLI
-Watercooled Cpu and Gpu
-NZXT Lexa
Scores
-3dmark03 - 16879
-3dmark05 - 7589
-Aquamark3 - 97320
-SuperPi - 1 MB : 28.047s
- 32 MB : 25m 4.75s
-Prime95 - Stable 24 hours+
-Memtest 86 - Stable 24 Hours+

Havent voltmodded or oced the graphics card so theres more room in those scores. I hope to hit 100k in aquamark3. Processor has run at 3002mhz but is not gaming stable.
8.7/10

[PAP>>PainPig<<]

Originally posted by Erf
-Opteron 148 @ 2916mhz @ 11x265 [stock 2200mhz]
-DFI Ultra D Lanparty
-EVGA 7800gt OC [470/1100]
-2 Gb of OCZ Platinum pc4000
-Raptor 74gb 10k
-2 80gb Seagate "Cudas" in raid 0
-1 120gb WD
-OCZ 520watt SLI
-Watercooled Cpu and Gpu
-NZXT Lexa
Scores
-3dmark03 - 16879
-3dmark05 - 7589
-Aquamark3 - 97320
-SuperPi - 1 MB : 28.047s
- 32 MB : 25m 4.75s
-Prime95 - Stable 24 hours+
-Memtest 86 - Stable 24 Hours+

Havent voltmodded or oced the graphics card so theres more room in those scores. I hope to hit 100k in aquamark3. Processor has run at 3002mhz but is not gaming stable. 6.7/10

[ag_k0nc3pt]

Originally posted by PAP>>PainPig<<
6.7/10

You gave your own 7.6 even though it's clearly inferior.

[Assassinxkilla]

Originally posted by ag_k0nc3pt
You gave your own 7.6 even though it's clearly inferior ;).

there now its fixed :)

[ag_k0nc3pt]

Originally posted by Assassinxkilla
there now its fixed :)

Thanks :P

[PAP>>PainPig<<]

Originally posted by ag_k0nc3pt
You gave your own 7.6 even though it's clearly inferior. I don't think so! He can't touch my scores! And mine is now a 7.2/10

3DMark06 4441 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=19893)
3DMarks05 8911 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1589042)
3DMarks03 18441 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=4427810)
3DMarks01 30034 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8820103)

[ag_k0nc3pt]

Originally posted by PAP>>PainPig<<
I don't think so! He can't touch my scores! And mine is now a 7.2/10

3DMark06 4441 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=19893)
3DMarks05 8911 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1589042)
3DMarks03 18441 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=4427810)
3DMarks01 30034 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8820103)

Odd, I would have thought he would have better scores. Then again, synthetic benchmarks aren't everything.

[SayKin]

Newly Upgraded system!

AMD Athlon X2 3800+ (CPU)

Sapphire Pure Crossfire Advantage (PC-A9RD480Adv Motherboard)

Sapphire Radeon X1900XT 512MB GDDR3 (Video Card)

2x Corsair Value 512MB Ram Unbuffered (1024mb Of RAM)

1x 120GB Maxtor Diamondmax 8 S-ATA (harddrive)

Windows XP pro SP2 (OS)

[mariobros]

hi, this is my score

aquamark3: 83021
3d mark 03: 27037
3d mark 05: 10979
3d mark 06: 4379

how about it

[USB is FUNFORME]

Originally posted by ag_k0nc3pt
Odd, I would have thought he would have better scores. Then again, synthetic benchmarks mean nothing.

Fixed ;)

Originally posted by mariobros
hi, this is my score

aquamark3: 83021
3d mark 03: 27037
3d mark 05: 10979
3d mark 06: 4379

how about it

Post your specs mate.

[mariobros]

sorry about that

my spec are:

amd 64X2 4400 no oc
mobo: asus A8N-SLI premium
2G of ram
2 evga geforce 7800GTX in SLI
OCZ 520 SLI ready power supply
audigy2 zs platinum whit logithech z5500
2 raptor 74 in raid 0
1 int wd 200G
1 ext wd 320G

[dark666angel]

Originally posted by mariobros
amd 64X2 4400 no oc
mobo: asus A8N-SLI premium
2G of ram
2 evga geforce 7800GTX in SLI
OCZ 520 SLI ready power supply
audigy2 zs platinum whit logithech z5500
2 raptor 74 in raid 0
1 int wd 200G
1 ext wd 320G

9.5/10

great rig. If you would OC it to 4800+, then it would be amazing.

Originally posted by SayKin
Newly Upgraded system!
AMD Athlon X2 3800+ (CPU)
Sapphire Pure Crossfire Advantage (PC-A9RD480Adv Motherboard)
Sapphire Radeon X1900XT 512MB GDDR3 (Video Card)
2x Corsair Value 512MB Ram Unbuffered (1024mb Of RAM)
1x 120GB Maxtor Diamondmax 8 S-ATA (harddrive)
Windows XP pro SP2 (OS)

9.1/10 120 gig isnt that much, but thats not important.

that 3800+ can EASILY be OCed to 4400+ with a new cooler.

[l337x3r1cx]

Originally posted by PAP>>PainPig<<
I don't think so! He can't touch my scores! And mine is now a 7.2/10

3DMark06 4441 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=19893)
3DMarks05 8911 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1589042)
3DMarks03 18441 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=4427810)
3DMarks01 30034 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8820103)
you gave me a 6.1 out of ten when my 3D mark scores not onle "touch yours" but molest them.

5227 06
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=109048

11131 05
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1781431

19012 03
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=4614342

[Radeon117X]

What would a super dream machine like this( i dont own it) get?

AMD Athlon FX 60 OC to 3.0 GHz
4 GB of XMS RAM (4 sticks)
ATI Radeon X1900XTX
ATI Radeon X1900 Crossfire edition
Asus Crossfire Motherboard
Dual 150GB WD Raptors in Raid 0
Dual 500GB drives (1TB total)
PC Power and Cooling 1KW PSU
Water cooled CPU and GPUs
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi

Just asking what this would get if anyone owned it.

[Rafiq_kassam1]

Well obviouslly 10/10 like common.

Why:

1. Normally ppl tend to get sli/cf with gfx cards that are not the best of the best. When getting sli/cf you need to the best of the best cards, otherwise it's pointless, because I can easly say 1 gfx card is better the 2 gfx cards in sli/cf, but you see I can't say that with 2 x1900xtx.

2. The fx-60 is the best and last cpu that will support socket 939, and it is the best dual core out right now.

3. X4 1 gig...that is soooo much but hey that the best you can even go. :)

4. Sound card is great

5. 1KW of power....I am speech less.

[dark666angel]

10/10 4s sure.
impossible to go further.

why is 4 gig X ram better than 2 gig X ram btw?

[Radeon117X]

Im guessing that it gives more room for expandability and more programs to run flawlessly.

[Radeon117X]

Originally posted by Rafiq_kassam1

5. 1KW of power....I am speech less.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703003

Eat your heart out my friend!!!!

[mariobros]

Originally posted by Radeon117X
What would a super dream machine like this( i dont own it) get?

AMD Athlon FX 60 OC to 3.0 GHz
4 GB of XMS RAM (4 sticks)
ATI Radeon X1900XTX
ATI Radeon X1900 Crossfire edition
Asus Crossfire Motherboard
Dual 150GB WD Raptors in Raid 0
Dual 500GB drives (1TB total)
PC Power and Cooling 1KW PSU
Water cooled CPU and GPUs
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi

Just asking what this would get if anyone owned it.

that would be one hell of a machine.

something to think about thought
i dont know for other cpu, but for mine whitch is a amd 64x2 4400
on my board (asus a8n-sli premium), when the four slot are occupy whit memory(dual ddr) the board throtle back the fsb to 333mh in lieu of 400
it seem to have something to do whit the weight the memory put on the memory controller(so i read on asus forum)

[Erf]

6.7 i cant agree with i believe its an 7.5-7.8 by todays standards. You all also need to realize that there are very few programs that utilize dual cores so they arent as unholy as you all think. I also have a opteron 165 dualcore that was in this same setup. It didnt score as high and has been passed on to my father.

[ag_k0nc3pt]

Originally posted by SayKin
Newly Upgraded system!

AMD Athlon X2 3800+ (CPU)

Sapphire Pure Crossfire Advantage (PC-A9RD480Adv Motherboard)

Sapphire Radeon X1900XT 512MB GDDR3 (Video Card)

2x Corsair Value 512MB Ram Unbuffered (1024mb Of RAM)

1x 120GB Maxtor Diamondmax 8 S-ATA (harddrive)

Windows XP pro SP2 (OS)

9/10. OC the processor to get 10

[USB is FUNFORME]

Originally posted by ag_k0nc3pt
9/10. OC the processor to get 10

Look at the virtual 10 above you.

He would need 2 to 4 times as much good RAM (value ram? how much in sync OCing is he going to do?), the best processor you can buy, a second GPU, and a bigger HD.

I give it a 7.6.

[demon_child_666]

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 Veince 3200+

MoBo: K8T890-A

Memory: 2x(512) Corsair XMS pro edition

Video card: X1800XL OC'ed to XT speeds

sound card: Phillips 5.1 high def.

[Rafiq_kassam1]

Originally posted by USB is FUNFORME
I give it a 7.6.

same

[USB is FUNFORME]

Originally posted by demon_child_666
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 Veince 3200+

MoBo: K8T890-A

Memory: 2x(512) Corsair XMS pro edition

Video card: X1800XL OC'ed to XT speeds

sound card: Phillips 5.1 high def.

HD?

6.8/10

I guess..

[demon_child_666]

Originally posted by USB is FUNFORME
HD?

6.8/10

I guess..

its digital surround sound

[GhostsFoR]

HD = Hard Drive :P

[USB is FUNFORME]

Originally posted by demon_child_666
its digital surround sound

lol indeed, I was asking for your hard drive info :p

[Radeon117X]

Imagine running video games on supercomputers.....lol! SUPER SPEED! it would run so fast that you couldnt even do anything!

[Mark Iskander]

Originally posted by dark666angel
the 6600 series are bad, just as the 6200 series. the 6600GT isthe only good one from the series. I dont mean bad as in ad, its just they are to expensive for what they deliver. thats why the 6600GT is recomended.

and Icant really see you having a lot of gain from going to a 6600td froma 9600 pro.

did you get a lot of increases?
Yeah, FPS is better, quality is a little bit better. That's for CS:S.

As for BF2, HOLY ????! The game runs so fast! With my Radeon, it took like 5 minutes after you join the game for the lag to stop. With this nVidia, it runs smoothly from the beginning.

I guess they really do mean it when they say nVidia plays BF2 better.

[l337x3r1cx]

Originally posted by Mark Iskander

I guess they really do mean it when they say nVidia plays BF2 better.
tell that to my friend who switched from a 7800 GTX to a X1900XTX

[Assassinxkilla]

Originally posted by l337x3r1cx
tell that to my friend who switched from a 7800 GTX to a X1900XTX

u are a ATI hammer legion member WOW u back up ATI like its god...

[l337x3r1cx]

Originally posted by Assassinxkilla
u are a ATI hammer legion member WOW u back up ATI like its god...
hey i have to... ATI doesnt get the support they deserver (probably because nobodys paying anyone to talk them up... ha). Anyways how come anyone who backs up a nvidia isn't considered a hammer legion member?

Anyways... posting the FACTS is very hammer legionish
http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/video/radeon-x1900xtx-gameperformance/bfield_candy.gif
17 FPS faster, for 100 less, and .7FPS slower for 350 less... the way its meant to be played my @$$

[PAP>>PainPig<<]

I basicly stopped coming here to rate comps because there are to many babies crying. This thread is so off track it makes ME cry!

[Rafiq_kassam1]

Originally posted by l337x3r1cx
Anyways how come anyone who backs up a nvidia isn't considered a hammer legion member?


Not true:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=404351&perpage=15&pagenumber=1

:)

[dark666angel]

Originally posted by l337x3r1cx

Anyways... posting the FACTS is very hammer legionish
http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/video/radeon-x1900xtx-gameperformance/bfield_candy.gif
17 FPS faster, for 100 less, and .7FPS slower for 350 less... the way its meant to be played my @$$

well, you did prove the guys point now.

you gave one test from one game... 1 game doesnt prove anything dude.

plus, even the lowest card in that test could run BF 2 in 1600 1200 4X 16X. so why would you pay 100$ extra if you dont notice the difference?

[USB is FUNFORME]

Originally posted by Radeon117X
Imagine running video games on supercomputers.....lol! SUPER SPEED! it would run so fast that you couldnt even do anything!

Lol, it probably wouldn't be that fast since most games can barely even utilize one core and never signifigantly more then 900MB of RAM. :p

Originally posted by l337x3r1cx
tell that to my friend who switched from a 7800 GTX to a X1900XTX

....................

When a game (like BF2) is optimized for nVidia, it means like a 7800GTX 256 will probably beat an x1800xt (spouting these off btw), not that a GeForce4 will beat an 1800xt.

No kidding the x1900 wins.. wth did you think would happen?

