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KillorLive April 28th, 2004 03:38 AM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by RemanWarbird
What do you ever use the 4 Gigs For?
and 3 160 GB hardrives? What do you have the you need 480 GB for?
i'm just curious as to why you need that much?
$12,000? damn! that cost more than my car! I got my PC i posted for $1,500

He spent a lot of money on technology that will be obsolete in 2 years...pity him.

I have in the server, my Moms, mine, and laying around about 1.5 terabyte of HDD space. I put DVD rips into my server and watch them on the big screen in the living room.

[+Glasius+] April 28th, 2004 04:12 AM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Disconnecting
3.4 ghz p4 ee 1 gig ram geforce fx-5950 and only paid $18,000 for it.


Wow, so you got the Extreme Edition with 2mb lvl2(or3?) cache.
Would love to see your CPU under a stress-test program, want to compare to my P4 3ghz..


Someone claimed to have 2 x 250gb hdds here, but I doubt it. 200gb is the largest hdd available with IDE / ata interface. I just heard about some company releasing a new 260gb, but that wont be for a few months..


Anyways, I have 3 hdds in my machine now, 2x120 GB, and 1 200gb. I need all the space for videoediting, music, games & work.
Have about 10gb free as of now..

[+Glasius+] April 28th, 2004 04:19 AM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by KillorLive
He spent a lot of money on technology that will be obsolete in 2 years...pity him.


Try buying any computer equipment that wont be obsolete in 2 years. 2 years in the computer business is like 10 years in the car industry.

jakindle April 28th, 2004 04:24 AM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
Model : AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2600+
Speed : 2.08GHz
Model Number : 2600 (estimated)
Performance Rating : PR3020 (estimated)
Type : Standard
L2 On-board Cache : 256kB ECC Synchronous Write-Back (16-way, 64 byte line size)

Mainboard
Bus(es) : AGP PCI IMB USB i2c/SMBus
MP Support : No
MP APIC : Yes
System BIOS : Award Software, Inc. ASUS A7V8X ACPI BIOS Revision 1012
System : System Manufacturer System Name
Mainboard : ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7V8X
Total Memory : 1024MB DDR-SDRAM

Chipset 1
Model : ASUSTeK Computer Inc VT8377 Apollo KT400/A/600 CPU to PCI Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 167MHz (334MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 1024MB DDR-SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 167MHz (334MHz data rate)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : Plug and Play Monitor
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700

Physical Storage Devices
Removable Drive : Floppy disk drive
Hard Disk : IBM-DAQA-33240
Hard Disk : WDC WD800JB-00CRA1
Hard Disk : Maxtor 5 T040H4 SCSI Disk Device
Hard Disk : Maxtor 9 4610U6 SCSI Disk Device
CD-ROM/DVD : AOpen 12X DVD-ROM/ASH
CD-ROM/DVD : LITE-ON LTR-48246S

Logical Storage Devices
1.44MB 3.5" (A:) : N/A
Hard Disk 35.2GB (27.5GB, 78% Free) (NTFS)
New volume 39.4GB (38.2GB, 97% Free) (NTFS)
New volume 38.2GB (38.1GB, 100% Free) (NTFS)
New volume 3.0GB (1.1GB, 36% Free) (NTFS)
Hard Disk (I:) : 42.9GB (27.1GB, 63% Free) (NTFS)

jakindle April 28th, 2004 04:29 AM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
just bought this card
http://www.pcclub.com/product_detai...itemno=A9653106




but what i really want is this
http://tomshardware.bizrate.com/buy...mid--37386.html

something to think about

All computer CRT monitors are now made non-interlaced (and have been for quite some time), meaning the entire frame is refreshed at the refresh rate or Hertz. The frame is scanned all at once, thus the refresh rate can equal the Frames Per Second, but the Frames Per Second isn't going to go past the Refresh Rate because it's not possible on the display. Just because a video card is pushing 200 Frames Per Second, your display may be at 100Hz meaning it's only refreshing 100 times per second.



in short what you see visually is limited in part by your monitor the rest in in your card btw when playing sof 2 with settings maxed 1024x768 i am getting above 125 fps in game and with my monitor set at 100hz what i get to see 100fps net

KillorLive April 28th, 2004 04:42 AM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by [+Glasius+]
Try buying any computer equipment that wont be obsolete in 2 years. 2 years in the computer business is like 10 years in the car industry.

