Recent content by issaid

Luckily for me Lightwave and 3ds max take great advantage of multiple threads. I believe lightwave can handle of to 16 different threads. Sony Vegas supports up to 4. Seems teh only advantage with the Xeons would be the quad xeons to be able to get 8 cores. But that probably wouldn't be...

Thanks for your input. I wasn't expecting that, but I believe you guys. I really don't know much about the FB-DIMMS and their higher price. I think I'll go QX6700. Thanks a bunch.

I can't believe no one has replied. What if I make a simpler question?!? Dual Xeon 5150 vs QX6700. Each core is 2.67Ghz? Would the Xeon config peform that much better? So both systems are 4x2.67Ghz. Any help is much appreciated.

I do video editing and 3d animation in 3ds max and Lightwave 3D. I am loooking to upgrade to a new workstation as we all know they are never fast enough. i'm going to do some incorrect math here, but with teh new Core architechure it's not that off. QX6700=> 4x2.67Ghz => 10.6Ghz 2xXeon...

The below systems are to be used for an Apache/MySQL server that gets about 250,000 hits/day. I was originally looking at the Opty 165 and posted earlier today, however, I am now leaning on 2 single core CPU's. I'm not looknig for flaming just what will be better in my situation as I am really...

Thanks, I just wasn't sure. For some reason I thought it was required. Do you think 1GB of RAM is enough. I also have a new question also, I was looking at getting a WD Raptor 74GB. But some people are telling me its a waste on a webserver. This isn't a fancy box really, probably dropping...

Hello all, and thanks in advance. I am looking to make an Apache/MySQL box and am leaning towards the Opteron 165. I have found a Tyan S2865 MB from ZipZoomFly that seems to meet all my needs. I am a little unclear about what RAM I need though. The board supports both Non-ECC and ECC...

SO I jsut bought some PC2-5300 Geil Ram from newegg. At first I wanted teh dual channel kit they have for 280. It was out of stock so I bought 2x 1GB PC2-5300 for 141 each. On Geil site though it says it is single channel memory. Is that because it is only one chip. And really all...

Thanks for your help on my previous post. After debating between the 5700U and 5900NU, I purchased the 5900NU. My first one was defective, but this new one seems fine, except for in FFXI. It is looking like shadowing details. Around 12:00 game time, til about 16:00 The environment textures...

The reason I was comparign is becasue the 5700U is new, and the 5900 is an older card, replaced with a 5900U and now a 5950U. thanks for the help. I guess I'll get a 5900NU.

how come anandtech hasn't reviewed a 5900 non ultra? And can you go into more detail on why you say this without a doubt. I'm not that hard core of a gamer. I mainly play console games. I'll get HL2 when it comes out, and see that ATI 9600pro is going well in that. I jsut want a card that...

both 128MB models, from BB for 200 bux. 5700U has DDR2 though.