[l337x3r1cx]

Originally posted by Rafiq_kassam1
Not true:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=404351&perpage=15&pagenumber=1

:)
thank you, that thread made my day.

also i only used one test because the original comment was "i guess they mean it when they say nv plays BF2 better" i proved that wrong, if i wanted to show benchmarks of the X1900 and X1800 owning i could of but i was proving the whole BF2 favors nvidia thing wrong because it is infact incorrect

[USB is FUNFORME]

Originally posted by l337x3r1cx
thank you, that thread made my day.

also i only used one test because the original comment was "i guess they mean it when they say nv plays BF2 better" i proved that wrong, if i wanted to show benchmarks of the X1900 and X1800 owning i could of but i was proving the whole BF2 favors nvidia thing wrong because it is infact incorrect

Maybe nVidia doesn't perform any better (it's not like BF2 could give a large advantage) but they do "favor" nVidia.. considering when you start up the game there's an nVidia symbol. Just like HL2 "favors" ATi.

[l337x3r1cx]

Originally posted by USB is FUNFORME
Maybe nVidia doesn't perform any better (it's not like BF2 could give a large advantage) but they do "favor" nVidia.. considering when you start up the game there's an nVidia symbol. Just like HL2 "favors" ATi.
thats marketing... doesn't have anything to do with who will perform better. Look at any high rez+ eye candy bench in BF2... X1800XL>7800 GT, X1800XT>GTX, X1900XT>GTX 512, also HL2 doesnt favor ATI the nv 6 and 7series run just as well as the X and X1 series, they only favored ATI when the top end was the 9800 and FX5900 and the nv card didn't run DX9 properly.

[dark666angel]

Its true about IQ though. that the 1800 series beat the 7800 series.

IQ is important imo. its not all just fps that counts.

[USB is FUNFORME]

Originally posted by l337x3r1cx
thats marketing... doesn't have anything to do with who will perform better. Look at any high rez+ eye candy bench in BF2... X1800XL>7800 GT, X1800XT>GTX, X1900XT>GTX 512, also HL2 doesnt favor ATI the nv 6 and 7series run just as well as the X and X1 series, they only favored ATI when the top end was the 9800 and FX5900 and the nv card didn't run DX9 properly.

Did you read what you quoted? I said there may be know FPS increase on one company but HL2 / VALVe certainly "favors" (as in supports) ATi.. since they're essentially business partners.

[Andrew1990]

1st PC


AMD Athlon Xp 2800+
768MB PC3200
Geforce 6600 256MB AGP


2nd PC

Intel Celeron 466MHz
196MB Ram
Intergrated 8MB Intel video card

[Drachenflailx]

Intel Pentium D 3.00GHz

eVGA e-GeForce 7800 GTX KO ACS3 256mb PCI Express

1.99 GB of RAM

250 GB Hard Drive

Windows XP Pro SP2

Sound Blaster Audigy LS

Please get back to me soon.

[USB is FUNFORME]

Originally posted by Andrew1990
1st PC


AMD Athlon Xp 2800+
768MB PC3200
Geforce 6600 256MB AGP


2nd PC

Intel Celeron 466MHz
196MB Ram
Intergrated 8MB Intel video card

1: 4.1/10

2: .. -2/10 for the trouble :p
Originally posted by Drachenflailx
Intel Pentium D 3.00GHz

eVGA e-GeForce 7800 GTX KO ACS3 256mb PCI Express

1.99 GB of RAM

250 GB Hard Drive

Windows XP Pro SP2

Sound Blaster Audigy LS

Please get back to me soon.

6.3/10

Need a stronger proc.. and what's with the RAM? 1.99? Don't you mean 2GB or 2048MB?

[Snakebite6x6x6]

Current System

3.2 Ghz Pentium 4 E
MSI PT880 Neo-LSR
eVga nVidia Geforce 6800 ultra extreme
1 Gig (2x512) PC 3200
1 250 gig SATA drive
1 120 gig PATA drive
Soundblaster Audigy 2 zs

System after upgrade (hopefully arriving tomorrow YAY newegg)

AMD Opteron 150 2.4Ghz
Asus A8N-E nforce 4 ultra socket 939
2 gigs (2x 1gig) pc 3200
Radeon x1900xtx

the rest is the same as above...cept i also picked up a new psu..to handle it :P

os...current system XP Pro Corporate (benefit of being in IT :)
after upgrade..may keep the 32 XP...or go 64 XP (which i recently obtained a copy of......more benefits :)

scores for before and after maybe?

[dogie]

Originally posted by l337x3r1cx
hey i have to... ATI doesnt get the support they deserver (probably because nobodys paying anyone to talk them up... ha). Anyways how come anyone who backs up a nvidia isn't considered a hammer legion member?

Anyways... posting the FACTS is very hammer legionish
http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/video/radeon-x1900xtx-gameperformance/bfield_candy.gif
17 FPS faster, for 100 less, and .7FPS slower for 350 less... the way its meant to be played my @$$

Oh come on.

Everyone knows that the 1900 and 7900 is the generation meant to compete with each other.

Dont compare the 512 to the 1900, as they are different generations. Yes, it is expensive, because it is a previous inefficient generation.

This is like comparing an athlon xp to a yonah...

[PinkPig]

Opteron 170 @ 2700 MHz
X1900XT @ 689/779
Asus A8R-MVP
2GB Geil HZ PC4000 DDR RAM

:-)

[Rafiq_kassam1]

The 1800xt was suppose to be the how the x1900xt is..in terms of performance, but ATI wasen't on time for that.

what you gonna do. :)

but either way ATI is making a huge profit from the x1900xt's.

Don't think ATI feels they made a mistake...simply becuase the money is rolling in for the right "now".

[l337x3r1cx]

Originally posted by Rafiq_kassam1
The 1800xt was suppose to be the how the x1900xt is..in terms of performance, but ATI wasen't on time for that.

Actually the X1800's were exactly what they were supposed to be, the problem is a problem in manufacturing was making them unable to hit the clocks the chip was designed for, once they sorted it out they taped out again and got the chip out. The X1800 series was intended for a may release... and if it had been released in may everyone would have praised it. The X1900 is not "what the R520 was supposed to be" the X1900 is the Q1 refresh that was 100% on schedule so they released it on time.

[t4ct1c47]

Pentium 4 650 @ 4.0GHz
Corsair 1GB (4x256MB) DDR PC3200 @ 470MHz
Asus P5GPL (915PL chipset)
XFX 7800 GTX 256MB @ 490/1300
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS 64MB
Maxtor 240GB (2x120GB) SATA HDD's
Asus 16X DVDROM
Asus 16X Dual Layer DVDRW
Tagan 530W Easycon PSU
Asus 25A chassis
Creative GigaWorks S750
Samsung 930BF 19" LCD (1280x1024, 75Hz, 4ms)

3DMark2001SE - 28225
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8886739

3DMark2003 - 19076
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=4597203

3DMark2005 - 8426
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1772143

3DMark2006 - 4578
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=27637

PCMark2005 - 5232
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm05=252510

Originally posted by Mr. Josh
Do NOT post unnecessary items such as what kind of speakers you have and other items.

I'm a bad man! :(

[RjAkaPeanut]

dell dimension 4300
128+256 ram
no vid card

how do I rank? ;p

[Rafiq_kassam1]

Originally posted by l337x3r1cx
Actually the X1800's were exactly what they were supposed to be, the problem is a problem in manufacturing was making them unable to hit the clocks the chip was designed for, once they sorted it out they taped out again and got the chip out. The X1800 series was intended for a may release... and if it had been released in may everyone would have praised it. The X1900 is not "what the R520 was supposed to be" the X1900 is the Q1 refresh that was 100% on schedule so they released it on time.

i mean what people though the x1800xt should of preformed like.

[t4ct1c47]

Hmmm, didn't work. :S

[Co-Proxamol Kid]

Originally posted by RjAkaPeanut
dell dimension 4300
128+256 ram
no vid card

how do I rank? ;p

1 coconut out of 5

[l337x3r1cx]

Originally posted by Rafiq_kassam1
i mean what people though the x1800xt should of preformed like.
ah i see... too bad it wasn't 32 pipes like rumored... would have been a beast (still is a beast but even more so.)

[Co-Proxamol Kid]

sold the last rig off and bought some new (second hand) parts:

Opteron 146 2.9ghz (10x290)
2GB Crucial PC3200 (using a divider)
DFI LP UT NF4-SLI DR
AC Freezer 64 PRO
HIS X1800XT 512MB (flashed to XT PE - 700/800)
SB Audigy player (original)
160Gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.7
Viewsonic VX924 3ms
Logitech Z2200 or something
Saitek Eclipse/Razer Diamondback/fUnc 1030 blah blah

3DMark2001 SE 34k (slack timings and divider)
3DMark 2005 10033 (see above)

[dark666angel]

Originally posted by dogie
Oh come on.
Everyone knows that the 1900 and 7900 is the generation meant to compete with each other.
Dont compare the 512 to the 1900, as they are different generations. Yes, it is expensive, because it is a previous inefficient generation.
This is like comparing an athlon xp to a yonah...

yeah its sooo annoying. happens every time.

[q-tip1234]

Just built this, feedback welcome



AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ processor
DFI LanParty UT nF4 SLI-DR NF4SLI Socket 939 mobo
XFX 7800gt 256mb video
2gb (4x512bm) OCZ Platnium RAM
WD Raptor 74gb 10k rpm hard drive
Dell 20.1in 2005fpw monitor (1680x1050 resolution)
Windows XP Pro SP2

pics (very large, 56k warning):
http://www.xenocide-rpg.com/files/users/alkaline/power%20on.JPG
http://www.xenocide-rpg.com/files/users/alkaline/front%20case.JPG
http://www.xenocide-rpg.com/files/users/alkaline/side%20window.JPG

[Gox]

Originally posted by q-tip1234
Just built this, feedback welcome



AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ processor
DFI LanParty UT nF4 SLI-DR NF4SLI Socket 939 mobo
XFX 7800gt 256mb video
2gb (4x512bm) OCZ Platnium RAM
WD Raptor 74gb 10k rpm hard drive
Dell 20.1in 2005fpw monitor (1680x1050 resolution)
Windows XP Pro SP2

pics (very large, 56k warning):
http://www.xenocide-rpg.com/files/users/alkaline/power%20on.JPG
http://www.xenocide-rpg.com/files/users/alkaline/front%20case.JPG
http://www.xenocide-rpg.com/files/users/alkaline/side%20window.JPG
Pic links give a "Service Unavailable" :(

Note: I commented on the system (about 5 words) in your thread.

[Assassinxkilla]

Originally posted by q-tip1234
Just built this, feedback welcome



AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ processor
DFI LanParty UT nF4 SLI-DR NF4SLI Socket 939 mobo
XFX 7800gt 256mb video
2gb (4x512bm) OCZ Platnium RAM
WD Raptor 74gb 10k rpm hard drive
Dell 20.1in 2005fpw monitor (1680x1050 resolution)
Windows XP Pro SP2

pics (very large, 56k warning):
http://www.xenocide-rpg.com/files/users/alkaline/power%20on.JPG
http://www.xenocide-rpg.com/files/users/alkaline/front%20case.JPG
http://www.xenocide-rpg.com/files/users/alkaline/side%20window.JPG

nice setup cool u got it going...

[Nukeout]

Originally posted by q-tip1234
Just built this, feedback welcome



AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ processor
DFI LanParty UT nF4 SLI-DR NF4SLI Socket 939 mobo
XFX 7800gt 256mb video
2gb (4x512bm) OCZ Platnium RAM
WD Raptor 74gb 10k rpm hard drive
Dell 20.1in 2005fpw monitor (1680x1050 resolution)
Windows XP Pro SP2

pics (very large, 56k warning):
http://www.xenocide-rpg.com/files/users/alkaline/power%20on.JPG
http://www.xenocide-rpg.com/files/users/alkaline/front%20case.JPG
http://www.xenocide-rpg.com/files/users/alkaline/side%20window.JPG

raptors are waste of money. at most it shaves off couple of secons during loading time.

if i were you i would have got a 300GB HDD SATA .

[oPURT]

Originally posted by q-tip1234
Just built this, feedback welcome



AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ processor
DFI LanParty UT nF4 SLI-DR NF4SLI Socket 939 mobo
XFX 7800gt 256mb video
2gb (4x512bm) OCZ Platnium RAM
WD Raptor 74gb 10k rpm hard drive
Dell 20.1in 2005fpw monitor (1680x1050 resolution)
Windows XP Pro SP2
Well, I think the proc is a little weak, woulda picked at least a 4400+. (Shoulda bought a SATA and upgraded the CPU to a 4200+ at a minimum.) And the 4x512 is really weak. Why would you screw the FSB like that? Shoulda went 2x1GB.

But your GPU and monitor are gold. Good call there!

I give it 6.8/10.

[sgt_eyepatch]

this are the specs of the comp on getting on friday or sooner, so i figured hey, how bout have ppl rate it. After you rate my new comp could someone that plays cs:s tell me if this comp is ideal for it?

intel pentium 4 3.0 Ghz processer

200 GB hard drive space

1024mb RAM(how many mbs are in a gb?)

and a [ati radoen x1300 pro 512 mb grapics card]

all this and a printer and 15 in flatscreen crt monitor for $950!

