Author Topic: Preliminary shopping list (Read 881 times)

Skuzzy · « **Reply #15 on:** July 23, 2001, 07:35:00 PM »

Just pulled the quote from the MS DX8 SDK Leph. I can verified it, but it does not mean it is producible in any given game.

bigUC · « **Reply #16 on:** July 24, 2001, 09:06:00 AM »

Maybe a Hercules Game theater instead of the SB Live? My SB Livecard has been the #1 source of problems for me with its erratic use of irq's and dma's. Drivers seldom updated and "Liveware" is a big mess. Having to head for the floor everytime i need to change jacks is getting really annoying, and it steals more cpu cycles than the herc....

bigUC · « **Reply #17 on:** July 24, 2001, 09:11:00 AM »

... forgot to squeak about my mouse! I have a combined logitech usb/ps-2 mouse, and when i use the usb interface the pointer stutters and hangs whenever there is disk/cpu activity (programs starts, checkin mail etc). ps/2 on the other hand is smoooth and i can also change its refresh rate...

qts · « **Reply #18 on:** July 28, 2001, 04:35:00 PM »

If you can spare the extra money, get yourself a Wacom Graphire USB pen and mouse. After 5 mins I retired the mouse for non-gaming use.

And watch the video refresh rate: if you're going to run 1600x1200, make sure the card and monitor will do 100 Hz - 85 Hz just doesn't cut it for extended use at that resolution.

juzz · « **Reply #19 on:** August 01, 2001, 09:05:00 AM »

I just built nearly the same system, but with a 1.2Ghz CPU, and:

30Gb IBM 75GXP
ASUS V8200 GeForce 3
Hitachi CM772 19" Monitor

I'm using a Themosonic "ThermoEngine" V60-4210 heatsink which has a 4500rpm(ie: quiet) fan. I even installed it with the standard thermal conductive pad - it seems to do the job, the Asus Probe utility reports CPU temp at 40-43ºC(105ºF) usually.

Maybe those three 80mm fans in the case help a bit, too.

[ 08-01-2001: Message edited by: juzz ]