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Re: My new computer [message #225564 is a reply to message #225546]

Sun, 08 October 2006 16:22

Zion
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help-linux wrote on Sun, 08 October 2006 22:09

if you live in england and have seen a pc-world advert you will here them say "Dual Core, so you can do 2 things at a time like burn a cd while watching a movie" well you can do that with a single core proccessor, so why do they say it? is it to impress all of the dumbasses that already own a single core computer that can already do that? i don't see why people don't see the logic in this stupid advertizing, i mean, most of the people on this forum could see though that.

PC-World are for people that can't tell a Mouse from a Keyboard, they use "big, fancy" words like that just to impress people and make more money.

Their technical support is the worst i have experienced... but it's a good place to buy routers and misc cables from etc. Tell Me

Tell Me

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Re: My new computer [message #225566 is a reply to message #213826]

Sun, 08 October 2006 16:29

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Viva la Resistance!

Matix (teh-pwnerer) probably got that computer from his daddy -- which is also why it don't have a good video card (cuz his dad bought a good computer for the family and he uses it for his evil projects). I despise this 15 year old boy... (see my signature, its better than his)

Blazer: can I have that nickel in your first photo? Very Happy

Very Happy

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Re: My new computer [message #225611 is a reply to message #213826]

Sun, 08 October 2006 23:53

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At E3 they had Alan Wake running flawlessly on a quad-core setup, and according to the developers, the game was completely built around a multi-threaded environment. Infact the development team said that once the game is released, you'll need at least dual-core processor to run the game on medium quality settings.

Check out the Alan Wake demo, it looks brilliant.

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Re: My new computer [message #225650 is a reply to message #225566]

Mon, 09 October 2006 04:30

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fl00d3d wrote on Sun, 08 October 2006 19:29

Blazer: can I have that nickel in your first photo? Very Happy

Very Happy

You're in luck, because it's a quarter Smile

Smile

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Re: My new computer [message #225796 is a reply to message #225611]

Mon, 09 October 2006 19:36

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ADM wrote on Mon, 09 October 2006 03:53

At E3 they had Alan Wake running flawlessly on a quad-core setup, and according to the developers, the game was completely built around a multi-threaded environment. Infact the development team said that once the game is released, you'll need at least dual-core processor to run the game on medium quality settings.

Check out the Alan Wake demo, it looks brilliant.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34916

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Re: My new computer [message #225802 is a reply to message #213826]

Mon, 09 October 2006 21:44

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The Inquirer is useless for the Internet.

FUCK

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Re: My new computer [message #225927 is a reply to message #225796]

Tue, 10 October 2006 14:07

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Renx wrote on Mon, 09 October 2006 22:36

ADM wrote on Mon, 09 October 2006 03:53

At E3 they had Alan Wake running flawlessly on a quad-core setup, and according to the developers, the game was completely built around a multi-threaded environment. Infact the development team said that once the game is released, you'll need at least dual-core processor to run the game on medium quality settings.

Check out the Alan Wake demo, it looks brilliant.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34916

That is The Inquirer, they make stuff up on the spot. I'm a professional games developer, I know the advantages that can be obtained with application of four cores. It's not hard to design an engine to cope with this, it just takes planning and thorough designing. Smile

Smile

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Re: My new computer [message #225941 is a reply to message #225927]

Tue, 10 October 2006 15:22

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Here are the pics from my new computer. Smile

Smile

index.php?t=getfile&id=1867&private=0

index.php?t=getfile&id=1868&private=0

index.php?t=getfile&id=1869&private=0

index.php?t=getfile&id=1870&private=0

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Re: My new computer [message #225942 is a reply to message #213826]

Tue, 10 October 2006 15:24

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Hope the CPU dies so I can lol.

FUCK

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Re: My new computer [message #225946 is a reply to message #225942]

Tue, 10 October 2006 15:36

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Comrade wrote on Tue, 10 October 2006 18:24

Hope the CPU dies so I can lol.

