danneth

sold my overclocking pc a few months ago it was all i bought it for just to se what results i could get,

opteron 145 ( 2.0ghz ) overclocked to 3.1ghz on stock cooling
DFI lanparty NF2 motherboard <<< best bios ever for overclocking IMO
2GB g.skill ram 4-4-4-12 820mhz
BGT 7900gtx <<< core 720mhz memory 880mhz

lost all the screenies of 3d mark scores etc so cant remember extacly what they were but it know it was very good

Eagle

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nahh ,, just got bored of getting killed on bf2 they say a change is as good as a rest ..
tried to 3d score my ageing system last night it wasn't very good

danneth

counterstirke ftw !

SS1

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where do i find the temp in everest ????

BM08

click on "computer" then click sensor, should give you readings for hard drive and motherboard aswell.


Little tip, right click on it and select add to favorites then next time if you want it just click favs and its in there, saves arsing around trying to find it

SS1

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cheers buddy

atm its running

Field Value
Sensor Properties
Sensor Type ITE IT8712F (ISA 290h)
GPU Sensor Type Maxim MAX6646 (NV-I2C 4Ch)
Motherboard Name Gigabyte 8KNXP

Temperatures
CPU 37 °C (99 °F)
GPU 48 °C (118 °F)
GPU Ambient 42 °C (108 °F)
WDC WD2500JB-00GVA0 37 °C (99 °F)
Maxtor 6Y120L0 44 °C (111 °F)

Cooling Fans
CPU 2519 RPM

Voltage Values
CPU Core 1.55 V
+3.3 V 3.36 V
+5 V 5.06 V
+12 V 12.03 V
DIMM 2.58 V
Debug Info F 43 FF FF
Debug Info T 25 25 37
Debug Info V 61 A5 D2 9E BC 5D 51 (77)

BM08

Thats fine

Stu @ M Developments

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A couple of pictures of my finished PC room in the dark with New Saitek Ecklipse II keyboard and Microsoft / Razor Habu mouse.

danneth

never been one for the fancy lights and stuff stu but that looks awesome without been OTT

Brycey

ASUS P5N32-E SLi
P4 Dual Core 3.0Ghz (Not Core2 Duo)
4Gb Geil PC5300
2x XFX 7800GT
36Gb Raptor for Boot
500Gb SATA for Music
500Gb SATA for Games & Programs
Antec 1000AMG PlusView Case
22" Samsung Syncmaster
Logitech MX1000 Laser Mouse
Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Windows XP 64Bit

BM08

Brycey it would look much better if you cleared the crap off the desk, put the monitor in the center of the desk and a speaker each side

Also you have the same mouse as me, its brilliant isnt it, had mine about 6-8 months now

Brycey

Lol thats just my desk for the past two weeks whilst im at home away from uni.

Im missing my 5.1 and hooooge comfy chair but going back today so gotta pack it all up again and move back lol.

Mouse is awesome, had it for couple of years now, got it when it first came out. Stung me for about Ł60! But worth every penny and still going strong today!

BM08

ahh thats alright then

danneth

mx518 > all

Andreas

Im getting around 7200 points in 3dM06 with my 2x7800GT cards but ive just ordered a single 8800GTS now they are dumping the prices to clear stock for the 9800GTX (which aint much faster and apparently a bit louder due to a higher fan idle speed).

Still on a outdated AMD 4200+ CPU though but will get back as soon as ive installed the new card.

xr4x4rs

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heres my new machine

thermaltake armour case with 25cm fan on the side
2x sata raid western digital hard drives 320gb
bfg 8800gts 512mb graphic card
gigabyte 800w power supply
corsair xms ram ddr2
asus m2n32sli deluxe motherboard with extra fan on heat sink
some kind of cpu heatsink lol
athlon 64 cpu, 6400

pics











next on the list is another graphic cards and a creative soundblaster xfi card and external
box and poss 2 more hard drives but these 2 are quick enough to get me in the game anyhow

Graceland

Some of your CPU Coolers look very small - you need something like this:





pure copper and the size of a football

northernmonkey

Ok, can anyone explain what's going wrong here then please?

I'm running Q6600 Quad, Asus ps5k (or something like that!) 2 gig memory (albeit 2x 512 and 1 x 1gb ) and ATI Radion XT2600HD card.

I just can't figure it out, is it coz my memory ain't running in dual channel due to the size differences?

BM08

easy, your graphics card is letting you down my mate had the same issue, got a nice Q6600 system with 2gigs of ram and he used his old ATi x1950 and he got around the same score as you.

Hes now got a 8800GTS 512mb and scores over 10k easy, hes done abit of overclocking and got it to 13k without much hassle

Stu @ M Developments

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The itch is back due to far Cry 2.

I bought a 4870 HD only 3 days ago and am now thinking i may rip it out and fit a 4870 1gig x2

Anyone want to buy a great video card with under 2 hrs use? Or even my Trusty 8800GT from this very topic that easily breaches 12K score on 3dmark06 with a good pc?

purple_fiesta

dont think i posted my new setup

E8500 3.16ghz . Asus Striker Extreme. 8GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer RAM. 2xBFG8800GTX SLi. Zalman Cooler. Enermax 720W PSU. 2 x 320GB Western Digital HD. X-Fi Xtreme Audio. Antec 900 Case. G5 Mouse. IceMat. Saitek Keyboard. Sennheiser PC350 Headset. 20" LG 5MS LCD. Windows Vista Premium 64 Bit.

cossieDavedree

stu what catalyst drivers you using for your 4870? 8.12 is the latest,, and remember ati always score lower on 3d marks benchies, as it's coded for nvidia.
It's games where ati shines.. altho in farcry 2 ati doesn't have as good performance now, due to the gtx 260 216 and its new drivers.

