LOL I started playing C4 on a Gateway with a 433 Celeron, 128 MB of ram, onboard ATI Rage graphics and dial up internet through AOL. Picture was so grainy it was hard to tell what anything was.
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LOL I started playing C4 on a Gateway with a 433 Celeron, 128 MB of ram, onboard ATI Rage graphics and dial up internet through AOL. Picture was so grainy it was hard to tell what anything was.
The New System is finally complete. I went ahead and ditched the Radeon Motherboard for an nVidia board with SLI.
- AMD 9950BE Quad-Core 125W -- OC'd to 3.00ghz
- ASRock K10N780SLIX3-WiFi Mainboard
- 8 Gigs OCZ 8500 -- Running in Dual Channel @ 1066
- 2 x EVGA 260GTX/216 Core SC running SLI
- SILVERSTONE ST70F 700Watt PS
- Sceptre 24" LCD -- 1920 x 1200
- Antec Nine Hundred Gaming Case
I also decided on this build to have an XP install... even if only a 32 bit. This allowed me to test 3dMark05 and 3dMark06 as I had the previous systems. Results posted below.
And yes, it is interesting to see the computers change over the years. My first C4 computer was a 233mhz dell - with a 32MB Radeon7000.
And what a difference SLI makes. :spin: Yep, I'm happy.
Dude...I'd say thats a l little "overkill" just to play Pogo! :wink1:
I hear you Charger... But you need to quit being jealous that I can play solitaire at 900fps....
Well, that was 'Performance' testing. They offer 'Extreme' testing which humbles you.
Ah the old days! Wait that was last week! I started playing C4 on a Compaq with 1.4ghz AMD, 256mb with integrated 32mb Nvidia graphics and on dial up. Shortly after joining CFS I upgraded to DSL(still have, Verizon, not a power house but bulletproof and reliable). The only other thing I ever did to that machine was a 256 AMD Radion Graphics card Uncle Meat sent me. I used that machine up untill last year, when I got a "better" machine...except its not user friendly with C4 and doesnt like the macro settings on my Saitek Cyborg evo...the right combo of buttons pressed together makes the machine reboot:regan:...very upsetting. It will kick me out of the game interm while playing, right to my desktop. Its a HP P4 2.8ghz 2gb ram nvidia 512 card. Plays everything else of, just doenst like my stick profile and is finiky with C4....if I hadnt given my old PC to my daughter I would still play C4 on it.
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Originally Posted by W@tchtower*CFS*
Is it a P4 with Hyper Threading. If so is the Hyper Threading option turned off in the BIOS. That's what I had to do with mine to get it to stop kicking me to the desktop.
I had that Hyperthreading issue with my XPS and the Intel P4, 3.2.
I never did get the game to run (full time) with HT on.. it would always dump..sooner or later.. My Kid has it now...
Yes sir that p4 with the HT on will boot you every time...switch her off and its good to go usually:thumb:
Ok since RAB was so kind to point out the original thread the Benchmark results were on. I set my memory to dual channel and re-tested my system and came up with.
Straight out of the box, no over clocking...
Overall results 11041
CPU score was 4909
My present system specs are-
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000 3.1GHz Socket AM2 89W Dual-Core Processor
MSI K9N SLI-F V.2 AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570LT ATX AMD
GeIL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel
EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+(G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI
Rosewill Stallion Series RD600N-2SB-SL-BK 600W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply
Packard Bell 75MHz system...IN THE TRASH!
WOW Pretty big difference with the dual channel mode on the ram.
Well now that you made it to the 21st century. What games you going to play.
LOL...
Well I thought I'd play RainbowSix Vegas 2, FlightSimX, F.E.A.R., Battlefield 2142, Call Of Duty-World At War, Left4Dead, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and a few others I haven't installed in this yet...all the games I've been playing right along but now with maxed graphics and no lag to speak of. :thumb:
LOL I don't have any of those.
I've been playing alot of Call of Duty 4. They have an awsome paintball mod for it. Here's some video I took of a game.
http://www.xfire.com/video/6f05b/
LOL Getting video like that is one thing I couldn't do before I rebuilt this PC. Would lag me out way to bad.
Yeah I got Call Of Duty World At War as a freebee with my 9800...Its an okay game but I would have liked COD4 instead. I just tried out F.E.A.R. 2 Demo and thinking about getting that since I have the first one and expansions, pretty sick game thats for sure.
