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Official "I need a new PC!!" 2009 Edition
- Thread starter VictimOfGrief
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brain_stew
Member
Dash said:Yeah it's a great card. It still can't really play Crysis on enthusiast at 1650x1080 at a decent frame rate though.
Using a custom config you can get pretty close.
nilbog21 said:hm.. i have an 8800GTS and i run crysis 1650x1080 at constant 30-40fps
At high sure, definitely not very high.
brain_stew
Member
thuway said:
Completely down to user choice. Its AF, resolution, AA for me, but I know most would probably put AA first.
Minsc
Gold Member
thuway said:
Depends on the game too. Sometimes a simple thing like the glow of the gunfire in the DX11 from STALKER is what you notice the most when it's gone.
AA galore gives games a CG look, which is quite nice. AF is a big one, keeps things from looking like a blurry mess in the distance.
Resolution isn't super important once you're over 720p, besides, you should only be gaming at the native resolution of your display if you're after image quality.
I feel turning texture resolution and lighting effects to max along with the other in game settings (model detail, shadows, draw distance etc) have a bigger visual impact than AA/AF/resolution. I can't play a game until I go through the option screens and fiddle with everything.
darkpaladinmfc
Member
This Wireless PCI-E card is compatible with my motherboard, right? I'm 99% sure it'll work, but I just want to make sure.
BravoSuperStar
Member
darkpaladinmfc said:
That wireless card is meant for a laptop, not sure if it will work with that mobo. Do PCI Express Mini Cards work in regular PCI-Express slots?
darkpaladinmfc
Member
brain_stew
Member
darkpaladinmfc said:
Just get this one:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/103208/show_product_reviews
You don't want a huge ass antenna like that unless your router is half a dozen stories away or something.
darkpaladinmfc
Member
In terms of speed are they the same? Would there even be a difference between 56Mbps and 300Mbps (I assume no because my ISP provides only 16Mbps, but I don't really know much)?brain_stew said:
Annihilator
Member
Just got a new pc and my system scores are:
Annihilator
Member
kmfdmpig said:
5870.
I'm wondering if the new catalyst 9.12 drivers would give me a perfect score of 7.9...
brain_stew
Member
darkpaladinmfc said:
Not for internet based stuff, no. The second card will be faster for local transfers if your router supports wireless n and your other PC is using a similarly fast network connection.
x3sphere said:My Intel X25-M gives me 7.7 on the HDD score. Graphics gets a 6.0 though and I have an HD5970
Your graphics score is a good sign that these scores don't ultimately mean all that much.
I have an X25-M, but only get 7.3. I'd guess you must have a 160GB one as that's a fair amount faster.
TouchMyBox
Member
Annihilator said:
I like that this windows benchmark is telling us that your core i7 is on par with my $80 CPU.
(you scored 0.1 higher in ram though, curses you and you triple-channel memory!)Annihilator
Member
TouchMyBox said:I like that this windows benchmark is telling us that your core i7 is on par with my $80 CPU.
Yea it's just a fun measuring tool. My i7 is even overclocked to 3.2 and I doubt it can figure that into the benchmark.
TouchMyBox
Member
Annihilator said:
I saw a difference between my unlocked x3 435 @ 2.9GHz and at 3.4GHz. That seems to be just a pure number crunching test which a higher clock speed would help with.
On another note, my 5770 and Agility SSD should arrive tomorrow, making this machine complete and allowing me to put my 5870 back in my main machine.
SundaySounds
Banned
Noticed another little problem today. For some reason, my front audio output is reversed(The left and right sounds are reversed.) It works fine when I plug my headphones into the audio out that is in the back of my case on the MoBo, but when I use the audio output that is on top of my case, it's reversed. What can I do to fix it?
I have a ASUS EVO AMD 790X MoBo, and I have the HD audio plugged in to the MoBo. I couldn't have plugged it in backwards because the way the pins are set up, there's only one way to plug them in. They're set up like so:
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Something like that where the top row of pins has one less pin, so I'm not even able to plug it in upside down.