Heres my 3dmark 06 score

e8400 at 4ghz
4870 sapphire 512 mb stock core stock mem.
14720
sm2 5912
sm3 7266
cpu 3673

I've had a 4870 for 3 months now, And I use it on a 42 inch lcd. 1600x1200.

Stu @ M Developments

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yeah, 8.12. Wanna buy mine and crossfire them?

Stu @ M Developments

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Thats the bollox mate, very impressive.

cossieDavedree

i only have 1 pci-e slot lol.

Have you not got bored with farcry 2 yet ??

Have you played gta 4 yet?

SS1

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stu if you could play..crysis on you old pc.why the updates needed ??

Crysis on you pc with no gliches..why do you have a problem.with far-cry 2

via reports crysis is the most..intense pc spec game to date

Stu @ M Developments

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Damn it... doh!
Yeah, FC2 is boring me a bit TBH, not a patch on the original.

pa_sjo

I'll try and get a photo but the spec of this box is..

Asus P5E Motherboard
Intel Q9300 CPU
4GB Corsair XMS2 1066mhz RAM
2 x Asus HD3470 video cards (did have HD4850's but they run too hot for my liking)
2 x 160GB HD's (raid 0)
PSU blah blah blah
Vista 64 Ultimate
3 x 19" LCD's

I only really play LFS on here so the passive video cards are fine

Stu @ M Developments

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havent got any problems at all mate, it runs at about 60FPS at 1680x1030. I just got the speed bug again for no real reason and i know that teh 4870x2 is currently the fastest card in the world and I wish i had bought that instead.

cossieDavedree

I got bored after i repeatedly kept getting chased by the highway men when driving to destinations, and the buggers always shoot your tyres out, you get out the smoking jeep and you try to roast the enemy with your roasting gun, but it jams up and u get shot and die..

The original was far better agree.

G2RSR

anyone played mercenaries 2 wicked game

cossieDavedree

gonna get it tomrow and fallout 3

purple_fiesta

Gotta agree, that got right on my tits. Also the fact there were no lean buttons and no prone. It is a bad console port! Did look nice though.
Hooked on GTA IV at the moment!

Turbocabbie

im an old school overclocker and a moderator on overclockers.com forums.

If performance is important to such as degree that you overclock, you should first consider changing your OS to one that performs better imho or at least true 64 bit OS and 64 bit applications to make the most of your processors

Stu @ M Developments

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Id appreciate any advice on that subject pal. Currently running XP pro because i thought it was more stable and still offered best compatability,

Turbocabbie

Xp Pro imho is the best Windows OS at this time, its reasonably stable and does what most people require, however if you have a focus on performance of a system its a fact that the compatibility of Microsoft Windows ensures that it has a great deal of legacy code, this makes it exceptionally bloated, slow, unreliable when compared to other Operating Systems.

Although Windows is now available in 64bit flavour the vast majority of applications are not as such you are not making maximum use of the high performance multi core performance processor you have paid for.
Windows in general is ok at games, ok at office and net, ok at development and hosting while not excelling at any task at all.

When your CPU cycles, memory and other resources are being eaten up by Anti-virus, Anti-Spyware, Trojan-Scanners changing to an Operating System which does not require such products simply allows these resources to be used to make your system perform better.

If I used a PC for gaming (which I do not) prior to games which require the latest direct X requirements I would most certainly choose XP Pro, however because I use my systems for Office, Internet, Business, Development I would rather use my CPU cycles and memory to do work for me rather than to run applications to cover the failings of an old and bloated OS.

I run OSX-86, BSD and Linux on all my pc's based on performance, security, reliability, stability.

Stu @ M Developments

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Funny you should say that.

9 months later and your prediction comes true, I have Just bought myself the Radeon HD 4870 X2 and a Pioneer Blueray Player to make the most of my New Dell 24" monitor.

Stu @ M Developments

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The problem is, at home I tend to play games, so XP is ideal, and at work i use applications that are not stable on Vista, so i guess I'm buggered.

twoblacklines

Just use compatability mode within vista.

For the record ive used vista 64 ultimate for a few months now and its never once BSOD' or crashed. Everything works with it, including command and conquer red alert 2 and mediaval, total war 1 and 2. As well as all my apps.

My spec:

e5200 @ 3.8ghz
Tuniq tower 120
Gigabyte DS3 P45
4gb OCZ ReaperX 6400 @ 1200mhz
8800GTX (downgraded from 260gtx and dont see any lack of performance)
everything else yadda yadda


I do alot of folding@home so nvidia cards ftw.

BTW Stu, how much you want for your 8800GT ?

pa_sjo

Windows XP is perfectly stable and reliable, if you've found it not to be then use better hardware

Sure, BSD out the box is very good - I run OpenBSD, but Linux, no thanks.

To me, performance of an operating system is how well it performs the task, and Windows 99.9% of the time performs faultlessly and easily, unlike the alternatives.