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31. December 2008 @ 10:15 |
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You guys really have to play 'Nazi Zombies' in CoD5, it might up your ratings on the game a few points. It is an excellent mini game included.
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31. December 2008 @ 13:12 |
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i love zombie nazis. if you lot have bought the game, we should all play together :)
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31. December 2008 @ 14:26 |
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I probably won't own the game till my paycheck in two weeks. Same thing that happened with Crysis, Deadspace, and Far Cry 2. I actually had the games about a month before I bought them. But I generally buy all of my games for my hard copy collection. Except GTA 4. That's a poorly coded mistake in programming. I'm not buying a game that barely runs on a high end OC'd quad core with 2 high end video cards in Crossfire. It's worse than Crysis because Crysis actually scales to system performance. GTA 4 just runs crap on everything.
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Also, I'm taking a shot at 3.6GHz, watch my sig for the change.
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HAHA never mind, I took it to 3.7GHz. Running Orthos Prime right now.
It hits an FSB wall at 425. It refuses to go any higher. So 3.7 works for me :D
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31. December 2008 @ 15:29 |
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Originally posted by Estuansis:
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HAHA never mind, I took it to 3.7GHz. Running Orthos Prime right now.
It hits an FSB wall at 425. It refuses to go any higher. So 3.7 works for me :D
That is very good with air. The highest I have herd is 3.8 stable. I got my friends to 3.66.
You should update your idle and load temps in your sig, unless that is what you read, but for 3.7 on air, I doubt those low temps highly, maybe the sensors maxed out or are uncalibrated.
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31. December 2008 @ 16:56 |
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i play the zombie game on hamachi but not having much look finding servers to paly as they are all ways full. if any wants to co-op i am all ways open for a game or 2. Call of duty 2 still to this day rocks i play ever night near inuff.
@theft auto
i agree with you and them temps for that overclock. i think the the thermal probe is up the wall with my cpu as well as i get 17C on idle on amd athalon dual core 5000+ .
Edit: @shaff
i have not bought the game as when i try to play mutiplayer the normal way (ie using the privete server patch) my ping always goes to high. so cant join in online so there would be no point.
will have you a game of call of duty 2 if you got it.
add me to xfire shaff and anyone else my xfire name is navskin.
happy new year aswell to everyone.
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31. December 2008 @ 17:23 |
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The temps are still rising. I've topped at 60*C now. Will change my sig.
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2. January 2009 @ 01:06 |
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2. January 2009 @ 12:32 |
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Nice. Very similar to the X800GTO to X800XL and X1800GTO to X1800XL.
My temps topped at 62*C after 24 hours of small ffts on Orthos Prime so I am completely happy with the OC. Absolutely no hiccups or crashes or voltage irregularities. Sitting at 36-38*C idling and surfing the net.
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3. January 2009 @ 17:39 |
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Ray, I have a Diamondback, and I think it's great. I personally think the ergonomics are better than the Habu.
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3. January 2009 @ 21:49 |
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I've been back and forth between a Logitech Mx518 and a Razer Krait. I love my Krait. Better mouse than the Habu or Diamondback, IMO. Personal preferences apply though. I have a friend who swears by his 8 year old Razer Boomslang. The thing is still spot-on accurate and just as sensitive as my Krait or better.
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4. January 2009 @ 02:26 |
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Yeah, I have to choose from between the diamondback and mx518, beacuse they have both recieved good reviews, and are well known.
Also, I can get them for a decent price here.
I haven't been able to go out and hold them both yet, once I do, I will choose whichever is more comfy.
@estuansis
I'll also keep an eye out for the krait, I love its orange color, also I've heard it's a little cheaper than the diamondback.
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4. January 2009 @ 06:04 |
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The Krait is a promising mouse, and cheap too, I've recommended it to a few people. I just like the option of having side buttons, which the Krait does not have. Though the writing has completely worn away, my Diamondback is so far so good at 2 1/2 years, it's just unfortunate Razer never fixed the bug with their mice in that sometimes it won't recognise, so you unplug and replug it. Their solution on the Copperhead was merely to add a button on the underneath to do this automatically! While that might seem very poor for what is quite an expensive brand, I prefer Razer to Logitech as the drivers do not automatically uninstall those of any rival brands, like Microsoft's and Logitech's do. (Yes, Logitech Keyboard + Microsoft Mouse or vice versa means one of them has to remain driverless, I never found a workaround for this)
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4. January 2009 @ 09:36 |
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I'll also keep an eye out for the krait, I love its orange color, also I've heard it's a little cheaper than the diamondback.
I love the color too. It doesn't match any of my blue system lighting or my blue Saitek Eclipse, but I don't care :D The lighting in the mouse is quite nice and looks cool. And yes it's also cheaper. It's an optical mouse vs a laser one though, but I can't tell the difference.
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The Krait is a promising mouse, and cheap too, I've recommended it to a few people. I just like the option of having side buttons, which the Krait does not have. Though the writing has completely worn away, my Diamondback is so far so good at 2 1/2 years, it's just unfortunate Razer never fixed the bug with their mice in that sometimes it won't recognise, so you unplug and replug it. Their solution on the Copperhead was merely to add a button on the underneath to do this automatically! While that might seem very poor for what is quite an expensive brand, I prefer Razer to Logitech as the drivers do not automatically uninstall those of any rival brands, like Microsoft's and Logitech's do. (Yes, Logitech Keyboard + Microsoft Mouse or vice versa means one of them has to remain driverless, I never found a workaround for this)
It was exactly what I wanted. I didn't want the side buttons, just a solid 3 button mouse. The rubber grips on the side are a nice change from the ergonomically designed form-fitting mice like the Mx518. They give you better control over the mouse, IMO. The writing still looks brand new on mine. Probably due to how I hold it. The sticker on the bottom is long gone though. I've never had any bugs or problems with it as long as I've used it. Mine is also 2 1/2 years old and going strong. Funny enough, I never did install the drivers again after I put the disk away. The default 1600dpi setting is perfect for everything as-is.
