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"LymanAlpha" <ioo@??.¿¿¿> wrote in message
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> On 8/30/2005 6:26 AM McGrandpa brightened our day with:
>
>>"LymanAlpha" <ioo@??.¿¿¿> wrote in message
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>>In 1280x1024? What about 1024x768? I get 117.5 at that res, all else
>>the same. What about your driver settings in the NV control panel? what
>>image quality? Quality? High Quality? High Performance?
>>
> 101.3 at 1024x768, vid card settings are at default, which is Image
> Quality = Quality
>
>>I just now tried it with the nv control panel Quality and performance set
>>to High performance, then ran the stress test in 1280x1024 and got 97.76
>>and in 1024x768 got 142.30, and ran it again with Triple buffering on and
>>High Performance Image Quality in 1280x1024 and got 96.86 fps.
>>The Quality and Performance thing: I take a pretty big hit on fps using
>>High Quality vs High Performance.
>>
>>I am thinking that if there is a bottleneck now, it's the vid card.
>>That's good
>>
>>
> Well that stress test is probably a bad test for any CPU. It's all about
> stressing the vid card. It just runs through all the different shaders,
> there isn't a bit of physics or anything else that depends on the CPU
>
>>>Plus that's with my regular non-GT 6800 which isn't overclocked right now
>>>(though the extra pipelines are still unlocked). I've played the
>>>F.E.A.R. demo, which looks like about the coolest thing that's on the
>>>horizon and it plays a dream at 1280x960 with 4x AA on my system. I'm
>>>not in any hurry to upgrade.
>>>You really should go test out that new system with 3dMark05. I'd love to
>>>see a powerful processor bitch slap those tight-ass nasty CPU tests that
>>>Futuremark has hung on us.
>>>
>>
>>I've got the AMD X2 cpu driver installed now, and I *think* I have the
>>driver versions glitches ironed out.... so now I'll run the 3DMark05 and
>>see what it says.
>>
>>
>>>I'm saving my money for an XBox360. Think maybe I'll go for EB Games'
>>>"Ultimate Bundle". http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/categories/systems/xbox360/
>>>
>>>I did come really close to buying a x64 3500 and a Gigabyte 939 board a
>>>couple days ago.
>>>
>>
>>They'll drop in price some yet. It looks like the s939 AGP boards aren't
>>dead yet. I'm not the only guy around that passed up PCI-e to keep a good
>>AGP card in use.
>>What mobo are you using right now? I've no idea how the Athlon XP's
>>stack up against the A64's nor how the single core A64s look against the
>>dual core A64's. This one is the first AMD I've *used* since the K6-2
>>350! The last AMD system I built, I did with my son (XP 3000+ barton on
>>a Gigabyte mobo with SiS chipset and non-dual channel PC3200) and it went
>>home with him. He owns the 6800 now.
>>McG. <enjoying all of this!>
>>
> I have an MSI nForce2 motherboard, the 333 MHz one that came out before
> the 400 MHz FSB boards were available. I think I'm running the FSB on
> this at 180, 360DDR. I just happened to be wandering through CompUSA on
> Saturday and saw a Gigabyte AGP 939 board and AMD 64 combo on sale for
> $250.
Good price that. Dual core can be added later...just get one capable of the
2000 mHz system bus.
> That's really about what I want to spend on an upgrade, but I'd like to
> get more in the 4000+ range and dual core excites me a bit. There's a guy
> on craigslist selling a nice ASUS PCI-E board with an x64 3200 with XP Pro
> x64 for $350. Of course that means I need a new video card and I'm
> perfectly happy with the one I have.
Right!
>
> I'm serious about the XBox 360 though. I'll be plopping down $399 on the
> Premium System, though I don't think I'll be going for all the extras that
> EB Games is offering. XBox360 plus Quake IV on November 15, that's my
> plan. I think that's more worth the money. and I'll wait on another
> computer upgrade until next summer. I'll also be waiting for a game to
> come out that actually brings my current system to its knees. I don't
> know what that game will be, the Doom 3 engine is the most advanced out
> there right now and I can handle it fine, maybe the next UT engine will be
> too much.
Not a bad plan at all. But i'd have to get a decent TV to use with the
360! Or any console for that matter. I just have a cheep 25" magnavox
display model closeout from WalMart. I turn it on to catch the news once in
a while or watch a TV show rarely.
I like playing my games on the PC. But that's just me.
It's kinda boggling to see the modern games whizzing along at over 100 fps
less than a year after i bought them. It took me 4 years to get that with
Q3!
I'm not so sure that dual core is really being used for much at the moment.
I think that AMD's scheme with A64 is better than Intels and can do more
with single 32 bit apps than Intels. So what's helping my games? The A64
part or dual core? or both? I got a lot to learn about this stuff yet
>
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