metadigital Posted February 16, 2006 Posted February 16, 2006 Right. Looks like a Swedish-only bigoted news source! <_< To be fair, the advantages for SATA-II's NCQ was slight (although I'm sure the technology will improve as it matures). They did say that the the Raptor's extra RPM wasn't as big an advantage as we might suppose, and that 16MB cache gave a better performance boost. I'll re-read the article to make sure I'm not misrepresenting it ... OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
metadigital Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 Western Digital just released a 150 GB Raptor. Time to save up! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> They're fast, but they're noisy. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Performance > Noise <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Built for pimping out a rig: it's got a viewing window, too, so that you can watch the head dance maniacally across the (centre of the) platter. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
@\NightandtheShape/@ Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 Toshiba laptop P4 1.8GHz 256 Mb RAM 30 Gb HDD GeForce 440 Go, 16Mb (yes, sixteen) Top that! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The ultima gaming machine, Diamond!!!! "I'm a programmer at a games company... REET GOOD!" - Me
metadigital Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 I have an old Compaq 80286 AT luggable with built-in 10" green phosphor monitor and keyboard with about 1MB RAM somewhere ... OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
@\NightandtheShape/@ Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 I want something cool. But I can't complain since what I have was free. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hmmmm, Well if your ex built it, we could argue it wasn't free.... But I'd rather not. I r use'in a Sony Vaio(Laptop) Mobile Intel Pentium 4, 2.8GHz 512Mb RAM Geforce FX Go5700 64Mb RAM Desktop is (Home built) AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 1Gb RAM PNY Geforce 6600 256Mb RAM Pr0n. "I'm a programmer at a games company... REET GOOD!" - Me
@\NightandtheShape/@ Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 Geforce 8 is going to be a Dual Core GPU <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Already got some Geforce 7's that are duel core. "I'm a programmer at a games company... REET GOOD!" - Me
Diamond Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 I have an old Compaq 80286 AT luggable with built-in 10" green phosphor monitor and keyboard with about 1MB RAM somewhere ... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yup, but mine is actually is the machine I'm using and it is now running things like MS SQL Server. I can almost physically feel its pain while running a transaction.
Diamond Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 Toshiba laptop P4 1.8GHz 256 Mb RAM 30 Gb HDD GeForce 440 Go, 16Mb (yes, sixteen) Top that! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The ultima gaming machine, Diamond!!!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> :'(
SSgtSniper Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 (edited) I read through five pages of this thread and it made my little unit self concious. Although Diamond's poor unit is hurting worse than mine, by a little bit. He does have a far better processor than me though, so there's always that. Celeron D 2.4 ghz 40 gig HDD 52x DVD Rom/ CD burner 768 MB SD DDR 400 RAM eVGA GeForce FX5200 ..... and a ****-ton of fans mounted outside the case, some blowing in, some sucking out. Edited February 23, 2006 by SSgtSniper And shepherds we shall be, for Thee, my Lord, for Thee. Power hath descended forth from Thy hand, that our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command. So we shall flow a river forth unto Thee, and teeming with souls shall it ever be, In Nomine Patris, et Fili, et Spiritus Sancti.
