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FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11567 Posts
September 16 2009 05:40 GMT
#601
hahaha

mac pros are built to run servers. They suck ass at everything else.
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
Saddened Izzy
Profile Joined July 2009
United States198 Posts
September 16 2009 05:43 GMT
#602
Still must be cool seeing 16 cores being taxed. I assume it's Nehalem
I don't use AIM/MSN/ etc stop asking...
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
September 16 2009 05:59 GMT
#603
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.
U Gotta Skate.
Saddened Izzy
Profile Joined July 2009
United States198 Posts
September 16 2009 06:00 GMT
#604
with 8 virtual cores =p

Nehalem is xeon is 8 cores 8 threads but everyone just says them all as cores.
I don't use AIM/MSN/ etc stop asking...
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
September 16 2009 06:50 GMT
#605
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
U Gotta Skate.
DanteStyle
Profile Joined July 2008
Belgium73 Posts
September 16 2009 08:42 GMT
#606
On September 15 2009 16:32 sixduck wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2009 15:50 FragKrag wrote:
* Two 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
* 32GB (8x4GB)
* Mac Pro RAID Card
* 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* 4x NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB
* Two 18x SuperDrives
* Apple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel)
* Apple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel)


yeah suck it you middle class bastards



share the wealth


ahahaha probably the worst setup ive ever seen
i hate vgl-rage
b_unnies
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
3579 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-16 09:17:26
September 16 2009 09:12 GMT
#607
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
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-16 19:49:42
September 16 2009 19:29 GMT
#608
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
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
Saddened Izzy
Profile Joined July 2009
United States198 Posts
September 17 2009 01:29 GMT
#609
It's not noticeable the CPU is more bound to be the first limiting factor in that set up.
I don't use AIM/MSN/ etc stop asking...
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11567 Posts
September 17 2009 01:48 GMT
#610
the E8400 is a fine processor..?
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
Saddened Izzy
Profile Joined July 2009
United States198 Posts
September 17 2009 02:38 GMT
#611
Not really for the res he's playing at, I just mean the CPU is more bound to be noticeably limiting esp with more cpu intensive games then PCIe 1.1 vs 2.0 in this instance. His resolution is quote big for the set up. Buy GPU would be the better upgrade by any means then a cpu upgrade again due to resolution.
I don't use AIM/MSN/ etc stop asking...
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
September 17 2009 03:16 GMT
#612
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
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
[X]Ken_D
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
United States4653 Posts
September 17 2009 03:22 GMT
#613
Will a 64 bit OS run SC2 slower assuming it is intended for the minimum of 32bit?
[X]Domain - I just do the website. Nothing more.
Chaos
Profile Joined July 2009
United States772 Posts
September 17 2009 03:38 GMT
#614
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
FruitMarket
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
September 17 2009 03:52 GMT
#615
On September 17 2009 12:38 Chaos- wrote:
Show nested quote +
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


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.
U Gotta Skate.
Saddened Izzy
Profile Joined July 2009
United States198 Posts
September 17 2009 04:43 GMT
#616
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
I don't use AIM/MSN/ etc stop asking...
Saddened Izzy
Profile Joined July 2009
United States198 Posts
September 17 2009 04:51 GMT
#617
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.
I don't use AIM/MSN/ etc stop asking...
Chaos
Profile Joined July 2009
United States772 Posts
September 17 2009 05:31 GMT
#618
On September 17 2009 12:52 ghermination wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 17 2009 12:38 Chaos- wrote:
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


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
FruitMarket
b_unnies
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
3579 Posts
September 17 2009 05:32 GMT
#619
On September 17 2009 04:29 mahnini wrote:
Show nested quote +
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


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
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11567 Posts
September 17 2009 05:37 GMT
#620
On September 17 2009 14:31 Chaos- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 17 2009 12:52 ghermination wrote:
On September 17 2009 12:38 Chaos- wrote:
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


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


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.
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
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