The All New, All New Spec and Bench Thread!!!

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:40 pm

I de-SLIed my system for the second time. Back to one GTX-280. The only thing that doesn't run fully synced is Crysis, and I hardly play it. Not worth the extra power, heat, and setup time per game.

Oh, and I ran Cinebench. The results are on the previous page of this thread.

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 2:13 pm

I just determined that one of my GTX-280s is bad. I thought it was just heat from them being side-by-side. I tried them individually. One works, the other overheats by itself, then slows down. I'll have to get it swapped out, then I can possibly re-SLI.

Bill Drayton Jr. · Post by **Bill Drayton Jr.** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:35 pm

wow, you got quite the results...hmmm...wonder if I should needlessly waste some money for more speed...graphics increase would be cool...

Bill Drayton Jr. · Post by **Bill Drayton Jr.** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:37 pm

so those results were from having two gfx cards? what is the fastest CPU available for my NForce 780i? If I get a different motherboard I have to buy another copy of windows vista I think...

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 7:19 am

That was only one gfx card. The other one is bad, and needs to be returned.

You can get various "extreme" versions of the Core 2 Quad that would work, but they really aren't worth the price premium. You can OC a bit, and get similar results.

You can use the same copy of Vista. You have to activate by phone though most likely. You get a few activations, but sometimes you have to call to say that it was just a motherboard swap, not a new PC. (usually automated, though sometimes you need to talk to someone)

Post by **enderzero** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:19 am

enderzero wrote:A veritable museum of the last 5 years of Seagate technology:

750GB 7200.11 system drive
320GB 7200.10
300GB 7200.9
300GB 7200.8 external

Sorry but the museum has closed down. Now running with a svelte Dual 750 GB 7200.11 setup. No more of that external nonsense.

Bill Drayton Jr. · Post by **Bill Drayton Jr.** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:50 pm

R3cogniz3r wrote:That was only one gfx card. The other one is bad, and needs to be returned.

You can get various "extreme" versions of the Core 2 Quad that would work, but they really aren't worth the price premium. You can OC a bit, and get similar results.

You can use the same copy of Vista. You have to activate by phone though most likely. You get a few activations, but sometimes you have to call to say that it was just a motherboard swap, not a new PC. (usually automated, though sometimes you need to talk to someone)

I think you should just burn the bad gfx card...I know it wouldn't fix it but it would definitely "fix" it.

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:57 am

It could use a good "fixing"

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:58 am

enderzero wrote:
enderzero wrote:A veritable museum of the last 5 years of Seagate technology:

750GB 7200.11 system drive
320GB 7200.10
300GB 7200.9
300GB 7200.8 external
Sorry but the museum has closed down. Now running with a svelte Dual 750 GB 7200.11 setup. No more of that external nonsense.

Is it olive-complected?

Nice setup by the way. I run a pair of them myself with a 500GB for the system drive. (I'm still doing manual RAID though, haven't mirrored or striped them yet.)

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:47 pm

New item to be installed this evening...

McNevin · Post by **McNevin** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:05 pm

So now that the museum is closed, turns out there are problems with 7200.11 firmware:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20 ... pport.html

Maybe this is what j3rk was experiencing.

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:09 pm

Maybe, but I also heard the update they released broke something else, or broke it worse or something.

BTW: GTX-295 in full effect!

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:18 am

My drives (except possibly one of them,) are unaffected by this bug. Turns out I had a flaky connector on one of my SATA cables.

Bill Drayton Jr. · Post by **Bill Drayton Jr.** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:43 am

Seems kinda crazy I am sitting on 1.25TB of HD space in my new system through two drives...with only 509GB free...guess I will be good for a while...

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:01 am

I have most of my drives free, but still feel like that, because most of my data is on one drive. Then I worry that if I fill up that much space, I have too much data to lose.

Tumbleweeds...

Post by **enderzero** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:13 pm

I'm on 1.5 with only 250 free - thats only 16.6% avail. whaddahell??

Bill Drayton Jr. · Post by **Bill Drayton Jr.** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:32 pm

I wonder at what point in time would the entire contents of the internet fit on a 1TB HD?

