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General Stuff => Hardware News & Views => Topic started by: [TiG]Grim on January 08, 2009, 08:00:05 PM
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seen these at this price and couldnt say no so bought two for my new setup that ill be starting soon
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-018-PV
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same one on komplett http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=355883
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Ooooo, Mister richie richpants over there!
The 295's are out today, get three of those instead for Triple Sli and I'll take those disgusting, outdated 280's off your hands for a 50 quid disposal fee/charge
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seen these at this price and couldnt say no so bought two for my new setup that ill be starting soon
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-018-PV
Fucking wanker :P
Two? You bloody muppet :D :P I'd do the same if I had the money.
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to give you an idea of the value i payed ?630 for my 8800 ultra one and a half years ago both of these for ?552 delivered and one of these cards would destroy the ultra. got two because i want to run 30"monitor at full res
works out dearer than the 4870x2 but in sli these are very good in comparison
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Give me a C, give me U, give me a N, give me a T, that is all.
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gfx cards fell trough oh well :| but can still get them within my budget so with luck ill have this built next week atm parts are
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-063-EA x2
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-002-IN
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-155-GI
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-164-CS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-027-OC
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-NC
gfx cards are still being decided on
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tempted to go with these instead http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-008-ZT
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tempted to go with these instead http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-008-ZT
Why? For cost? You go the i7 route, and then get a cheap gfx card?
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well just ordered it all including the gtx280's had some probs with credit card (even it though i was spending to much :P) so hope to have it up and running midweek with any luck hope to get my monitor back around then as well so at least i can keep my room warm now even without a storage heater :D
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Grats Grim, shiny new performance PC... collecting up the parts for a top specced PC to play all the latest titles with all settings to max on a 30" monitor on it's highest resolution...
I fucking hate you. *wipes away single tear of jealousy*
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/me glares from cheap seats....
Just set up the rig I got Dual Core 6400, 4Gb Ram, 640Mb HD Space, 8800GTS 640Mb and I snagged a brand new 1908 Dell Widescreen monitor for free ;). Total cost to me at the moment ?289. F'ing bargain.
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seen these at this price and couldnt say no so bought two for my new setup that ill be starting soon
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-018-PV
The different in price is massive!! Sadly more proof of how badly we get ripped off in this country! Wish I'd seen this a week or 2 ago when the exchange rate was almost parity. Still not so bad at 89p for a euro
Just set up the rig I got Dual Core 6400, 4Gb Ram, 640Mb HD Space, 8800GTS 640Mb and I snagged a brand new 1908 Dell Widescreen monitor for free ;). Total cost to me at the moment ?289. F'ing bargain
aside from getting the monitor for free how did u get all the rest of the stuff for only ?289?
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aside from getting the monitor for free how did u get all the rest of the stuff for only ?289?
It was an offer from overclockers.co.uk
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had to change some stuff around because of stock but just got this \o/
Your Order has been packed and is in the process of being shipped.
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Goods Shipped:
-?9.99 x 1 - Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail
?9.99 x 1 - FarCry 2 PC-DVD Game
?219.99 x 1 - Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail
?84.99 x 1 - Corsair TX 750W ATX2.2 SLI Compliant PSU
?49.99 x 1 - Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 (Socket LGA1366)
?264.99 x 2 - EVGA GeForce GTX 280 1024MB SC Edition GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (01G-P3-1282-AR)
?182.99 x 1 - Gigabyte EX58-UD4P Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
?184.99 x 1 - G.Skill 6GB DDR3 NQ PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ)
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offer ?350 for your old rig... :P
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2gigs of gfx memory lol uve got everyone tempted to upgrade now i think.
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got this from komplett not long ago
A free of charge delivery has been created on the system for your monitor. If you do not receive your monitor in around roughly 10 days (including time to receive from supplier) dont hesitate to contact us again either here, or on boards to McKomplett via PM - as emails get sent when there is a PM
so should have a replacement by monday week at the latest (i hope)
i want it back as its pretty much the reason for the upgrade http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=347576
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did u really pay a grand for your monitor!?! Thats a serious amount of cash for a monitor!
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no i paid 1100 damn u price cuts :mrgreen:
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aside from getting the monitor for free how did u get all the rest of the stuff for only ?289?
