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BlueTsunami

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The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« on: December 10, 2006, 11:36:38 PM »
This thread is for posting your PC specs and general PC Hardware talk (upcoming Hardware technology and whatnot)

Heres my specs...

ASRock 939Dual-Sata2
AMD64 3000+ (Venice) 1.8GHz
XFX 6600GT (NV) 128MB VRAM 128bit Bus
2GB of Mutt RAM (Various RAM)
2 IDE HDDs (1 10GB for the OS the other 160GB)
1 SATA HDD (80GB)

Obviously my rig is in need of an update. I bought the mainboard with this in mind (Its 939 Socket so I'll be getting a Dual Core AMD CPU). I'm also eyeing DX10 Vid cards by NVidia, pricey at the moment but I would think refreshes next year should drop the price a good amount (also possible that NV will release Mid Range cards).

So whats this I hear about Quad Core CPUs? Or do I have that wrong? Is that coming about?
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MrAngryFace

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2006, 01:10:48 AM »
AMD64 3200+ (2.01 ghz)
NVIDIA GeFORCE 7800 GTX
Creative Audigy 2
2 Gigs o Dual channel Ram
160 SATA Drive
80 IDE Drive
uhh nice monitor.

Games play fine, dont need an upgrade!
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Van Cruncheon

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2006, 01:12:53 AM »
you asked for it. pigdogs:

A8N32-SLI Deluxe mobo
4 GB PC4200 DDR-RAM
Athlon 64x2 4800 dual-core proc
GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR4 (gonna pop in a second for SLI after tax time)
2x Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 300GB SATA-3.0 hard drives in RAID 0 (games, data)
1x Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 80GV SATA-3.0 hard drive (OS install)
Creative Labs X-Fi Platinum
1x Lite-On 12x DVD-RW
Acer 1680x1050 22" widescreen monitor, 8ms refresh
1 Kilowatt Antec power supply
Lian-Li black aluminum case

it's OMG
« Last Edit: December 11, 2006, 01:14:48 AM by Drinky Crow »
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MrAngryFace

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2006, 01:14:18 AM »
You win mr fancy pants!
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Van Cruncheon

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2006, 01:15:45 AM »
quad cores (Kentsfield) are here -- TVC has a quad-core Mac Pro, actually. We have a computer hardware rivalry.
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BlueTsunami

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2006, 01:17:41 AM »
you asked for it. pigdogs:

A8N32-SLI Deluxe mobo
4 GB PC4200 DDR-RAM
Athlon 64x2 4800 dual-core proc
GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR4 (gonna pop in a second for SLI after tax time)
2x Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 300GB SATA-3.0 hard drives in RAID 0 (games, data)
1x Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 80GV SATA-3.0 hard drive (OS install)
Creative Labs X-Fi Platinum
1x Lite-On 12x DVD-RW
Acer 1680x1050 22" widescreen monitor, 8ms refresh
1 Kilowatt Antec power supply
Lian-Li black aluminum case

it's OMG


I think I felt a single tear roll down my cheek. Jesus Christ
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Eel O'Brian

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2006, 01:18:18 AM »
AMD 64 x2 Dual Core 3800+
1GB RAM
GeForce 7600 GS 256mb
250GB SATA HDD
Whatever 5.1 RealTech HD Audio is

I think I need a gig more RAM and I'll be okay to run most stuff for quite a while

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MrAngryFace

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2006, 01:18:52 AM »
Drinky's Machine is like WOW
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CajoleJuice

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2006, 01:20:20 AM »
holy shit
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Van Cruncheon

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2006, 01:21:08 AM »
it's kinda obscene; i'm actually a little horrified by its excess sometimes

then i remember that it actually plays all my games at max settings at 1680x1050 with FREE 4x AA

then i don't feel so awful :hyper
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BlueTsunami

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2006, 01:23:16 AM »
I was just looking through some G80 benchmarks and the performance bar is obscene. Wow. What is even more scary is that it seems like NV needs to refine the drivers for the G80 series even more (obvious as it just came out). Performance gains will just go higher.
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Shuri

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2006, 01:24:22 AM »
so what new games are you guys playing on those rigs?