[q-tip1234]

there are 1024mbs per gigabyte

[sgt_eyepatch]

aiite, but no rating, ur making me a sad panda, and you wouldnt like me when im a sad panda, or you would, depending on how you like ur pandas to be, happy or sad :)

[Rafiq_kassam1]

I just want to know how my computer is as of now. lol I remember when my comptuer was like 9-10/10. Now I think it would be a 6-10.

AMD Athlon 3800+ 2.4 Ghz (Veince Core)
BFG 7800 GTX OC 256MB
Asus A8N-E NF4 Ultra
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184 DDR SDRAM DDR400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Platinum 2-3-2-5
OCZ Modstream 520 Watt Power Supply
Zalman 7000B-CU LED CPU Cooler
Sony DRU-800A
Thermaltake Kandalf Aluminum Full Tower Case.
Razor Copperhead Mouse
Saitek ECLIPSE PC Keyboard - Blue
Logitech Z-2300 2.1 Speakers THX
19' inch Benq LCD Monitor

[l337x3r1cx]

Originally posted by Rafiq_kassam1
I just want to know how my computer is as of now. lol I remember when my comptuer was like 9-10/10. Now I think it would be a 6-10.

AMD Athlon 3800+ 2.4 Ghz (Veince Core)
BFG 7800 GTX OC 256MB
Asus A8N-E NF4 Ultra
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184 DDR SDRAM DDR400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Platinum 2-3-2-5
OCZ Modstream 520 Watt Power Supply
Zalman 7000B-CU LED CPU Cooler
Sony DRU-800A
Thermaltake Kandalf Aluminum Full Tower Case.
Razor Copperhead Mouse
Saitek ECLIPSE PC Keyboard - Blue
Logitech Z-2300 2.1 Speakers THX
19' inch Benq LCD Monitor
thats still an 8 out of ten... its gotta be better then 80% of computers out their... but who knows my comp scored a 6.1 lol

AMD 64 3500+ Winchester @ 2530MHZ w/ Zalman HS/F
Chaintech VNF4 ZE
ATI RADEON X1900XT (bios flashed to XTX) 512mb (690/800)
2 x 512mb Geil DDR400 @ DDR460
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2
160 GB Western Digital HD
1 x DVDRW
1 x CDRW
1 x Floppy Drive
Antec 480 Watt PSU
Aspire X-Dreamer case
4x 80mm Blue LED Case Fans
1x 120mm Green LED Case Fan
1x Dual Blue CCFL
1x Dual Green CCFL
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard

3Dmark05=11130
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1781431

3Dmark06=5227
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=109048

i honeslty believe its worth more than a 6.1 lol

[USB is FUNFORME]

Originally posted by l337x3r1cx
thats still an 8 out of ten... its gotta be better then 80% of computers out their... but who knows my comp scored a 6.1 lol

AMD 64 3500+ Winchester @ 2530MHZ w/ Zalman HS/F
Chaintech VNF4 ZE
ATI RADEON X1900XT (bios flashed to XTX) 512mb (690/800)
2 x 512mb Geil DDR400 @ DDR460
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2
160 GB Western Digital HD
1 x DVDRW
1 x CDRW
1 x Floppy Drive
Antec 480 Watt PSU
Aspire X-Dreamer case
4x 80mm Blue LED Case Fans
1x 120mm Green LED Case Fan
1x Dual Blue CCFL
1x Dual Green CCFL
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard

3Dmark05=11130
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1781431

3Dmark06=5227
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=109048

i honeslty believe its worth more than a 6.1 lol

6.9/10

6.0 for rafiq

[Snakebite6x6x6]

Hrm....i'll try again :P
JUST updated

Amd Opteron 150 @ 2.8GHz
Radeon X1900XTX
2 Gigs (2x1024) pc3200
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
1 250 Gig SATA
1 120 Gig PATA
16x DVD-RW
Enermax Liberty 620watt modular psu

um...thats about it...i guess....
running xp pro

[Rafiq_kassam1]

Originally posted by USB is FUNFORME
6.0 for rafiq

:(...i knew it. well i got to face it...my computer is getting old. :(

[l337x3r1cx]

Originally posted by Rafiq_kassam1
:(...i knew it. well i got to face it...my computer is getting old. :(
not really, im very sure your comp can play anything at 1600x1200 w/ full settings AA+AF... not old by any means

[Co-Proxamol Kid]

Originally posted by Snakebite6x6x6
Hrm....i'll try again :P
JUST updated

Amd Opteron 150 @ 2.8GHz
Radeon X1900XTX
2 Gigs (2x1024) pc3200
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
1 250 Gig SATA
1 120 Gig PATA
16x DVD-RW
Enermax Liberty 620watt modular psu

um...thats about it...i guess....
running xp pro

what mobo is it and Opty stepping?

i thought you could have got more from your Opty when it has such a high multiplier.

[Snakebite6x6x6]

whoops..forgot mobo

Asus A8N-E nforce 4 ultra

processor stepping

Cagbe

from what i have seen other people achieve...this particular stepping reaches 3ghz sometimes...other times...2.8 is the max....i havent tried to go higher....until i get a better cooling system..just using the stock cooler right now with artic silver 5...didnt order a better one because i expended my budget on what i ordered....gonna pick up a water cooler in the near future...for both cpu and gpu

[LTSMASH]

AMD64 3700 130nm Clawhammer @ 2.4ghz skt. 754
Asus K8N-E Deluxe (allowing for PCIE on a skt 754)
1GB Corsair DDR400 2-3-3-6 (w/ LED's cause i was stupid when I bought it :p)
7800GT Evga w/ copper heatsink 470/1100
160gb Western Digital Caviar w/ 8mb cache
580W PSU w/ 25A on the 12+v rail
NEC Dual Layer burner (the one with the highest rated speeds on the market)
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Gamer
Dell 2407fpw (planning on buying it when it's released in March) 24" LCD w/ 6ms response time
Logitech G7
Panasonic 600W 5.1 surround sound home entertainment system


gnight :)

[sgt_eyepatch]

Intel pentium 4: 3.0 Ghz proccesser.
Ati Radeon x1300 pro 512 Mb grapics card.
1 Gb RAM
200 Gb hardrive space.
15 ince flat screen crt monitor.

[USB is FUNFORME]

Originally posted by Rafiq_kassam1
:(...i knew it. well i got to face it...my computer is getting old. :(

lol.. dude your computer is still better then 98% of the general population :p

[Rafiq_kassam1]

Originally posted by USB is FUNFORME
lol.. dude your computer is still better then 98% of the general population :p

eh... you just made me happy :)

[USB is FUNFORME]

Originally posted by sgt_eyepatch
Intel pentium 4: 3.0 Ghz proccesser.
Ati Radeon x1300 pro 512 Mb grapics card.
1 Gb RAM
200 Gb hardrive space.
15 ince flat screen crt monitor.

4/10? Maybe?

Wait what's the x1300 comparable to?

[pacman13331]

CPU - AMD Athlon64 4800+ Duel core

Power Supply - Silverstone 600Watt Modular

Motherboard - Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe

OS - Windows XP Professional SP2

Memory - Corsair TwinX 2048MB 3500LL Pro (2/1024)

Graphics Card - nVidia GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB

Hard Drive - WD740GD Raptor74GB 10000RPM 8MB SATA x2 Raid 0

Sound Card - Creative Labs X-Fi Fatal1ity

[pacman13331]

anygood?

[RedRumy3]

very nice 8.5/10 =]

[genenaaù]

myn is

pentium 4 dual core 3.00 ghz 2mb cache

1024 mb ram

geforce 6700 xl

250 gb ram

and thats all i know about it lol.

[pacman13331]

would this be a 9 or 10?

Power Supply - Silverstone 600Watt Modular

Operating System - Windows XP Professional SP2

Motherboard - Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe

CPU - AMD Athlon64 X2 FX-60 Socket 939

Memory - Corsair TwinX 2048MB 3200XL-PT (4/512mb)

Hard Drive - WD740GDRaptor x2 74GB 10000RPM 8MB Sata Raid 0

Video Card(s) - 2 x nVidia Geforce 7800 GTX 512MB (BFG)

Sound Card - Creative Labs X-Fi Fatal1ity

[Rafiq_kassam1]

Originally posted by pacman13331
would this be a 9 or 10?

Power Supply - Silverstone 600Watt Modular

Operating System - Windows XP Professional SP2

Motherboard - Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe

CPU - AMD Athlon64 X2 FX-60 Socket 939

Memory - Corsair TwinX 2048MB 3200XL-PT (4/512mb)

Hard Drive - WD740GDRaptor x2 74GB 10000RPM 8MB Sata Raid 0

Video Card(s) - 2 x nVidia Geforce 7800 GTX 512MB (BFG)

Sound Card - Creative Labs X-Fi Fatal1ity

that would be a 9.5/10

seeing that 2x x1900xtx are faster.

if you replaced it with 2x x1900xtx's then yes 10/10.

btw: are you going to buy this system....beucase there's a few changes you could do to make it better.

[pacman13331]

the first one I posted is my friends system. and yes i am looking. what would make it faster? I am not going to get that cpu though to expensive probably amd 4800 duel core

[Rafiq_kassam1]

I mean that their better....lol

[pacman13331]

whats better? the 1900xtx? i know. but what else would you recomend changing? to make it better?

[Co-Proxamol Kid]

Originally posted by pacman13331
whats better? the 1900xtx? i know. but what else would you recomend changing? to make it better?

the RAM, dump the 4 sticks for 2x1GB

also, the FX60 is a horrendous waste of money - a small OC from a cheaper cpu would give you the same speed.

[Rafiq_kassam1]

Originally posted by pacman13331
whats better? the 1900xtx? i know. but what else would you recomend changing? to make it better?

do you plan on overclocking?

[NuCKiNFuTard]

DFI LanParty UT nF4 Ultra-D
AMD Athlon Venice 3200+ @ 2750
Zalman CNPS7000-CU LED
Patriot 1GB Ram (512 x 2) PC3200 @460 2.5-3-2-5 1T
36GB WD Raptor SATA
80GB WD Backup SATA
nVidia eVga 6800GS PCI-e @ 540/1360
Onboard Sound
Lite-On DVD Burner
OCZ Modstream 520Watt PSU
Antec P160WF Case

[Rafiq_kassam1]

6.3/10

BTW: Nice overclock on the cpu.

[mca7]

Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire Mobo

AMD Athlon 64 3700+

Radeon x850xt

2x 512MB PC3200 RAM

Onboard Sound

Generic 400w PSU :(

Windows XP Pro SP2

[Rafiq_kassam1]

5/10

[pacman13331]

which cpu and ram would you recommend i wanted to get the amd 4800 duel. what type of ram would be good? matter a fact....could someone lay out a 10/10 rig specs?

[pacman13331]

ati graphics cards are better the nVidi'a geforces? and whats better fan cooling or water cooling? cause i heard from people that water cooling causes al ot of problems. true?

[pacman13331]

is the Ati X1900XTX Crossfire 512MB single card truly better than the nVidia Geforce 7800 GTX 512MB single card or is it preference?

[pacman13331]

never mind about the graphics card question....I know now the x1900xtx is faster..lol but I am puzzled on the memory why do you say the 2gig of 3500LL pro (2/1024MB) is no good? is 2gig of pc3200 (2/1024MB) better or the 2gig of 3200XL-PT (4/512MB)?

[dark666angel]

Originally posted by pacman13331
is the Ati X1900XTX Crossfire 512MB single card truly better than the nVidia Geforce 7800 GTX 512MB single card or is it preference?
I think its faster is most tests. some the Nvidia does better. not 100% sure though

[Rafiq_kassam1]

Originally posted by pacman13331
which cpu and ram would you recommend i wanted to get the amd 4800 duel. what type of ram would be good? matter a fact....could someone lay out a 10/10 rig specs?

I beleve the x1900xtx is for sure faster then the 7800 gtx 512mb.

Here let me make you a rig:

Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Crossfire (Socket 939) (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ASUS_Socket_939.html) <---- Uses the RD580 Chip and will be out 1st march.
AMD Athlon 64 FX60 2.6 Ghz Dual Core (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103608)
HIS X1900XTX 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI-E (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161169)
HIS X1900XTX 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI-E Crossfire Ready (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161170)
ARCTIC COOLING Silencer64UltraTC Blue Led Cooler (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835186123)
OCZ Titanium 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184 DDR SDRAM DDR400 (PC 3200) Dual Channe2-3-2-5 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227056)
Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB SATA (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136012)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102188)
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703003)

[Radeon117X]

Originally posted by Rafiq_kassam1
I beleve the x1900xtx is for sure faster then the 7800 gtx 512mb.

Here let me make you a rig:

Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Crossfire (Socket 939) (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ASUS_Socket_939.html) <---- Uses the RD580 Chip and will be out 1st march.
AMD Athlon 64 FX60 2.6 Ghz Dual Core (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103608)
HIS X1900XTX 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI-E (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161169)
HIS X1900XTX 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI-E Crossfire Ready (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161170)
ARCTIC COOLING Silencer64UltraTC Blue Led Cooler (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835186123)
OCZ Titanium 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184 DDR SDRAM DDR400 (PC 3200) Dual Channe2-3-2-5 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227056)
Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB SATA (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136012)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102188)
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703003)

Get this RAM instead :p http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145486

[pacman13331]

I was gona ask now. fan cooling is better than water cooling right?

