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Offline Overlag

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« Reply #90 on: July 15, 2005, 12:50:57 PM »
ok its all up and running

1280x1024

AH ive gone from med settings 256 textures, AAx2, AFx2, 20fps on ground 60fps (vsync) in the air

to

max settings, 1024 textures etc, AAx8, AFx16 (which makes AH text really blury with Nvidia card it seems).

60fps on ground 75fps (vsync) air.

i still drop to 10-20fps when zooming in on trees though? :confused:


FS2004 is the same, had max settings before, except the weather which was at min settings.

Before 20-30fps

after with max settings everywhere
60-75fps

woot :D
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« Reply #91 on: July 16, 2005, 08:38:11 AM »
HL2 looks sooooooo different compaired to what my 9700pro could do it... i might have to start again so i can see the quality from the begining :eek:
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« Reply #92 on: July 16, 2005, 11:48:34 AM »
Glad you got something stable -

Tip - Turn off AF for AH2, Skuzzy says it doesn't use it.

Holy crap - just looked at the cost of a 7800!!!!!!! Anyone wanna bid on a used, partially abused kidney?
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« Reply #93 on: July 16, 2005, 06:51:05 PM »
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Glad you got something stable -

Tip - Turn off AF for AH2, Skuzzy says it doesn't use it.

Holy crap - just looked at the cost of a 7800!!!!!!! Anyone wanna bid on a used, partially abused kidney?


yup and ive always disagreed seeing that AF on my ATI made AH look great. However AF on my nvidia makes it look well nice but it also messes up the txt. the ATI didnt do that.

all other games are great with AFx16, for instance FS2004 its a must have, otherwise the ground goes all wierd while turning etc.

I must also say animated water looks much better than it did on my 9700pro, however it still halfs the fps, and looks horrible at alt

been trying some overclocking but it looks like my memory might be the overall issue. its rated at 2-2-2-8 but only runs 2-3-3-8 now wierd stuff ;)

im also not 100% sure on how PCI locks works with SATA drives, ive heard that the SATA ports on Nforce4 boards arnt locked or something. Im very worried about loosing my data lol

edit: the cost of 7800gtx bad then? its terrible here.

If i wanted 2+ of them it would be cheaper for me to get a ticket to the USA, buy two, then wrap them up in birthday paper. Come home, and tell customs that they was birthday presents (therefor they cant tax ya 4% import 17.5% vat)
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« Reply #94 on: July 16, 2005, 09:47:46 PM »
Got a new mobo (PCI-E) and vid card on the cards for Christmas.

Just had to content myself with a Dual Layer DVD burner that I fitted today. Pretty good, burns 8.5Gb Dual Layer DVD's and can be 'persuaded' to be region free. Not bad for $99 - a $30 mail in rebate = $69. Burns all the usual stuff also.
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« Reply #95 on: July 16, 2005, 10:15:29 PM »
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Got a new mobo (PCI-E) and vid card on the cards for Christmas.

Just had to content myself with a Dual Layer DVD burner that I fitted today. Pretty good, burns 8.5Gb Dual Layer DVD's and can be 'persuaded' to be region free. Not bad for $99 - a $30 mail in rebate = $69. Burns all the usual stuff also.


xmas time is the time when both ATI and Nvidia will have there "best" out.

depending on A: if im unhappy with my 7800gtx's perf B: the next cards are miles faster and C: the gtx's drop in price.... i might get a 2nd by xmas too.... would need a new monitor though... a TFT that can do 1600x1200 at least
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« Reply #96 on: July 22, 2005, 05:39:08 AM »
trying some overclocking before my better heatsink comes.

2500mhz 1.5volts. Load up S&M burn CPU temp jumps to 69c, Power circuit temps sore to 89c before i S*** myself
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« Reply #97 on: July 23, 2005, 12:37:42 AM »
Lol -
Look on the brightside: If it had been a dual core P4 you tried it on, it would of melted right through and be halfway to China by now :)
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« Reply #98 on: July 23, 2005, 06:21:21 AM »
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Lol -
Look on the brightside: If it had been a dual core P4 you tried it on, it would of melted right through and be halfway to China by now :)



hehehe new heatsink stopped that issue, but i still cant get any overclock out of it really.. 2360mhz right now :s

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« Reply #99 on: July 23, 2005, 08:03:57 AM »
droool at that heatsink

(wipes it clean again while overlag doesnt look)
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« Reply #100 on: July 23, 2005, 08:31:30 AM »
2500mhz 1.5volts

silent boost K8: 65-75c (above the max rated temp)
vapochill micro extreme: 46-50c :D

shame it seems unstable no matter what at these speeds ;)
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« Reply #101 on: July 23, 2005, 09:10:04 AM »
You might try cutting out the hole-punched grill area behind that case fan near the cpu...  It impedes airflow and causes noise.  You'll lose EM containment and you'll want to put a wire grill on the outside to protect fingers and cables, but it might help case temps and lower the noise.

I did it on my computer and it is a little quieter and cooler.  I didn't notice any extra EM interference but I don't have a radio or anything like that near my computer either.

If you cut this out while your computer parts are still in the case, be extremely careful about getting metal shavings in the computer.  The way I did it was I removed the fan and applied a lot of tape to the inside of the grill, sealing off the area I was going to be cutting.  I used a dremel and was careful to cut only through the metal, not through the layers of tape behind the metal.  The tape caught 99% of the metal shavings, gravity kept most of the rest out of the case, and I used a vacuum cleaner to make sure I didn't have metal dust inside the case before I fired it up again.

The safest of course is to remove everything first, but that takes a while and I didn't want to spend that much time on it.  I suppose I was lucky to not short out my mobo :)
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« Reply #102 on: July 23, 2005, 09:17:12 AM »
EM containment? the side is never on either ;)



i might cut the back out, as well as a propper side blow hole. Maybe a top one too.

i like the posibility of adding 2x120mm side fans and having one of those ducted to the CPU fan duct and take the cpu fan off.....

edit: about cutting the fan out... i would probably use a peice of wood, screwed in place via the same holes as the fans. this way nothing would get in the case. However id be worried about the vibrations and my HDD's even if they are turned of.
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« Reply #103 on: July 26, 2005, 10:02:18 PM »
oh dear o dear been a great week for killing/ loosing things

1: i setup my old rig (the a8v and a 3200) so i could copy the info off my raid0 to my new system. HDD plug fell out, trashed the raid0 and lost 80gig of data :mad:

2: After more strict testing i found that one of my crucial memory dimms is failing even at default settings.... returnable so not so bad i guess :mad:

3: then tonight, my 160gig HDD decides its had enough and has failed :mad:

I really really dont understand my luck lately, someone up there hates me.
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« Reply #104 on: July 26, 2005, 11:31:17 PM »
Quote from a well known film - "Hate him back, it works for me".
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