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  1. If you were doing your Masters, Obstetric & Gynaecologic Sonography is interesting :P

    When I was at Uni one of the most popular BUGE courses was Heal & Touch which was basically massage/ natural therapy, unfortunately don't think they offer it anymore.

    I recommend and did History of Jazz which was at Magill...you just listen to music, attend the min. required days, no exam just biographies on several Jazz artists, and 10:1 girl-boy ratio for the class :)

  2. I'd doubt they'd release it mid-year....if they were smart it will most likely be closer to the Xmas season plus will give more opportunity for other programmers to make their software compatible.

    Yeah I'll prob try it out...good thing Vista has disk-part otherwise loading this for a tri-boot would be a pain.

  3. The timings on that Kingston Hyper X are somewhat loose (1066mhz @ 7-7-7-20)…it would be more ideal to spend a little extra (but not Corsair extra) to have CL5 timings (ie. 5-5-5-15 / 18) at that frequency.

    Given that you don't intend to O/C much over 3.6ghz (400x9), then 800mhz (or 1066 @ 800mhz) preferably with CL4 timings would be perfect. As long as your current memory is stable, there won’t be a big performance difference going from 4 to 2 new sticks, except slightly less stress on the memory controller and lower voltage drawn with the 2 sticks.

  4. My CPU is E0 stepping though, seems the E0's for the most part are doing it a bit easier (looking at some decent O/C sites)

    I take it yours is a C0?

    Im running 480x9 and mine is loving it, ram is 1:1 atm.

    I will get 4.5 on air, im determined to get it. But anything over 480fsb it just shuts down so i think ive gotta increase a few volts elsewhere.

    Not much info on my board/bios about the net so im sorta wading through it slowly as there are slight differences.

    ahh..the E0 revision, makes sense now and yeah I've got the C0 stepping E8400.

    What's your RAM voltage set atm? Auto should be fine if you have 1066Mhz; or you might have to up the northbridge voltage a bit, as you are nearing 500fsb.

    Also, if you havent already checked it out the OCAU forums (Overclockers Australia) is a pretty good source for the latest product info/ reviews.

  5. Ive actually upped the clock to 4.3ghz (1.29vcore), and its been stable for a week so

    Ran linpack (arguably the best CPU stress test) and it ran fine for 7 passes :P

    That is a great o/c and such a low v.core, most results I've seen with a 4'ish ghz (E8400) have hi 1.3X-low 1.4v.core's. So, you picked nicely from the lucky dip of CPUs, and also, the EP45-DS4P seems to be bit faster/ efficient than the EP45-DS3 series.

    What sort of max load CPU temps you seeing on the stress tests? Currently I have the E8400 o/c @ 4.18ghz (523x8) w/ 1.37vcore and can manage 20odd stable passes with Linpack before temps reach 70degrees but, thats with a crappy heatsink.

    I ran 3dmark06 and if memory serves me correct i was around 13,500?

    Or it might have been 7,500... whatever sounds more correct... i honestly cant remember. Will do it again over the next day or two and find out

    Your total score would've been around 13,500. Think I got close to 3,600 CPU score on 3DMark06. Cinebench10 is also a good CPU benchmark test you might want to try.
  6. ...as for me

    Case: CoolerMaster HAF 932

    Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45-DS3R, F10 beta BIOS

    CPU & CPU Cooler: Intel E8400 @ 4.18ghz (1.37v) w/ TT BlueOrb FX, but yet to O/C w/ my new Xigmatek HDT-S1283

    RAM: 2x2GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 (1066Mhz) Platinum

    Monitor: 19" WS Chimei / 24" Samsung - depending on game

    Graphics Card: MSI Radeon HD4870 O/C version

    HDD(s): Samsung F1 750GB + Seagate v.11 500GB

    OS Used: Dual boot - Windows XP Pro 64bit / Vista 32bit

    Peripherals:Logitech G15 keyboard, Logitech MX518 mouse; Logitech G25 steering wheel, MS Xbox 360 controller & Logitech Pro9000 web cam

    Sound: Onboard card, Logitech Z-5500 speakers & Sennheiser PC 350 headset

  7. In the hope to o/c my E8400 some more (4.4Ghz+ air cooled), I've upgrade my heatsink (Xigmatek HDT-S1283) and case to a full tower (CoolerMaster HAF 932). The case is awesome...it has 3x23cm fans (or supports 7x12cm) + 14cm rear exhaust, also, for when I try my hand at water cooling latter down the track it can support 2 PSU's and 3 fan radiator + 2 fan rad + 1 fan rad = :P:D

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  8. ....aka. crank angle sensor (CAS)

    Go back to your mechanic and ask what he set the timing at...think the RB25DE should have a base timing of 15degrees.

    hello, i drive a 1993 R33 GTS automatic, and i jst wanted to find out about a small problem i have. whenever i put my foot down a bit on the pedal to accelerate it lags then speeds up after like, a second, then kicks in. on first gear it revs to about 6000 rpm then changes gears and i found that a bit much. second and third do the same and change at high revs.