[pacman13331]

co-proxamol kid said the fx-60 was a waste of money, does anyone else concur?

[pacman13331]

wouldn't one x1900xtx card be enough? lol

[pacman13331]

isn't the fital1ity sound card better then extreme music? and is raid 0 really neccecary?

[adamd1008]

Lets see...

o AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2 GHz

o nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS: 5.5bn texels/sec, 256MB

o MSI K8N Diamond Mobo: 1000 FSB, Dynamic overclocking technology or summit

o Creative Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit (built-in to mobo)

o 1GB Kingston DDR400 RAM

o Hiper 525W Triple fan PSU

o Western Digital 200GB HDD

o Windows XP Home

o Groovy case with 3 fans built-in! lol

Altogether the comp has 9 fans! And according to MSI CoreCenter, the CPU temp never goes above 40°C when running CS:S @ 4 x FSAA, 16 x AF, 1280 x 960 resolution without overclocking anything!

[Cian]

I am getting a new laptop and i wanted to know if it could play hl2 and all its mods.

Features:

CPU, Mobile AMD Turion™64 MT-40 CPU @ 2.2GHz 1MB Cache Ultra Low Voltage 25Watt w/ HyperTransport Technology

MOTHERBOARD, ATI RX 480M + ATI SB 400 Chipset Mainboard

MEMORY, 2GB CORSAIR XMS NOTEBOOK MEMORY

VIDEO CARD, ATI Mobility Radeon X700 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 128MB VRAM Video

HARD DRIVE, 80GB 7200RPM ULTRA ATA 100 HARD DRIVE

OS, Windows® XP Professional

[mwilkinson]

AMD Athlon X2 4000+
ATI x850 xt
1024 mb OCZ 3200 DDR
2x 36gb 10000rpm raptors
M-Audio Revolution 7.1


sigh...
I wish games would be more CPU intensive because even now i can encode video and still play cs:s or dod:s without too much noticable slowdown

[USB is FUNFORME]

Originally posted by pacman13331
I was gona ask now. fan cooling is better than water cooling right?

It's not nearly as cold, but easier and cheaper.

Originally posted by pacman13331
co-proxamol kid said the fx-60 was a waste of money, does anyone else concur?

It's pretty damn expensive, and there are definitely some better deals, but if you have the cash, it's sweet.

Originally posted by pacman13331
wouldn't one x1900xtx card be enough? lol

For a 10/10 system, you need the absolute best of the best. One x1900xtx is not the best. Two are. So no, one is not enough for a 10/10 system.

Originally posted by pacman13331
isn't the fital1ity sound card better then extreme music? and is raid 0 really neccecary?

I don't personally know the answer to that one, but IMO anything marked "fatal1ty" is just a marketing ploy.

And, once again, raid 0 is only necessary for a 10/10 system. When you're paying that much for a CPU / GPU, I think you can afford to double your HD.


lol, and slow down on the questions mate ;)

[pacman13331]

lol sorry just trying to get as much info as i can to determine my next comp buy :)

[t4ct1c47]

Originally posted by mwilkinson
AMD Athlon X2 4000+

Must be a typo...?

I assume you mean Athlon 64 4000+?

[Co-Proxamol Kid]

Originally posted by pacman13331
co-proxamol kid said the fx-60 was a waste of money, does anyone else concur?

value for money it is. £280 more expensive than the 4800+ X2 - for just an unlocked multipier and 200mhz speed increase.

over twice the price of of a 4400+ X2 for 400mhz increase.

what i was getting at is these tiny bumps in speeds are almost invisible to the eye in games/apps and with a small overclock you can usually exceed the performance of a stock FX60.

if your pockets are deep enough and you are well aware that the FX60 isn't going to make a day and night difference over a lower model then go for it.

[steve354]

Nothing Special, Gets me from A to B

Intel P4 3.0 Ghz

ATi Radeon x800 Special Edition

1gb RAM

Dell Mobo (Sry to say, I have a DELL)

Western Digital 160 GB HD

Windows XP Home (Damn I want PRO)

Nice 21" monitor though

Sound Blaster Audigy 2.

Well thats what im sitting on. It good enough for me.

My other comp tho, wow its still got a Nvidia RIVA TNT in it. I like it.

[Radeon117X]

Originally posted by steve354
Nothing Special, Gets me from A to B

Intel P4 3.0 Ghz

ATi Radeon x800 Special Edition

1mb RAM

Dell Mobo (Sry to say, I have a DELL)

Western Digital 160 GB HD

Windows XP Home (Damn I want PRO)

Nice 21" monitor though

Sound Blaster Audigy 2.

Well thats what im sitting on. It good enough for me.

My other comp tho, wow its still got a Nvidia RIVA TNT in it. I like it.

im assuming you mean 1 GB of Ram right? I didnt know they made x800 se.....

[steve354]

lol, yes i did, woops, silly me

[mojo73]

Amd Athlon 64 Fx-57
Dfi Lan Party NF4 mobo
2048 MB Corsair ram
Antec Performance case 500W power
Asus Extreme N7800GTX 256mb video card

[Rafiq_kassam1]

8.4/10

[genenaaù]

myn is

pentium 4 dual core 3.00 ghz 2mb cache

1024 mb ram

geforce 6700 xl

250 gb ram

and thats all i know about it lol.

[dark666angel]

7 ish?

6700 isnt good ( I think)

1 gig is ok

3 ghz P4 isnt that good either.

[USB is FUNFORME]

Originally posted by dark666angel
7 ish?

6700 isnt good ( I think)

1 gig is ok

3 ghz P4 isnt that good either.

5 ish

Tough rating system.

Hmm out of curiosity, what boost would I get in this rating with a 600MHz OC?

So it would be this stock:

3700+ Sandy @ 2.2
7800GTX 256
EPoX N9APJ
480w Neopower
2x1GB OCZ Plat. 2-3-2-5
80GB HD 8MB cache

vs.

3700+ Sandy @ 2.8
7800GTX 256
EPoX N9APJ
480w Neopower
2x1GB OCZ Plat. 2-3-2-5
80GB HD 8MB cache

[triton112]

here is my system-
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ clawhammer
1gig of ram
6600gt- 500mhz core 1200mhz memory-stock-agp
500wat power supply
GOOD COOLING SYSTEM

[NerfGlockKTHX]

Yeah... I'm just going to copy-paste my PC specs from my ESEA profile:

OS: Windows XP Home SP2
CPU: Pentium 4 2.8 @ 3.09
Memory: 768MB
HardDrive: 80 GB Seagate
Video Card: Asus NVIDIA GeForce 6600
Sound Card: Integrated
Headphones: Audio .90
Monitor: Dell 17"
Mouse: MX 518
Mousepad: Piece of paper
Keyboard: Logitech Media Keyboard Elite

Edit// Mobo: P4P800 SE

[mizegas]

Here's the new comp I built about 2 weeks ago :)

Asus A8n-SLI
Antec 500W Truepower
AMD 64 3700+ San Diego
2 GB (2 x 1GB) Corsair Platinum 2-3-3-6
Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200.9 S
2 x XFX 7800GT
Creative X-Fi Soundcard

[pacman13331]

What is everyone's favorite cooling fan manufacturer? What would be the best manufacturer to buy under? I am thinking Zalman or arctic cooling.

[mizegas]

I'm a fan of Zalman.

[pacman13331]

Well its a fact duel graphics cards is just out of my league right now. I have to draw the line some where right? So I just want to make sure on something. the x1900xtx is the best single video card you can get to date today correct? If so...who is the best manurfacturer for it? ATI?

[JDAdams]

Asus A8R-MVP
AMD Opteron 170 @ 2.4Ghz/1.2Ghz HT
2x Corsair 512MB XMS3200C2 @ 200Mhz (2-2-2-5-2T, Dual Channel)
2x Radeon X850XT (Stock Speed, Crossfire)
Creative Audigy2 ZS
Western Digital WD2000JD SATA150 200GB
Western Digital WD307AA PATA100 30G (pagefile)
LG GS-4166B Super-Multi DVD±R(W)/RAM Lightscribe
Samsung 26'' LE26R41BD @ 1366x768
Viewsonic 19'' VP912s @ 1280x1024
Creative Gigaworks S750
Sennheiser HD497 headphones
Microsoft Optical Desktop Comfort Edition
3COM 801.11g USB Wireless Adaptor
Antec Truepower II 550W
Antec SLK3000B tower case
Windows XP x64 Professional Edition

3DMark05 - within 1k of most of the 7800GTX SLi scores with a comparable CPU :-)

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1846228

[pacman13331]

could thermaltake be in the top 5 for cooling manufacturers?

[Assassinxkilla]

Originally posted by pacman13331
could thermaltake be in the top 5 for cooling manufacturers?

yes easily probably right after arctic cooling...

[Co-Proxamol Kid]

Originally posted by pacman13331
What is everyone's favorite cooling fan manufacturer? What would be the best manufacturer to buy under? I am thinking Zalman or arctic cooling.

if your talking of CPU coolers, value/performance then Arctic Cooling is probably my fav

higher end i don't have a favorite, i'll just get what's 'best' within budget at the time

[t4ct1c47]

Pentium 4 650 @ 4.0GHz -> Arctic Cooling Freezer 7
Corsair 1GB (4x256MB) DDR PC3200 @ 470MHz
Asus P5GPL (915PL chipset)
XFX 7800 GTX 256MB @ 490/1300
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS 64MB
Maxtor 240GB (2x120GB) SATA HDD's
Asus 16X DVDROM
Asus 16X Dual Layer DVDRW
Tagan 530W Easycon PSU
Asus 25A chassis
Creative GigaWorks S750
Samsung 930BF 19" LCD (1280x1024, 75Hz, 4ms)

3DMark2003 - 18840
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=4659549

3DMark2005 - 8426
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1772143

3DMark2006 - 4647
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=162749

PCMark2005 - 5232
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm05=252510

I'll be adding a Presler 950 and clock it to at least 4GHz along with an nForce4 motherboard and 2GB of DDR2 in the near future.

I wouldn't mind going SLi but I'm waiting until I see some benchies. At the moment it looks like the 7900 GT 256Mb is just a slightly faster 7800 GTX so if the 7900 GTX 512MB's cost a bomb I'll probably just add a second 7800 GTX.

BTW

Arctic Cooling FTW

[mizegas]

hmm, that looks like a solid build, but id really upgrade so that id only use 2 dimm slots, using 4 slots kind of messes with latency, but still solid. also you could call me a bit of a fan boy but i heart AMD processors, my last was an intel 3.0 prescott though, oc'd to 3.6. good luck!

oh and id just get another 7800GTX if i were you, price drop soon :D

[Mudvayne6]

Originally posted by pacman13331
What is everyone's favorite cooling fan manufacturer? What would be the best manufacturer to buy under? I am thinking Zalman or arctic cooling.

not really an "air guy" but as for liquid its Thermaltake

[-Feather]

< Windows 95

< Intel Pentium 2 Proccessor

< VGiS 1021 Graphics Card

< 5 Inch Moniter from 1STGM.


JUST KIDDING!

[dark666angel]

Originally posted by -Feather

< Windows 95
< Intel Pentium 2 Proccessor
< VGiS 1021 Graphics Card
< 5 Inch Moniter from 1STGM.

JUST KIDDING!

lol.

0.1/10

[olileauk]

AMD sempron 3400+ 2GHz
ASUS K8V-MX
GeForce 6600
17" hp f1703
Windows XP Home
512MB RAM - soon to be 1.5GB, though.

[t4ct1c47]

Rather than rate your computer I'll post what I think needs improving.

It's good to see that you're adding another 1GB of RAM (though another 512MB would be just as fine). Aside from that there isn't really anything else I can think you would want to do bar getting a more powerful graphics card and moving to an Audigy 2 ZS or X-Fi.

I prefer to have pretty high end graphics myself but I did used to own a 6600 GT 256MB which was pretty damn good for running DOOM 3 on High @ 1024x768.

[blencoe]

x2 4200
500W ocz powerstream
x1900xt flashed @ xtx
Gigabyte GA-K8N
1gb OCZ rev2

[dark666angel]

Originally posted by blencoe
x2 4200
500W ocz powerstream
x1900xt flashed @ xtx
Gigabyte GA-K8N
1gb OCZ rev2

If you OC that 4200 to 4600 speeds, then it would be great :)

8.8/10

[master18967]

What about this?

AMD Athlon 64 3700+
1GB Corsair (2x512MB) RAM 400Mhz
Radeon 9600XT 256mb AGP
Gigabyte GA-K8NS Athlon64 Motherboard
300W Turbolink
Creative SBL 5.1 Sound Card
Maxtor 200gb Hardrive

[blencoe]

Originally posted by dark666angel
If you OC that 4200 to 4600 speeds, then it would be great :)

8.8/10

help me do so :D

[pacman13331]

ok money aside, is liquid cooling better than fan cooling or does it still have to many hardware problems. Cause i heard somewhere that its not reliable is this true? or is it just better if you have the money?

