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It's alive!
Posted: 2005-04-02 10:44pm
by Beowulf
Typing this on my brand new computer(built from parts):
Athlon 64 3500 (90nm)
300GB Seagate Barracuda
1 GB RAM
ATi AIW x800xt
Shuttle SN95G5 case
NEC 3520 DVD burner
Viewsonic G90fb
Logitech MX510 mouse
Saitek Gamers Keyboard
Linksys WRT54G router (supports wireless laptop).
Posted: 2005-04-02 11:18pm
by Shinova
Wow. You bastard. I hate thee.
*spins with envy*
Posted: 2005-04-02 11:45pm
by Beowulf
Shinova wrote:Wow. You bastard. I hate thee.
*spins with envy*
It too, can be yours for the low low price of $2000.
Posted: 2005-04-03 01:48am
by Alan Bolte
Bah, you can get nearly as good for half that. What are you going to use that expensive, marginal improvement on processing power for?
Posted: 2005-04-03 03:00am
by darthdavid
I stab at thee from the pits of hell.
Posted: 2005-04-03 06:27am
by Ace Pace
Beo, very nice, very near my future specs, what RAM brand?
Alan, how the hell is a 3500 a marginal improvement from a 3200? Are you half blind?
And that Graphics card is not 'minor improvement'.
Posted: 2005-04-03 05:50pm
by Beowulf
Ace Pace wrote:Beo, very nice, very near my future specs, what RAM brand?
Alan, how the hell is a 3500 a marginal improvement from a 3200? Are you half blind?
And that Graphics card is not 'minor improvement'.
Mushkin. It's 2.5CL
Posted: 2005-04-03 07:26pm
by Lancer
did you get the 128 mb or the 256 mb x800 card?
also, what motherboard are you using?
Posted: 2005-04-03 10:23pm
by Uraniun235
Ace Pace wrote:Alan, how the hell is a 3500 a marginal improvement from a 3200? Are you half blind?
I personally don't think the high price premium is worth the performance difference... unless, of course, you can provide benchmarks showing a
significant increase from the 3200+ to the 3500+.
Posted: 2005-04-03 10:30pm
by Beowulf
Matt Huang wrote:did you get the 128 mb or the 256 mb x800 card?
also, what motherboard are you using?
There's only one AIW x800. No options available. I'm using a Shuttle FN95. Of course, that's a kinda stupid question considering it's a SFF system, the case of which comes with the motherboard.
Posted: 2005-04-04 12:12am
by General Brock
ONE gig ram <grumble grumbler> 
Posted: 2005-04-04 12:38am
by Ace Pace
Beowulf wrote:
Mushkin. It's 2.5CL
Nice, got myself some corsair 2.5CL.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/sh ... i=2330&p=2
For me, that kind of differance is worth shelling out an extra 50$ which was the differance at the time I put in my order.
Posted: 2005-04-04 02:05am
by Uraniun235
Well, if ~4-6 frames per second over the 3200+ is worth $50 to you, it's worth $50 to you... not so sure I'd call it a
significant advantage, though.
But then it probably is significant if the CAS latency's that notable to you.
Personally, if I were so hellbent on squeezing that much performance out of my system, I'd probably just OC the 3200+ up to 3500+ speeds.
Different strokes, I guess.
Posted: 2005-04-04 07:36am
by Ace Pace
Uraniun235 wrote:Well, if ~4-6 frames per second over the 3200+ is worth $50 to you, it's worth $50 to you... not so sure I'd call it a
significant advantage, though.
But then it probably is significant if the CAS latency's that notable to you.
Personally, if I were so hellbent on squeezing that much performance out of my system, I'd probably just OC the 3200+ up to 3500+ speeds.
Different strokes, I guess.
Not to mention I wanted the new Winchester core(it gets HOT here, I wanted as cold as I could get) and there was no 3200+ Winchester in stock.