Sargallath Abraxium Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 (edited) CoolerMaster Praetorian Chassis (Black) with arcylic side-panel window AMD 3800+ X2 Dual Core OCed ta 2.4GHz Sapphire Radeon X800gto2 softmodded (16 pipelines) an' OCed ta 567/613 ASUS A8N-E mobo Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB SATA hdd 2x512 OCZ DDR400 Dual Channel Platinum Rev. 2 Enermax 485W Noisetaker Power Supply BenQ DW1640 DVD Burner LG DVD ROM Mitsumi floppy/7-1 card reader Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Soundcard Logitech Z-2300 speakers ViewSonic G90fB 19" crt ViewSonic VP930B 19" lcd (ordered...on the way) Thermalright XP-120 hsf on the X2 cpu with a 120mm UHS Panaflo fan Arctic Cooling ATI Silencer 5 Rev. 2 on the video card 4 Coolermaster 80mm blue led fans (2 intake, 2 exhaust) CoolerMaster Musketeer II 5 1/4 Drive Bay Device CoolerMaster Aerogate II 5 1/4 Drive Bay Fan Controller 2 Sunbeam 12" Blue Cold Cathode Lights ( in an "L" pattern inside the chassis) 1 5-foot length of Sunbeam EL wiring (red) laced throughout the power cables Zalman 3-speed fan controller (for the Panaflo) Saitek Elipse keyboard Logitech MX-510 mouse (dark red) Func Industries 1030 mouse surface Windows XP Pro ...Grommy, waaay too much bs be floatin' 'round the web 'bout Seagate hdd's...they's ne'er done me wrong an' I's had a few...an', btw, Seagate purchased Maxtor a bit ago... ...WHO LUVS YA, BABY!!... Edited February 23, 2006 by Sargallath Abraxium A long, long time ago, but I can still remember, How the Trolling used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance, I could egg on a few Trolls to "dance", And maybe we'd be happy for a while. But then Krackhead left and so did Klown; Volo and Turnip were banned, Mystake got run out o' town. Bad news on the Front Page, BIOweenia said goodbye in a heated rage. I can't remember if I cried When I heard that TORN was recently fried, But sadness touched me deep inside, The day...Black Isle died. For tarna, Visc, an' the rest o' the ol' Islanders that fell along the way
mkreku Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 My 3DFx Voodoo 5500 64MB is also a Dual Core GPU ) Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
@\NightandtheShape/@ Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 Toshiba laptop P4 1.8GHz 256 Mb RAM 30 Gb HDD GeForce 440 Go, 16Mb (yes, sixteen) Top that! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The ultima gaming machine, Diamond!!!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> :'( <{POST_SNAPBACK}> In it's day man, it really was a good gaming laptop.... Don't cry! "I'm a programmer at a games company... REET GOOD!" - Me
WinterSun Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 AMD Sempron 2400+ Aeolus GeForce FX5200 2x512Mb RAM 40Gb HDD Asus A7S8X-MX Mobo I don't know if I should upgrade or buy a new machine... master of my domain Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo.
kumquatq3 Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 Do what I do, keep pondering that till you just have to buy a new machine.
alanschu Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 My 3DFx Voodoo 5500 64MB is also a Dual Core GPU ) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Didn't feel like going for the Quad Core
metadigital Posted February 24, 2006 Posted February 24, 2006 CoolerMaster Praetorian Chassis (Black) with arcylic side-panel windowAMD 3800+ X2 Dual Core OCed ta 2.4GHz Sapphire Radeon X800gto2 softmodded (16 pipelines) an' OCed ta 567/613 ASUS A8N-E mobo Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB SATA hdd 2x512 OCZ DDR400 Dual Channel Platinum Rev. 2 Enermax 485W Noisetaker Power Supply BenQ DW1640 DVD Burner LG DVD ROM Mitsumi floppy/7-1 card reader Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Soundcard Logitech Z-2300 speakers ViewSonic G90fB 19" crt ViewSonic VP930B 19" lcd (ordered...on the way) Thermalright XP-120 hsf on the X2 cpu with a 120mm UHS Panaflo fan Arctic Cooling ATI Silencer 5 Rev. 2 on the video card 4 Coolermaster 80mm blue led fans (2 intake, 2 exhaust) CoolerMaster Musketeer II 5 1/4 Drive Bay Device CoolerMaster Aerogate II 5 1/4 Drive Bay Fan Controller 2 Sunbeam 12" Blue Cold Cathode Lights ( in an "L" pattern inside the chassis) 1 5-foot length of Sunbeam EL wiring (red) laced throughout the power cables Zalman 3-speed fan controller (for the Panaflo) Saitek Elipse keyboard Logitech MX-510 mouse (dark red) Func Industries 1030 mouse surface Windows XP Pro <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That is a ferocious game-eating machine! No, wait GAME-EATING MACHINE!!!11!H/\x0rRzzzZ!11 And truly deserves its emboldened status. Except for the keyboard ... what happened there? OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Bokishi Posted February 24, 2006 Posted February 24, 2006 (edited) Geforce 8 is going to be a Dual Core GPU <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Already got some Geforce 7's that are duel core. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, but imagine a dual core next-gen Geforce 8, with a gig of video RAM Edited February 24, 2006 by Bokishi Current 3DMark
metadigital Posted February 24, 2006 Posted February 24, 2006 Shader Model 4, too. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Ellester Posted February 24, 2006 Posted February 24, 2006 Self built, as usual Asus PS800 deluxe motherboard Pentium4 2.4C Northwood 800 fsb Gigabyte 6600GT GV-NX66T128D video card 2 gigs crucial PC 3200 ram 3 hard drives Life is like a clam. Years of filtering crap then some bastard cracks you open and scrapes you into its damned mouth, end of story. - Steven Erikson
Ghengis Ken Posted February 24, 2006 Posted February 24, 2006 Well a $500.00 upgrade a few years ago yielded my Homeforged Mayem: Gigabyte MB nforce2 AMD XP 2600 ATI 9600 512 3200 Dual Channel Ram 2 HDD 6Gb for OS, 80Gb for storage 4x DVD burner Dual Monitor 17"crt and 19" lcd Philips Aurilium ext 5.1 surround sound with 8 speakers (6+ sub and lfe) I need to upgrade again, but she still runs strong.
Arkan Posted February 24, 2006 Posted February 24, 2006 Built on an ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2Ghz 2 Gigs RAM 2 Geforce X6800 GS 256 MB Video Cards (running in SLI) 24 Bit SBLive! 250 GB Seagat HD "Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger." - Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials "I have also been slowly coming to the realisation that knowledge and happiness are not necessarily coincident, and quite often mutually exclusive" - meta
J.E. Sawyer Posted February 24, 2006 Posted February 24, 2006 By the way, my new 74GB Raptor drive flies. The map load times on Battlefield 2 now take less time than the client verification. It's small, but prior to this I was using one 8 and one 12 gig drive. twitter tyme
Arkan Posted February 24, 2006 Posted February 24, 2006 By the way, my new 74GB Raptor drive flies. The map load times on Battlefield 2 now take less time than the client verification. It's small, but prior to this I was using one 8 and one 12 gig drive. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> *ahem* The more I think about it, I probably should have gotten A Raptor. Ah well, I could always get one later. "Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger." - Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials "I have also been slowly coming to the realisation that knowledge and happiness are not necessarily coincident, and quite often mutually exclusive" - meta
metadigital Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 What's the noise like? Do you crank up the 5.1 / use earphones to blot out the aeroplane-take-off-in-a-hurrcane noise? Or is it not too bad? OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Sargallath Abraxium Posted February 25, 2006 Posted February 25, 2006 That is a ferocious game-eating machine! No, wait GAME-EATING MACHINE!!!11!H/\x0rRzzzZ!11 And truly deserves its emboldened status. Except for the keyboard ... what happened there? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ...what's wrong with the Saitek Eclipse keyboard???...matches the black/blue led theme o' me machine an' she's easy ta type on...dunna need 30 extra buttons I's'll ne'er use; keepin' it simple an' perty... ...WHO LUVS YA, BABY!!... A long, long time ago, but I can still remember, How the Trolling used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance, I could egg on a few Trolls to "dance", And maybe we'd be happy for a while. But then Krackhead left and so did Klown; Volo and Turnip were banned, Mystake got run out o' town. Bad news on the Front Page, BIOweenia said goodbye in a heated rage. I can't remember if I cried When I heard that TORN was recently fried, But sadness touched me deep inside, The day...Black Isle died. For tarna, Visc, an' the rest o' the ol' Islanders that fell along the way
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