[gdubbs24]

Ok I just ordered this system to play on my 50 inch sony HD flat screen hooked up to my yamaha home theatre

*AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ (Dual Core) 64 Bit Socket 939 1024K Cache

*ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe nForce4

*1GB PC 3200 DDR400

*GeForce 6600 256Mb DDR PCI EXpress 16X

*160.0GB Maxtor 7200rpm

*Sound Blaster Audigy-2 ZS 7.1

*PowMax Black Mid Tower ATX Case 400W w/ Front USB

Paying 1000 for it brand new, ive been pricing for about 3 days and this is the best deal I have come across. Can I over clock this thing? If so am I going to need more power and more fans? Noob when it comes to over clocking any tips or speculations on this system?

*also, what kind of fps do you think i can get from this running dod? And DOD supports eax 7.1 right? I think my home theatre is 5.1 dolby digital will this work properly with it? Thanks!

[Co-Proxamol Kid]

Originally posted by gdubbs24
Ok I just ordered this system to play on my 50 inch sony HD flat screen hooked up to my yamaha home theatre

*GeForce 6600 256Mb DDR PCI EXpress 16X

Thanks!

bit of a shame to put that card into a nice rig like that, high details and HDR on DoD will hurt the performance.

should have got 6800GS at least, imo

also you might want to check out the spec of that PSU, often the ones you get with the case are junk

[dark666angel]

Originally posted by pacman13331
ok money aside, is liquid cooling better than fan cooling or does it still have to many hardware problems. Cause i heard somewhere that its not reliable is this true? or is it just better if you have the money?

from what I read in alot of PC magazines, the air cooling still outperforms the water coolings.

its weird, but thats all I read. havent read anything good about the water coolings so far.

[Amish Warhead]

Originally posted by dark666angel
from what I read in <font color=orange>a lot</font> of PC magazines, the air cooling still outperforms the water coolings.

its weird, but thats all I read. havent read anything good about the water coolings so far. Sounds like there is much more material to read.

Water is a far superior heat sink to air. If not, I'll purge all the coolant from my car's engine.....:D

[_-=1ZACH1=-_]

SYSTEM SPECS :

ASUS P4P800- e DELUXE

P4 3.4 GHz @ 3.8 GHz

ATI X850XTPE

1 GIG Corsair Xpert Dual Channel @ 250 mhz (effective 500mhz)

Corsair Water Cooling

19inch LCD

5.5 inch Front LCD display

Logitech G5 Mouse

-------------------Pictures-----------------------

Front View

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e173/WP_zach/Picture1.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e173/WP_zach/100_0240.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e173/WP_zach/100_0249.jpg

Side View

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e173/WP_zach/100_0241.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e173/WP_zach/100_0248.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e173/WP_zach/100_0243.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e173/WP_zach/100_0246.jpg

[Co-Proxamol Kid]

nice, i do like that LCD

[_-=1ZACH1=-_]

Thanks

[chrono7]

AMD a64 4000+
Asus a8n-sli deluxe
2gb pc3200 patriot 2.3.2.5
EVGA 7800gtx 256mb
Creative SB X-FI xtreme music
SilverStone Strider 600watt
Antec p150
19'' Samsung syncmaster 930BF

[genenaaù]

i dont think that water cooling is verry good in pc. you cant have enough water to cool everything. the hot water will pass bye the components and wont cool them down. air cooling is allways fresh cool air. so i think its much better.

you should have a big tank of water to have good water cooling.

[dekoy411]

I know my computer isn't new but here it is:

AMD Athlon XP (Barton) 2800+

Asus nForce 2

BFG Geforce 6800GT 256mb

1024mb pc-2700

80gig Western Digital HD

Windows XP Home Edition SP2

nForce2 Onboard Audio

[PAP>>PainPig<<]

Had one LITTLE update in my rig, I bought it from newegg.com yesterday. I now have a Fedex tracking number and it's two days away! BFG ROCKS!!! Now i'm just waiting for the new CPU's from AMD.

Windows XP Professional Sp2
Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego @ 2.51ghz
Thermaltake A1744 Venus12 28°c-40°c
Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra
RAIDMAX Astro 268WSP Silver case
5- 80mm 1- 120mm case fans
Antec trueblue 480 Watt Illuminated
2x Corsair XMS TWINX1024-3200XLPT
Cas 2 2 2 5, w/ Platinum Heat Spreader
BFG Tech. 7900 GTX OC 512mb
SAMSUNG 915N-Black 19" 8ms LCD
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS 64mb X-Ram
Klipsch PROMEDIA ULTRA 5.1 470 watts
2x WD Raptor 74GB 10,000 RPM SATA Raid 0
Seagate 40gb 7200 rpm IDE
Plextor PX-716A DVD-RW SATA
Sony MDR-V700DJ Headphones
Logitech Trackman Wheel TrackBall Mouse

I also just ordered a ViewSonic VX2025WM Black 20.1" 8ms Widescreen LCD from neweg

[faLLeN777]

Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHZ (Dual Core)
Screensize 17"
1 GB RAM DD2
160 GB Hardrive (4200 RPM)
ATI Mobility Radeon x1400 (256MB HyperMemory)
Windows XP Media Center Edition

(it's a notebook)

Rate it for me please!

[Bryan_Bomb]

amd 64 3200+ (artic silver 5)
asus a8v
1 gig kingston
500 watt enermax
evga 6600gt (zalman vf700 vga cooler)
36 gig wd raptor
60gi wd regular
thermaltake soprano
lg dvd-rw

[Bryan_Bomb]

amd 64 3200+ (artic silver 5)
asus a8v
1 gig kingston
500 watt enermax
evga 6600gt (zalman vf700 vga cooler)
36 gig wd raptor
60gi wd regular
thermaltake soprano
lg dvd-rw

[Rafiq_kassam1]

Originally posted by PAP>>PainPig<<
Had one LITTLE update in my rig, I bought it from newegg.com yesterday. I now have a Fedex tracking number and it's two days away! BFG ROCKS!!! Now i'm just waiting for the new CPU's from AMD.

Windows XP Professional Sp2
Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego @ 2.51ghz
Thermaltake A1744 Venus12 28°c-40°c
Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra
RAIDMAX Astro 268WSP Silver case
5- 80mm 1- 120mm case fans
Antec trueblue 480 Watt Illuminated
2x Corsair XMS TWINX1024-3200XLPT
Cas 2 2 2 5, w/ Platinum Heat Spreader
BFG Tech. 7900 GTX OC 512mb
SAMSUNG 915N-Black 19" 8ms LCD
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS 64mb X-Ram
Klipsch PROMEDIA ULTRA 5.1 470 watts
2x WD Raptor 74GB 10,000 RPM SATA Raid 0
Seagate 40gb 7200 rpm IDE
Plextor PX-716A DVD-RW SATA
Sony MDR-V700DJ Headphones
Logitech Trackman Wheel TrackBall Mouse

I also just ordered a ViewSonic VX2025WM Black 20.1" 8ms Widescreen LCD from neweg

nice man nice.

[PAP>>PainPig<<]

Originally posted by Rafiq_kassam1
nice man nice.
TY

[fungusknuckle]

-Processor : AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Deigo @ 2.4 gHz
-CPU Heatsink/Fan : AMD Retail Heatsink and Fan
-Motherboards : Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLIw/ DualDDR400, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit Lan, 1394, 2 x PCI-E x16 SLI
-Memory : Mushkin XP4000 Xtreme Performance Black Series DDR SDRAM, 2x 1GB @ 500 mHz ea.
-Case : RaidMax Scorpio 868
-Power Supplies : 420W w/case
-Hard Drive : Samsung 250GB SpinPoint P120 7200rpm SATA II w/ 8MB Cache
-Optical Drive : LG Super Multi DVD Writer 16x16 DVD +/-RW Dual-Layer
-Video Card : ATI Radeon X1900 XTX 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E
-Monitors : Viewsonic VX922 19in Digital LCD w/ DVI, 2ms
-Sound : Onboard
-OS: Windows 64 Bit Edition.

[gdubbs24]

Nice RIig man here is my new one getting delivered on Friday...

AMD Athlon™64 X2 3800
ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe nForce4
1024 MB PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel DDR MEMORY
Geforce 7900 GT 256MB
250GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8M Cache 7200RPM
Creative Labs SB AUDIGY 4 SE
NZXT PF-500 500Watt Power Supply

U think 500w is enough to power this? What about if I plan to OC? Im considering getting a ZALMAN CNPS9500 but the jury is out anyway, rate me or something....


...on a 50 inch sony flat screen hooked up to a yamaha home theatre

[fungusknuckle]

500 is more then enough. Even when you overclock. I was considering getting an X2 instead of the 4000+ San Deigo, but I decided against, for some unknown to me reason. BTW I like your HDD choice :D

[nugz]

Originally posted by PacoW
I'm Posting this again because people really need to accept their rating, unlike in the last thread.

Your rig may be good, but can it compare to THIS?


Mobo: ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 ($245)

GPU: 2x ASUS EN7800GT DUAL In SLI (Or QUADSLI 7800GTX's) ($1,800)

CPU: AMD ATHLON x2 4800+ SHOC'ed (Stable Hyper Overclocked) to extrordinarily high speeds with a
Vapochill Lightspeed Cooler (http://www.frozencpu.com/cas-194.html). Someone got their 3.8GHz P4 to 5.5GHz stable with one of these, imagine what it could do with a 4800+ X2. ($1,001 + $840)

RAM: 2048mb OCZ platinum ($303)

Hard Drive: 4x 157GB 15,000RPM Seagate cheetas ($4,560)

Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Elite Pro 8 ($385)

Optical: PLEXTOR Black IDE Slot Load DVD Burner (x2) ($280)

Power Supply: PCP&C 1000W ($500)

Case: VapoChill LightSpeed Ready LIAN LI case (http://www.frozencpu.com/cas-195.html) ($300)

Monitor: Dell 30" ($3,000)

Mouse: Razer Copperhead ($80)

Keyboard: Logitech G15 ($70)

Operating System: Windows x64 ($140)


TOTAL: $13,504.

THAT is what would be deserving of a Ten or close score.



MINE:

Dell Dimension 8400
Dell mobo
EVGA 7800GT
160GB HDD
3GHz P4 630
1022mb PC4200 DDR2 RAM
1x DVD/ CD combo drive
470W PCP&C Dell Silencer
Razer Diamondback


I got a 5.5 (I think) sounds fair to me.

Call me silly, but wouldnt someone have to be mildly [color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color][color="#FF66FF"]♥[/color] to spend that much money on a computer?? unless it stays state of the art for um... lets say... 10 yrs or so.....

[gdubbs24]

yeah you might think they piss gold to want to spend that kind of money on a system, but im sure there are people out there doing it... All that good stuff to play on a dell 30 inch monitor? If you can afford 13 g's on a pc, I hope you have a flatscreen of at least 60 inches or above to play on...

[Mudvayne6]

haha i so hate dell, i wont touch anything with the word Dell written on it

[Diurn]

hows my setup

Intel P4 550J @ 4.0 ghz running at theoritical 940 fsb
Thermaltake Big Typhoon with aftermarket 108 cfm fan
2 gigs of Corsair Pc5400 @ 4-4-4-12 running at 705 mhz
Antec P180 Advanced MidTower Case
2x250gb Maxtor SATA drives in RAID 0 array
7900GT running at 600/1600
Asus P5N32-SLI Deluxe Motherboard
Sony Trinitron 21" CRT
Soundblaster X-Fi

10,000 marks in 3dmark05

[Mudvayne6]

Originally posted by Diurn
hows my setup

Intel P4 550J @ 4.0 ghz running at theoritical 940 fsb
Thermaltake Big Typhoon with aftermarket 108 cfm fan
2 gigs of Corsair Pc5400 @ 4-4-4-12 running at 705 mhz
Antec P180 Advanced MidTower Case
2x250gb Maxtor SATA drives in RAID 0 array
7900GT running at 600/1600
Asus P5N32-SLI Deluxe Motherboard
Sony Trinitron 21" CRT
Soundblaster X-Fi

10,000 marks in 3dmark05

why does everyone do that? X-FI WHAT?! give us a model like i would say for instance....

Mobo: DFI LANParty 925X-T2
CPU: 2.8 P4 HT OC'd to 3.6
RAM: 2 gigs of A-data
HDD: 2x250 Maxtor SATA Raid 0

Vid Card: X800Pro OC'd
Core: 585.50
Mem: 585.50

Case: Thermaltake Kandolf

Kingwin Aquastar Liquid cooling

Audio: Creative X-Fi Platinum

PSU: Ultra X-Connect 500w

[Diurn]

because all X-Fis basically are the same
that xram crap is a gimmick and all the other packages all they include over the base X-Fi is a drive bay with more connectivity and a remote...yay....

