Computer M-M-M-MEGATHREAD

[t33kyboy]

My computer:
P4 2.8
1GB Ram Corssair Value
250GB HD
Nvidia 6800 Ultra
Sound Blaster Audigy2




I've been saving some money and got myself some presents for christmas

BEFORE:



AFTER:

[GT]

you gusy have some nice rigs. Anyone get a look at this monster yet.

http://digitallifetv.com/blogs/digit...v/default.aspx

[Indignant]

Hmm, my computer runs CS:S fine with almost no lag at around 40-60 FPS (depending on if i'm in firefights and whatnot), do you think it would run BF2 at low settings? I'm not sure on the whole specs right now, but I can get them in a few days, going up to my buddies cabin to snowboard for a while

Athalon 2600
512 MB RAM
ATI Radeon 9600


That's it, no cool lights or anything. Think it would run BF2? I'd like to play some games with some AO'ers

[kosmo]

provided your 9600 has 128 megs of ram, yes it will play it.

[pbzmag]

Athalon 2600
512 MB RAM
ATI Radeon 9600


That's it, no cool lights or anything. Think it would run BF2? I'd like to play some games with some AO'ers

How much memory on your video card? BF2 needs at least 128MB on the video.

[Indignant]

Yeah, it's got 128 on it. Looks like i'll be putting my $50 bucks from the grandparents to good use

[CodeMA]

Ok my turn....

UPDATED

Case: XION II w/ 2 120mm, 2x 80mm
Mobo: Abit Fatal1ty AA8XE(Duel LAN 100pro/1000gigabit)
CPU: 3.2g 640 Prescott 2mb L2 @ 4g @ 32c Idle 49c Load
RAM: 2g(1x2) PC2 4300 533 GeIL DDR2 @(3-3-2-8)(1:1)(251)
GPU: XFX 7800GT 256 @ 500/1200
PSU: ASUS Atlas A-50GA 500W 18a+17a 12V w/120mm
HSF: Zalman 9500LED
HD: 250g SATA WD Cavier, WD Cavier 150g SATA(Ultra ATA W/ sata adapter)
DVD: BenQ DVD ROM, NEC DVD R/W Duel Layer
Mouse: Razer Copperhead

I get really nice framerates running Doom 3 and Quake 4 in Ultra (1024/768) at constant 60-64fps no matter whats trying to kill me at the moment...

Pic:


To those asking about HSF...I deffently recommend the Zalman 9500.... its quite spiffy looking and effective.... add AS5 and its all the better....

[slade]

just got the video card and extra ram yesterday. i love it so far and can actually play halo on this computer again, but the fan on the video card is fairly noisy. then again, i dont have the case closed yet, im still waiting on the cable.

i hated the mouse that came with the computer which was a ball mouse and would skip around or "freeze" sometimes, so i ended up getting this mouse: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826147001 i figured what the heck, its $4, and it was surprisingly nice for the price. i havent had any problems with it yet, its comfortable and works well. a while ago i tried a logitech wireless mouse, but that had problems and would occasionally reset back to the center of the screen and not move for a second or two.

[Indignant]

I got the Logitech MX518 for Christmas. It's corded, but it has a noticeably better response time than my last Logitech wireless (wasn't for gaming.). It took me a hour or so to get used to but it is amazing now, the buttons are awesome for little tasks like quick-switching in CS etc.

[RevBrown]

Software

So I have been running Norton Anti-virus latest edition and I keep it up to to date. Some guy the other day told me that NOD32 was better. Anything to this?

[pbzmag]

Haven't heard of that one. I'm using Grisoft's AVG Free.

[RevBrown]

Haven't heard of that one. I'm using Grisoft's AVG Free.

What does that have over Norton?

[kosmo]

I hate virus protection. I havent found any that doesnt make the computer suck, all the while not blocking the viruses. So I say screw it and just reformat my HD when it gets all gunked up with crap. Keeps a computer running fresh for years.

And as far as a linux boot disk for my internetting schemes, that wont work. I still need to run all the government programs and what not just in case a war pops up while Im over there.

[pbzmag]

What does that have over Norton?

They have a free version with no support and some features have been taken out. I've tried alot of different programs and noticed that some scan that others could not and some updates once a week. I went with it because it was free and others at my work recommended it.

[RapidTransit]

Guess I post my Computer:

Monitor: HP p1130...Sony 20" Trinitron Tube that's what matters
OS: Win 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition
CPU: 2x 246 Opterons
Mobo: Tyan K8SE
RAM: 4x 1GB Sticks PC3200 Resgistered with ECC
HD: 2x 36GB 10K RPM RAID 1
Case: Cooler Master Stacker
Sound: I yanked a SB Live! Platinum out of an old computer, 4.1 Klipschs, and Medusa 5.1 Headset.
Connection: 15Mb Down/ 2Mb Up hooray for FTTP

Parts coming out of my computer that got KIA and added to above rig:
Geforce 6800GT 256MB
2x 300GB w/ NCQ and 6MB cache in a RAID 0
2x Plextor 716SA (currently fastest drive in every write cd/dvd mode)
510 Watt PC Power and Cooling PSU, gonna be used for driving all the HD's and Fans.



Edit: Anyone who says MultiProc systems don't speed up Single Threaded programs obviously hasn't seen my CS: S Load Times