BF2S Forums Tech: Open thread

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Time of this report: 2/18/2010, 12:51:17
       Machine name: DYLANPC
   Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090804-1435)
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System Manufacturer: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
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          Processor: Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 285   ,  MMX,  3DNow (4 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
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        Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+
     Manufacturer: NVIDIA
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Last edited by Bevo (2010-02-18 10:56:50)

Finray wrote:

Assuming you can reuse PSU, Case, HDD, Monitors and peripherals..

http://i45.tinypic.com/amwo3s.png

Hmm forgot a CPU cooler.

If you can spare the buck

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … mp;Tpk=H50

If you can't

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6835186134

Finray wrote:

If you can afford it, the i7 makes your e-penis just that bit bigger

FloppY_ wrote:

Finray wrote:

If you can afford it, the i7 makes your e-penis just that bit bigger

And that is the only thing,,

Getting the 920 instead of the 750 is like putting money into the maculator... "just for the sake of doing it"

UK|Hooligan wrote:

Downside, i cant put it together myself, my brother will do it next week so iv got to wait at least a six or seven days looking at it all.

Last edited by lxcpikiman (2010-02-18 12:53:26)

lxcpikiman wrote:

ok, it appeared that the cable i just bought wasn't working for the drive ( my HD is WD passport and the cable that came with is too short) and it wasn't detecting the HD now i would just have to leave it on top on my computer case.

BTW: bazinga, is that from The big Bang theory?

FloppY_ wrote:

Winston_Churchill wrote:

FloppY_ wrote:

And that is the only thing,,

Getting the 920 instead of the 750 is like putting money into the maculator... "just for the sake of doing it"

What about Hyper Threading?

Apparently it doesn't make that much of a difference...

of course, few apps are written for it yet...

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009 … .html?prod[2617]=on&prod[2884]=on]
^-- Copy paste the entire thing, the []s in the url are messing with BBcode --^

Last edited by Winston_Churchill (2010-02-18 13:08:10)

Narupug wrote:

Jenspm wrote:

I assume replacing a mobo in a laptop is hard/unpossible?

Replacing a graphics card is nearly impossible, let alone a mobo.

FloppY_ wrote:

Winston_Churchill wrote:

Didnt work

But in the future I'm sure it will.  When I buy a processor I want it to last for at least 3 years.  Besides, I do a lot of movie encoding and that takes advantage of HT

Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
1440x1080 Video Editing
Score in Time [seconds]
i7: 70.00 i5: 134.00

DivX 6.8.3
Video Transcoding: MPEG-2 to AVI
(Insane Quality)
Score in Time [seconds]
i7: 95.00 i5: 92.00

I honestly cannot see why I would bother with the 920.. Video encoding takes so much time it doesn't matter if it takes ~10-20% longer since you don't sit and stare at it encoding... gaming on the other hand..

920 is a waste of money, it is 50% more expensive than a 750

and as for "future HT gaming"..
In a 3-year spand, don't count on it.. just look at how long it took for Quad core to get integrated..

I edited the link above, now you can copy it

Last edited by Winston_Churchill (2010-02-18 13:47:01)

FloppY_ wrote:

Winston_Churchill wrote:

Cant justify if they're doing what you're doing, gaming, yes.

But with other programs such as encoding which take advantage of the HT then of course it's worth it.

no sir..

paying 50% more for 10% more is not worth it, nomatter what you do with it...