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24. June 2006 @ 12:31 |
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crowy,
I find the comparison interesting in that there's no CPNS9500-LED listed. Seems like they didn't want anybody to know that the 9500 performs just as well. It's bonus of course, is a lot less weight for the same performance. I'm not about to hang a "dumbell" on my CPU socket and MB. I certainly wouldn't have one here, what with earthquakes and such. I've already seen my Monitor and computer sway 8 to 10 inches during one and I don't want that kind of weight being tossed around like that inside my computer. Not to mention that the Tunig's weight exceeds the side load limits for any MB. It's just too damn heavy!! and that's before you install the fan. Tunig doesn't tell you how much it weighs with the fan installed. Not only that, where the fan is mounted just contributes even more to the lever effect on the MB! The Zalman 9500 is the better cooler all around!!!
Happy Computering,
theonejrs
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24. June 2006 @ 12:35 |
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Wow, that's one thing we don't have,the only tremors we get here are either from my sub, or the force feedback on my steering wheel (which has made my monitor wobble a good inch or two!!!) I assume I'd be safer with the 7000Alcu I've chosen?
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24. June 2006 @ 16:29 |
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hey guys iam up and running with my new build everything went great expect my ATI-Radeon-X850 XT Platinum card wasnt PCI express compatable so i traded it in for a NVIDIA Geforce-7800 GTX KO ACS-3 Edition ,seems to be a great card ,so i had to chage my sig lol
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24. June 2006 @ 16:43 |
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LMAO.. God i love u guys... :)
i went to see 4 movies today :)
CARS, Garfield 2, Faast and the Furious Tokyo Rush, and The remote movie with Adam Sandler..
and i am not that stupid.. reseting the cmos.. psstt... :)
garfield sucked.. but thats all..
i was looking at referb crt's 22" 20" viewable for 200.00.. :)
sorry, i am full of smileys today.. :)
thats o.k. as soon as i get my new conroe system.. this computer is going to be my bitch. Because.. then he cant say anything.. LOL
but that will be at christmas or somthing.. whatever..
sorry i have been playing battlefront 2 lately.. the image works great too.. seams like everything rusn faster when i have it on the harddrive compared to it running on the disk..
talk to yall later..
FIHSENRD
25 days until i get my NISSAN *****!! :)
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24. June 2006 @ 18:34 |
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@Sammorris,
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but the usual 256MB of accompanying RAM is what does the damage
...Thats a very good point.
FIHSNERD,
Good to see you back.
Hows the computer.
@theonejrs,Quote:
where the fan is mounted just contributes even more to the lever effect on the MB!
...Not quite sure what you mean there?If the fan was mounted on the top then I would agree.If my computer was swaying 8-10 inches during an earthquake(which fortunately we are'nt succeptible to here)I would be more concerned about the house than my computer LOL!!!
The weight of this thing is a couple of grams short of 1kg.
Yes that is nearly double what the board manufacturers recommend,however withsome strategically placed bracing the weight on the motherboard will be negligible:-)
Here is the tuniq compared to the other top coolers including the 9500.
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24. June 2006 @ 21:05 |
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crowy,
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...Not quite sure what you mean there?If the fan was mounted on the top then I would agree.
It just adds to an already heavy cooler. Since it sits in the middle of the fins and is a couple of inches outboard of the mount, it's weight just adds more leverage.
The earthquake thing is a way of life here in So. Cal. Usually they are fairly gentle but occasionally you hear a bang like a car hitting a wall or telephone pole but most times it just gives a rolling motion. The 8 to 10" was my personal worst that I've ever seen. Most houses here are built on concrete slabs so most of the time the house just moves with the slab. It's when the slab tries to move in different directions that the most damage is done. During the Northridge quake, several 2 story apartment buildings became 1 story as the lower floor collapsed and the top floor settled itself on top of it. At first glance you would never know that there was 2 floors to begin with. Had that quake occured a couple of hours sooner, many more people would have been killed as they all would have been in bed when the quake hit!
Happy Computering,
theonejrs
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24. June 2006 @ 22:21 |
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Check the new benches using sandra 2005!!
Have'nt finished yet.
I have a few more tricks to up the memory bandwidth which I will do shortly.
Check the mips!!
Check the memory, excellent timings.Not sure why its showing 2T though memory is @ 1T
Roomtemp here is 17c
Cpu temp is 29c.
Cpu voltage is 1.47v
If the facts dont fit the theory, change the facts." -- Albert Einstein
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25. June 2006 @ 06:35 |
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The computer is fine..
i am still swaying from saying F'it and just jetting a 1900XT refurb with the power adaptor with the dvi to vga adaptor..
i dono.. have to go do the yard..
have fun,
FIHSNERD
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25. June 2006 @ 06:36 |
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Hey crowy.. i fyou switched out that value ram.. you might be able to get tighter timmings and higher speeds..
just noticed..
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25. June 2006 @ 07:55 |
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crowy,
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Roomtemp here is 17c
That would be a bit chilly for me, in fact it would be downright cold. I'm a lot more comfortable at 21C which is 70F!
Have you run a decent length Prime95 run on it yet?