I have a ASUS EVO AMD 790X MoBo, and I have the HD audio plugged in to the MoBo. I couldn't have plugged it in backwards because the way the pins are set up, there's only one way to plug them in. They're set up like so:
ooo o
ooooo
Something like that where the top row of pins has one less pin, so I'm not even able to plug it in upside down.
SundaySounds
Banned
Annihilator said:Just got a new pc and my system scores are:
AB+ YOU FOOL
you're about to get annihilated
The Last Wizard
Member
what is the windows experience index based out of? 10?
The Last Wizard
Member
so 7.9 is the highest you can get for overall, and categories?Druz said:
Minsc
Gold Member
It seems the 5850 and 5870 are once again plentiful (huge chart of price comparisons), supply has caught up to demand. Even newegg is stocked up.
It's probably more to due with the retailers greed than demand I think, they are still selling these cards at over a 20% markup from MSRP. I guess blame nVidia for not having a competing product to drive prices back down.
Well, hopefully it will only take a few weeks of surplus inventory for retailers to start inching the prices back to where they started.
It's probably more to due with the retailers greed than demand I think, they are still selling these cards at over a 20% markup from MSRP. I guess blame nVidia for not having a competing product to drive prices back down.
Well, hopefully it will only take a few weeks of surplus inventory for retailers to start inching the prices back to where they started.
darkpaladinmfc
Member
Stock levels are still low in the UK, hopefully they'll be go up soon as well.Minsc said:
Annihilator
Member
Druz said:
Never used that before...
MidgarBlowedUp
Member
Not to get off the current subject of the windows 7 experience index but, I found a nice alternative to FRAPS for those with ATI hardware.
It's called ATI Tray Tools and it uses a very small amount of system resources.
Here is my score.
The sniping tool rules.
It's called ATI Tray Tools and it uses a very small amount of system resources.
Here is my score.
The sniping tool rules.
Minsc
Gold Member
MidgarBlowedUp said:
It's a nice tool but it's no cropper.
That thing is the perfect version of Window's 7 snipping tool, you can position it and reuse it, there's no need to go through a separate step to save your file after you capture, and there's plugins to automatically send the captures to different places.
All extra stuff is generally overkill, but even still, it's a nicer program.
SundaySounds
Banned
chuckddd said:
I was hoping I could just go through the control panel and reverse them... does anyone know how? (Running windows 7)
MidgarBlowedUp
Member
Minsc said:
very nice, can't wait to try out the gif plugin
The retailers here in Sweden are getting more and more 5850:s so it's soon time for a new computer I still haven't decided if I'll go with the AMD or Intel but I'll probably go with Intel, it just seems better in any way, except the socket is less future proof, and it's only something like $55 more expensive. And $55 isn't that much it you're buying a $1000 computer anyway.
I still haven't decided if I'll go with the AMD or Intel but I'll probably go with Intel, it just seems better in any way, except the socket is less future proof, and it's only something like $55 more expensive. And $55 isn't that much it you're buying a $1000 computer anyway.brain_stew seems to be the obvious candidate after the other topic.Spy said:
Whoever makes it, can you PM me beforehand so I can get the post directly after the last post in the thread and update it with the weekly / bi-weekly / monthly / whenifeellikeupdating Canadian builds?
something is causing bsod mem dumps and random application crashes on my rig. i've ran memtest x86+ for 3 passes and it is fine. the CPU is at stock. should I still test it? how should i test graphics card? i've never had a game crash on me yet, just windows, firefox(constantly), and pidgin.
BravoSuperStar
Member
Firestorm said:
With over 1100 posts in this thread, nearly double the next poster, I would agree. Someone who can avoid banning and keep the OP updated would also be nice.
BravoSuperStar
Member
Lkr said:
Check event viewer since you mentioned it happening with specific applications. Also might be a driver conflict, or possibly a power supply issue...