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4. January 2009 @ 09:57 |
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Likewise for me actually. :)
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4. January 2009 @ 12:47 |
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Well, I don't think I'll need the extra buttons, but I don't MIND having them :D
I'll look around hopefully next weekend
@sam On my old desktop, I had (and still do) a logitech keyboard with its software and a microsoft mouse with its software (intellipoint I believe), and they both worked fine
Not sure why they might not
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4. January 2009 @ 12:49 |
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btw the habu uses razer FW and drivers, as inside its a diamondback, but out side the ergonomics of MS :)
honestly, cant praise it enough :)
oh yeah and trust me once you haev the side buttons you cant go back gaming.
for cod4:
left click = shoot
right click = zoom
scroll up/down = change weapon
scroll click = knife
side button 1 = special grenade
side button 2 = grenade
this way my WASD hand hardly moves, only a little to reload or crouch/prone, or check the map :)
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4. January 2009 @ 13:26 |
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Presumably depends on the software used then, Quickset and Intellipoint were the two that would not get on.
As it happens, I tend to use the keyboard more than the mouse side buttons, but maybe that's something I will have to change if I want to improve at COD4.... :P
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4. January 2009 @ 13:45 |
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hehe it makes thigns much easier as for nades and stuff you not pressing the worng key by accident :D and changing weapon seems UT esp with the mouse wheel :)
also the V for the knife is very annoying, yes sometimes i end up changing weapon after i knife by accident lol, but atleast i dont have to move my index far from the D or accidently press the spacebar instead of the V with my thumb :D
this last week i have been raping cod4, check out the screenies, i reinstalled, and my case/manual is back in york, so i used cracked servers, and in scrims and utdm vs utdm, i have been raperageing :D, jsut as i though id move onto cod5 aswell loll!!
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10. January 2009 @ 14:48 |
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me likes the gtx295, bar on avg it being about £60+ more than the 4870x2.
then again, you will save on leccy, but then, who cares about leccy spending that muchon a card :D
if the x2 is £330, then the gtx 295 needs to be £350.
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10. January 2009 @ 15:38 |
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In other news, the Phenom IIs are looking promising. Several sites are reporting 3.7GHz on air with stock cooling. I know what I'm converting to :D
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10. January 2009 @ 16:03 |
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yet clock for clock, not as good as the yorkfeilds..... a year later and still playing catch up.... well done amd (!)
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10. January 2009 @ 17:53 |
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The GTX295 is as marginally superior to the HD4870X2 as the GTX260 216 is to the HD4870 1GB really, in short, not enough to justify any extra cost. Right now, the extra cost is considerable, £80 at present between cheapest for each, and £60 between like brands. Right now, it's basically an nvidia 4870X2 rival, it is not better or more advanced in any way, other than with current drivers, being completely unable to use Anti-Aliasing at 2560x1600 (which for a card this powerful, completely defeats its purpose). I hope they get that fixed sharpish.
Estuansis: It's promising, but consider they start at 3Ghz already. The Core 2 Quad that starts at that speed is the Q9650, and that gets a damn sight further than 3.7Ghz easily enough. In AMD's defense, getting beyond 3.5Ghz on a stock cooler is no longer really possible for Intel since they basically removed all the heatsink from their heatsinks, and left you with the copper base and the fan on top... :S
In Intel's defense, the 3.7Ghz Phenom II is only equal to a 3.3Ghz Core 2 Quad, and 3.3Ghz can be got at stock voltage on even a C1 Q9450, let alone anything superior. On top of this, the Q9450 (OEM at least) is a full £35 cheaper than the Phenom II 940 in the UK, and the motherboard required to get the Phenom II to 3.7 and beyond costs £125, versus the £60 you could spend to get any old board that would easily run a Core 2 Quad at the same speed if not further.
AMD's best is much better, but still not quite good (or more specifically, cheap) enough.
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10. January 2009 @ 18:11 |
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If and when prices fall I want to convert back to AMD on my main build. They are fast enough for me and I want to support my favorite brand name :P
I bet I could almost hit 4GHz on the Tuniq Tower considering the power of an AMD stock cooler. That must be reasonable or at least possible with a good chip. All told, I would even be happy with 3.4GHz. I game at a fairly high resolution, so I doubt I would have any noticeable bottlenecking with a 3.4GHz Phenom II.
Call it fanboyism if you want but I like AMD.
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10. January 2009 @ 18:33 |
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The voltage required to break the 3.8 barrier is astronomical. 1.25-1.30gets you 3.6, they couldn't get 4Ghz stable at 1.5V. Also, AMD stock coolers are far better than Intel stock coolers - good thing, the AMD CPUs use much more power!
The only game the AMDs are likely to bottleneck is Crysis, as your 3.7Ghz Q6600 is about as fast as a 4Ghz Phenom II, maybe slightly faster, so your performance in the game may be slightly behind.
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10. January 2009 @ 18:53 |
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Just thought I'd post
Finished crysis on wednesday, great game
Am now playing Far CRY 2
Really happy with games performance
I play it with overall settings on high, at 1280x800 at a playable framerate of 26+ :D:D:D
Really good, considering that crysis at the same res. only runs well on medium, even though the jungles beat the outback anyday :P
The effects on high are nice.
I can also run it at very high, but at time it gets choppy
I'll post benchies using the in-built tool if anyone is interested
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