Recent content by customcoms

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    Q6600 or wait for Nehalem to get cheaper?

    Likely not as i7 isn't buyable yet. I would seriously consider if you need a new computer right now. Does your current machine fail to perform? I know my Opteron @ 2.6ghz still pulls very playable frame rates in that awful benchmark known as crysis. Its still a faster rig than 90% of the people...
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    8800GT @ PCIe x8

    Anandtech did crossfire tests on P965 asking exactly that. Technically SLI won't work on that board without outdated, hacked drivers.
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    8800GT @ PCIe x8

    AMDZen, Thanks for running these tests and confirming my thoughts! I really think we are cpu bound, considering anand is cpu bound on Crysis with a quad @3.3 and 3 8800Ultra's (yeah, that test rig is insane but so is the cost/performance ratio). I'm looking at better cooling to push for...
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    Need help deciding video card

    That is completely incorrect doclife. The HD3850 in all flavors is just as fast, if not faster, than the 8800GT 256mb version. The 8800 needs 512mb to make a very good showing (which it does, I have one). Trouble is, the 8800GT is overpriced (well, all the cards are overpriced atm). For anything...
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    8800GT goes to 11 hours on ATI tool until error WITHOUT overclock...

    My card does the same thing (fails ATITool artifact scanner after several hours) basically with fan set at 74% and temperatures never breaking 75 under ATITool. In essence, I don't trust ATITool on these cards, since my temperatures are more than reasonable and it still fails. You are just...
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    8800GT falls apart at 8XAA

    I will end this argument right now. In the older titles you claim people are going to be running 8x AA and 16x AF, both cards are going to produce playable framerates (read: look at the HL2:Episode 2 benchmarks) all the way through 1920x1200 with the AA and AF maxed out (for the most part), in...
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    Do you have a Desktop, a Laptop, or both? (POLL)

    1. Homebuilt desktop (rig in sig). 2. HP/ Compaq nx9010, falling apart with p4 @2.6 (= a lap burn, wtf were intel thinking?), 40 gb hd (dying if not dead), 512mb ram. 3. Planned purchase: Dell XPS M1530 notebook-I want small and light but can't stand small screens after staring at my 22"...
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    8800GT @ PCIe x8

    To clarify: Crysis timedemo, average of the three scripted runs, all settings on medium, 1680x1050,rest of rig in sig. A) 8800GTS, 163.75 drivers, x16, 612 core/1600 shaders/900 memory, min of 25fps, max of 40fps, average of 32 fps. B) 8800GT, 169.02 drivers, x8, 675 core/1674 shaders/950...
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    8800GT @ PCIe x8

    My numbers in Crysis, all settings at medium, 1680x1050: 8800GTS 320mb (x16) (163.75): Average of around 32 FPS 8800GT (169.02): Average of 47 FPS Thats a 15 fps increase. Yes, the GT drivers are newer but...
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    8800GT @ PCIe x8

    I will have to say I agree with the other posts over at DIY-Street. I don't think there is a drop so to speak, considering this card is much more CPU limited by our dual core AMD processors than by the available PCIe bandwidth. If it helps, I am running my card in the bottom slot, x8 (same exact...
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    mobile video cards

    Go for the Intel system. Actually, the GDDR3 HD2600M is faster than the GDDR2 8600M anyway. http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=39568
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    EVGA STEPUP: 8800GTS 320MB to 8800GT 512mb or 8800gts 512mb?

    The GTS offers very little tangible benefit over the GT (for purposes of this discussion we will completely ignore the old GTS series, by GTS I mean G92 gts)-at stock clocks, the GTS gives you an extra 5fps in demanding titles such as Crysis at demanding resolutions like 1920x1200. At 1680x1050...
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    *** 8800GTS 512MB VS. 8800GT 512MB ***

    I upgraded (through eVGA step-up program) my 8800GTS 320mb to the 8800GT 512mb. I knew the "new" 8800GTS 512 was coming but my step-up was ending, so I didn't have a choice. Here are some things based on Anandtech's latest review (which I pretty much fully agree with, the 8800GT is still the...
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    Good cheap upgrade; what do you think?

    What zalman 7700 do you have? My Zalman 7700 AlCu was hotter on a single core AMD64 3000+ @1.8ghz and 1.4v, full speed fan, mounted probably 3 times total (it was mounted properly, I am meticulous when it comes to cables and fans) than my Opteron 165 @ 2.7ghz with 1.3 volts and the stock amd 2...
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    BFG OC 512 MB 8800GT Fan Speed

    Rivatuner supports any driver out there, just not "offically" (I mean, this is freeware we are talking about, nothing is ever offical), meaning it will give you a warning the first time you run it with drivers that it doesn't technically know about. Not a problem, but I'm still using 169.02 as...