Which brands do you prefer?

[Natecannon]

At first it ran like butt. But, with the help of Tweakguides.com I have enabled dual core support and made it ran smooth as silk without turning any of the graphical enhancements off or down. I'm even using QARLS textures, Parralax mapping, natural enviroments, higher detailed wine and beer LOD replacements, fixed the tiling have higher quality trees and other neat little add ons... and so on and so on. 1680x1050 with everything full, AF, HDR. Of course without AA because of the nvidia debacle and since it's at such a high res it's not so noticable.

I'm lovin' it.

 

[tool_462]

Sweet sweet. I need to check out the tweaks, from what I've heard it can make a big difference. I haven't got into the game yet, but my friends say once you hit about the 3-4 hour mark you get involved and play a lot more.

 

[Natecannon]

You are running a Pentium D I see. Make sure you enable dual core support in the INI. It takes the brunt of physics processing and such off of your primary core. That was the biggie for me. Aswell as Preload... Here this page in particular is great.

http://www.tweakguides.com/Oblivion_9.html

Make sure you are editing the INI in your documents not in the oblivion folder.... and always make a back up 😉

The first image was taken @ 1280x720... the second is at 1680x1050

 

[tool_462]

Awesome, thanks for the link! Screenshots look amazing! I like the way it runs on my rig, just wouldnt hurt to turn up the eye candy a little more

 

[AwsmGy]

I've always used Intel processors, only because I'm familiar with them; I really don't have a basis when it comes to CPU's. And I've had about an equal amount of ATI and nVidia cards, so again. No real preference.

 

[uber_g]

ive been at work and trying to get my school work done 😀

DAMN your oblivion looks good


much respect yo

 

[pshrk]

CPU: Whatever performs the best --> right now Intel

GPU: Best performance + good drivers in Windows and Linux --> Ati is faster but I prefer Nvidia's drivers (Nvidia supports XvMC in linux, Nvidia drivers are alot easier to get working in linux, ATI windows drivers were always breaking for my last ATI card [9800PRO]).


So right now I prefer Intel/Nvidia, but I hope AMD and ATI make me change my mind soon

 

[tool_462]

K8L and R600 could change some things, all I know is competition is good for the consumers!

 

[Natecannon]

Aye, but they just need to spread it out more. I hate bouncing from one company to the next in a matter of a few months. 6-12 months = bearable. 3-5 months = screw you I'm still enjoying my new hardware.

 

[Ycon]

From my current CPU (predecessor was an Athlon) on I will only Intel even if AMD comes up with a competitive processor, so I say Intel as my CPU choice.
And for graphix, there were times I liked nVidia until the Radeon 9800 came out (dunno why) and then ATi until the X1900 XT was released but seeing that they are a part of AMD now and generally stupid enough to sell themselves, nVidia all the way!

=> Intel + nVidia

 

[sweetpants]

I have a preference, but I buy whatever the bang for the buck is.

I prefer AMD, but Core 2 Duo's are the bang for the buck so I have one coming right now.

As for ATI, nVidia, there's so much stuff flying around about the two I just chose a X1900XTX that I got for 239 because I couldn't get a better deal through nVidia.

 

[Doughbuy]

Don't know where this thread is going anymore, but competition is good... it drives innovation and whatnot... I'd rather be bouncing back and forth than having to be locked onto one company...

Except when it comes to cars... Locked into Japanese companies only, unless I suddenly become a millionare...

 

[AngelDeath82]

First Gen
- Primary: Pentium 4 1.5GHz s423/Intel 850 (AOpen AX4T)/GeForce 3 64MB (pre-Ti split model)
- Secondary: Pentium III 800/Intel 440BX (ASUS P3B-F)/GeForce 2 MX

Second Gen
- Primary: Athlon XP 2500+/nForce 2 Ultra 400 (ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe)/GeForce 3 64MB -> Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB
- Secondary: Athlon XP 2500+/Via KT880 (ASUS A7V880)/Radeon 9200

Notebook: Pentium M 1.5GHz (Dothan)/Intel 855PM (ASUS M6Ne)/Mobility Radeon 9700

Third Gen: Opteron 165/nForce 4 SLI x16 (ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe)/Radeon X800 XL -> Radeon X1800 XL

Next Rig (To become Third Gen - Primary): Unknown @ current, debating between e6600 or dual Opteron 22xx

All machines listed in order of acquisition, and all First Gen/Second Gen machines have gone to family.

 

[tool_462]

As of right now, I am probably going to be building a e6300 rig with a good water kit and overclocking as high as possible. But my current setup should last me another year, barring me finding a sweet deal or finding a bag of money somewhere.