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  1. ZPIGS!

    got a Q9400, thinking about a i5-750..

    i got a 5850, which is no slouch! i've managed to get to 850 core ;)
  2. ZPIGS!

    got a Q9400, thinking about a i5-750..

    cheers, thx :)
  3. ZPIGS!

    got a Q9400, thinking about a i5-750..

    be jebus..presumably with some serious coolage?!
  4. ZPIGS!

    of load balancing..

    interesting thx :)
  5. ZPIGS!

    of load balancing..

    interesting :)
  6. ZPIGS!

    of load balancing..

    mm, as far as the os is concerned i could see that being something that someone could implement, but this is about apps, ofc os thread balancing is a valid debate :)
  7. ZPIGS!

    of load balancing..

    sure, this is the way it has been, it's not been an issue until recently..but why have all these lovely cores and use them badly?! imo, this will be a part of the development of new apps..
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    of load balancing..

    well, if you notice one core was practically bumping up at the top? surely if one core is at 100% that would impact on what could be achieved with properly balanced loading? why isn't it normal? why don't ALL apps multi-thread properly? this is kinda the point of this thread! if it...
  9. ZPIGS!

    of load balancing..

    strange post :confused:
  10. ZPIGS!

    of load balancing..

    erm, i was talking about the game, the app..what the os does IS valid for sure..but, correct me if i'm wrong here, it's the app that starts threads?
  11. ZPIGS!

    of load balancing..

    ok thx :cool:
  12. ZPIGS!

    got a Q9400, thinking about a i5-750..

    thx for all your replies, i'm gonna keep this 9400 and maybe oc a bit and wait :)
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    of load balancing..

    one of the things that is bugging me, of late, is the seemingly haphazard way in which computers balance out their load balancing..i.e. poorly! i just had an excellent 2 hour sesh on bc2 (60 kills, 28pins :D) and left my task manager running. if you check the image link you will see the...
  14. ZPIGS!

    How future-proof is a quad-core?

    imho, software is what needs to catch up with hardware now.. i see so few apps correctly multi threading.. i even thought about some sort of additional layer between the os and apps that could somehow distribute thread requests to lower used cores, a sort of thread distribution service...but...
  15. ZPIGS!

    Why are critic reviews of CoD: Black Ops so good but customer reviews so bad?

    the goty for 2007 imo.. awesome game..
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    Why are critic reviews of CoD: Black Ops so good but customer reviews so bad?

    aah man, some of those missions.. do love a repeat good COD mission on the hardest setting ;) 44 hours on COD2:SP love it! :biggrin:
  17. ZPIGS!

    The AT Battlefield Bad Company 2 F.A.Q.

    aha! hastings?! my fave map from bfv :D
  18. ZPIGS!

    got a Q9400, thinking about a i5-750..

    hi, seriously intels page can only compare the core i series, they don't let you compare older processors with newer ones, that's seems dumb to me? where can i compare a Q9400 with an i5-750? i very much doubt if i'll ever get a sli/xfire setup, so thats why i'm plumping for the core i5-750...
  19. ZPIGS!

    ok COD-BO what setting and system spec get LESS than 100% GPU usage?

    i sent mine back btw! (..and got a rebate).
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    ok COD-BO what setting and system spec get LESS than 100% GPU usage?

    this is my task manager after a BLOPS sesh.. the cpu side of things looks ok to me.. gpu slams 100%, whereas the new vietnam bc2 runs at 50-60% gpu..
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    The AT Battlefield Bad Company 2 F.A.Q.

    hi, does anyone have a 'fave' driver for the 5850 to play the vietnam mod? i'm loving the game, but it periodically hangs.. i got afterburner running, even without changing anything, just for monitoring and logging purposes and checking the temps/usage, nothing seems to jump out at me...
  22. ZPIGS!

    Why are critic reviews of CoD: Black Ops so good but customer reviews so bad?

    i hated that game! everyone around me was cussing it, but i got the the 2nd land before i gave up, it just had so many stupid things about it..(the malaria pill thing was so silly)..
  23. ZPIGS!

