EPTmac pros are built to run servers. They suck ass at everything else.
Post your Rig [Will it run SC2? - Page 31
| Forum Index > Closed |
|
FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
mac pros are built to run servers. They suck ass at everything else. | ||
|
Saddened Izzy
United States198 Posts
| ||
|
ghermination
United States2851 Posts
On September 16 2009 14:43 Saddened Izzy wrote: Still must be cool seeing 16 cores being taxed. I assume it's Nehalem it's only 8 cores... 2xquad core. | ||
|
Saddened Izzy
United States198 Posts
Nehalem is xeon is 8 cores 8 threads but everyone just says them all as cores. | ||
|
ghermination
United States2851 Posts
On September 16 2009 15:00 Saddened Izzy wrote: with 8 virtual cores =p Nehalem is xeon is 8 cores 8 threads but everyone just says them all as cores. I didn't think anyone went around with hyperthreading enabled | ||
|
DanteStyle
Belgium73 Posts
ahahaha probably the worst setup ive ever seen | ||
|
b_unnies
3579 Posts
CPU: Intel E8400, probably wont be upgrading anytime soon Mobo: Asus P5K SE GPU: 8800 GT, may upgrade to GTX285 next year RAM: 2 GB DDR2-800, getting another 2 GB in the next few days HD: 300 GB Internal, 1 TB External. May get another Internal HD depending on budget Monitor: Samsung W2243T, 21.5", 1920x1080 native res | ||
|
mahnini
United States6862 Posts
On September 16 2009 18:12 b_unnies wrote: OS: Windows XP 64 bit, may upgrade to Windows 7 64 bit by the time Service Pack 1 out, depends how lazy i am CPU: Intel E8400, probably wont be upgrading anytime soon Mobo: Asus P5K SE GPU: 8800 GT, may upgrade to GTX285 next year RAM: 2 GB DDR2-800, getting another 2 GB in the next few days HD: 300 GB Internal, 1 TB External. May get another Internal HD depending on budget Monitor: Samsung W2243T, 21.5", 1920x1080 native res might want to replace your mobo if you're upgrading to a gtx285. it'll probably be bottlenecked by your pci e 1.1 bandwidth. on second thought it probably wont make a noticable difference | ||
|
Saddened Izzy
United States198 Posts
| ||
|
FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
| ||
|
Saddened Izzy
United States198 Posts
| ||
|
mahnini
United States6862 Posts
| ||
|
[X]Ken_D
United States4650 Posts
| ||
|
Chaos
United States772 Posts
On September 15 2009 10:40 ghermination wrote: Yeah, us people stuck with crappy systems have to suffer. Here's mine, i'm really hoping i don't have to upgrade because i'm not too good with this computer stuff. Case: Xclio 2000 Black (8 120mm fans) CPU: i7 920 @ 4.1ghz Fan/Heatsink: ZALMAN CNPS10X Extreme Hard Drive: 2x Seagate Barracuda 1Tb +2x Velociraptor 150gb RAM: Corsair XMS3 12GB (6x2gb) DDR3-1600 Motherboard: ASUS P6T7 WS Supercomputer Video Card: 2x GTX295 + ATI Firestream 9170 Sound Card: Some random card i pulled out of my old computer, 24bit/96khz. PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 1200w Modular Ugh, sorry you had to pay so much to get such a small performance increase  | ||
|
ghermination
United States2851 Posts
On September 17 2009 12:38 Chaos- wrote: Ugh, sorry you had to pay so much to get such a small performance increase QX9550/9650 couldn't even touch the 920 as far as overclocking potential goes. And there is DEFINITELY quite a performance boost in sli enabled applications - especially CAD software, which is also helped infinitely by the 9170. | ||
|
Saddened Izzy
United States198 Posts
On September 17 2009 12:16 mahnini wrote: well a 4870 definitely shows some decrease in performance 2.0 vs 1.1 but it's very negligible esp when you're getting 90+ fps anyway but the gtx285 might actually be significantly bottlenecked it probably wont matter as again you'd be getting 90+fps in most games anyway but you'd probably lose a lot more value from a gtx 285 than a 4870 or gtx 260 A year from now if you could still find out new it should be dirt cheap if progress means anything and the new ATI and Nvidia DX11 cards destroy the previous benchmarks like Nvidia did with the G80 and G92 totally screwing over ATI for like 2 years in the price for performance index, a serious boost in power from the 7000's and the 2000's from ATI | ||
|
Saddened Izzy
United States198 Posts
On September 17 2009 12:22 [X]Ken_D wrote: Will a 64 bit OS run SC2 slower assuming it is intended for the minimum of 32bit? If there is no official 64bit support for SC2 sc2 will just run at normal 32bit game in the 64bit environment. Meaning it's memory access and crap will be the same as a 32bit system basically no difference. Now why would it run slower? Well 64bit is inherently more system heavy then 32bit, along with that is you are running a 32bit app in 64bit environment so it isn't as great as running it in a 32 bit environment. So your system is under greater load while running the same specs more or less the difference is usually nothing to fret about if you are running a decent system which all 64bit systems should be. On a decent computer the difference is nothing. There have been problems with 64bit versions of games (only real advantage is more memory allocation added in usually like 0 fps difference in versions) but that isn't an issue you can always fall back to the 32bit version. | ||
|
Chaos
United States772 Posts
On September 17 2009 12:52 ghermination wrote: QX9550/9650 couldn't even touch the 920 as far as overclocking potential goes. And there is DEFINITELY quite a performance boost in sli enabled applications - especially CAD software, which is also helped infinitely by the 9170. ' Your CPU is fine...but you really need 2 150gb raptors? And you really need 2 GTX 295s? Really? And the RAM had to be DDR3-1600? I disagree | ||
|
b_unnies
3579 Posts
On September 17 2009 04:29 mahnini wrote: might want to replace your mobo if you're upgrading to a gtx285. it'll probably be bottlenecked by your pci e 1.1 bandwidth. on second thought it probably wont make a noticable difference I'm choosing next year to upgrade to GTX 285 since hopefully by then, 3xx series would already be out and 2xx series will get a massive price drop. also not really sure if it's a good idea to upgrade my MOBO now since i think it might be better to wait until i've decided to upgrade to i7 CPU | ||
|
FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
On September 17 2009 14:31 Chaos- wrote: ' Your CPU is fine...but you really need 2 150gb raptors? And you really need 2 GTX 295s? Really? And the RAM had to be DDR3-1600? I disagree I agree the raptors are a waste of money when a Seagate 500 gb 7200 rpm does barely below in most benchmarks and sometimes even above them. | ||
| ||