[wind]

CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 2250 MHz (9 x 250) 3200+

Motherboard Name Asus K8N4-E Deluxe (3 PCI, 3 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)

Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce4-4X, AMD Hammer

Audio Adapter Realtek ALC850 @ nVIDIA nForce4 - Audio Codec Interface

Disk Drive Maxtor 6B080M0 (80 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA)
Disk Drive QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM20.5 (20 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/66)

Optical Drive SONY CD-RW CRX320EE (DVD:16x, CD:52x/32x/52x DVD-ROM/CD-RW)

PCI Express x16: Asus EN6600GT

[JDAdams]

I upgraded :-)

New PC is now:

Asus A8R32-MVP
AMD Opteron 170 @ 2.6Ghz/1.3Ghz HT
2x Corsair 1024MB XMS3200 @ 173Mhz (2-2-2-5-1T, Dual Channel)
2x Radeon X1900XT (650/1450, Crossfire)
Creative Audigy2 ZS
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA300 300G
Western Digital WD307AA PATA100 30G (pagefile)
LG GS-4166B Super-Multi DVD±R(W)/RAM Lightscribe
Samsung 26'' LE26R41BD @ 1366x768
Viewsonic 20.1'' VP2030b @ 1600x1200
Creative Gigaworks S750
Sennheiser HD497 headphones
Microsoft Optical Desktop Comfort Edition
Netgear WG311T PCI 801.11g 108Mbps
Enermax Liberty 620W
Antec SLK3000B tower case
Windows XP x64 Professional Edition

Secondary one (which I've given to the other half since the kids already had one) is:

Asus A8R-MVP
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ @ 2.0Ghz/1.0Ghz HT
2x Corsair 512MB XMS3200C2 @ 200Mhz (2-2-2-5-1T, Dual Channel)
Radeon X850XT (Stock Speed)
AD1986A onboard sound
Western Digital WD2000JD SATA150 200GB
LG GS-4167B Super-Multi DVD±R(W)/RAM
Samsung 26'' LE26R41BD @ 1366x768
Viewsonic 19'' VP912s @ 1280x1024
Scan 3XS 2012 Speakers
Scan 3XS 2012 Mouse
Scan 3XS 2012 Keyboard
BT Voyager PCI 801.11g 54Mbps
Antec Truepower II 550W
Scan 3XS 2012 tower case
Windows XP Home Edition

[nugz]

asus a8n sli deluxe (have the a8n32 sli deluxe also)
amd athlon 3200+ oc'd to 2.44
zalman hs/fan
2 gig super talent 400mhz ram (2x 1 gig) "dual channell"
2x evga 6600gt sli setup.544 mhz
wd 250gb hdd sata 7200rpm
unknown case name. its clear plastic with 3 huge fans (heh)
sony cd/dvd combo
antec 550w psu
20' sony high def lcd monitor
mobo realtek sound. i use headphones, sounds great to me :)

games i play. doom3, halflife 2, R6, sof2, cs:s, so on and so on.

[Mudvayne6]

Originally posted by Diurn
because all X-Fis basically are the same
that xram crap is a gimmick and all the other packages all they include over the base X-Fi is a drive bay with more connectivity and a remote...yay....

you just keep thinking that buddy....

[-=ZinnX=-]

* Cooler Master Stacker

* AMD Athlon X2 4200+
* DFI LanParty nF4 SLI-DR s939
* Gainward GeForce 7800GTX Golden Sample
* Corsair XMS Xpert PC3200 2 x 512mb 2-2-2-5 with LED displays
* Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS
* WD Raptor 74gb + WD Caviar SE16 250gb SATA "II"
* TT BigWater water cooling on CPU and GPU
* NEC DVD-RW/Dual Layer
* bZerk 500w 80mm + 120mm fans

* ViewSonic VX924 19" LCD 3ms
* Logitech Z-5500 5.1 THX certified

* Sumbeam fan controller
* 3 x UV cathodes
* 3 x 120m MIST fans + 3 x 80mm MIST fans

[afi50000afi]

*Amd athlon 64 3200+ overclocked at 2.5ghz
*Geforce 6800
*Asus a8n sli-deluxe
*creative SB audigy 2
*2048 RAM
*74GB raptor

[Hypter]

Primary:

Case: Thermaltake Tsunami w/ 2 120mm Fans (Inlet and Exhaust)
CPU Cooler: AeroCool High-Tower 101 JR.
Motherboard: eVga nForce 4 SLI
CPU: AMD 4000+ San Diego Core
RAM: 2048 Corsair XMS PC3200 (2x 1024 Dual Channel)
Video: Single eVga GeForce 7800GT 256MB
Sound: SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS
HDD: 2x 80GB Seagate's
Display: LG Flatron L1920P 19" LCD 8ms
OS: Windows XP Pro SP2
Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse
Mouse: Logitech MX518
Mousepad: Steel QcK+
Headset: Icemat Siberia / SteelSound 5H


Secondary:
Case: Old ATX (unknown)
Motherboard: Intel
CPU: Intel 1.2 Celeron
RAM: Corsair 512MB PC3200
Video: eVga GeForce 6600GT
HDD: 80GB Seagate
Display: 17" KDS CRT
OS: Mandrake 10.1

Laptop:
Manufacturer: Dell
CPU: Intel 2.0 Celeron
RAM: 512MB
Video: ATI Mobility
Wireless Connection

Pictures here (http://frontiernet.net/~wcress/images/)

[3ND]

*250GB SeaGate
*2GB ValueSelect Corsair
*Opteron 165 @ 2.6GHz
*6800V

[faLLeN777]

Intel Pentium 4 640 Desktop Processor 3.2GHz 800MHz FSB 2MB
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 533MHz - 2 x 1024MB
256MB NVidia Quadro FX Go 1400
17" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD Display
120GB (60GB x 2) 7200 RPM ATA100

[RjAkaPeanut]

[1] Aurora™ 3500

Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 3000+ with HyperTransport Technology
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service
Memory: 2GB Low-Latency Dual Channel DDR PC-3200 at 333MHz - 4 x 512MB
System Drive: High Performance - 160GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/8MB Cache
Primary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 16x DVD-ROM Drive with Software DVD Decoder
Motherboard: Alienware® nForce™4 SLI™ Chipset Motherboard PCI Express
Graphics Processor: 128MB PCI-Express x16 NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6600LE
Sound Card: Integrated High-Performance 7.1 Surround Sound with S/PDIF and Coaxial Digital Outputs
Monitor: No Monitor
Keyboard: Microsoft® Basic Keyboard Black
Mouse: Microsoft® Basic Optical Mouse Black
Alienware Mouse Pad: Alienware® Mousepad
Chassis: Alienware® Mid-Tower Chassis - Black
AlienRespawn: Alienware® Respawn Recovery Kit
Enhanced Software for CD/DVD Creation: Nero OEM Bundle
Network Connection: Integrated High Performance Fast Ethernet
Inkjet Printers : None
Power Supply: Alienware® 460 Watt Max Power Supply
Video Optimizer: AlienAdrenaline: Video Performance Optimizer

[1337Ace]

Originally posted by -=ZinnX=-
* Cooler Master Stacker

* AMD Athlon X2 4200+
* DFI LanParty nF4 SLI-DR s939
* Gainward GeForce 7800GTX Golden Sample
* Corsair XMS Xpert PC3200 2 x 512mb 2-2-2-5 with LED displays
* Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS
* WD Raptor 74gb + WD Caviar SE16 250gb SATA "II"
* TT BigWater water cooling on CPU and GPU
* NEC DVD-RW/Dual Layer
* bZerk 500w 80mm + 120mm fans

* ViewSonic VX924 19" LCD 3ms
* Logitech Z-5500 5.1 THX certified

* Sumbeam fan controller
* 3 x UV cathodes
* 3 x 120m MIST fans + 3 x 80mm MIST fans

I give this a 8.5

[1337Ace]

*AMD 3800+ X2-stock 2.0Ghz. Mine @2.5Ghz

*2x512MB dual chanel DDR500 Crucial Ballistix Tracer

*XFX 7800GT extreme LED edition@450/1070Mhz

*DFI LanParty Ultra-D mobo

*250GB 16MB cache

*ThermalTake Shark (Black) case

[Mudvayne6]

What do you guys think about this rig, Its just in planning stage and im not really interested in Raptors yet.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
DFI LanParty UT RDX200
pqi TURBO 2GB (2 x 1GB)
ATI Radeon X1900 ?
Radeon X1900XTX ?
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 (250GB) X 2
Plextor SATA DVD+\-RW
Ultra X2 Connect
Thermaltake Tai Chi

The video cards have question marks by them cuz im a noob at multi GPU systems. (yes i know they have to be crossfire ready and crossfire edition) i would like to know if they would work for a Crossfire system or not and if not what ones would for the best effect. and the Tai Chi will have the liquid cooling system with it.

[Inflame333]

Intel 3.06 P4 Northwood
MSI 865pe NEO2
xfx 6600 GT 8x agp
160gb 7200 rpm HD
1 gig pc-3200 dual channel
420 PSU

[RjAkaPeanut]

Pentium® D Processor 820 with Dual Core Technology (2.80GHz, 800FSB)

2gigabyte Ram

256MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X600 SE HyperMemory

160gig hardrive

How amazing is it? :o

[thugrican]

Originally posted by PacoW
I'm Posting this again because people really need to accept their rating, unlike in the last thread.

Your rig may be good, but can it compare to THIS?


Mobo: ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 ($245)

GPU: 2x ASUS EN7800GT DUAL In SLI (Or QUADSLI 7800GTX's) ($1,800)

CPU: AMD ATHLON x2 4800+ SHOC'ed (Stable Hyper Overclocked) to extrordinarily high speeds with a
Vapochill Lightspeed Cooler (http://www.frozencpu.com/cas-194.html). Someone got their 3.8GHz P4 to 5.5GHz stable with one of these, imagine what it could do with a 4800+ X2. ($1,001 + $840)

RAM: 2048mb OCZ platinum ($303)

Hard Drive: 4x 157GB 15,000RPM Seagate cheetas ($4,560)

Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Elite Pro 8 ($385)

Optical: PLEXTOR Black IDE Slot Load DVD Burner (x2) ($280)

Power Supply: PCP&C 1000W ($500)

Case: VapoChill LightSpeed Ready LIAN LI case (http://www.frozencpu.com/cas-195.html) ($300)

Monitor: Dell 30" ($3,000)

Mouse: Razer Copperhead ($80)

Keyboard: Logitech G15 ($70)

Operating System: Windows x64 ($140)


TOTAL: $13,504.

THAT is what would be deserving of a Ten or close score.



MINE:

Dell Dimension 8400
Dell mobo
EVGA 7800GT
160GB HDD
3GHz P4 630
1022mb PC4200 DDR2 RAM
1x DVD/ CD combo drive
470W PCP&C Dell Silencer
Razer Diamondback


I got a 5.5 (I think) sounds fair to me.

i would never even waste 2k+
but wats soo special about hard drive?
Hard Drive: 4x 157GB 15,000RPM Seagate cheetas ($4,560)
woah?.....



with 13,000 i could buy a CAR nice one
dam Rich people....

I don get it why people need a best computer for....?
a 800$ less comp is good enough too play games... just get a good video card and ur FINE

[thugrican]

ill post mine once i get a Video card and Power suply... im not that crazy too spend <font color=orange>a lot</font>ta $ but can u rate my PC how good it can handle CS 1.6 , CS:S , BF2.... but here my spec for now

Window Media Center
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Dual Core Processor (2.2 GHz)
512KB L2 Cache
2000MHz System Bus
1GB of 400MHz Dual Channel DDR Memory (expandable to 4GB)
250GB 7200RPM HDD

19" LCD Monitor SamSung

Video card - XFX GeForce 7600 GT XXX (590MHz) 256MB ( buyin it soon )

getting 550W PSU

DONT RATE MY PC just rate how good it will play CS 1.6 , CS:S , BF2 with 1028x700 resolution on high!!!!

this is the only games im playin.

and i just didnt wanna spend <font color=orange>a lot</font>ta $ buildin a GOOD GOOD pC
i just wanna play CS 1.6 , CS:S and BF2.

[kingcars66]

I think that there should be two different ratings:

Overall rating - this would be comparing the person's PC to THE BEST possible PC that money can buy.

Real Gaming World rating - how well the person's PC can run today's games (with 1 meaning minimum settings and 10 being everything maxed, including at LEAST 1280x1024 resolution and max AA/AF).

Lets face it: I bet the number of people on the Steam forums with a "10" overall rated computer could be counted on 1 hand (if not less). I could personally care less how much my $1000 comp compares to some $15,000 computer that only a handful of people could afford (not to mention that it's not even reasonable for someone in their right mind to spend that much on a computer); I'm much more concered about how well my computer runs with today's games.

Just a suggestion!

For example, I would rate thugrican's PC:

Overall - 7.5

RGW - 8.5

[thugrican]

Originally posted by kingcars66
I think that there should be two different ratings:

Overall rating - this would be comparing the person's PC to THE BEST possible PC that money can buy.

Real Gaming World rating - how well the person's PC can run today's games (with 1 meaning minimum settings and 10 being everything maxed, including at LEAST 1280x1024 resolution and max AA/AF).

Lets face it: I bet the number of people on the Steam forums with a "10" overall rated computer could be counted on 1 hand (if not less). I could personally care less how much my $1000 comp compares to some $15,000 computer that only a handful of people could afford (not to mention that it's not even reasonable for someone in their right mind to spend that much on a computer); I'm much more concered about how well my computer runs with today's games.

Just a suggestion!

For example, I would rate thugrican's PC:

Overall - 7.5

RGW - 8.5

I just wanna know if my PC can run today;s games.. like CS 1.6 , CS:S , BF2 i don care about Graphic ..... Sayin the truth
I would even do Medium....i don mind...