    Why are critic reviews of CoD: Black Ops so good but customer reviews so bad?

    i think if bf3 turns out to be shit, there's gonna be a lot of broken stuff worldwide lol! i even paid top dollar for ther god-awful moh4 just to get beta key for bf3 testing, still waiting zzz btw, 1605 hours in bf2 ;) http://secure.xfire.com/profile/zpigs/ btw, liking the vietnam...
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    Why are critic reviews of CoD: Black Ops so good but customer reviews so bad?

    i sent mine back and i love the cod franchise..i thought the original cod4 was goty for 2007..logged 98 hours just playing sp missions again and again..(i play bf for mp) anyway maybe these "journalists" have been paid off?! maybe they never even played it lol?!
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    Black Ops Single Player w/ out shooting

    man i was hardly breathing playing that.. cod4 v1 + bc2:sp beat this hands down..
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    Black Ops Single Player w/ out shooting

    yeah, that's pretty shit.. i played on hardened with just a pistol and melee..it's gets harder later tho, the descent down the hill is hard! rubbish game! (i might send mine back..)
  27. ZPIGS!

    stop the annoying ingame vids on COD: black ops!

    you know the ones that drive you mad and give you the spinners? goto this dir: C: Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\call of duty black ops\main\video ..and rename it video2 or something.. bingo no more vids! :biggrin: Umm, ok, you go ahead and do that. Anandtech Moderator...
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    ok COD-BO what setting and system spec get LESS than 100% GPU usage?

    this is my Q9400 CLEARLY being understressed by this game! (this was taken during the 1920x1200 testing) have to say here, the rather well threaded way this game uses all four cores EQUALLY. impressed!
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    ok COD-BO what setting and system spec get LESS than 100% GPU usage?

    ok, i got a 5850 and COD-BO. naturally i set the screen res to 1920x1200 which is my panels native res.. sure, i thought, with my nice 5850 i can set everything to high, no problemo! er, actually no, i can't..running afterburner shows a stubborn bumping up against 100%.. last night i downed...
  30. ZPIGS!

    the idea of a "gaming os" running on a graphics card..

    yeah, that's one way of getting a better windows gaming environment for sure..
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    the idea of a "gaming os" running on a graphics card..

    ..also don't forget that multi-cpu cards will be coming more normal in the future..the 5970 is a beast!
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    the idea of a "gaming os" running on a graphics card..

    my Q9400 is never maxed out, not even by bad company2? ..and this is running at 1920x1200 high detail..
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    the idea of a "gaming os" running on a graphics card..

    no, i don't. i'm talking about the hardware. well, this is where a basic gaming os would come in.. less is more. well, imho, cpu's have hit a plateau. toms hardware regularly says if you're running one gc you don't need more than a i5.. ..and gpu development is red hot..they are already...
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    the idea of a "gaming os" running on a graphics card..

    In a single compute node of a multi-node cluster, Buck explained, "OS integration continually challenges how a GPU is a coprocessor to the CPU. How does that boil down into a basic operating system responsibility, now that there's two kinds of processors in the system?" Buck had a few ideas...
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    the idea of a "gaming os" running on a graphics card..

    the ps3 is an old pc. i'm talking generally about an much stripped os running games without the m$ overheads..and specifically about running one on the graphics hardware itself.. quite possibly, but don't be fooled by my good use of da lingo :P nyers, possibly not the best use of the word...
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    the idea of a "gaming os" running on a graphics card..

    aah yes, the good old days.. used to boot up into doom like that..used to be so nice running a game from a dos command line, you just know the game is getting 100% of the pc! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHD_(file_format) interesting! yeah, i guess maybe what i'm saying is can we go back to...
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    the idea of a "gaming os" running on a graphics card..

    hmmz, that could make things easier?! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Firmware_Interface
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    the idea of a "gaming os" running on a graphics card..

    with respect, a console is just an old pc. drivers and device specific software can and should be externalised and loaded during installation? imo hardware manufacturers should and would build to a spec..whatever that spec is? ok thx :)
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    the idea of a "gaming os" running on a graphics card..

    ok, guess work theory time (prob gonna get shot down here, but wth!) what about building an os that runs on these ever more powerful graphics cards, that bypass the need for a complex and (ahem) 'sophisticated' os that we have now, purely for gaming purposes? all it would need to do was...
  40. ZPIGS!

    i'm running a 5850 with a 400w psu! :P

    heh, someone must have built a gold pc by now.. ok, well i'll wait a bit, a week or so, to see if anyone else wants to chip in, but i'll prob buy that one..that crusty old 400w can't be good for my pc.. i've swapped it out for the spare 500w novatech cheap one, so i can read the info off...