Not necessarily true. The 9700 Pro, GF2, etc. all went beyond two years, the 9700 Pro still competes well with new video cards.

However, for the most part you're right.

So...why spend 12 grand on a computer? That's a damn good down payment on a new car, especially since in 2 years it will hardly stay up with current technology.

Gimpy April 28th, 2004 07:46 AM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
O.m.g He Was Joking Killor!!!!....

KillorLive April 28th, 2004 08:37 AM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
Doesn't look like a joke to me.

[+Glasius+] April 28th, 2004 02:50 PM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
I was dead seriouse.
Even though some areas of computer development has reached Moores laws, development is still racing in a frantic paste.

Buying a "top of the line" computer is never smart when you look at the price drop further down the model lane. Performance for those "extra 400mhz" are usually not worth the extra bucks.

Using the term obsolete was wrong, but still somewhat applies when talking about the top-line products.

livn4metal April 28th, 2004 03:32 PM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by [+Glasius+]
Try buying any computer equipment that wont be obsolete in 2 years. 2 years in the computer business is like 10 years in the car industry.

Athlon 64 FX-51
Gigabyte K8NNXP-940 motherboard
1024Mb Kingston HyperX Registered
Radeon 9800XT
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum Pro
2 Wester Digital 250Gb 7200rpm SATA (RAID 0)
TDK 40x DVD R+-/Rw+-
Lian-Li PC-75 Full Tower Server case

Disconnecting April 29th, 2004 10:58 AM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by [+Glasius+]
Wow, so you got the Extreme Edition with 2mb lvl2(or3?) cache.
Would love to see your CPU under a stress-test program, want to compare to my P4 3ghz..


Someone claimed to have 2 x 250gb hdds here, but I doubt it. 200gb is the largest hdd available with IDE / ata interface. I just heard about some company releasing a new 260gb, but that wont be for a few months..


Anyways, I have 3 hdds in my machine now, 2x120 GB, and 1 200gb. I need all the space for videoediting, music, games & work.
Have about 10gb free as of now..

I was to busy with networking virus protection and planetside to but that beast under a stress test program but i'll give it a try this weekend.

VodkaMan April 30th, 2004 06:16 AM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
as for the 4gb of ram, winXP can handle 5gb of ram, and new mac's can handle 8gb (and it's worth it, because your processor can handle only as much as the ram can handle)

my laptop - $2250
3.2gHz p4
1gb ddr ram
120gb 7200rpm seagate HD
128mb nvidia card

my PC -
2 - 2.8gHz oc'ed watercooled processors
2gb of ddr ram + 3gb of virtual ram on a dedicated high rpm/low storage hd
256mb nvidia card
2x120 gb 7200rpm HDs

comps are important to me and i make them last for a long time...i have an 8-year old computer that still works (Pentium-S 166mHz, 32mb ram, 2mb video card)

Mr. Matt April 30th, 2004 07:42 AM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
Quote:

Someone claimed to have 2 x 250gb hdds here, but I doubt it. 200gb is the largest hdd available with IDE / ata interface. I just heard about some company releasing a new 260gb, but that wont be for a few months..
I know for certain that Maxtor and Western Digital both have 250BG HDDs notched onto their bedpost, and may have done since last year. Hitachi may also have them, the 7K250 comes to mind.
Anyway, my computer...

