Computer Jargon

[Madaz]

install Sof2 Luke

Gold Patch GA

Gold Patch Node

OSP 1.0L

Edited August 29, 2007 by Madaz

[Pauly33GTS-t]

8800's Are still better, quieter etc etc etc.

[Madaz]

get ROC mod also Roc Mod decription Page

[Whyallapunk]

Finished building my new pc today

ThermalTake 850W ToughPower supply

E6850 CPU

Corsair 4GB DDR2 RAM 800MHz

Leadtek 8600GTS (Until I can upgrade to a nice DX10 card )

1.3TB storage

Thermaltake soprano case

20" BenQ LCD

I chose to get the 8600 for now until i can afford a nice DX10 card. The benQ is alright for what i need lol. When i get motivation Im gonna hook it up the the 46" bravia in the lounge for some gaming. ATM still tweeking some stuff and reinstalling alot of shiiiiiiiiiit.

[Madaz]

mmm nice one have fun with your new toy

[Pauly33GTS-t]

well i just got a good offer on 2 8800GTS so im now SLI.

Im selling my 7950GX2 for 300 dollars to anyone thats interested, thats a firm price.

On another note, say I have a computer thats drawing 450watts, what would I need to put it in the car and have it run?

[Pauly33GTS-t]

The last 7950GX2 I sold for 690 dollars... that was 2 months after I bought it, I think that selling it for 300 is a fair call. too fair. now thats a steal.

[Tangles]

heres some porn i would like to get

crossfire these suckas and youve got 12,000 3dmark's 06 and 2gb of video ram

3dmark 06 results

2900xt 1gb

mmmmm

always been nvidia user myself until I got the 512mb XT2900

my card outperforms 2x 7800GTX's in sli mode

serious

way better graphics and similar if not better performance

the 1gb versions are currently $700 each

the 512mb versions are $475 each. I got my 2nd one this week. all up could have gone for 1x 8800gtx or 2x 2900xt's

am awaiting delivery of my 850w Coolermaster (6rail) psu, plus another 6pin-8pin adapter (performance-pcs.com roughly $14aud)

with the 1bg versions, is it worth the cash ? dunno.................

[Fishpaste~]

mmmmm

always been nvidia user myself until I got the 512mb XT2900

my card outperforms 2x 7800GTX's in sli mode

serious

way better graphics and similar if not better performance

the 1gb versions are currently $700 each

the 512mb versions are $475 each. I got my 2nd one this week. all up could have gone for 1x 8800gtx or 2x 2900xt's

am awaiting delivery of my 850w Coolermaster (6rail) psu, plus another 6pin-8pin adapter (performance-pcs.com roughly $14aud)

with the 1bg versions, is it worth the cash ? dunno.................

so your comparing the latest ati cards to what is essentually 4 generations old nvidia hardware? (they have released the 7900, 7950 and 8800 since the 7800 and are about to release the 8900s).... and it has "similar performance" to me that is a HUGE insult to ATI!!! (not that i mind, nVidia all the way i say, they are doing an amazing job atm)

ram will only make a differance depending on what res you are running, for 22" and under you will only need at most a 320mb card, for 24" and over you need the 512mb+ cards, if not bigger

basically the bigger the res you run, the more textures there are to display and hence the more ram the graphics card need to store these textures in order to get fast access to them =)

Edited August 30, 2007 by Fishpaste~

[Pauly33GTS-t]

Well the way I see it, unless you have a 30 inch panel and intend to use 2000x1000 or whatever farken res, theres no need to SLI two dx10 cards.

I have 2 MSI 8800GTS-OC's now and I intend to use them for high resing.