    There's your problem there >_<

    The stock auto trans are slow and do take a sec to change gears. Try having the O/D button OFF...that should help reduce your 'acceleration lag', also it will rev out higher. For quicker gear changes get an upgraded valve body/ shift kit...do search in the Group Buy section if you want more details. Also ~6K+ rpm before changing gears sounds normally if you have ya foot planted; or do you mean it will only change gears when you rev to 6K rpm?

  9. Yeah, I can see more external graphic cards, hdtv tuners and wireless internet dongles on the market utilising this tech. Would be good, however, if there were faster disk drives to take advantage of the transfer rates but by then eSATA III (6Gb/s) or even IV will have been released.
  10. True, they do run pretty hot on default program settings. With my MSI O/C HD4870 (780Mhz) the fans run @ 26%max and on idle will sit 60-65degrees but @ 40% I see temps drop up to 18degress.

    Yeah, creating and altering profiles on CCC help alot to keep things cool - I have TV (32%), gaming (42%) and benchmark mode (55%=3550rpm). Although, on the latest Catalyst version ATi have now added a manual fan controller function, making it easier to play around and change fan speeds.

  11. ....You should checkout the Gainward GS 4870's, they are the pick of aftermarket cooled ones. Dual fans, mofset heatsinks with a fan above the mofsets/ram.

    The setup on them is excellent.

    Yeah that would keep temps in check, wish they all came out like that. Also, Palit do a dual fan card edition but, I believe the Gainward one comes with better software.
    Cant wait to get my hands on a 4870x2 mmmm two cores on a gfx card!

    So then do we all predcit that these new cpu's will transfer the tech somehow onto a graphics card in the not too distant future and vica versa? what i mean is with the 4870 graphics cards using DDR5 ram, will that be used soon in normal everday pc ram?

    Will the tech in these new quad core cpu's be used on graphics card somehow or another?

    In recent times the tech in GPU's has advanced somewhat quicker than what CPU's have and the CPU has generally been the bottlneck when you have mid-top of the range GPUs. From what I've read, the only benefits of the i7 cores over the C2D & C2Q for gaming is that it will namely improve multi-GPU scaling and increase fps (esp if the game is CPU bound). So really it's the CPU that is catching up to the graphics cards to help extract better performance.

    Doubt we'll see DDR5 RAM anytime soon, as latency timings would be somewhat an issue atm and would be taking a backwards step...like getting a PCI-E sound card :O

  12. ^^ That's a nice build...great for O/C, and tis very similar specs to mine :P. Somethings to be aware of is that mobo only supports Crossfire, and the HD4870 is a great card but fairly noisy when you increase the fan speeds (eg. 50% fan speed = ~40dB). Also, unfortunately atm the stock heatsinks and fan setup on the HD4000 series are more effective than aftermarket ones when it comes to cooling the ram/ mofsets.

  13. Meh @ PC, too much bullcrap with requirements. If you have a game system you know the game will work to its max graphics without laging or anything, not to mention you play it on a TV not some little monitor :banana:
    ...but if you do have a PC that can play the latest and more demanding games they look so much nicer on screen than what the consoles do. Also, you can connect your tv screen to most GPU's these days anyway but, don't know why I'd want to when my 24" monitor has a higher resolution thant my 46" lcd TV :(.
    PC for everything :( (also own a chipped PS2 but never use it)
    +1...even have the PS2 connected to the PC via. hdtv tuner:D
  14. Got to agree with HI2U and sensfan SP and co-op are pretty good (esp killing the waves of zombies) but MP fails, Im only a lvl 32 and still not enjoying it anymore as when I started. Gameplay isn't as smooth as COD4, majority of the WWII guns sux and the darker textures make dammn campers harder to spot. Can't wait till Infinity Ward bring out COD6 and show Treyarch how its done.

  15. didnt see ya pat, were you driving your 33?

    the sound of that gtr even on idle is so nice. was going to see if i could talk to him but the lights went green as i pulled up along side him :P

    Nah, was crossing the road for Subway and yeah I saw ya wanting to try chat to him.
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