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Posted: Oct 06 2008 07:10 pm

Okay, as of last weekend, my computer has been kicked up a notch:

Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 @ 3.6GHz per core.
8 GB DDR2 800Mhz Ram
2x EVGA 9800GT Video Cards in SLi.

I even re-installed Vista on a spare drive in case any of these are DX10 titles:

FarCry 2
Fallout 3
GTA IV
Saints Row 2
Call Of Duty 5

Now bring them on, Dammit!!!!

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

Knyte wrote:

8 GB DDR2 800Mhz Ram
2x EVGA 9800GT Video Cards in SLi

Posted: Oct 06 2008 09:56 pm

That is one damn sweet setup. What monitor are you running, I hope HD and through HDMI or at least DVI. Damn I need a new computer.

Posted: Oct 06 2008 10:02 pm

Well, I run 2. Usually my 19" Samsung LCD 1280x1024. (DVI)

But, when no one else is home, and I have free reign of the TV, then I play on my 42" 1080P JVC using a DVI-HDMI Adapter.

Call Of Duty 4 is awesome on the TV. I can snipe people with anything, as I can see way farther into the distance. On the 19" Someone on the far end of a map is a dot or less in size. Like this ---> "." On the 42" they are more like this ----> "8"

Good times.

Okay, I looked up the release dates, and hopefully they don't change:

Saints Row 2 = Oct 14th.
FarCry 2 = Oct 21st.
Fallout 3 = Oct 28th.
Call Of Duty 5: World At War = Nov 11th.
GTA IV = Nov 18th.

And also add:
C&C: Red Alert 3 = Oct. 27th.
Left 4 Dead = Nov 17th.

Damn, you guys may not see me for awhile...

Posted: Oct 07 2008 01:41 pm

God Bless your video game setup compute Knyte, God Bless you!!! That shit is awesome.

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

Knyte wrote:

Well, I run 2. Usually my 19" Samsung LCD 1280x1024. (DVI)

I currently have 2 of these at home and one at work.

You need one. You really need one...

Posted: Oct 07 2008 02:24 pm

I've always had an interest in PC gaming, but I've never had a good computer, or the know-how to assemble one. (or the cash, for that matter.)

Plus, I like sitting in my Lay-Z-Boy to play my games.

Posted: Oct 07 2008 02:58 pm

I'm building a similar PC. I went for DDR3, though. I can't wait until I finish the goddman thing!

Posted: Oct 07 2008 07:19 pm

The DDR3 verson of my motherboard came out about 3 weeks after I bought mine.

Also, I didn't really want to pay the HUGE difference in price between DDR2 and DDR3, when the performance didn't really justify it.

Posted: Oct 08 2008 05:00 am

Knyte wrote:

The DDR3 verson of my motherboard came out about 3 weeks after I bought mine.

Also, I didn't really want to pay the HUGE difference in price between DDR2 and DDR3, when the performance didn't really justify it.

Haven't looked since I built my tower, but at the time the difference in performance between DDR2 and 3 was negligable. The high latencies of 3 hindered the faster bus speeds. Like i said this was a while ago, so things may have changed. I've had no problems with my ddr2 800mhz. got my core 2 oc'd to 1600mhz fsb, and I've been nothing but pleased with it. I am however, looking into the 9800 sli setup you have, but right now I don't play enough pc games to justify the investment.

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

DDR vs DDR2 was a huge change.

DDR2 vs DDR3 might someday be a huge change... but for now no one cares and of all the major components transitioning on the motherboards of the future, it is the one that no one is excited about.

Banned Joined: Sep 13 2008 Posts: 3129

Upgrade the hard drive to get more memory a good computer deserves a ton of useless flash games, videos, music and other little programs and I am jealous of your setup

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hacker wrote:

Upgrade the hard drive to get more memory a good computer deserves a ton of useless flash games, videos, music and other little programs and I am jealous of your setup

Please rewrite it and use proper punctuational so that it makes sense.

Posted: Oct 08 2008 12:45 pm

GPFontaine wrote:

hacker wrote:

Upgrade the hard drive to get more memory a good computer deserves a ton of useless flash games, videos, music and other little programs and I am jealous of your setup

Please rewrite it and use proper punctuational so that it makes sense.

Yes indeed, try and prove that you ever even deserved a tech forum.

Posted: Oct 08 2008 06:20 pm

If that was directed at me, I never even mentioned my Hard Drives.

I think my HD setup is fine ATM.

40 GB SATA drive for XP Pro
250 GB SATA Drive for Vista Ultimate x64
and 500GB (2x250GB SATA) in RAID 0 for program installations.

Though, I am a bit envious of the rig I just finished for a friend. He told me he wanted lots of HD space, so I gave him 1.5 TB in a RAID 0.

Joined: Apr 14 2006 Location: Lake Michigan Posts: 3332

Don't forget the nwn2 expansion, Storm of Zehir, and the Arkham Asylum game. I'm eagerly awaiting those titles too. Although, I know you're not a fan of nwn2, Knyte.

Posted: Oct 08 2008 10:01 pm

NWN2 can lick the sweat off of Rosie O'Donnell's balls.

Posted: Oct 08 2008 10:36 pm

Knyte wrote:

NWN2 can lick the sweat off of Rosie O'Donnell's balls.

While NWN laughs its ass off at its so-called direct sequel, amirite?

Joined: Apr 14 2006 Location: Lake Michigan Posts: 3332

The expansion pack is significantly changing the gameplay, though. Instead of creating one character and then adding on computer companions you meet during the story, you create an entire group at the beginning and use that for the game. It's more group focused than having the "chosen one" angle.

I forget if that addresses any of your complaints on nwn2, though.

Banned Joined: Sep 13 2008 Posts: 3129

I havent played a computer game in forever

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

hacker wrote:

I havent played a computer game in forever

No one cares.

Knight, why the choice to go with a 64 bit flavor of Windows?

Posted: Oct 09 2008 11:14 am

no point of using x64 versions of Vista or XP unless their is a 64 bit excutable written for the game and normally that is even slower than the x86. I think FarCry and Chronicles of Riddick both have 64 bit excutables.

Overall people who use x64 thinks it sounds better when 95 percent of stuff written is still 32 bit

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Ermac wrote:

no point of using x64 versions of Vista or XP unless their is a 64 bit excutable written for the game and normally that is even slower than the x86. I think FarCry and Chronicles of Riddick both have 64 bit excutables.

Overall people who use x64 thinks it sounds better when 95 percent of stuff written is still 32 bit

I actually just realized he is running 8GB of RAM. That probably has something to do with it. I just don't know if it is worth it.

Posted: Oct 09 2008 06:44 pm

There's alot more to it then simply RAM.

So far I have had next to no problems running any 32-bit software. Programs that do have 64-Bit executables, (FarCry, Riddick, Half Life 2, Crysis) look and run better than thier 32-bit counterparts. Also, it's nice not having to worry about 99% of the viruses out in the wild, as a virus needs be be written in 64-bit code to affect a 64-bit OS.

Also, read this, as it explains alot more differences between 32 and 64 bit OSs:
http://www.bit-tech.net/bits/2007/10/16/64-bit_more_than_just_the_ram/1

Here's a good comparison of some of the minor differences in quality between FarCry 32 & 64:
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2411&p=3

Just Move your mouse over the pictures to see the 64-bit versions.

Posted: Oct 09 2008 07:51 pm

So the 8GB of ram that I plan to have in my system won't be recognized by my 32bit copy of XP?