Author Topic: ultimate machine (Read 316 times)

AKcurly · « **on:** October 20, 2003, 12:14:05 PM »

http://firingsquad.com/hardware/building_gaming_opteron_2003_Part1/default.asp

The link is slashdotted, so it's gonna be really busy for a while.

curly

LePaul · « **Reply #1 on:** October 20, 2003, 01:12:28 PM »

OMG....$480 for speakers? Eesssh

I found 2 things quite interesting...

A) His decision to go nVidia vs ATI. I was also impressed at the 2D slowdowns...I have an AMD here at work (same speed as my home machine)..this one is ATI, my home is GeForce 4600. I'm wondering if the slow down he mentioned at lower resolutions (Im 8x6 here, 1280x1024 at home) is going on here.

B) Power. Here at work, we flicker all over the place and I have both conditioners and UPS installed. We're largely hydroelectric around here, so the power is kinda up n down, or so my electrician says

I'm also impressed to see dual processor systems being considered for gaming. All my web servers have been duals...my applications take advantage of them nicely. I'm curious how many games will

BB Gun · « **Reply #2 on:** October 20, 2003, 02:04:23 PM »

Can't get to the link... is it like this one?

http://www.go-l.com/desktops/machl38/features/index.htm

BB

AKcurly · « **Reply #3 on:** October 20, 2003, 02:11:31 PM »

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Originally posted by BB Gun
Can't get to the link... is it like this one?

http://www.go-l.com/desktops/machl38/features/index.htm

BB

Dunno BB, can't pull the link. The link I posted appeared at slashdot. Therefore, it's guaranteed the linked server will be overwhelmed for a bit. Wait a bit - later this afternoon maybe.

curly

mrblack · « **Reply #4 on:** October 20, 2003, 03:02:37 PM »

http://www.chip-con.com

The prometiae blows the vapo chill away in cooling and performance.

MrCoffee · « **Reply #5 on:** October 20, 2003, 05:56:43 PM »

Been running a 1.2 gig system since my 333 mhz system broke, actually I upgraded. It didnt break. 1.2 runs great!