metadigital Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Requirements: Keybaord, mouse and monitor plus OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidesco Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 I have to say I'm not that impressed. Also, if you already have a monitor, a keyboard and a mouse there's a good chance you already have a chassis, which means you can take away 45 "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted March 20, 2006 Author Share Posted March 20, 2006 Brace yourself, Soulseeker. The object of the topic was not to impress you. I know, that might come as a heavy revelation, but try and bear it with bravery and dignity. I was providing an example of a PC that will play the latest games, for about the same price as a console. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidesco Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Oh, ok. It's just that I already knew that such a PC was possible to build. I didn't mean to appear aggressive or anything. Go ahead and educate those infidels who think consoles are better than PCs. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WITHTEETH Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Meta dude, you never use windows based overclocking software! Then if it reboots everytime you try to load windows your screwed. Best do it in BIOS. Always outnumbered, never out gunned! Unreal Tournament 2004 Handle:Enlight_2.0 Myspace Website! My rig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted March 20, 2006 Author Share Posted March 20, 2006 The overclocking software is an automatic (safe) software overclock. The Sempron BIOS doesn't have any good overclocking facilities. The cooling fan keeps the CPU at 30 OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkreku Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Q-Tec Midi tower ATX L-MD02, Black w/350W AMD/P4 ( Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WITHTEETH Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Always outnumbered, never out gunned! Unreal Tournament 2004 Handle:Enlight_2.0 Myspace Website! My rig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted March 21, 2006 Author Share Posted March 21, 2006 Q-Tec Midi tower ATX L-MD02, Black w/350W AMD/P4 ( OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oerwinde Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 bah, The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Yeah, I'll post some specs in like, a little while. Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atreides Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Oh noes, arbitrage! Spreading beauty with my katana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 (edited) bah, Edited March 21, 2006 by LadyCrimson “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Some 6200s are overclockable to 6600-calibur. SLI two of them and you have 6800 ultra power, maybe. Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angshuman Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Some 6200s are overclockable to 6600-calibur. SLI two of them and you have 6800 ultra power, maybe. Not even close. 6200 = 4 pixel shaders, 2 ROPs, 64-bit bus, ~600MHz mem 6800u = 16 pixel shaders, 16 ROPs, 256-bit bus, 1.1GHz mem In practice, benchmarks indicate that you typically need to SLI two 6600GT's to reach the level of a 6800GT. You'd need an army of 6200's to match up with a 6800 Ultra. As far as graphics is concerned, the market is very straightforward. The more you pay, the more performance you get, and that's that. It's not a linear curve, but it's MUCH more reasonable than the processor price curve. If you're playing a game at max settings, you'd be hard pressed to notice any difference between a $65 Sempron and a $1000 FX-57. Metadigital's system makes some smart choices. In my opinion, you should: - spend the most amount of money on your power supply, video card, and all interface devices (monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers), - strike a good balance on "core" components like your case and motherboard, and - get the cheapest processor and memory that you can buy without losing your dignity and self-respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Dude, I meant SLI'ing two overclocked 6200's. And maybe you get the power of a standard non-gt 6800. Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angshuman Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Dude, I meant SLI'ing two overclocked 6200's. And maybe you get the power of a standard non-gt 6800. Yes, that's a lot more reasonable, although I suspect you'd have to overclock the bejesus out of the 6200s to get them to that level. But the thing is, for the price you'll pay for the pair of 6200's, you could easily get a 6600GT. And in all likelihood a stock 6600GT will outperform a resonably overclocked pair of 6200s. Which is exactly the point I was trying to make -- in this business, you get what you pay for. SLI does NOT upset that equation, even if you throw overclocking into the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted March 21, 2006 Author Share Posted March 21, 2006 Update: The new nVIDIA 7600GT ( OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted March 26, 2006 Author Share Posted March 26, 2006 Dual-Core Workstation [*]2.8GHz Pentium D 920 ( OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angshuman Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 rubber vibration-dampening grommets for the hard disks dang... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabrielle Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Sounds overkill to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 rubber vibration-dampening grommets for the hard disks LOL I need that for my WD Raptor X. Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted March 26, 2006 Author Share Posted March 26, 2006 Raptor X with clear window to watch the heads move? :D OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaguars4ever Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 @Mets & Bok: Which is better: 1 x 512Mb 7900GTX OR 2 x 256Mb 6800XT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted March 26, 2006 Author Share Posted March 26, 2006 7 series is better OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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