Strange, this post first showed up as being posted by Blazer, then it changed.

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Re: My new computer [message #225947 is a reply to message #213826]

Tue, 10 October 2006 15:39

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Re: My new computer [message #225954 is a reply to message #213826]

Tue, 10 October 2006 16:16

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Very nice. Although the nvidia DX10 cards are coming in less than a month.

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Re: My new computer [message #225959 is a reply to message #213826]

Tue, 10 October 2006 16:25

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Holy storage batman! You got an apple xraid attached or something? Smile

Smile

Hows the 7950GX2 doing in vista? They are supposed to be releasing a driver that lets you run dual monitors in SLI mode (and switch between SLI/non-SLI without rebooting.

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Re: My new computer [message #225963 is a reply to message #213826]

Tue, 10 October 2006 16:40

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C: is a 500 GB drive.
D: is my old 400 GB drive from my old system
F: is a Maxtor OneTouch external 1TB Firewire drive.
H: is the other partition on the same drive as C: that I ghosted my system on.
R: is a redundant mirror of D:
X: is four 500 GB drives raided together.
Z: is two 500 GB drives raided together.

The 7950GX2 is rocking.Vista refused to install on builds prior to RC1 with it though - BSOD during install. I have no need for SLI mode on two monitors - I just like being able to have aim open on the right hand monitor while I play. Smile

Smile

I have renegade maxed out to 1600x1200 and even on extremely large servers (50+ players) I am locked at 60fps (monitor refresh rate).

And yes, the DX10 cards are coming, but I needed to get this system up, and it'll be a while before anything comes out that takes advantage of DX10 (or anything that i'll play, anyway). Big Grin

Big Grin

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Re: My new computer [message #225965 is a reply to message #213826]

Tue, 10 October 2006 16:42

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Blazer wrote on Fri, 25 August 2006 17:04

I have zero desire for a quad core, and neither should anyone else who isnt doing graphics rendering or something like that. Quad cores are designed for servers, not gaming machines.

I play games with about a dozen or two programs in the background. Quad core processors are for me.

Not to mention that games can in fact make use of more than two cores

#1: working on current frame's physics
#2 (one step behind #1): working on current frame's graphics
#3: actively loading needed data, passively loading data that could be needed soon
any additional cores could work on AI processing (imagine having 16 cores... that'd give you some 12 cores for AI... most games can put about 16 bots per CPU with no decrease in framerate, so imagine games of 192 bots... lol)

an alternate setup would be to keep the physics core one step ahead of player processing, you could then have additional cores processing players' movements instead of AI movements... no more lag when you have 50+ people in the game. that is, unless your GPU sucks.

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Re: My new computer [message #226044 is a reply to message #225965]

Wed, 11 October 2006 06:40

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Kanezor wrote on Tue, 10 October 2006 20:42

Blazer wrote on Fri, 25 August 2006 17:04

I have zero desire for a quad core, and neither should anyone else who isnt doing graphics rendering or something like that. Quad cores are designed for servers, not gaming machines.

Not to mention that games can in fact make use of more than two cores

They could, but it'll be a long time before they do. Games are just barely starting to take advantage of two cores.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34916

Knowing me though, I'll probably still end up getting one next fall.

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Re: My new computer [message #226053 is a reply to message #225941]

Wed, 11 October 2006 07:21

Zion
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djlaptop wrote on Tue, 10 October 2006 23:22

Here are the pics from my new computer. Smile

Smile

index.php?t=getfile&id=1867&private=0

index.php?t=getfile&id=1868&private=0

index.php?t=getfile&id=1869&private=0

index.php?t=getfile&id=1870&private=0

My comp will be double that.

4 monitors (:D:D:D:D)
2 7950 GX2s (:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D)
Same processor as DJ here (:D:D:D:D:D:D:D)
Don't know about hdd space... yet

Coming to about £2,800 ($5,600 US approx) and i can't wait Very Happy

Very Happy

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