Happy Computering,
theonejrs
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25. June 2006 @ 08:35 |
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Burrr..
jeeesss..
i am at like 75 or somthing and i am cold..
i think i would freze my *** of in crowys house..
lol
any of yall play battlefront 2 or age of empires 2 or 3 or anything??
i am bored
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25. June 2006 @ 09:51 |
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Garfield sucked? That's a shame. I'd still like to see it. I generally don't like buying refurb stuff, no matter how good their people are, stuff that went wrong before probably will do again.
Hehe yeah good point crowy, I'd be more concerned for my wellbeing if there's 10 inch tremors going on! Like your cooling benches eh?
Don't talk to me about earthquakes I've just written about them last week in a Geography exam!
Holy cow, that's a fast 3800!!!
Fihsnerd: as i said before, I avoid refurb stuff, especially GPUs. Do it if you like, but good as ATi and newegg are, I wouldn't trust it.
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25. June 2006 @ 11:48 |
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back to my old self..
i will probably just get
the X850XT refurb (sorry Sammorris)
and the spectra..
i dont want the benQ
even though it is an hell of a deal..
i am going to play battlefront 2..
have fun,
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25. June 2006 @ 11:49 |
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The sceptre's a much better monitor anyway. I don't mind you getting an X850 refurb, I mind a lot less than you buying, say a 6800, but all I'm saying is just be careful, that's all.
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25. June 2006 @ 12:15 |
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so the higer end cards are what you want me to stay away from.. Refurb wise..
and the pixel pitch on the spectra is better than any of the other 20.1 wide screen monitors that i saw.. or at least in a reasonable price range..
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25. June 2006 @ 12:16 |
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how did you manage to trade your 850XT for a 7800GTX???
i would soo do that. i think..
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25. June 2006 @ 12:44 |
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hi people,i was looking in this pc magazine and the new intel processor has been unveiled its called the intel core 2
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20060508corp.htm
oh and i saw a new laptop brand called rock who has a brill laptop with nvidia geforce 7900 512mb graphics for like £1000 including a duo processor, 100gb and all the top of the range stuff.
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25. June 2006 @ 12:57 |
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Nono, it doesn't matter which card it is, X300Se or X1900XT-X, I just avoid refurbs personally, but that'll probably be great. I just wouldn't be comfortable spending all that money on something like that.
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25. June 2006 @ 16:14 |
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what do you mean..
i need this stuff..
thae video card that is..
myne sucks..
it is bottlenecking my computer and it is pissing me off..
or can you think of anything that i might need other than anything that i posted?
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FIHSNERD
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25. June 2006 @ 16:46 |
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FIHSNERD , i traded cards but it wasnt for even lol the 7800 GTO is a 600 dollar card so was the X850 XT when i bought it though
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25. June 2006 @ 17:57 |
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@theonejrs,
Have'nt run prime on this configuration as yet.I will do that tonight when I go to bed.
@FIHSNERD,Although this memory is performing better than expected,I would love to get some top end stuff.However at the moment the budget won't stretch that far:(
If the facts dont fit the theory, change the facts." -- Albert Einstein
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25. June 2006 @ 22:01 |
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Just been down the road so while I was out thought I would give dual prime 95 a test run.
Just over 1.5 hours(not long I know,)but so far looks promising.I will
let prime run again tonight so should have a result that runs around 12hours in the morning
Any way here's the results so far.
(Watching those 2 cores running @ 100% kind of scares me!!)
Here we are with both cores @100%
Here we are just after I stopped prime.
BTW, ran sandra straight after to check the cpu temp(should have ran it while prime was still running I know but already closed prime:(.Temps were @ 31 degrees both cores.Room temp @ 16 degrees.
If all goes well tonight I will run sandra in the morning while prime is still running and get the temps again.
If the facts dont fit the theory, change the facts." -- Albert Einstein
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26. June 2006 @ 08:20 |
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I'M thinking of upgradeing my memory.Seems most memory runs at 400MGz.DOES faster memery inhance Computer speed? If so would this be a better selection
K-Byte 512MB PC4200 DDR2 DIMM Memory 533MHz $70.00ea
K-Byte 512MB PC5300 DDR2 DIMM Memory 667MHz $75.00ea
PNY Optima 2-Pack 512MB PC2-4200 DDR2 DIMM 533MHz $140.00pr
seems everything is about the same price frm 400MGz to 533
Or does the CPU control mem speed
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26. June 2006 @ 08:51 |
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Fihsnerd: I'm saying I'd rather buy a new card than worry about a refurbished one with a limited warranty.
aabbccdd: Heh yeah, the X800 Pro I have was £289 when I got it, which in literal translation is about $550, even tho you would have been able to get one for less due to VAT and all that.
Sixteen degrees room! Brrr, Sometimes I wonder whether my fridge is even that cold!
Faster memory is either PC4000 (Ludicrously expensive) or DDR2. If you have a late intel board (socket 775) or a very recent AMD board (socket AM2) then you can use DDR2, otherwise you can only get 4000. However, unless you plan a major overclock, 3200 RAM is FINE. You won't see a difference, heck most of us even OC with 3200.
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26. June 2006 @ 10:46 |
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hey guys..
i am sorta pissed..
i know this isnt the right forum
but i downloaded a bt that was nfsu black edition.. and it said it was a media file.. so i changed that.. to multiple things.. what do i open and install it from? it said it was like a 750mg file which is bogus ..
and this bittorrent crap is soooo slow..
and my computer runsss.. s l o w ... is their anything else that i can use to download games.. ??
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