Originally posted by floss313:

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Many Thanks for your reply.

My knowledge on RAID Controllers is non existent.

You seem to have a few RAIDS on your system.

Would this controller be any good if I could get it for 50 quid used?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...5&Tpk=9690SA-4I

But this used controller only comes with a low profile bracket and not a full height one (I don't even know what this means!) as it was removed from a server rack.

I Thank You in advance.

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Originally posted by KillerBug:

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Originally posted by floss313:

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Many Thanks for your reply.

My knowledge on RAID Controllers is non existent.

You seem to have a few RAIDS on your system.

Would this controller be any good if I could get it for 50 quid used?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...5&Tpk=9690SA-4I

But this used controller only comes with a low profile bracket and not a full height one (I don't even know what this means!) as it was removed from a server rack.

I Thank You in advance.

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This is an excelent controler (I use one). My only complaint is that it gets rather hot if you don't have a fan pointing at it (not a big problem). If you can get one used for 50 pounds, jump on it. If you can get more than one used for 50 pounds, send me a link so I can get another one. This controller does require a break-out cable, but it is still a good deal at list price, and an incredible deal anywhere under 100 pounds. I'm not sure about how you might get it used, but mine came with both brackets (low profile and regular). "Low Profile" just means that it is for those half-height slim cases.

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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As far as I know, the max with XP is DirectX9, including the 64-bit. There was a mod someone was working on to retrofit DX10, but I imagine I would have heard more about it if it were successful.
I will leave Killerbug to the value RAID cards, as I have a rather all-or-nothing approach to them due to what I would want to do, and have no prior experience of the midrange ones.

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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Not at all, you just don't get DX10, that's about it.

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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Depends on the game. DX10 is nice, but it's not worth paying extortionate amounts for a new OS for.

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Originally posted by floss313:

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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Depends on the game. DX10 is nice, but it's not worth paying extortionate amounts for a new OS for.

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Point Taken and rightly so.

Cheers

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Originally posted by KillerBug:

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Originally posted by floss313:

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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Depends on the game. DX10 is nice, but it's not worth paying extortionate amounts for a new OS for.

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Point Taken and rightly so.

Cheers

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DX11 is even better than 10. Still, the main advantage to upgrading to win7 from winxp would be to use more than 3 GB of ram.quote]No Dubt, however overclocking can be troublesome with bug infested new OS's.

I'll try to get a good overclock on XP and then try and stabilize the same on 7.

Let's see if that works.

Originally posted by sammorris:

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Holy crap, that's a rule-breaking signature if ever I saw one...

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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Needs to be 5 lines of text max, or if with a picture, 3 lines of text max. Maximum picture size is, I believe, 500x200.

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Originally posted by Xplorer4:

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For what its worth I wouldnt waste my time on a dual boot. Boot 7 and be done with it. Its not perfect but its already sold over 200% better then Vista had at this stage and hasnt gotten even a percentage of the flac vista did/does. IBM has even called it possibly the best gaming OS ever. I dont for see there being any major bugs.

Keep in mind for OCing, you need a quality bored. OCing is not my expertise but seems to rely far more on a solid motherboard then your OS as the settings come from with in the BIOS, not the OS.

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Originally posted by floss313:

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Originally posted by Xplorer4:

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For what its worth I wouldnt waste my time on a dual boot. Boot 7 and be done with it. Its not perfect but its already sold over 200% better then Vista had at this stage and hasnt gotten even a percentage of the flac vista did/does. IBM has even called it possibly the best gaming OS ever. I dont for see there being any major bugs.

Keep in mind for OCing, you need a quality bored. OCing is not my expertise but seems to rely far more on a solid motherboard then your OS as the settings come from with in the BIOS, not the OS.

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I won't say that I am an expert overclocker also, because I'm not.

However, the OS has everything to do with overclocking. If the drivers are below par, then the hardware doesn't perform.

If the hardware doesn't perform, then stability will difficult and at higher overclocks virtually impossible.

We need a balance of good hardware, good BIOS tuning, trouble free drivers and most definetely a bug free OS.

Too early to say anything about 7. We hope that it is what the hype says, because 90% of us rely on Microsoft however, only time will tell.

XP on the other hand, is probably still the most reliable OS on the market but it doesn't come with dancing fairies on your Desktop Screen.

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Originally posted by Xplorer4:

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Originally posted by floss313:

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Originally posted by Xplorer4:

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For what its worth I wouldnt waste my time on a dual boot. Boot 7 and be done with it. Its not perfect but its already sold over 200% better then Vista had at this stage and hasnt gotten even a percentage of the flac vista did/does. IBM has even called it possibly the best gaming OS ever. I dont for see there being any major bugs.

Keep in mind for OCing, you need a quality bored. OCing is not my expertise but seems to rely far more on a solid motherboard then your OS as the settings come from with in the BIOS, not the OS.

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I won't say that I am an expert overclocker also, because I'm not.

However, the OS has everything to do with overclocking. If the drivers are below par, then the hardware doesn't perform.

If the hardware doesn't perform, then stability will difficult and at higher overclocks virtually impossible.

We need a balance of good hardware, good BIOS tuning, trouble free drivers and most definetely a bug free OS.

Too early to say anything about 7. We hope that it is what the hype says, because 90% of us rely on Microsoft however, only time will tell.

XP on the other hand, is probably still the most reliable OS on the market but it doesn't come with dancing fairies on your Desktop Screen.

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I didnt realize a CPU and RAM depended on a driver.

As for a bug free os, that is technically impossible. There will always be bugs, but indeed a stable os needed and I think Win 7 easily qualifies in such a way. It may not be perfect but neither is XP, and if 7 was bug ridden as Vista was, then I am sure by now that would be an overly obvious case.

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