I think I'll split this thread for this discussion and move the hyperthreading problems to the C4 forums. As time passes, it is going to hard to find 'rig specs' in this thread.
:waving.gif:
Well finally did my part to stimulate the economy:spin:
Rig specs as follows:
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 Wolfdale 2.8GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
GIGABYTE GA-EP43-UD3L LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX(G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
OCZ OCZ700MXSP 700W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Western Digital Caviar RE WD2500YD 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Looks pretty close to Chargers build...hope it benches out close to his!!:waving.gif:
Awesome specs, if you don't get like mine or even better I'd say there was something wrong. Again I should have gone with the DDR2 1066 but I'm pretty happy with my build.
It busted my budget for about 50 bucks plus I went with a single vid board instead of the SLI to get the 1066.........:regan:......but I've been about 2 years behind the eight ball my whole gaming life:brutal173.gif:.....its going to be great to check out a newer game and say "wow that looks cool, I think I'll try it!" lol..........matter of fact UBI has a new fighter sim due out in march called 'HAWX' a TOM CLANCY title that looks sweet.......some nice CO-OP options(nice for the wifey an I)....COD4 is finally an option now too!....YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!:alcoholic. gif::spin:
That is what I'm screaming... That is what upgrading is all about. :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by GarretJax
Yeah thats what I'm talkin'bout.
I've been playing games like RainbowSix Vegas and Ghost Recon and compaired to running them on this computer over my old computer they seem like differnt games all because I can now max out most of the settings and get the "Quality" and "Preformace" on both ends.
Yes sir!....."low to high" is definitely better than "high to low" :bouncy:
Oh by the way Charger...that Avatar (big daddy wannabe) gets me rollin everytime I see it! hehe!.....reminds me of my son at that age..lol!!
Love the percings...lol
Just got this up and running a couple of days ago.
Intel Core i-7 2.66GHz
Asus P6T X58
3 GB DDR3 PC1333
500 GB Sata 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
GeForce 9500GT
Xion 580W PSU
Windows XP - x86
Windows Vista - x64
Ubuntu 8.10 - x86
No sysdumps in C4 yet with HT on. :saint2:
Finally got around to upgrading my moniters. Two 24" flat screens. Man you talking about a big difference from the two 17" CRTs I had before.
http://www.powarriors.uni.cc/Graphics/PCpic4b.jpg
- Specifications
- Display Type: Widescreen LCD
- Screen Size: 22"
- Display Area: 473.76mm x 296.1mm
- Display Colors: 16.7 million
- Display Format: 16:10 Wide LCD
- Vertical Refresh Rate: 50-75 Hz
- Horizontal Frequency: 25-82 kHz
- Interface Type: DVI, VGA
- Input Video Signal: DVI/VGA
- Dynamic Contrast Ratio: 2000:1
- Brightness: 300 cd/m²
- Response Time: 2 ms
- Horizontal Viewing Angle: 170 degrees
- Vertical Viewing Angle: 160 degrees
- Maximum Resolution: 1680 x 1050
- Cabinet Color: Black
- VESA Mounting Compliant: Yes
- Dimensions With Stand: 20" x 17" x 8"
- Unit Weight: 15.2 lbs.
- Power Consumption: 45W
Sweet monitors duder. I like the one on the left, it has a little money tray built in...
Tell me about that HD, is that in use?
Show off... :waving.gif:.
JK... nice setup RAB.
The hard drive is a 250 gig. One of the drives I use for back ups and things I want to save if I do a reformat. LOL Which is why it's only connected to the card that came in the external drive case. I got tired of taking it apart to change drives.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charger
LOL Dam right I'm showing off. I got 40 inches of desktop. :bouncy:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluetiereign
Im Back!!!
God its been a year or better since i have seen the site, forgot about it really.
For my Grand Returning Post i give you My Rig Specs, they are also back a few pages if you want to see my old specs.
