Ordering new Athlon x2 upgrade soon!!

[DaForce]

hehe yeah what rerender said

[percydaman]

oh ya...i guess I knew that...lol

[Syclone1]

hey DaForce, Im sure you wont be disapointed, in a couple quick tests my new X2 (specs below) are beating my dual xeon 2.8

just built:

1x AMD 4400X2
1x eVGA GeForce 7800 GTX
1x Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe mobo
2x WD 74gig Raptors
2x Corsair PC3500 512mb
1x Coolermaster Wavemaster case
1x Enermax 535w PSU

So far Ive only had it running for a couple days but Im verry impressed with it so far.

-dave

[percydaman]

may I ask how much it was? Im in the market for a new machine.

[jujubee]

Wow Dave. Impressive! Only one card on the Dual SLI for now? Very nice rig - I see you even threw in a few raptors just for kicks...

[percydaman]

hey DaForce, Im sure you wont be disapointed, in a couple quick tests my new X2 (specs below) are beating my dual xeon 2.8

just built:

1x AMD 4400X2
1x eVGA GeForce 7800 GTX
1x Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe mobo
2x WD 74gig Raptors
2x Corsair PC3500 512mb
1x Coolermaster Wavemaster case
1x Enermax 535w PSU

So far Ive only had it running for a couple days but Im verry impressed with it so far.

-dave

only one gig of memory? thats scandalous!

[DaForce]

Syclone1:
Yeah im just being held up by shortages in Australia. Should be next week now. So im kinda chaffing at the bit. I just want it now.
Its going to be a MEGA upgrade from my current Athlon 2700 hahaha

Enjoy your new rig

p.s. I too am curious why you didnt get more RAM, and by choosing 512mb sticks your limiting yourself to a total of 2GB. When i get my new ram for my machine i will be getting 2x 1GB sticks to start.

[Syclone1]

the 1gig came dow to a price issue, where the vid card was about $780 and that took up the extra I had for ram as I had inteded to buy a 6800 ultra that was about $100 less. But couldnt resist the temptaton on getting the first card to ship in our province :P

-dave

[DaForce]

hehehe i cant complain to much im using my old 400mhz corsair for awhile until i can find some high speed 1gb sticks in a few weeks. All the high speed stuff usually comes in 512's

Have you played any games on that beast yet? Im hankering to try Battlefield 2 at 1600x1200 with 4x AA and 8xAF

[Syclone1]

Ive only played Guild Wars and a little UT2004 and both rock on this card. I cranked all the settings in UT till it actually said "Holy S***" lol and still got anywhere from 200+ FPS in it. Im only running at 1280x1024 though cause of the dual 19" LCDs but I did try Guild Wars spanning across both monitors and that was real sweet except for my character being split in the middle

I have yet to try Chaos Theory, HL2 and Farcry but between work, family and Guild Wars my time is limited these days


-dave

[DaForce]

ahh ok hehe yeah ut at 200+fps would have been interesting. haha

Im real keen to see the new AA methods used on the wire fences in Halflife2, should be pure eye candy

[DaForce]

Mini-Update:
I now have all my parts except the friggin CPU. I have it order but shouldnt be here till next week some time "aparrently"

Im going to go to the mega computer fair tomorrow and try to track one down.

oh and with my Video card i got a free 256mb Thumb Drive and a copy of Splinter Cell chaos theory, perfect for testing out the video card (with the game that is)

Damn it......so close yet so far, i just want to use it!!!

[siliconbauhaus]

good thing come to those who wait mate

[percydaman]

haha i hear ya...I ordered mine this morning. Ordered everything from newegg, so that hopefully there wouldn't be an issue. Of course there was, my debit card was rejected even though I can log on to my bank account and see theres plenty of money... ohhh i hate waiting for new computer parts...

[DaForce]

siliconbauhaus:
waiting....waiting...waiting.....

percydaman:
hehehe doh. Ahh well best of luck with the speedy delivery. A main problem with online stores around here, is most of them dont openly advertise how much stock they have of each item, only after you place the order do they email you back and say "sorry but blah blah blah 2 week wait"

FFS

Ahh well, atleast i have my mobo and video card boxes to sniff ... LOL
mmmm fresh computer hardware smell....ooo i feel faint