Medium and High is good for me... i just stayin with 1028x700 resolution.

[thugrican]

Btw wats ur PC spec ? :D

[thugrican]

Originally posted by Bryan_Bomb
amd 64 3200+ (artic silver 5)
asus a8v
1 gig kingston
500 watt enermax
evga 6600gt (zalman vf700 vga cooler)
36 gig wd raptor
60gi wd regular
thermaltake soprano
lg dvd-rw

6.5/10

would be a 7/10 but ur processor kinda old.
if u buy one it would be GREAT :)
but is great Computer tho

[thugrican]

Originally posted by tonjohn
A server I'm building...
AMD Dual-Core Opteron 280 1GHz FSB Socket 940 Processor - OEM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103574)

TYAN S2895UA2NRF Extended ATX Server Motherboard - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813151149)

4x CORSAIR XMS 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM System Memory - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145513)


BFG Tech Geforce 6800GT BFGW68256GTOCXV Video Card - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143029)

4x Western Digital Caviar RE2 400GB 3.5" Serial ATA150 RAID-specific Hard Drive - OEM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144424)

PC Power & Cooling TURBO-COOL 850 SSI T85SSI 850W Power Supply - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703002)

Silverstone TJ07 (http://www.silverstonetek.com/product-case.htm)

Netcell SR5200 SATA Raid card (http://www.netcell.com/products.html)


9/10 it would be a great SERVER gimme ip when u get it!! :D ^_^
too play fast

those are very expensive

[kingcars66]

Originally posted by thugrican
I just wanna know if my PC can run today;s games.. like CS 1.6 , CS:S , BF2 i don care about Graphic ..... Sayin the truth
I would even do Medium....i don mind...

Medium and High is good for me... i just stayin with 1028x700 resolution.

Yes, it will run today's games without a sweat. It blows my PC away.

My PC specs?

AMD Athlon XP 2800+ Barton Core 2.08GHz
1GB (2x512, Dual Channel) PC3200 Corsair RAM
eVGA 6600GT
Ultra X-Connect 500W PSU

At 1024x768, it'll run any game I throw at it with mostly high settings. Not a very good PC by some peoples' standards, but it's the first respectable gaming comp I've ever had. I love my old Barton core; she runs like a champ. In fact, my sister just got a media center PC with an AMD64 3500+ and 1GB RAM, but mine still loads stuff faster :D . By the way, this comp actually started out as the family comp with 512MB RAM and a Geforce 4MX :) .

[thugrican]

Originally posted by kingcars66
Yes, it will run today's games without a sweat. It blows my PC away.

My PC specs?

AMD Athlon XP 2800+ Barton Core 2.08GHz
1GB (2x512, Dual Channel) PC3200 Corsair RAM
eVGA 6600GT
Ultra X-Connect 500W PSU

At 1024x768, it'll run any game I throw at it with mostly high settings. Not a very good PC by some peoples' standards, but it's the first respectable gaming comp I've ever had. I love my old Barton core; she runs like a champ. In fact, my sister just got a media center PC with an AMD64 3500+ and 1GB RAM, but mine still loads stuff faster :D . By the way, this comp actually started out as the family comp with 512MB RAM and a Geforce 4MX :) .

LOl... :D as long as u can run game FINE at that resolution is all good :) i like cs 1.6 , cs:s and bf2 <font color=orange>a lot</font> i just wanna play those on high with 1028-768 resolution when i buy a video card.

your Video card is just goood thats y is better then ur sister XD

but ur PC is good still.. i would give it a 7/10 XD
cuz u can run games on 1028x768 on high.

[kingcars66]

Originally posted by thugrican
LOl... :D as long as u can run game FINE at that resolution is all good :) i like cs 1.6 , cs:s and bf2 <font color=orange>a lot</font> i just wanna play those on high with 1028-768 resolution when i buy a video card.

your Video card is just goood thats y is better then ur sister XD

but ur PC is good still.. i would give it a 7/10 XD
cuz u can run games on 1028x768 on high.

Haha, you rate my comp higher than I do (I'd give it a 6 lol) :) . And I mentioned loading stuff faster than my sister because I was referring to non gaming applications, which surprised me. Her 64 3500+ should wipe the floor with my XP 2800+, but I guess the old dog can still get it done. Most people see that I dont have an AMD 64 and instantly think it's a piece of junk, but it really is the best running computer I've ever used.

Your comp will definately run stuff better than mine, so you shouldn't worry at all about it.

[thugrican]

Yeah i hope :"( i spend 1,200 total ... Desktop , Monitor

spendin more for A VIdeo card and PSU 450W prolly gettin Corsair ram.. 1gb more to run BF2 with no freeze!



so it prolly be 2,000 that imma spend.


But i dunno why people spend like 4k+ on a PC.... i know why cuz some people waste $$ on those lights thingy that make ur PC kool with the lights... PLus a COOL case... and some has 4gb ram.

i wouldnt buy this lights and a case.

2gb ram is good enough.

[kingcars66]

I agree; you're getting a heck of a computer for 2 grand. My comp has cost a total of around 1 grand (the ~$700 price tag when it was new back in '03 and the ~$300 put into my PSU, RAM, and graphics card a few months ago).

[thugrican]

well my desktop alone costed 699$ i got it cheap lol

but it really cost $860

but i put a 100$ warranty... 1 year+


so ya =\


I don need TV tuner but ohwell this PC is good anyway

I don have a TV in my Room... so ill watch it here wit my LCD Monitor.

Dual core is good just cuz i can run 2 games.... i do that and i don lag .. nuttin all i need is a video card and psu :(

[Vladdd]

/// Case
Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window - $145

/// Power Supply
ENERMAX Liberty ELT500AWT 500W Power Supply - Retail $110

/// Motherboard
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D ATX AMD Motherboard - $125

/// CPU
AMD Opteron 146 1GHz HT Socket 939 Processor - Retail $212

/// RAM (Upgrade to 2Gigs maybe)
CAS2 G.SKILL 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory - CAS 2 Retail $90

/// Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YD 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM $100

/// Video Card
XFX GeForce 7900 GT XXX (560MHz) 256MB PV-T71G-UDD7 Video Card - Retail $360

/// CD Burner/DVD Player
LITE-ON Black IDE Combo Drive Model SOHC-5236V BK RTL - Retail $29

[pacman13331]

what would be recommended for getting the best duel graphic cards to date? the Geforce 7900 GTX (512mb) in SLi or the ATi Raedon x1900xtx (512mb) in Crossfire? Cause I was trying to search for who has the better benchmarks and i didn't find any solid winner yet.

[Mudvayne6]

Originally posted by thugrican
LOl... :D as long as u can run game FINE at that resolution is all good :) i like cs 1.6 , cs:s and bf2 <font color=orange>a lot</font> i just wanna play those on high with 1028-768 resolution when i buy a video card.

your Video card is just goood thats y is better then ur sister XD

but ur PC is good still.. i would give it a 7/10 XD
cuz u can run games on 1028x768 on high.

try 1280x1024, full gfx on BF2 and CSS

[thugrican]

Originally posted by Mudvayne6
try 1280x1024, full gfx on BF2 and CSS

to do that need a GOOD GOOD video card.... im gettin a 200$+ i wont prolly run on that high resolution on high

[Radeon117X]

Originally posted by pacman13331
what would be recommended for getting the best duel graphic cards to date? the Geforce 7900 GTX (512mb) in SLi or the ATi Raedon x1900xtx (512mb) in Crossfire? Cause I was trying to search for who has the better benchmarks and i didn't find any solid winner yet. A lot of the benchmarks on sites like Anandtech and others say that SLi does better with the 7900GTXs in SLi. Take a read here:
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2717&p=6

But i like ATI's image quality, so its really up to you. Id suggest the cheapest dualcard configuration you can come up with though, as SLi and Crossifre are both overrated. Single card is more worth it, but if you have the cash, SLi is great too.

[Radeon117X]

Originally posted by thugrican
i would never even waste 2k+
but wats soo special about hard drive?
Hard Drive: 4x 157GB 15,000RPM Seagate cheetas ($4,560)
woah?.....
with 13,000 i could buy a CAR nice one
dam Rich people....

I don get it why people need a best computer for....?
a 800$ less comp is good enough too play games... just get a good video card and ur FINE

*Sigh* People can spend as much as they want on a computer as they feel like. Some people like the ULTIMATE experience possible. No lagg. No hitching at all. Speed. That's why they spend so much. YOU may not want to spend more than $2K but thats just you. An $800 computer may play games, but not the best that they can be played, which is what people who have tons of money to spend on it want.

What's so special about a hard drive? It determines a fair amount of the loading speed in a game, and stores data. Standard hard drives are 7200 Revolutions Per Minute (RPM) which is alright. There are drives from Western Digital that are 10000RPM, which means faster loading and faster file copying and everything else.
Whats so amazing about that particular $4500 HDD configuration? Each card is 15000RPM. That is SUPER FAST. Plus, there are four of them in RAID 0. That means even faster loading, copying, and speed.

And you wont be 'Fine' with just a good video card. You need a good motherboard, a good CPU, good and fair amount of RAM, good hard drives.....this is where you get into cost.

[thugrican]

Originally posted by Radeon117X
*Sigh* People can spend as much as they want on a computer as they feel like. Some people like the ULTIMATE experience possible. No lagg. No hitching at all. Speed. That's why they spend so much. YOU may not want to spend more than $2K but thats just you. An $800 computer may play games, but not the best that they can be played, which is what people who have tons of money to spend on it want.

What's so special about a hard drive? It determines a fair amount of the loading speed in a game, and stores data. Standard hard drives are 7200 Revolutions Per Minute (RPM) which is alright. There are drives from Western Digital that are 10000RPM, which means faster loading and faster file copying and everything else.
Whats so amazing about that particular $4500 HDD configuration? Each card is 15000RPM. That is SUPER FAST. Plus, there are four of them in RAID 0. That means even faster loading, copying, and speed.

And you wont be 'Fine' with just a good video card. You need a good motherboard, a good CPU, good and fair amount of RAM, good hard drives.....this is where you get into cost.


YEah but still my PC is good i just need a video i don care about speed.,fast etc i just wanna play :)

This computer that cost <font color=orange>a lot</font> is just to play GAmes on HIGH RESOLUTION wich gives better graphic and it will last years this PC that cost <font color=orange>a lot</font>


and HDD is too download more games etc.... but now i know is for speed,fast... but who care about fast and speed :)

theres a HDTV that cost almost 10,000... see wat i mean
people that cost that much is for Graphic etc..

[thugrican]

with 4k i can build a goood goood COMP.

wahahh


no1 in this forum has a 4k+ pC :P

for wat? lol....

Some PC are soo cheap so they can sell more...

like Gateway,Dell, etc
who ever sell pc for 5k+ not many will buy.

I got a gateway and i think it was cheap.....

amd athlon 64 x2 4200+ cost like 340+ by it self
i got it for 699$ :)

just to play games like cs 1.6 .. some 2d games.. im not a graphic person who cares <font color=orange>a lot</font>...

and im not a gamer i got xbox360... i can just play that if i were a gamer. i play sumtime... i use PC too chat.. watch girls :) , watch DVD got TV tuner etc.

[Mudvayne6]

Originally posted by thugrican
to do that need a GOOD GOOD video card.... im gettin a 200$+ i wont prolly run on that high resolution on high

i got a ATI Radeon X800Pro oc'ed to Core: 585.50 and Memory 585.50, i can play em at high rez with a lil lag. (CSS, BF2, FEAR, Farcry, CoD2) and thats not really a good good card

[thugrican]

Originally posted by Mudvayne6
i got a ATI Radeon X800Pro oc'ed to Core: 585.50 and Memory 585.50, i can play em at high rez with a lil lag. (CSS, BF2, FEAR, Farcry, CoD2) and thats not really a good good card



Heh yeah thats y i got xbox360

good graphic and no need spend alotta $ on PC

some people thinks it suks... but i love it...
u should see Ghost recon 3 graphic owns all PC games.




but im buyin this card SAPPHIRE 100106SR-RD Radeon X850XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
then buyin 2gb ram... so imma have 3gb ram total soon.

i can run CS:1.6 , CS:S , BF2 on high and like 1028x768 resolution with no lag or slow :)

i got a Nvidia Geforce 6100 i put CS:S ALL HIGH and highest resolution and i could play ! just lil slow and lil lag . only in ice world i can



but still is crap i play now on 600x400 all low and i still feel slow on dust


cant wait this week to order it... :)

THEN IM DONE buyin PC stuff.......

[thugrican]

Originally posted by Mudvayne6
i got a ATI Radeon X800Pro oc'ed to Core: 585.50 and Memory 585.50, i can play em at high rez with a lil lag. (CSS, BF2, FEAR, Farcry, CoD2) and thats not really a good good card

Man u might doin sumettin wrong

Cheapest on-line price for the Radeon x800 Pro - 287$

is not that bad... it cost alot i know in newegg it prolly cost like $100+



but stil should be good. u have it on Perfomance?

Quality makes u slow or lag.

