Recent content by tricky_p

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    Office Workstation Upgrade Time!

    It seems to me the most important upgrade would be towards the graphics card since that seems to benefit a larger percentage of work these computers will see (CAD, modeling work, adobe). Jumping to a 6 core xeon would largely benefit rendering, but I think that is on the smaller end of the usage...
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    Office Workstation Upgrade Time!

    Hi y'all, It is once again time for our office to try and upgrade our machines. We are a mid-level Architecture office that utilizes AutoCAD, Rhino3D + Rendering, and the Adobe Suite primarily. We use Dell Precisions because of their warranty. The build we have been quoted by our IT...
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    MSI Lightning GTX780 help needed

    Curious to know what temps you are seeing with your cards? I am a fellow FT02 owner and am considering a single Lightning.
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    2x 6959 2gb or 6990?

    Interesting.... I doubt I will sell the card though. I will most likely hand it down to one of my 'lesser' builds.
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    2x 6959 2gb or 6990?

    Thanks for the tip on the 6990 being a CF card - I had no idea! All in all it sounds like the 6950's may be the way to go, although the idea of 2x6970s is also intriguing. the Sapphire toxic just came back at newegg so I copped me one of them to tide me over, but I may wait to buy the...
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    2x 6959 2gb or 6990?

    Any performance benefits to using a single card vs CF in programs like 3d max/rhino?
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    2x 6959 2gb or 6990?

    Good advice, but I want to be ready as soon as BF3 launches. I'm extremely impatient.
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    2x 6959 2gb or 6990?

    Hello fellow Ananders, I cant decide! I have the budget for either option but I wouldn't mind saving money where I can. I will be pairing with a 2600K. Primarily used for gaming @1080p and rendering. I want to run Skyrim and BF3 at highest possible settings. Also - i would prefer a...
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    RAM - how much is enough?

    Wouldn't that be 2 per channel (3 channels total)? Regardless, according to this guy it seems that running 2 dual-ranked modules per channel is optimal:http://blogs.oracle.com/jnerl/entry/update_to_configuring_and_optimizing
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    RAM - how much is enough?

    Thanks Cerb + Fallengod: I'll make sure to add some more detail to the original post, but to clarify: - its a new system (march of 2011) - I work with very large models that show topographic detail for many city blocks. - I also work on large 'illustrative' photoshop site plans that are...
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    RAM - how much is enough?

    Hi all – memory related question here. I have a t5500, dual Xeon workstation that is in need of a ram upgrade. My question is how much ram will I actually be able to use before other components start to bottleneck the system? It is new dual E5620 system, with a quadro 4000 running...
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    Single-ear USB headset

    thanks corky; yes, i am aware of the limitations, but i simply hate wearing headphones. I find the game more immersive (realistic?) to have playback on the speakers and a separated channel for VOIP. The experience seems much more visceral to me. Are you aware of any usb headsets?
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    Single-ear USB headset

    im also in the same boat. I prefer to use a single ear headset for VOIP while blasting my speakers. I dont want to be completely inconsiderate so a noise canceling mic would be useful. Does anyone have any experience with a decent single-ear headset for gaming?
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    How is this gaming PC build?

    haha...ooh poor guy
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    Office needs new workstations

    thanks for weighing in guys. I completely agree about the RAM - I was pretty upset to see 6GB recommended. Hopefully we can upgrade ram on our own very soon.