BlueTsunami

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2006, 01:26:29 AM »
quad cores (Kentsfield) are here -- TVC has a quad-core Mac Pro, actually. We have a computer hardware rivalry.

Holy smackaroos :O

Serious, my nipples just got hard. You should be able to Transcode HD DIVX to HD WMV with a Quad Core
« Last Edit: December 11, 2006, 01:28:19 AM by BlueTsunami »
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Van Cruncheon

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2006, 01:26:55 AM »
Neverwinter Nights 2
a tweaked out, mod-dense Oblivion + expansion
Company of Heroes :hyper (GotY)
Age of Empires 3 + expansion
Rise of Legends
Half-Life 2 Episode 1
Quake 4 :(
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Shuri

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2006, 01:30:43 AM »
sounds like it was worth it.

BlueTsunami

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #15 on: December 11, 2006, 01:33:02 AM »
All I need is Battlefield2 in all honesty. But I've played Oblivion, BF2, Outrun Coast 2 Coast and I've been meaning to fire up Dreamfall.
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Van Cruncheon

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #16 on: December 11, 2006, 01:34:35 AM »
sounds like it was worth it.

sure beats a wii or a ps3!
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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #17 on: December 11, 2006, 01:41:28 AM »
you asked for it. pigdogs:

A8N32-SLI Deluxe mobo
4 GB PC4200 DDR-RAM
Athlon 64x2 4800 dual-core proc
GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR4 (gonna pop in a second for SLI after tax time)
2x Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 300GB SATA-3.0 hard drives in RAID 0 (games, data)
1x Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 80GV SATA-3.0 hard drive (OS install)
Creative Labs X-Fi Platinum
1x Lite-On 12x DVD-RW
Acer 1680x1050 22" widescreen monitor, 8ms refresh
1 Kilowatt Antec power supply
Lian-Li black aluminum case

it's OMG


but does it keep your house warm???
jesus thats insane drinky
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Strife Doombringer

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #18 on: December 11, 2006, 01:44:46 AM »
Intel has their Quads cores out already. amd is trying their best they have a X2 dual mobo not a quad but its quad performace
« Last Edit: December 11, 2006, 01:46:17 AM by Strife Doombringer »
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BlueTsunami

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #19 on: December 11, 2006, 01:48:38 AM »
Intel has their Quads cores out already. amd is trying their best they have a X2 dual mobo not a quad but its quad performace

I didn't know this :D

I'm reading up on performance on the Kentsfield now and its fast but only as fast as Dual Cores (when it comes to Decoding and Encoding) at the moment. This is due to these programs only using 2 Threads (at the moment). Can't wait to read the benchies when these apps are made to utilize 4 threads.
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Strife Doombringer

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #20 on: December 11, 2006, 01:50:10 AM »
1100$ for intels quad core!!!
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BlueTsunami

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #21 on: December 11, 2006, 01:50:38 AM »
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CajoleJuice

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #22 on: December 11, 2006, 01:57:15 AM »
sounds like it was worth it.

It does.
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BlueTsunami

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Re: The PC Gaming Hardware Thread!
« Reply #23 on: December 11, 2006, 02:00:33 AM »
I posted this on the mirror GAF thread of this one I created...

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Sometimes you don't want to convert a DVD to MPEG-4, but want to keep it as MPEG-2 to watch on standard DVD players. In the case where you want to back up a dual layer DVD, you may want to use DVD Shrink. It is multithreaded, and extremely simple to use. It still allows you to re-author DVD's to take out any extras and audio tracks to make room for a higher bitrate.

In this test, we are re-encoding the DVD9 version of (one of my all-time favourite movies) Gangs of New York. The DVD was first ripped to the hard drive, then encoded to an ISO. Everything was left in, except the DTS audio track. The 'Sharpen' advanced filter was run as well.



This time the extra cores definitely come into play, although they don't quite cut the encoding time in half. Can you believe we're at the point where you can re-encode a DVD in under 10 minutes?

My god...
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