[Bizkitcan]

FX55 @ 2.81ghz
2 gigs XMS Corsair @ 2 3 3 6 / 200Mhz
MSI NEO4 SLI Platinum mobo
BFG 7800 GTX OC @ 501 / 1305
x2 Raptor 74 in Raid 0 Striped
X-fi Extreme SC
45 CU FPM PCI and x2 37 CU FPM PCI fans
96 CU FPM 120MM front
Stock Exhaust 120mm top bays
( Tsunami case )
x64 Win Proff Corp Edition -

28 Idle 35-38 Load (C) CPU
40 Idle ~50 Load (C) GPU

3Dmark03 17408 3DMarks
3Dmark05 8636 3DMarks
3Dmark06 4897 3DMarks

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/Bizkitcan/Black%20And%20Blue/DSCN0167.jpg

[thugrican]

Originally posted by Bizkitcan
FX55 @ 2.81ghz
2 gigs XMS Corsair @ 2 3 3 6 / 200Mhz
MSI NEO4 SLI Platinum mobo
BFG 7800 GTX OC @ 501 / 1305
x2 Raptor 74 in Raid 0 Striped
X-fi Extreme SC
45 CU FPM PCI and x2 37 CU FPM PCI fans
96 CU FPM 120MM front
Stock Exhaust 120mm top bays
( Tsunami case )
x64 Win Proff Corp Edition -

28 Idle 35-38 Load (C) CPU
40 Idle ~50 Load (C) GPU

3Dmark03 17408 3DMarks
3Dmark05 8636 3DMarks
3Dmark06 4897 3DMarks

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a371/Bizkitcan/Black%20And%20Blue/DSCN0167.jpg

not bad i would give it a 8.5/10

nice comp

[Mudvayne6]

Originally posted by thugrican
Man u might doin sumettin wrong

Cheapest on-line price for the Radeon x800 Pro - 287$

is not that bad... it cost <font color=orange>a lot</font> i know in newegg it prolly cost like $100+



but stil should be good. u have it on Perfomance?

Quality makes u slow or lag.

ATITool, it does wonders. i bought it last year for like $200, and no newegg doesnt carry the one i got, i got the ATI Radeon PCI-E, not the Sapphire AGP.

[thugrican]

Originally posted by Mudvayne6
ATITool, it does wonders. i bought it last year for like $200, and no newegg doesnt carry the one i got, i got the ATI Radeon PCI-E, not the Sapphire AGP.

Im buyin a $170 from newegg a X850XT sapphire

i look at review and people sayin good things about it

hope i can run CS:S and bf2 on high at 800-600 resolution.

[THNDR143]

Cpu: AMD Athlon64 3800+ ( 2.4GHz )

Ram: 2048Mb PC3200 Corsair

Harddrive: 160Gb SATA 8MB Cache

DVD-RW: LG Electronics 52x32x52x16 cd-rw/dvd combo

Cdrom: 40x Lite-on

Videocard: eVGA Geforce 7900GT 256MB PCI-E

Motherboard: DFI LanParty SLI-D

Soundcard: nVidia 5.1

Power Supply: 680watt

OS: Windows Xp Pro SP2

Steam Games: Counter-Strike:Source

It isn't Alienware, but it does get the job done :)

[thugrican]

Originally posted by THNDR143
Cpu: AMD Athlon64 2800+ (stock 1800MHz OC'ed to 2106MHz)

Ram: 1024Mb PC3200 Corsair

Harddrive: 80Gb ATA133 8MB Cache

CD-RW: LG Electronics 52x32x52x16 cd-rw/dvd combo

Cdrom: 40x Lite-on

Videocard: eVGA Geforce 6800GT 256MB (Core 405/Memory 1066)

Motherboard: Chaintech VNF3-250

Soundcard: SoundBlaster Live! Value

Power Supply: EchoStar 680watt DualFan

OS: Windows Xp Pro SP2

Steam Games: Counter-Strike:Sourse

It isn't Alienware, but it does get the job done :)

ALienware not great rip u off. can build one like that ... for cheap :) but ur PC is great .

[ElDakaTiger]

Rate My Demon:
Pentium 4 3.20 GHZ,
Foxconn 915 series P7AC Mobo,
Soundblaster X-Fi Fata11ity Soundcard,
7900GTX OC With 512 MB of memory,
1.5 Gigs of PC-3200 DDR 400,
Western Digital 250GB SATA hard drive,
Western Digital 120GB ATA HDD,
Aspire Alien Blue Case,
And Custom Liquid Cooling System,
Aopen CD-RW/DVD Burner,
Nec DVD+-RW burner 8X.
Games : CounterStrike:Source, RedOrchastra, AmericasArmy:Operations, BF1942, Rome: Total Realism, Imperial Glory, Pirates of the Burning Seas.
-ElDiabloakaTiger

[Bizkitcan]

Originally posted by THNDR143
Cpu: AMD Athlon64 2800+ (stock 1800MHz OC'ed to 2106MHz)

Ram: 1024Mb PC3200 Corsair

Harddrive: 80Gb ATA133 8MB Cache

CD-RW: LG Electronics 52x32x52x16 cd-rw/dvd combo

Cdrom: 40x Lite-on

Videocard: eVGA Geforce 6800GT 256MB (Core 405/Memory 1066)

Motherboard: Chaintech VNF3-250

Soundcard: SoundBlaster Live! Value

Power Supply: EchoStar 680watt DualFan

OS: Windows Xp Pro SP2

Steam Games: Counter-Strike:Sourse

It isn't Alienware, but it does get the job done :)

5/10

[topper909]

what do you think of mine its a:

AMD 64 4000+
2GB TwinX 2x1GB modules
Asus A8N32-SLI Mobo
WESTERN DIGITAL CAVIAR SE SATA II 200GB 8MB CACHE HDD
HIPER TYPE-R MODULAR 580W BLUE PSU

[Bizkitcan]

on board vid ? 3/10

[topper909]

oh yeah forgot that i have an
XFX GEFORCE 7800GTX EXTREME EDITION 256MB PCI-EXPRESS 475MHZ

[Mudvayne6]

Originally posted by thugrican
ALienware not great rip u off. can build one like that ... for cheap :) but ur PC is great .

how much you think they charge just for puttin it all together? couple hundred?

[topper909]

some unearthly price im sure!

[Mudvayne6]

yeah thats why i love to build my own, get to put everything together, make the list of parts myself of exactly i want, and i if for some reason it doesnt work right off the bat i kinda like trouble shooting the problems idk im weird like that. i have an ever growing fiending for gaining knowledge of computers.

yes i am a computer geek but if i was on that show beauty and the geek, id be the coolest geek ever.

[topper909]

good for you

[drew829]

Can you rate my pc

XION II w/ side window
ASUS A8R-MVP mobo
AMD Athlon 64 3700+
Radeon x1900 XT
2 GB of Memory
Western Digital 250GB SATA 3GB/s hard drive
Thermaltake Silent Pure Power 680w power supply
windows xp home
SONY floppy drive (I have one incase I need it)
2 120mm and 1 80mm fans
SAMSUNG 16X DVD±R DVD Burner
Soundblaster Live! 24-bit

Games: CS:S, HL2, Serious Sam 2, F.E.A.R., Doom 3.

[thugrican]

Originally posted by drew829
Can you rate my pc

XION II w/ side window
ASUS A8R-MVP mobo
AMD Athlon 64 3700+
Radeon x1900 XT
2 GB of Memory
Western Digital 250GB SATA 3GB/s hard drive
Thermaltake Silent Pure Power 680w power supply
windows xp home
SONY floppy drive (I have one incase I need it)
2 120mm and 1 80mm fans
SAMSUNG 16X DVD±R DVD Burner
Soundblaster Live! 24-bit

Games: CS:S, HL2, Serious Sam 2, F.E.A.R., Doom 3.

Better then mine :D i give it a 8/10 or more it can play those game fine i bet :)

[Bizkitcan]

Originally posted by drew829
Can you rate my pc

XION II w/ side window
ASUS A8R-MVP mobo
AMD Athlon 64 3700+
Radeon x1900 XT
2 GB of Memory
Western Digital 250GB SATA 3GB/s hard drive
Thermaltake Silent Pure Power 680w power supply
windows xp home
SONY floppy drive (I have one incase I need it)
2 120mm and 1 80mm fans
SAMSUNG 16X DVD±R DVD Burner
Soundblaster Live! 24-bit

Games: CS:S, HL2, Serious Sam 2, F.E.A.R., Doom 3.

6.5/10

[ElDakaTiger]

Rate My Demon:
Pentium 4 3.20 GHZ,
Foxconn 915 series P7AC Mobo,
Soundblaster X-Fi Fata11ity Soundcard,
7900GTX OC With 512 MB of memory,
1.5 Gigs of PC-3200 DDR 400,
Western Digital 250GB SATA hard drive,
Western Digital 120GB ATA HDD,
Aspire Alien Blue Case,
And Custom Liquid Cooling System,
Aopen CD-RW/DVD Burner,
Nec DVD+-RW burner 8X.
Games : CounterStrike:Source, RedOrchastra, AmericasArmy:Operations, BF1942, Rome: Total Realism, Imperial Glory, Pirates of the Burning Seas.
-ElDiabloakaTiger

Last edited by ElDakaTiger on 04-04-2006 at 03:30
I didnt get any ratings :(.

[thugrican]

Originally posted by ElDakaTiger
Rate My Demon:
Pentium 4 3.20 GHZ,
Foxconn 915 series P7AC Mobo,
Soundblaster X-Fi Fata11ity Soundcard,
7900GTX OC With 512 MB of memory,
1.5 Gigs of PC-3200 DDR 400,
Western Digital 250GB SATA hard drive,
Western Digital 120GB ATA HDD,
Aspire Alien Blue Case,
And Custom Liquid Cooling System,
Aopen CD-RW/DVD Burner,
Nec DVD+-RW burner 8X.
Games : CounterStrike:Source, RedOrchastra, AmericasArmy:Operations, BF1942, Rome: Total Realism, Imperial Glory, Pirates of the Burning Seas.
-ElDiabloakaTiger

well i dunno much about PC lol.... :P ull get a rate soon
for me i give 7/10 cuz Processor =\ AMD is better =/

[Vladdd]

Somebody rate my system:

/// Monitor - Samsung 940B-HAS 19IN Pivot Silver LCD Monitor 1280X1024 700:1 8MS Adjustable Stand VGA DVI W/ Cable

/// Case - Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window - $145


/// Power Supply - ENERMAX Liberty ELT500AWT 500W Power Supply - Retail $110

/// Motherboard - DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D ATX AMD Motherboard - $125


/// CPU - AMD Opteron 146 1GHz HT Socket 939 Processor - Retail $212


/// RAM (Upgrade to 2Gigs maybe) - CAS2 G.SKILL 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory - CAS 2 Retail $90


/// Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YD 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM $100


/// Video Card - XFX GeForce 7900 GT XXX (560MHz) 256MB PV-T71G-UDD7 Video Card - Retail $360


/// CD Burner/DVD Player - LITE-ON Black IDE Combo Drive Model SOHC-5236V BK RTL - Retail $29

[drew829]

Originally posted by thugrican
Better then mine :D i give it a 8/10 or more it can play those game fine i bet :)

Yeap, I can even play F.E.A.R. with everything turn on.

[ElDakaTiger]

Im playing Red Orchastra 1600X1200 With everything maxed out and im still getting between 40-60 FPS.

[Skatoony]

Forgot about this thread, had an upgrade for ages. About to get a new one (also with this post):

- Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHZ Extreme Edition
- MSI Neo Intel 875P Motherboard
- ATI X850XT PE AGP 256MB
- 2GB PC3200 DDR RAM (4x 512MB, dual channel enabled)
- 2x 40GB IDE, 1x 80GB SATA
- Windows XP Pro SP2
- Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

My new upgrade (coming in a couple of days) will change the CPU, motherboard and graphics card to the following:

- AMD FX-55 ClawHammer @ 2.6GHZ
- MSI Neo nForce4 Ultra Motherboard
- ATI X850XT PE 256MB PCI-E

Anyone want to rate both of them for me please?

[deathinjune]

Lian-Li V1000
Koolance Exos-AI using Innovatek XX-Flow/Graph-O-Matic Rev 3.0 blocks
PC Power & Cooling Turbo Cool 510-SLI
AMD Opteron 165 (CCBWE 0546MPMW) 9x300 1.40V LDT x3.0
DFI LanParty nForce4 SLI-DR
Corsair XMS TWINX1024-4400C25 2.5-4-4-8 1T 2.75v
Sapphire Radeon X850 XT (Memory cooled by Swiftech MC14 BGA Ramsinks)
Creative Audigy 2 ZS
4 Maxtor 80GB SATA1 (6Y080M0) in RAID 0
2 8x Lite-ON 832s
And of course a Sony 1.44 FDD for the RAID Drivers (although i've recently integrated them into both my XP and XP 64 installs).

i run XP, XP 64, Kororaa (through VMware), OS X 10.4.5 (through VMware) as my OS's.

[thugrican]

Originally posted by ElDakaTiger
Im playing Red Orchastra 1600X1200 With everything maxed out and im still getting between 40-60 FPS.

On 60 fps i feeel slow sumtime in other game :( fps don metter at all



I need a video card i guess :)


I play CS 1.6 and some 2d games