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i used to play heaps of it but got sick of spawn campers dolphin divers and all other ghey online tactics that ppls rasie there ratios with

nice system i would reccoment getting the x2 4400+ if he can shell out the clams

well prices have come down slightly since i started researching what to buy etc... quick shortlist is:

Case: TT Tsunami Dream

PSU: Antec Truepower 550w (or similar for sli)

Mouse: Logitech G5

KB: Wolfclaw

Monitor: Samsung 204B 20.1" LCD

Mainboard: Asus A8N32 SLI DELUXE

Chip: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+

GPU: XFX 256Mb 7900GT (550MHz or more)

HDD: Seagate Barracude 7200rpm SATAII - 250gig

RAM: OCZ PC3200 Platinum 2Gb Kit (2x1024MB) DDR400

sticking with the 3800+ for now as im planing on overclocking it :) I can always upgrade later....

Just getting all the parts together now, and will be assembling soon.... :/

Well mine will be here next week.......

Have the case and monitor already

HERE AT THE MOMENT

CASE: Thermaltake Soprano w/430W PSU which is getting ditched for a 480 or 550W Antec

MONITOR: Dell 2007FPW 20" Widescreen

COMING IN A 3-4 DAYS

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4000+

MEMORY: 2x1GB Sticks of OCZ Platinum- forget which one but has a low latency =D

MOBO: I forgot

VID: Gainward 512MB 7900GT

HDD: 250GB 72000rpm

A few of the games currently support dual core.

Age of Empires III

Battlefield 2

Battlefield 2: Special Forces

Black & White 2

Call of Duty 2

City of Villains by NCSoft

F.E.A.R. by Vivendi (allegedly enabled, but real world no real performance increase to FPS, tho it still performs)

Peter Jackson’s King Kong

Quake 4

Quake 5 (promised when released)

Serious Sam 2 by Croteam

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (on pre-order)

The Movies

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 3

Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland

Vangauard Saga of Heros

World of Warcraft

So slowly its getting there. :)

I like the fact i can run more than 1 thing without slowing down too. Im always on the net with like 3 or so windows open, and it pisses me off i have to switch between window and have to wait for other programs to finish before i can do something else...

It might be due to the fact im still using a p3 800 :)

I have found a complete asetek watercooling setup with 1/2" tubing (cpu/gpu/chipset blocks) with 2x120mm rad/fans for $200 as well so overclocking is a definite :D I'll set the thing up first and see how it goes before i install it and push it...

With regards to gpu's....can someone confirm vivo - video in, video out?

The price has come down, and some have this feature on em, just wondering if its worth having??

I've had a play with a dual core system.

Once you use one you will never want to go back.

I quite often encode video, backup dvd's and what not while surfing the net or doing home work compiling large java programs etc.

A single processor system really slows down to the point where the video display updates like your running an old trident 9660 vid card. :)

Push the x2 3800+ to a nice safe 2400mhz (x2 4600+ speed) on air and be happy with it. :D

well prices have come down slightly since i started researching what to buy etc... quick shortlist is:

GPU: XFX 256Mb 7900GT (550MHz or more)

this its getting to the top end of cards ... which most of them have VIVO

XFX PV-T71G-UCER Geforce7900GT "Overclocked", 256MB GDDR3, PCI Express, Dual Dual Link DVI, HDTV, 520mhz/1500mhz, VIVO

if you still not sure get me the direct link and 1 of us can take a look for you

where are u buying it from and there is a version of that for 550 off scorptec u get COD2 also

http://www.scorptec.com.au/product/19140

and there in stock it will cost u $20 AAE (Australian Air Express Overnight)

i bought my whole pc in parts from scorptec and can recommend them

Edited by Madaz
  • 2 weeks later...

Sorry to drag this thread up......

But i been using my rig flat out since i've had it!

BF2 in 1680x1050 @ Maxed detail and it runs happily!

Plus HL2 Lost Coast is pretty hard core on max detail!

I'll post up some FPS plus i'll post up my 3Dmark 06 score if anyone wants so they can check it out.

Edited by MADGT4
keep draging it up, were all good :w00t:

Ive already got some bits for mine, so i should be assembling soon ;) yay

i think a sau lan should be on the cards....who has a good connection, so we can go online too!

I have a nice dsl2 connection that has 1mb upstream. With internode soon to offer annex-m upstream rates should boost nicely. Annex-m trades upstream for downstream, for this application its would be well worth it.

The one issue is my dsl modem/router is only a 4 port + wireless so we would need to run possibly another router or two off a couple of the ports to achieve a total number 8+ ports.

Really depends how many ppls there would be as to how many routers we need.

I can't see any problems running another router (4port) off one of the dsl modem ports, I haven't tried it though. :starwars:

Would be awesome to jump in to bf2 and kick some arse, basically cheating. lol :wub:

But realistically, I doubt we would need to connect to the inet to play a decent multiplayer game, there's the free LFS to play online plus many others.

I have a nice room that could be setup with tables around the sides of the room. I estimate around 8-10 ppls can fit in there depending on what I move around.

I can't see any problems running another router (4port) off one of the dsl modem ports, I haven't tried it though. :starwars:

Yeah it does work :w00t: Just make sure they don't try and assign themselves the same IP address if they are both routers. ;)

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