2400+ AMD Athlon XP 'Thoroughbred' Processor
AOpen GeForce 4 Ti4200 128MB AGP 8X
512MB DDR 400
1X Quantum Fireball 20GB HDD (C:)
1X Western Digital Caviar 120GB HDD (D:)
Some NForce 2 Motherboard
Soundblaster Audigy
Windows XP Home Edition
+ CD R/RW, DVDROM, MS Intellimouse Explorer 3, MS Natural Multimedia Keyboard, Microsoft Sidewinder Joypad, Logitech Force-feedback joystick, 17" monitor

Pethegreat April 30th, 2004 04:12 PM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
[QUOTE=Pestilence64]Who has a 5.6ghz comp? oh no one, someine misunderstands.:rolleyes:

I ment it was 5.8 combinded:D

mattey May 1st, 2004 06:57 PM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.6ghz @ 3.13ghz (fsb 4x240 = 960)
Gigabyte Tech 8knxp
Kingston Hyper-x 512ddr (2x 256) pc3200
Radeon 9800pro (core = 412mhz , mem = 700mhz)
300gb hdd space (1x maxtor 120gb 8mb cache , 1x maxtor 200gb 8mb cache)
Audigy 2

TheAnnihilator May 2nd, 2004 04:23 AM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
MSI K7T Turbo2 Motherboard
400W PSU
AMD Athlon 1.0Ghz
768 MB RAM
Maxtor 30GB HDD
LG 48x/16x DVD-ROM Drive
Sony 52x/24x/52x CD-RW
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX-440SE 128MB
Creative SB Live! 5.1 Sound Card

that's about all the important parts :)

[+Glasius+] May 2nd, 2004 05:37 AM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Matt
I know for certain that Maxtor and Western Digital both have 250BG HDDs notched onto their bedpost, and may have done since last year. Hitachi may also have them, the 7K250 comes to mind.


The webshop I check out got updated over this weekend with the following, both IDE & S-ata interface.

Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 250GB S-ATA 8MB cache 7200RPM
Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 250GB S-ATA 8MB cache 7200RPM
Western Digital Caviar 250GB IDE ATA/100 8MB cache 7200RPM

/me bows down..

jakindle May 2nd, 2004 05:40 AM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
A computer i am working on for a customer about 2700 dollars total

:beer:
MD ATHLON XP 3200+ 64-BIT 1600MHz FBUS PROCESSOR
Built-in support for future 64-bit applications with AMD64 technology
HyperTransport™ technology and an integrated DDR memory controller for maximum performance and system efficiency
Featuring large on-die cache memory (1152KB total effective cache) for enhanced performance on large memory workloads
1600 MHz Front Side Bus




THERMALTAKE LANFIRE XASER III MIDTOWER CASE!
Animated Flash Fireball on Front!
See through window with Neon Light!
400 Watt Power Supply
LCD Temperature monitor with Alarm!
Retractable Foot Stand
4 VR Function Fan Speed Controller
Front Case Lock
Durable, Ultra Light Aluminum Case!
Name Brand Thermaltake, stunning silver looks!
CHOOSE NEON LIGHT (BLUE, GREEN, OR RED) FOR NO EXTRA CHARGE!





ASUS K8V DELUXE AMD ATHLON XP 64BIT MOTHERBOARD
Asus K8V Deluxe Brand Name Motherboard! Great Reliability!
Reliable NEW VIA K8T800 CHIPSET!
4 DDR Dual Channel DDR Memory Slots!
5 PCI slots, a 8X AGP slot and a CNR slot
4 USB Ports in Back, 2 USB Ports in Front
1 Parallel/Printer Port, 1 Serial Port
USB 2.0 Ports, Dual Serial ATA RAID, Dual Channel Memory!
Supports PC3200 DDR 400 MHz Modules & 8X AGP!
Asus InstantMusic for music listening without Windows!
FIREWIRE 1394 PORT!!







1536 MB (1.5GB) PC3200 400MHz DUAL CHANNEL DDR MEMORY

3 x 512 DDR 400 Memory DUAL CHANNEL!




320GB (2x160) SERIAL ATA RAID SEAGATE BARRACUDA HARD DRIVES!
New Super Fast SERIAL ATA Technology, RAID!
TWO 160GB HARD DRIVES W/RAID CONFIGURATION!
Faster 7200RPM Speed, 8MB Cache, ATA/150!
3D Defense System! Protection against damage & data loss!