I have 50 inches of desktop!Quote:
Originally Posted by RAB
Whats up Blue we havent talked in ages, aint seen you in MSN in forever...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluetiereign
AMD Phenom II 955 Black Edition Quad Core @ 4071 MHz
Asus M3N-HT Deluxe NForce 780 TRI-SLI Board
8 GB Corsair XMS2 6400 @ 4-4-4-12
ThermalTake Armor Extreme Modded Case
Antec Quattro 1000w PSU
BFG Tech GeForce GTX 285 OC 1GB
2 x Seagate Baracuda 160 GB SATA II in RAID 0
32 GB PATRIOT WARPP Solid State Drive
28" Hanns-G LCD @ 1920 x 1200 x 3ms - Main
22" Samsung Syncmaster LCD @ 1680 x 1050 x 5ms - Auxillary
Logitech S510 Wireless Keyboard
Logitech LX-5 Wireless Mouse @ 1100 DPI
Logitech Precision Backphone Headset
Windows XP Professional X64 Edition
http://valid.canardpc.com/cache/screenshot/572625.png
WaterCooling Equipment: - Dual Pumps
ThermalTake P500 Pump
Swiftech Apogee Drive Block Pump
Swiftech Acryllic Reservoir
DangerDen Black Ice III 360mm x 120mm Radiator
3 x Scythe ULTRA KAZE 120mm Fans 133 CFM Each - Radiator Pushers
3 x Thermaltake 120mm RED LED Fans - Radiator Pullers
LinkDepot 6 Port Fan Power Distribution Block with 6 Blue LED Indicators
Complete 3/8 ID Tubing and System
BadaBoom
Looks more like a fish tank then a computer...but pretty impressive. :smug::grin:
fish tank lolololololol:bouncy: my first impression also... gotta love it! hehe!!
nahh
here's a real fish tank :spin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtufuXLvOok
Thats amazing...I want one of those.
Just did a rebuild a week or so ago so thought I would resurrect this thread.
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Hard Drive: 1TB Win 7 install, 2 TB Storage
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti DS SC
Monitor: I-INC 25" - Dual Scepter 22" Monitors (3rd monitor connected via USB to VGA adapter)
Sound Card: Speakers (2- Razer Megalodon)
Speakers/Headphones: Razer Megalodon Gaming Headset
Keyboard: Razer Lycosa Mirror , Razer Nostomo game pad
Mouse: Logitech G500 Laser Mouse
Mouse Surface: Operating System:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_ldr.111118-2051)
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe/GEN 3
Computer Case: Ultra m923
http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/w...om/PCSpecs.jpg
You know I always love getting new parts. But the time it takes after a new OS install has got to be the worst part ever. It's not just having to install the programs again but having to remember what it was you had installed. Most of the time I remember right about the time I want to use it again. LOL
This is an awesome build RAB. It would be a waste for me to upgrade ATM, as I'm not really gaming much. I've kept my 'upgrade' money, and started considering buying a 750 Shadow instead. Still tossing it back and forth. Good to see you.
Nice rig dude.
Built myself a new rig also..
asus sabertooth socket 2011 mb
3820 cpu intel 2011
16 gig Gskil ripjaws 2133
corsair force gt3 ssd hard drive
Saphire flex 6970 2 gig video card
corsair H80 cooler
corsair ax 850 power supply
win7 pro 64 bit
all in a thermaltake element g case
dont do much gaming anymore but I do like to do some modelling and other 3d stuff and thats what it was built for.
Nice set up man. I was considering going with the SSD Drive myself. But the cost kind a got to me. Figure in a year or so prices should be down enough to fit into my budget.
Cost per GB is high but if used for a OS drive and a handful of programs the speed increase is amazing.I plan on migrating my 1 TB drive to that pc for storage.That pc can overclock like mad.At 4GHZ it don't break a sweat.
I'll never give up my ol'Packard Bell. 54MHz of raw power baby! Two 5.25 floppy's and a 12baud modem. You guys shouldn't be jealous of my rig, not everybody can handle this much in one sitting. So what if I can't play any real games off it. The For/Next loops are amazing for this type of technology. Why just the other day I got a stick figure to do the "wiggle-wiggle-wiggle". Eat that my brothers and keep your fancy machines with your high tech zippy do da's... :smug:
My system crashed Monday. Here is the new build. I went with 970's instead of 780's because of the lower power usage and extra gig of memory. Some things are from the old setup.
- ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 Motherboard
- 2 x Zotac GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 in SLI
- Crucial MX100 512GB SATA III MLC SSD - For the Windows 7 Pro
- 2 x 1TB and 1 x 2TB - Additional Internal Storage
- Thermaltake 850W PS
- Samsung 27" LED -- 1920 x 1080
- Antec Nine Hundred Gaming Case