It was an offer from overclockers.co.uk
Nah not from overclockers.
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hope to get this today as my 8800 is just about holding on by the looks of it (started getting artifacts the day before its replacment arrives very sus tbh its as if it knows!!!!)
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Question for you experts out there. I have a 8800GTS 512mb card and was quite happy with it on my old monitor (1280 resolution).
However since getting a 24" monitor, upping the res to 1900(or whatever it is..), i've noticed that I'm getting awful fps -- even in WoW, I'm getting about 14 fps in instances and in some cases just totally bogging down.
Unfortunately I don't have an SLI MoBo, but it does have an integrated ATI Radeon HD3200-based card with CrossFireX.
Now the question(s):
If I were to get a Radeon card and utilise CrossFireX together with the onboard graphics, would that outperform a single GeForce 9800GTX?
Will I see a huge improvement if I were to upgrade from an 8800 to a 9800?
Can't justify more than ?200 for a card at the moment, so that would be my limit.
any tips greatly appreciated!
(Edit: Been reading a bit more on CrossFireX: i better leave it alone I think and go with nVidia....)
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Question for you experts out there. I have a 8800GTS 512mb card and was quite happy with it on my old monitor (1280 resolution).
However since getting a 24" monitor, upping the res to 1900(or whatever it is..), i've noticed that I'm getting awful fps -- even in WoW, I'm getting about 14 fps in instances and in some cases just totally bogging down.
Unfortunately I don't have an SLI MoBo, but it does have an integrated ATI Radeon HD3200-based card with CrossFireX.
Now the question(s):
If I were to get a Radeon card and utilise CrossFireX together with the onboard graphics, would that outperform a single GeForce 9800GTX?
Will I see a huge improvement if I were to upgrade from an 8800 to a 9800?
Can't justify more than ?200 for a card at the moment, so that would be my limit.
any tips greatly appreciated!
(Edit: Been reading a bit more on CrossFireX: i better leave it alone I think and go with nVidia....)
guessing your still in canada beasty so you could go with this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102801 fantastic card for the money and will run games at 1900x1080 easily the 9800 is a rebrand of the current card you have atm so would be a waste of money hope this helps you out
btw my graphics cards is now fucked writing this in safe mode lol
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Thanks for that Grim! Not in Canada at the moment (was allowed to escape back home) ;) But I expect to go back there in a couple weeks, which isn't helping my need for instant gratification.
I've always had nVidia, and my "Id" side of me is whispering in my ear "cmon....get the GTX280...go on.....that's what Credit Cards are for!)
Am starting to read up on your suggestion and it does look like a decent card that would do the trick. Now if I only can wait that long.....argh.
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yeah im the same i bought 2 gtx280s got them here beside me have to say i cant wait to install them
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yeah im the same i bought 2 gtx280s got them here beside me have to say i cant wait to install them
You waiting on the other components to arrive? That must be torture! ;)
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/me readies roadblock / ambush.
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up and running now will post pics later have to love first time bootage
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You'll be needing one of these then...
(http://www.anydesign.org/anylab/imagesblog/fufme.jpg)
...you know which one.
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(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff125/Robert_Byrne1/DSCF5008.jpg)
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff125/Robert_Byrne1/DSCF5012.jpg)
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tight squeeze for the cards, liking that cooler, what is it again?
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tight squeeze for the cards, liking that cooler, what is it again?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-005-NC&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=821 very impressed with it so far
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All it needs is a nice wet hole then you could have sex with it,
cos tbh its nicer then half the women in Ireland:D
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just overclocked the processor to 3.0ghz and ran 3dmark vantage and 3dmark 05
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff125/Robert_Byrne1/Untitled-2.jpg)
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff125/Robert_Byrne1/3dm05.jpg)
surprising how a small overclock can give so much extra bandwidth
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So tell us: How well does it handle Tetris?
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/jackabo/aha.jpg)
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LOL Classic. Jumping on for some Nam now, cang find 42 discs so will redownload images over next few days.