PIONEER A06 4X DVD +/- REWRITABLE DRIVE
High Speed Audio Extraction
Very Clean, Fast DVD-Read/Write Capability! No More Choppiness!
Super Fast 4X DVD Write Speed! Fastest on the Market!
Supports ALL Major Formats! DVD+R, DVD-R, etc!
Support ULTRA DMA 33 & PIO MODE 4





52X/24X/52X BLACK SUPER FAST CD-RW DRIVE
High Speed Audio Extraction
Burn Full Music CD's within 2 Minutes!
ATAPI/E-IDE Interface
Support ULTRA DMA 33 & PIO MODE 4





1.44MB 3.5 BLACK FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
1.44 MB Floppy Drive, 3.5"



256 MB DDR NVIDIA GEFORCE FX 5900 ULTRA VIDEO CARD
NEW 8X AGP Technology!
Fill Rate : 3.8 Billion texels/Sec.
Memory Bandwith : 30.4 GB/Sec.
New CineFX Engine w/TV out
Highest Performance for DVD Playback & Gaming
Lightspeed Memory Architecture!
!





SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY 2 GAMER 6.1 SOUND CARD!
Top-of-the line Sound from Creative Labs!
Awesome 6.1 Surround Sound!
Directsound for Clarity, Optical Outs!
Non-Integrated, Separate PCI Sound for much better quality!
THX Cinema Audio, Firewire Port!





3COM GIGABIT ETHERNET NETWORK ADAPTER
Integrated 3C904 3COM Gigabit Chipset
Reliable Brand Name 3COM LAN Adapter!
GIGABIT SPEED! FASTEST ON THE MARKET!



56K CONEXENT V92 FAX MODEM
Fax and High Speed Internet Connection Ready
Super Fast V.92 56Kps Speed!


LOGITECH MX WIRELESS KEYBOARD AND MOUSE DUO
Beautiful Black/Silver Wireless Keyboard & Optical Mouse!
Name Brand Logitech!



ALTEC LANSING 251 BLACK & SILVER SPEAKERS
Black & Silver 5 PC Speakers w/Subwoofer!
Name Brand Altec Lansing! Shielded Satellites!

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS
Windows XP Professional Edition
All Drivers for Video, Sound, LAN, and Modem included.

[+Glasius+] May 2nd, 2004 05:52 AM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
3x 512 dual channel?
You got 6 ram slots on that mobo?

jakindle May 2nd, 2004 06:02 AM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
lmao what i met to say was 3 sticks of 512
tried to talk him into going with 2 gig but he wouldt go for it

Pestilence64 May 2nd, 2004 06:27 AM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
funny, i have an ASUS K8V motherboard and its not dual channel, you may want to double check that.

Pethegreat May 2nd, 2004 05:11 PM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
Im not that smart about computer processors so whats the difference between a 64 bit processor and any other processor out there:confused:

Pestilence64 May 2nd, 2004 06:10 PM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
A 64 bit processor has the ability to process instruction/coding that is 64bits in length. where as a 32 bit processor (Athlon XP, P4) can only process 32bit instruction lengths. the biggest benefit to a 64bit proc is its ability to also read 64bit long addresses, which means it can address much greater amounts of data in RAM, currently 32 procs are only configured to address at nost 16GB of data, but still your standard desktop only has room for 4GB and windows only has support for 4BG also, except server versions on Windows. 64 bit procs can potentially address up to... Ever heard of Picobytes. no well its up there, think of the entire WWW.

LiDo884 May 3rd, 2004 01:21 PM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
ASUS P4V8X-X
Pentium 4 2,8Ghz @ 3,2Ghz
256MB RAM
GeForce 4 MX AGP 128MB VRAM
Sound Blaster
200GB Seagate PATA

Pethegreat May 3rd, 2004 02:39 PM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
Thanks for the answear on 64 bit processors:D

Homer Gonerson May 3rd, 2004 02:45 PM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
damn man... i got a shit comp...
1.1 ghz celeron
128 mb nVidia GeForce4 MX440
384 mb ram
80 gb hd
but i really only have 50 cuz my dad partitioned it so where theres 18.7 for the system files, 47.7 for my stuff, and 8.34 for TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES!!!... damn hes stupid about partitioning... next time, i'm partitioning it so theres 8 for system, and the rest for my stuff... i've only got 23 gbs left on my hd for my shit...