[Madaz]

Pauly you need a 12v power inverter for car puter

$646 for 1gb 2900xt

in ATi optimised tests 1 2900xt will keep up with 2x8800gt's

its not hard to prove one card better over the other Nvidia has been playing that tune for ages now

[Fishpaste~]

dont make me slap you

sli or crossfire is a waste of time and money, the only time i would EVER recomend it is if someone has already got the fastest processor, the fastest ram and the fastest single graphics card and wants MORE gaming performace.... then and ONLY THEN would i ever recomend an SLI configuration. under any other circumstance i would feel like im cheating a customer out of their money, their is no way i could justify doing that to someone...

their is only 2 tests that i really care about when it comes to video cards

1) noise levels, if it makes lots a noise, its shit

2) drivers... and for as long as i can remember ATIs drivers have been poo!

as far as perfromance is concenred both brands are winth in a very small % of each other... nvidia just win out on noise and drivers imo

SLI-ing 2 8800gts (even the 640mb ones) for gaming on 30" screens is a waste of money, you wont get the required performance coz they are just too small.. you need GTX or Ultras as they hame many more stream procs etc!

oh btw, have you heard MSY's prices are going up?? lol, they are having to start buying from aus suppliers and hence cant keep their prices down =P

[Cubes]

I've been quite happy with ATI's drivers. Never any real issues; if a new release has an issue or two its almost always fixed the next driver release (which is monthly). From what I have seen Nvidia have always been a tad slow with driver releases/fix's. i.e oblivion, chipset driver fix's etc.

The oldies have a nvidia card and I tend to get annoyed at a few little issues it has with desktop redraw.

Doesn't mean I wouldn't buy a nvidia card as I would. They currently offer the best performance and are stable just like ATI.

ATI's drivers were shiet back before the old 7900 pro days. Since then as far as I have seen with the games I play.. Top notch.

[Tangles]

i know i know, was just spoiling myself

didnt need too, but meh I suxored myself in and bought the 2nd one

never mind

been putting so much into my house (20k ahead now) I just wanted to spend a little on myself. for once. all pretty much done with the car mods (got $1500 for next service/fluidchange/moremods/tune on 10th sept and then shiftkit/autoservice mid november).

reason to my madness; when my kiddies get a little older they can utilise one when I build them a pc, in a year or so.

when your knees are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO f**king sore a little retail therapy can help.

not

who am I kidding

[Tangles]

fishpaste; with my 'compare-o' of the 2x 7800gtx to 1x 2900xt.

I got that 7800gtx a few years ago (work pc which I did a dodgy swap on, cheers work, LOL) when they were $800 each. added another one for $200 earlier this year. just saying that for under $500 one single 2900xt is so much "better" then what the 7800gtx was when new. ie half the price, better performance.

thats the angle I was taking.

[KISIN]

just came across this...War Rock...anyone played ?

http://www.warrock.net/index.php

[Pauly33GTS-t]

What about this fishpaste,

There are different ways to SLI not just connecting 2 Nvidia GPU's together.

Alot of the power depends on the SLI interface and the Nvidia SLI bridge.

someone with a 5xxSLI chipset isnt going to be pushing it compared to someone with an 6xxSLI Chipset.

You will never see double performance with SLI unless operating at high res, there is justification for SLI and that is 1, saying you have an SLI system and 2, running the cards in tandem at the optimal resolution to experience the maximum gain.

ie, 2500x1600 res's.

At least with SLI you always have a fallback... 1 card if one fails and you have to wait to get a replacement.

[Tangles]

if youve got a sli motherboard, a decent psu, a decent set of ram and a good cpu, I reckon youd be silly to buy one single $1000 8800gtx-oc when compared to two $500 2900xt's or two $500 8800gts's

[KISIN]

just came across this...War Rock...anyone played ?

http://www.warrock.net/index.php

well i just d/l this and will give it a go see what its like.

[Pauly33GTS-t]

I bought 2 8800GTS (The MSI overclock ones), because the MSI ones are the best for one... and I didnt want to spend money on a card I wouldnt fully use (an Ultra).

the msi ones are the best (the 8800gts ones) because msi overclocked something else other than just core and memory on their card.