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Very nice overclock. Have yet to do so myself, due to the case fan being far slower than the one hooked on the TRUE120 heatsink. From the looks of it, you have a TRUE120 heatsick on yours, with two hugh fans on either side. Nice. Ran 3d mark myself, falling far short of yours, but meh, I expected to fall short, as you do have an i7 rig, with two 280's. Fuck ye :P
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/the_syco/3D_Mark_05.jpg?t=1232330770)
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lol jack...
Just make sure you keep listening to that peaceful music syco...
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I want to hear his anger music tbh...
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I want to hear his anger music tbh...
lol
well ran them both again yesterday got much better scores
reckon processor is holding back the cards now so might try get it to 3.4ghz or 3.6 should make a huge difference
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff125/Robert_Byrne1/3dmvantage.jpg)
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff125/Robert_Byrne1/777.jpg)
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right processor overclocked to 3.6ghz nice increase in 05
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff125/Robert_Byrne1/3dmo5362.jpg)
not as big an increase in vantage but still not to bad
(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff125/Robert_Byrne1/vantage.jpg)
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grim in all honesty you make me sick, not just becasue of your rig but the cash i had for my upgrades ended up going twords an engagement ring.
/cry /cry
and /cry some more
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grim in all honesty you make me sick, not just becasue of your rig but the cash i had for my upgrades ended up going twords an engagement ring.
/cry /cry
and /cry some more
It's not all bad Boru, click below for encouragement...
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ah that program only works on vista ffs.
:|
just looking at that new rig makes me want to waste all my money :ph33r:
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http://www.futuremark.com/download/3dmark05/
will try find a key for u
try these
1QUE9-JZB6T-389XW-RPBE2
NAJY5-SK3VQ-T5M1C-7L172
E0DLC-HPAJW-FNK3K-W9DTZ
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Well my new rig is up and running great here. Unfortunately I broke a connector off one of the sata drives, it was raid 0, so took it as a sign and installed XP Pro instead of the vista it came with. Took me a while to find all the drivers I needed but all is up and running now. Christened it last night with some 1942, will do same again tonight but add in some 42 DC as well.
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Just ordered there...
Intel Quad Core Q6600
2048MB Ram, 400GB Hard Disk,
256MB GeForce 8500 Video,
DVD+/-RW, Card Reader, WiFi,
Digital TV Tuner & Remote Control,
Wireless Keyboard & Mouse
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Bargain tbh.
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Defo a bargain. Did u just email the guy some specs u wanted and a make him an offer tony?
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No you have to preform sexual favours for me first then I give them the nod that your a made man etc.
/me readies gimpsuit for Suppa
:D
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http://www.g4tv.com/ces2009/blog/post/692562/CES-09-Best-of-Gaming-Peripherals.html
add one of them toys to your rig grim!
the falcon looks like it might be good for fps games but the other stuff in there seems a little over the top
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So pretty sweet things there Boru. That scorpion office thing is nice and the special touch sensitive yoke. I wouldn't mind giving them a try :)
No you have to preform sexual favours for me first then I give them the nod that your a made man etc.
/me readies gimpsuit for Suppa
:D
lol
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iRacing for the win
Grim what are ya playing on that system?
Lucutus where did ya get that deal?
Wouldnt mind something similar as a second rig
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iRacing for the win
lol, completely random comment? I've been meaning to get into iRacing though, G25 isn't seeing much use atm.
Fairy mentioned a site to me, elf.co.uk, reconditioned PC's, trade only, so I signed up for their pricelist and waited patiently. Saw a good deal and ordered, turned out to be a pricing mistake, but they honoured the price shown.
Will report back on the system when it arrives...
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Not random at all, the racing rig in the vid is using iRacing [Formula Mazda to be precise :)] and the guy also mentions iRacing :)
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Ah! I was searching the text on the thread for the reference! Yea, great rig would probably be a disadvantage competitively in the game to be thrown around like that though...
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Senile Fool TBH. Try and get a decent ping tonight eh?
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(http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=70977&d=1232584793)
Primetime Ping Fail
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Fairy mentioned a site to me, elf.co.uk, reconditioned PC's, trade only, so I signed up for their pricelist and waited patiently.
What do you mean by "trade only"?
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Open to members of the <wink wink> trade </wink wink>.
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Open to members of the <wink wink> trade </wink wink>.
Rent boys, and the like? Well, won't be touching that place in that case.