New system specs

[Krusty]

Ripley, in the menus you can tell it to use the classic interface (not the icons, the menu bar menus). I think everybody everywhere agrees the new interface is a POS. I wonder why they're even bothering with it? Big mistake on their part.

[Skuzzy]

They, like ATI, have to move to the new .NET API, required by Vista.  That is the reason for the new interfaces.

[Krusty]

Bah, that sucks. Vista sucks. MS sucks in general for making ATI and Nvidia suck by proxy!!!!!

[Reschke]

Originally posted by Schutt
Hey Reschke, you have your system yet?

Only parts of it. The rest is coming in this week since the CPU was on backorder by my local shops vendor. I have that mobo and the 8800 sitting there just chomping at the bit to rock and roll. It should be a kick butt system come Christmas morning.

I am giving my son my old system which is an AMD64 3200+ skt 754 with 1GB DDR3200 and an 80 GB HDD and a BFG 6800OC. Its a good system but I wanted to get something different since his MP3 player from Creative will only work with my Intel based work laptop.

[Reschke]

Originally posted by Nomak
It sounds like a great system.  What type of hard drive set up?  please post some pics if ya have time.

Dave

I bought two of these about 6 weeks ago in preparing for this system upgrade:

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

This will be my first shot at a Raid setup. It should be relatively painless.

[Connection]

Reschke,

I would get a E6600 or even a E6400 processor. They will still overclock beyond E6800 speeds. The only advantage to the 6800 is the unlocked multiplier. I dont think its worth it paying such a premium for that.

The other parts are great, you will love the Geforce 8800GTS.

I'm running an E6400 on a EVGA 680i motherboard, running at 400 x 8 = 3.2Ghz. Very, VERY fast. Also my PNY 8800GTS is overclocked to 600/1000. I can run Oblivion maxed out at 70FPS average, and LOMAC with everything maxed out and 8xFSAA above 50fps all the time.

If you plan to overclock, get a good cooler. I use a Tuniq Tower 120 and love it, but its hard to find a place with it in stock.


SkyChimp,

I would suggest you lurk before you post in topics were other people know what they are talking about. Also, brand loyalty is idiotic.

[Reschke]

That's just it I don't overclock anything now. I used to do it back when Celerons first hit the market and I ended up with a few paper weights for a couple of hundred bucks each. Now I buy as close to leading edge and hold on for at least 18 months before starting my upgrade research.

[Connection]

Alright, but the E6800 is very expensive. If I were you I'd still get a E6700 or E6600 and with the money you saved move to a Geforce 8800GTX instead of GTS. Better performance improvement there.

[DAVENRINO]

I have had my sig rig running for 2 weeks now and love it.  I am using an Antec 900 Gamers case. At stock speeds and no aircon it idles at 35 deg and is Very quiet. I have 2 Seagate 320 SATA2 drives in Raid 1 and another backup IDE 160. Also have Plextor and Samsung DVD burners.

I turned off V Sync just for grins and ran AH at 450 fps looking up, 200-250 fps average and never below 90 fps.  AH settings are maxed with 1024 textures and 1280x1024 with 6xAA.  I don't monitor fps but I am sure it never drops below my display's refresh rate of 60 now with V Sync on and certainly never stutters.  The ATI card puts out excellent graphics with all flight instruments crystal clear.  Text is also crystal clear on my 58" display.

This thing multi-tasks like crazy.  Other apps run at normal speed while burning a DVD.

[Wingnut]

Not like all that hardware would help you fly better.  


Saw your thread and thought I'd say high m8.  Been a few years.

[Reschke]

Originally posted by Wingnut
Not like all that hardware would help you fly better.  


Saw your thread and thought I'd say high m8.  Been a few years.

Yeah but the rust is so thick on these wings right now it doesn't matter what I do. Shoot me PM when you get a few minutes.

[Reschke]

Ended up swapping the motherboard out to the same basic board by EVGA (the 122-CK-NF68-AR since the BFG was a little on the unstable side when they were testing it in a friends system. Also ended up with the EVGA 640MB 8800GTS since my BFG that I ordered was on persistent back order. Also bought the ANTEC 900 case. I am thinking about canceling the order I have for the Core 2 Extreme X6800 since it is on constant backorder with my local shop but they have a  E6600 sitting there calling my name and it will be ready to roll on Friday night since I am going to take the day off an build the system if all goes well. That ANTEC case simply rocks the way the PS sits in the bottom of the case and it has 4 120mm fans in the case plus a 200mm fan drawing air out of the top of the case. The biggest selling point of this case aside from the fans was the fact that all the hookups for headset, mic, USB and switches sit at an angle on top of the case.

[SkyChimp03]

Originally posted by Connection
Reschke,

I would get a E6600 or even a E6400 processor. They will still overclock beyond E6800 speeds. The only advantage to the 6800 is the unlocked multiplier. I dont think its worth it paying such a premium for that.

The other parts are great, you will love the Geforce 8800GTS.

I'm running an E6400 on a EVGA 680i motherboard, running at 400 x 8 = 3.2Ghz. Very, VERY fast. Also my PNY 8800GTS is overclocked to 600/1000. I can run Oblivion maxed out at 70FPS average, and LOMAC with everything maxed out and 8xFSAA above 50fps all the time.

If you plan to overclock, get a good cooler. I use a Tuniq Tower 120 and love it, but its hard to find a place with it in stock.


SkyChimp,

I would suggest you lurk before you post in topics were other people know what they are talking about. Also, brand loyalty is idiotic.

Yawn.... Say what you want i'll go my  way you go yours dont insult me over a post i made.. Only posted because i've herd a few driver/hardware problems and the price... Just saying ati has always worked fine and cost half what 8800 does.

[Swager]

I just upgraded my computer.

Athlon 3200 with a MSI 6600GT!!   WOOT!!

[nickf620]

please post some pictures when you get the chance Reschke
i would really like to see your progress