Xagent May 5th, 2004 01:11 AM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
P4 1.7 400 Hz bus, 512 PC 3200 (400 Hz), Radion 9600, SB Xgamer, cable, SONY 21" monitor, Koss headphones, 550 Watt antec, Pioneer
DVR175D, Dual 7200 IBM HD, Raid O, Seagate Tape backup. T-2 Cable.Linksys wan and lan, aux monitor 65" Toshiba HD, Kenwood 6.1 600 watt w/towers and seat belts. Sandra says I need 800 hz bus, yea.

Anywhere but AA I couldn't need more speed. AA = 2 to 37 fps. I like 120 fps. I will try a download or quit. I finished E & E at 5 fps. just out of stupid stubborn syndome and sniper with no H key.

I am going to get either a AMD 64 or a Prescott 2 Gig, but can't decide, considering new ati cards...? The hardware is ahead of
games right now. I am waiting like a kid at X mas to buy something.


I

Odessa May 5th, 2004 01:45 PM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
Just bought
P4 3.0 Northwood FSB 800 (HT)
1 gig Geill PC4000 DDR 500
Asus P4P800 Deluxe
Ati radeon 9800 pro
2 Maxtor 60 gig HD in raid
1 60 gig HD extern
Hercules Fortissimo III 7.1
Enermax Active pfc 350 W
Build in a Thermaltake Xaser III V1000 supertower (10 fans)

MooseSpankr88 May 6th, 2004 04:24 PM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
PROCESSOR: AMD Athalon 2600+ (overclocked @ 2.8)

VID Card: Radeon 9600XT (HL2!)

Ram: 2x 512 Kingston ram

HD: Serial ATA 120 Gig Seagate

Internet connection: Cable

Monitor: 17' Pure Flat CRT

Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech MX Duo (wireless)

CD/R: Combo 24x

MOBO: FIC (dunno what kind of FIC)

Speakers: Logitech Z-680 (500 Watts • 5.1 Configuration • THX® Certified • Dolby® Digital & DTS® Hardware Decoding • Digital SoundTouch™ Control Center)

Mine is ok I got it for $800 when everything was all said and done! I <3 Tiger Direct! www.tigerdirect.com

redm May 6th, 2004 06:22 PM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
blah blah
dell somethign
p4 2.4ghz w/ 1gb pc2100 ddr
3x60G IDE Drives and 1x72g u160 scsi.. and 1x9gig u2w scsi
2 ati video cards.. a radeon 7200 and and all in wonder i think
a broken cdrom
another cdrom dangling out the back with diablo 2 permenently locked into it
2x21" monitors and an ms explorer thingi
windows xp
and it runs like crap

MooseSpankr88 May 6th, 2004 07:29 PM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
SRY EVERYONE I MADE A MISTAKE. My HD is a 120GB SCSI! Sry for the mix up! :-) I own joo!

Homer Gonerson May 6th, 2004 07:46 PM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
oh, i'll post my whole specs
1.1 ghz celeron
128 mb nVidia GeForce4 MX440
384 mb ram
80 gb hd
cambridge sounds pc works speakers (don't know full name of em)
tungsten t2 palm
lego cam
4 port usb hub
logitech wireless mouse and keyboard
zip100
16x dvd rom
52x24x52 cd burner
cheap ass $15 sound card from frys
10/100 etherfast network card for cable modem
17" monitor

sup2069 May 7th, 2004 09:00 PM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
See sig :D

vx_unicom May 8th, 2004 04:04 PM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by sup2069
See sig :D

My computer's speed is 10.0 Mbps which is fast!!!

Pestilence64 May 8th, 2004 05:09 PM

Re: How fast is your computer???
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by vx_unicom
My computer's speed is 10.0 Mbps which is fast!!!

this is your network connection speed, which your behind on, everyone elso most likely has a 100mbps or even 1gigabit network connestion.


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