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Post by Sir_Shootsalot on Sept 1, 2007 1:13:44 GMT -5
Here is a link that will show you a computer I am thinking about buying. I would like to here your opinions of this gaming machine. www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/cfgpd.asp?v=dI would understand it if some of you might not want me to have this computer ......lol. Sir _Shootsalotmore will be my new name....lol  |
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Post by daffy_duck on Sept 1, 2007 13:05:18 GMT -5
is it water cooled? i hear from hotdog that they are the best but expensive.
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Post by Sir_Shootsalot on Sept 1, 2007 17:11:45 GMT -5
Yes you can get liquid cooling and it only costs 54 dollars extra.
There are many different choices you can make, like the video cards or ram or the power supply.
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Post by vinsanity on Sept 1, 2007 17:21:00 GMT -5
I have never owned a liquid cooled system, but I beleive for $54 I would give it a whirl  . The system you designed is cool. You might want to consider bumping up the processor GHz and total system ram as it would cost very little extra. Other than that you should get excellent gameplay out of it. Good price too! For under a grand it offers a good bit. |
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Post by vinsanity on Sept 1, 2007 17:23:13 GMT -5
Hey, I am curious... why two vid cards? To be able to see temaspeak while playing ? My new PC had a vid card with 2 DVI outputs, I plan to use the second monitor for that |
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Post by Sir_Shootsalot on Sept 1, 2007 20:32:20 GMT -5
Each video card has a processor and if you have two video cards now you have two processors. And the more you have the better.
I think I would get 4 megs of ram a better power supply,different case,good sound card,better Internet card for gaming,a couple extra fans or the water cooling,12 in one media reader,extra dvd drive,raid 0 for the hard drives 2x160 gig hard drive,and a modem for fax's. Maybe I missed some thing but I think that should do it.It will be better than the 64 mg mx420 video card that I am using now in my old dell dimension 4400 with 2 gigs of ram.
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Post by Sir_Shootsalot on Sept 2, 2007 7:12:32 GMT -5
NVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface) NVIDIA SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) technology is a revolutionary approach to scalability and increased performance. NVIDIA SLI takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express™ bus architecture, and features hardware and software innovations within NVIDIA GPUs (graphics processing units) and NVIDIA nForce4 MCPs (media and communications processors). Together the NVIDIA SLI patent-pending technologies work seamlessly to deliver heart-pounding PC performance. And depending on the application, NVIDIA SLI can deliver as much as 2x the performance of a single GPU configuration for unparalleled gaming experience I hope this explains it better. Sir Shootsalot |
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Post by vinsanity on Sept 2, 2007 7:38:35 GMT -5
but to take advantage of the two processors the monitor would have to connect to both vid cards. if you dont plan to use multiple monitors i see no benefit in two cards.
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Post by Sir_Shootsalot on Sept 2, 2007 8:22:22 GMT -5
The two video cards are linked together and offer up twice the power. Sir_Shootsalot |
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Post by Sir_Shootsalot on Sept 2, 2007 8:40:27 GMT -5
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Post by Lamron on Sept 2, 2007 11:14:15 GMT -5
but to take advantage of the two processors the monitor would have to connect to both vid cards. if you dont plan to use multiple monitors i see no benefit in two cards. The two proceesors share the computing load, but only the "master" has an active output. That's where your monitor connects. It basically doubles the speed that it can do the calculations for individual pixel lighting. |
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Post by vinsanity on Sept 2, 2007 14:37:04 GMT -5
but to take advantage of the two processors the monitor would have to connect to both vid cards. if you dont plan to use multiple monitors i see no benefit in two cards. The two proceesors share the computing load, but only the "master" has an active output. That's where your monitor connects. It basically doubles the speed that it can do the calculations for individual pixel lighting. Ahhh... that would make sense then. I suppose by linking them you get the benefits of my new vid card. I got the e-GeForce 8800 GTS. 640MB PCI-E card w/2 DVI outputs. |
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Post by Lamron on Sept 2, 2007 15:53:01 GMT -5
I've been thinking about getting one of those myself. How do you like that card?
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Post by vinsanity on Sept 2, 2007 17:17:13 GMT -5
I've been thinking about getting one of those myself. How do you like that card? Just started using it today (the new monster PC is A L I V E as of today), but the initial impression is WOW. VERY fast redraw speed. Now I wait for nothing. I want to attach a second flat screen monitor I have for things like TS, etc while palying the game on my primary flat screen. I am going to try that out, but do not want to sacrifice game play for a second monitor. Perhaps the card will handle it as it was designed for that. Time will tell. I will work on it next weekend. |
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Post by Sir_Shootsalot on Oct 3, 2007 11:14:36 GMT -5
Well I finally got the computer of my dreams. But it turned out to be the computer of my nightmares.The thing was dead on delivery.It is now on its way back for a refund. Now I am still trying to find the perfect computer.The search goes on. ..................Sir Shootsalot  |
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. The system you designed is cool. You might want to consider bumping up the processor GHz and total system ram as it would cost very little extra. Other than that you should get excellent gameplay out of it. Good price too! For under a grand it offers a good bit.
