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10-03-08, 05:25 PM
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Crusty Capt.
 Join Date: Sep 2007
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Just bought a new computer...
I've finally decided to upgrade to a newer baby...
 My old custom model was over 6 years old now. I can barely enjoy the latest games at rez 1680x1050 with out killing FPS  Even though I've tweaked it and maximized its potential I think with the newer games comming out I need a monster....  Old Rig was. Intel P4 3.2E GHZ 800MHz 1mb L2 cache PGA 478 Intel D865PERLX motherboard w/snd w/lan OCZ Titanium Dual Channel PC3200 1meg chips 2325 XFX Nvidia GeForce7600GT 256meg AGP Soundblaster X-Fi Elite Pro Western Digital WD2000JD 200Gigs SATA LG GSA-H10L DVD Burner Antech True 480 powersupply Antech aluminum Tower  Such a good built computer and tough girl... New rig Dell XPS 730 Intel Quad Core 2 Q9550 (12mb, 2.83GHz, 1333FSB) Aluminum chassis 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333Mhz 750GB Seagate 7200 SATA 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache Nvidia GeForce GTX280 1024megs Default 16x CD/DVD burner will add my LG to it for dual dvds Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Music, I don't know if its onboard on the nForce mother board? I will swap it with my elite pro if not onboard? Don't know yet... 1000Watts powersupply ....  Well I'm not rich but it rocks for my purposes... I'm going to give my old rig to my 5 year old daughter she can play with it.... Like SH3 hehehe and SPORE she likes making the monsters...  What to do with the new power....:hmm:
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10-03-08, 05:30 PM
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Admiral
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Wow, nice rig, my current specs are almost identical and chomping at the bit to upgrade.......
Do you have FSX? I would love to see that program run on a rig like that! |
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10-03-08, 05:34 PM
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Crusty Capt.
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I going to have X3 Terran Conflict coming I've preorder it. Newer graphics and more AI work load on the CPU I need POWER... Plus Stalker CS needs more juice for all the nice DirectX 10 stuff. I'm also considering getting Dead Space from EA but will crack it after I buy it so I don't have to deal with the DRMs. And yes Neal I will be soon purchasing SH4 and hopefully GWX team will be ready with there uber mod...:hmm: 
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10-03-08, 07:01 PM
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Rear Admiral
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Me gots a ok one, Been thinking about X mas. A new performance processor would be nice to go along with my 8800 GTX 6xx mb version OC. Anyone know of a good afordable processor?
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10-03-08, 07:23 PM
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Crusty Capt.
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Tigerdirect has good prices.
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10-03-08, 07:25 PM
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Rear Admiral
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10-03-08, 07:51 PM
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Canadian Wolf
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10-04-08, 12:52 AM
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Sea Lord
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Other than that, I think you'll be quite pleased with what you are getting. What OS are you getting on this rig?
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10-04-08, 01:07 AM
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Silent Hunter
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Sounds like you're all set for Dawn of War 3!
 I shall end you!
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10-04-08, 06:59 AM
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Crusty Capt.
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 Damb I haven't been at relic for ages... Thanks for the update.Soon Neal RDP I wasn't talking about these cracks...:rotfl: 
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10-04-08, 11:26 AM
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Rear Admiral
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Crack Kills.
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10-04-08, 11:38 AM
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Chief of the Boat
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Nice rig Wolfie
Fancy doing a swap with mine....runs GWX4 fine  
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10-04-08, 12:15 PM
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Crusty Capt.
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The GTX280 does slightly poorer when SLI is used for some games. So I balance out the research from various sites testing ATI and Nvidia cards. Over all and for future possible prospect in my eye GTX280 solo will be enough for the budget and power I need. Later in a year or two I might see again what happens when all the driver issues are worked out. I was almost going to take 2 of your type cards instead of GTX280 but I want to look at the long run. If and when they fix the drivers and who knows the vid cards firmwares maybe SLI will run more efficently for the GTX280. I'm not much a fan for ATI but I was very much considering their latest cards. Value for the buck and performancewise.:hmm: The motherboard is a intel and has nForce in it. Exact specs are limited because they don't say what brand. Its a dell motherboard I get that. They told me they get the parts from NVidia and intel stuff like that and assemble it. Slots PCIe X 16 Gen 2 – 2 slots PCIe x 16 – 1 slot PCIe x 1 – 2 slots PCI – 2 slot Front: USB 2.0 (x2), 1394a (x1), (1) headphone out, (1) microphone in, optional 19-in-1 media card reader Rear (Audio connectors): S/PDIF Audio Out(Coax and Optical), microphone, line-in, line-out, center/LFE, Rear Surround, Side Surround Rear(Other): USB 2.0 (x6), 1394a (x1), eSATA (x1), PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard, Gigabit Ethernet (x2) To start for now and within my budget this computer is the best. Plus I've been a good client of theirs for over a decade and I get some perks too. It comes with Vista Premium... I have Vista 32 ultimate, but I might consider getting 64bit version...
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