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What's your PC Specs?; Share it
Topic Started: Jun 11 2009, 01:24 PM (631 Views)
ChaoSXDemon	Jun 11 2009, 01:24 PM Post #1
Senior Member Posts: 187 Group: Member Member #33 Joined: Jun 10 2009	Here's my specs which I got summer of 2008: CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 OC 4.00Ghz 6mb L2 Cache Heatsink: ASUS Tri 78 120mm MOBO: ASUS P5Q Pro LGA775 GPU: ATI HIS HD 4870 512 GDDR5 Between 500mhz - 794mhz RAM: Mushkin DDR2 1066mhz 2X2Gb PSU: Enemax 650W Case: CoolerMaster 690 Keyboard: Logitech G15 Mouse: Logitech G5 OS: Windows XP 32-bits SP3 Cost: 1,600 ish
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mcguire720	Jun 11 2009, 05:45 PM Post #2
Junior Member Posts: 41 Group: Member Member #2 Joined: Jun 7 2009	Mines in my signature, but i've been thinking about upgrading to a GTX275 possibly, or perhaps just adding a gts250 in sli. The biggest thing holding me back now is that i would need a new psu for either option probably



the doom freak	Jun 11 2009, 07:05 PM Post #3
Member Posts: 82 Group: Member Member #20 Joined: Jun 9 2009	My specs CPU: Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4 GHz Graphics: nVidia GeForce 7600 GT OC'd to 612 MHz RAM: 1500 MB PC2-5300 or something, Hard Drive space: around 3 TB in all Cost me 500-600 for all of it. I have no reason to upgrade, since the most intense application I am interested in using is Crysis, and at medium-high, 45 FPS on that is just fine. 90% of the games I play are DOS games anyways, and the 3d modeling software I use works flawlessly with these specs.
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ChaoSXDemon	Jun 11 2009, 08:10 PM Post #4
Senior Member Posts: 187 Group: Member Member #33 Joined: Jun 10 2009	mcguire720 Jun 11 2009, 05:45 PM Mines in my signature, but i've been thinking about upgrading to a GTX275 possibly, or perhaps just adding a gts250 in sli. The biggest thing holding me back now is that i would need a new psu for either option probably You should NEVER get SLI (Scalable Linker Interface) or CrossFire. They are ABSOLUTELY waste of money and inefficient. There is ALWAYS a single GPU that out runs 2X GPU with less than 2X the single GPU's price. Of course if you are just plane rich then do what ever you want. *note, NVIDIA calls multi-GPU SLI while ATI calls it CrossFire. They are the identical concept except maybe in technical implementation. Specifically, 2 times the hardware is NOT 2 times the performance. You see, everything and literally everything has a catch; this is especially so in computer science - all about making choices about which catch to take. In using two GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), a new difficulty is introduced: Synchronization. It is only intuition that this problem arise: given only one monitor with two GPU, how do we divide the screen? Well, here are some of the ways we are using today: Split Frame Rendering (SFR): Literally the screen's graphical contents are divided into 50/50. The division maybe vertical or horizontal depends on the implementation. Obviously this introduces synchronization problems as if the first half out renders the 2nd half, you will see "broken" images. Therefore, tremendous efforts have been put into dealing with this issue and hence lowering the performance. Alternate Frame Rendering (AFR): Each graphics card would render a completely scene by it self. However, as one renders say 1st scene, the other graphics card renders the 2nd scene. Needless to say, synchronization is again a concern. There are other minor effects that SLI/CrossFire supports. But basically they just split the jobs between the two cards which also has to deal with synchronization problems. In conclusion, at least for now, there are always better single GPU than multiple combined ones. GPUs unlike CPUs, do not really have the concepts of thread. I mean CPU can operate over many software like say you are listening to music while browsing internet and at the same time downloading movie and maybe updating system. Multi-CPU allows true separate threading which allows true simultaneous execution of different software. Graphics....not so much as there is only 1 Graphics API (usually OpenGL, or DirectX). Hopefully you have learned something and have convinced to only get a powerful single GPU instead of 2XGPU.
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mcguire720	Jun 11 2009, 08:30 PM Post #5
Junior Member Posts: 41 Group: Member Member #2 Joined: Jun 7 2009	Yea I know sli doesn't mean it's going to double the performance, the only reason i mentioned it of even thought about it is because it would be cheaper, the gts250 is like $120 or so and the GTX275 is around $250. But i'll probably just wait on the video cards anyway, mines working fine now. The games i play seldom drop below 60 fps. And i suppose i could overclock it too if i really needed more performance.



Retrotune	Jun 15 2009, 11:15 AM Post #6
Member Posts: 120 Group: Member Member #32 Joined: Jun 10 2009	Time of this report: 6/15/2009, 12:13:47 Machine name: RETRO-PC Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.090302-1506) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: ACER System Model: Aspire M1641 BIOS: BIOS Date: 04/16/08 08:43:57 Ver: 08.00.15 Processor: n/a Memory: 2046MB RAM Page File: 1572MB used, 2761MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 10



Moridin	Jun 15 2009, 09:55 PM Post #7
GFX Artist Posts: 116 Group: GFX Artist Member #6 Joined: Jun 7 2009	16/06/2009: OS: Windows Vista (32-bit) Ultimate Service Pack 1 Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz Memory (RAM): 2.00 GB Graphics: nVidia GeForce 9500 GT 1GB dedicated memory Harddrive: around 300GB
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CaptainRufus	Jun 21 2009, 12:49 PM Post #8
Ninja Waffles Posts: 342 Group: -NW- Member #39 Joined: Jun 21 2009	Manufacturer: Custom Built Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs) Memory: 4 Gig RAM Geil 800mhz Hard Drive: 1 TB Samsung + 150 Gb Raptor + 150 Gb Raptor Video Card: BLISS NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT PCX 512 MB x2 SLI Monitor: Dell FPS1920 20" LCD Display Sound Card: SoundMAX HD Audio Speakers/Headphones: Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround Sound System, Microsoft X3100 Life Chat Keyboard: Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard Mouse/input devices: Logitech G9 Gaming Mouse + Saitek X52 Flight Control System + Logitech G25 Racing Wheel + Xbox 360 Controller + Virtual IR Tracker Mouse Surface: eVOLVE Gaming Surface Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.061030-0020) Motherboard: Asus Striker II Formula Computer Case: Motzart TX Entertainment Center Also on the topic of SLI etc. Although SLI may not be the MOST cost effective option, it is the ONLY option when your cards are the best on the market. Which mine where when I got them. Your also better off getting cards with 2 GPU built directly on them and then SLI those together for 4 total GPU's. Which is what I intend to do in my next upgrade.



ChaoSXDemon	Jun 21 2009, 04:24 PM Post #9
Senior Member Posts: 187 Group: Member Member #33 Joined: Jun 10 2009	damn! nice mother board! UPGRADE your video card and your ram man! Striker II is awesome and yet you have a 8800! Get a GTX 295! RED EDITION BY EVGA! Or you can just get ATI 4890 or 4870 X2. Get a 1066 performance ram man! you are wasting your mother board's power! OC your cpu to 3.0 Ghz
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CaptainRufus	Jun 22 2009, 03:01 AM Post #10
Ninja Waffles Posts: 342 Group: -NW- Member #39 Joined: Jun 21 2009	Check the bottom, I am upgrading my GFX soon. Also at the time of purchasing, the 8800GT was the best card available. Not even the GTX had been released at that stage.



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