In 2003 supposedly the internet was 532,897TB or 520.4PB

I think that would be cool to have a 512PB hard drive... I like exa better than peta though...and a 1 exabyte drive would kick ass since 0.508EB would contain all of the internet in 2003...according to these guys http://www2.sims.berkeley.edu/research/ ... ternet.htm

OH and our 64-bit CPUs can address 16EB...ridiculous...

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:31 am

We could own the internet. (or a copy at least...)

Oh, and... ...tumbleweeds...

Bill Drayton Jr. · Post by **Bill Drayton Jr.** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 2:51 pm

Google actually has a copy of the internet.

Post by **enderzero** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:44 pm

Seems it is time to post some scores with the new vid rockin (gracias gracias).

Intel Q6600 (Quad 2.4GHz)
4GB DDR2
nVidia Geforce 8800 GTS 512MB (650MHz/972MHz)
2x 750GB 7200.11
Vista 64

3DMark 06 v1.1.0 - 1280x1024

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 3DMARK 2006             7600 GT x2 SLI            8800 GTS 512
==============         ==================        ==================
Final Score               5976 3DMarks              11349  &#40;+90%&#41; 
SM2                          2459                   4612   &#40;+88%&#41;
HDR/SM3                      2083                   5078   &#40;+144%&#41;
CPU                          3338                   3345

3DMark 06 v1.1.0 - 1680x1050

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 3DMARK 2006             7600 GT x2 SLI            8800 GTS 512
==============         ==================        ==================
Final Score               5177 3DMarks              10910  &#40;+111%&#41; 
SM2                          2105                   4683   &#40;+122%&#41;
HDR/SM3                      1791                   4600   &#40;+157%&#41;
CPU                          3225                   3259

Vantage wouldn't run on the old 7600s

3DMark Vantage v1.0.1 - 1280x1024

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3DMARK Vantage               8800 GTS 512           
===============           ==================        
Final Score                     P 7162           
GPU                              5736
- 1                              17.21
- 2                              16.39
CPU                             28,119
- 1                            1158.63           
- 2                             105.88
FEATURES
- 1                             578.49
- 2                                3
- 3                              20.12
- 4                              21.16
- 5                              24.91
- 6                              25.51

Finally my Windows Rating for Gaming Graphics went up to a 5.9 (from 5.8 ). They are now all 5.9s except RAM clocking in at 5.3.

Bill Drayton Jr. · Post by **Bill Drayton Jr.** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:28 pm

I have 5.9 for everything except memory - once I installed faster memory it went to 5.8.

What is the windows gaming graphics rating for R3c?

Beeeph · Post by **Beeeph** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:36 pm

Phantom Black 2009 Audi S5 Coupe
Gas V8 4.2L FSI Direct 350HP
All-Wheel Drive Manual 6 Speed 16/22 mpg
19" Audi Wheels with Pirelli P Zeros
Ebony Leather Interior
Keyless Entry/Ignition
Navigation and Rear Parking System
Adaptive Headlights and Side Assist
Bang & Olufsen Premium Sound

Pacific Coast Highway Road Tests

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Current Odometer&#58; 250
Best Fuel Economy&#58; 30.5 mpg
Worst Fuel Economy&#58; 8.8 mpg
0 - 60 mph&#58; 4.8 seconds
Quarter mile&#58; 13.4 seconds @ 105 mph

Post by **enderzero** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:06 pm

It's incredible.

Bill Drayton Jr. · Post by **Bill Drayton Jr.** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:13 pm

Bill Drayton Jr. · Post by **Bill Drayton Jr.** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:31 pm

Wow, that thing is ridiculous...both infinitely cool and infinitely cooler than my rusty old noxious discombobulating 240Z...someday I will have a drivers license...again...

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:47 pm

My poor little Boxster has fallen into a mild state of disrepair while I've been laid off. Hoping to have that solved this week though. Nice auto Sleeeph!

Bill Drayton Jr. · Post by **Bill Drayton Jr.** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:30 pm

This thread read 58000 times...

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:08 pm

Weeeeeeehaaaaaaawwwwww!!!! 58000!!!!!

So, I don't think much has changed since last I posted. I am running a new 58XX series ATI card though. It's nice.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:59 pm

enderzero wrote:

It's incredible.

Sweet mother of god.

Post by **enderzero** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:40 pm

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