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Offline Kev367th

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« on: June 16, 2005, 07:54:04 PM »
Well the demand for the AMD X2 4400 is outstripping supplies. Any that did arrive yesterday/today were already pre-ordered :( .

The majority of new X2's that arrived today were 4200/4600.

Gonna be about 14 days, maybe little earlier, till the large shipments start arriving, so as soon as I get my hands on a 4400 I will let you's know how it's doing.

Quick update - Managed to score one at Newegg, allowing for processing/shipping etc, Mon/Tues next week :)
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« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2005, 05:30:59 PM »
from some sources i heard UK will be getting the same levels of stock as they get FX's....

ie under 100 :rolleyes:
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« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2005, 05:41:11 PM »
I think AMD miscalculated.
Looks like the X2 4400 is going to be the biggest seller, by a LONG way.
Should be plenty on the shelves come the end of this month, this 1st lot was for OEMs, typically 2 weeks later the retailers start getting them.
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« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2005, 05:43:58 AM »
hehe i found a place in the uk with the lowest prices of just under £400 for the 4400 and thought **** it and busted out the credit card. Expect delievery around monday 27th, as aparently i have been allocated one of the chips due on the first delivery on the friday 24th! if thats true, i will find out soon i guess!

Will keep you updated too... maybe keep it all in same thread kev?

Will order new HDD's/MB/GFX/OS when the new 7800s come out. Might buy XP 64bit while im at it :D

so for now its just dropping in on my A8V rig:D
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« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2005, 08:50:38 AM »
You know you need the latest BIOS 1014.

Same thread -Sure, this one?
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« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2005, 02:30:20 PM »
yup got the beta installed today. in this thread would be good, keep it all clean and not to annoy the other people here :)
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« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2005, 01:30:22 PM »
OK installed in today.

No probs with installation, recognised by mobo eveything smooth.

Win 2k, prob XP change -

Goto device manager.
Click the computer category.
Right click the uniprocessor entry.
Select update drivers.
Will detect current as single.
Select choose other compatible.
Select Multi processor.
Reboot



Inital tests wtih AH2 -
+10fps immediate increase!!!!!!

Will test forcing AH2 onto its 'own' core.
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« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2005, 03:18:02 PM »
Thanks go out to the folks at The Tech Report for letting me know that NVIDIA plans to make future versions of its Forceware drivers multi-threaded:

Out of curiosity, I asked de Waal why NVIDIA's drivers don't already take advantage of a second CPU. After all, the driver is a separate task from the application calling it, and Hyper-Threaded and SMP systems are rather common. He explained that drivers in Windows normally run synchronously with the applications making API calls, so that they must return an answer before the API call is complete. On top of that, Windows drivers run in kernel mode, so the OS isn't particularly amenable to multithreaded drivers. NVIDIA has apparently been working on multithreaded drivers for some time now, and they've found a way to fudge around the OS limitations.:D
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« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2005, 03:38:29 PM »
Update -
Tried forcing AH2 onto a single core - it maxes it out.

Running on both cores they both run at about 75%, so going to stick with running on both cores.

Game is smoother, more snappier.
One noticeable change is bringing up the clipboard -
Instead of 'sliding/scrolling' into view, it just appears, real fast.

Frame rates in the air are way way better, even with lots of smoking stuff and flames on the ground still get 50+.
This is with the detail sliders set to about 75%, ground viz at max 3 miles.

Overall - Very very happy.
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« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2005, 04:12:58 PM »
great news.... cant wait. Unlucky for me im training mon/tues so if it does get here on monday i wont be able to be at home to take the package! doh

i cant wait now :D

edit: it comes with that big heatpipe cooler for fx's doesnt it?

i wonder if my silent boost will still be ok.

also what about overclocking ;) lol
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« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2005, 05:48:10 PM »
I'm using a Zalman 7000cu.

Not bothering with overclock.
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« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2005, 07:30:59 PM »
i hope to get 2500mhz at least outa mine ;)

will test for a few weeks on my A8V with air, then when i get my PCIexpress setup going with an A8N premium/7800 i might finaly get around to fitting my watercooling! lol only been sitting in the box for like 9 months :rolleyes:
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« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2005, 10:19:16 PM »
Quick update, it wasn't the Zalman 7000cu, well it was indirectly.

The Zalman is that good at drawing heat away it had raised my internal case temp just enough to upset the video card.

Fitted a couple of 120mm case fans everything is fine now.
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« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2005, 05:11:10 AM »
yeah, i got a average case for casecooling, so im going to try and stick a side 120mm blow hole near the gfx card, and maybe even a top one.

then a switch for 5volt/12volt operation.:D

today is the date the 4400 is supposed to be deliverd to the shop i orderd from.....no change yet, infact the date has changed to 29th of june..... :( although my order still says expected shipping 24th...

Price gone up to £400 ($730) as well, but im still getting charged the £390 ($710). hehe.

Cant wait!
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« Reply #14 on: June 24, 2005, 10:10:10 AM »
reports of 4200 OCing to 2.7 ghz on air with little voltage upping.
so 4400 should do as good maybe even alittle better.
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