Check it out geeks!

Lee · Dec 7, 2006

We needed new PC for the boardroom so I decided I'd check a few quid out of my budget at it.

Asus M2N32 WS Pro motherboard.
AMD Athlon FX 62 CPU
2gb Corsair XMS DDR2 Dominator CAS 3 check out the cooling it comes with
Nvidia 8800GTX video card.
Nice Coolermaster aluminium praetorian case

It should be pretty rapid as so far the AMD X2 5200 with 8800GTS cards in have been bench marking higher than the old X24800's with SLI'd 7900 GTX.

alexbleubolt · Dec 7, 2006

looks slow

172.com · Dec 7, 2006

It's alright.

Clellandmc · Dec 7, 2006

Bloody hell, that fan looks big!

Is it worth the extra money for the 8800GTX card? I was thinking of getting one after seeing the benchmarks, but the price of it put me off a bit!

Lee · Dec 7, 2006

Clellandmc said:
Bloody hell, that fan looks big!

Is it worth the extra money for the 8800GTX card? I was thinking of getting one after seeing the benchmarks, but the price of it put me off a bit!

I don't reckon it's worth it, but it wasn't my money and I wanted to see how much quicker it was.

I'll get it benchmarked once it's up and running.

BenWall · Dec 7, 2006

jesus, what do you need that spec for? how much is the RAM? looks insane

Lee · Dec 7, 2006

This is the RAM. I paid a bit less with a trade discount though: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=472522 DDR2 with a latency that low is still very expensive.

It's just for demo'ing stuff really. I'll probably stick incredibuild on it too so when it's not doing anything else we can at least make use of the processing power sat there.

Fred@BTM · Dec 7, 2006

does it work with Word?

seb · Dec 7, 2006

what is incredibuild?

Lee · Dec 7, 2006

seb said:
what is incredibuild?

Distributed build software. Basically when a person compiles code it takes ages. With that installed any machine on the network can join in and uses and unused CPU performance to help out. It just makes it quicker.

BenWall · Dec 7, 2006

does the RAM come with those fans then? bet there quite loud

Lee · Dec 7, 2006

Conteo said:
does the RAM come with those fans then? bet there quite loud

Yeah it does. I'll find out how loud it is soon. The aircon in this place will drown it out anyway.

seb · Dec 7, 2006

i learn something new everyday lee!

got any old comps form the office for sale?

Lee · Dec 7, 2006

I usually give them away to staff or bin them. We've just been told we have to recycle them.....sod that. lol

seb · Dec 7, 2006

i am always interested!

M1TCH · Dec 7, 2006

^ thousand of companies do this, such a waste.

looks hella mean that!

Guy · Dec 7, 2006

have you upgraded the flux capacitor?

lanky · Dec 7, 2006

Imagine the raw power, the stuff you could do with that.......

.....the speed that you could download p**n at.

MrMark · Dec 7, 2006

whats its 0-60?

MrMark · Dec 7, 2006

lanky said:
Imagine the raw power, the stuff you could do with that.......

.....the speed that you could download p**n at.

Dell's are best for porno!

A18XHO · Dec 7, 2006

has it got boost?

Longy · Dec 7, 2006

should have gone intel

Clart · Dec 7, 2006

dominator corsair. a water cooling geek at work has been getting well excited over that RAM

Lee · Dec 7, 2006

Well it's all together. It was a bit of a fight to get all the cables off the 900w Tagen PSU tucked away neatly, but it's done.

I can't believe the 8800GTX takes two power leads!!! Anyway, I'll power it up in the morning, I've had enough. I'm off home.

Chucked in one of those fatal1ty sound cards from Creative while I was at it. Might as well push the boat out!! Just hope the Creative drivers aren't as crap as usual.

BenWall · Dec 7, 2006

wow shame u cnt take it home with you

Tim-Grove · Dec 7, 2006

cool rig

post up your benchs.

im getting 8877 in 3Dmark06 with my E6600 @3.2 and my 8800gts

Ads_172 · Dec 7, 2006

Has it got a flange? It's not worth nothing if it ain't got a flange of some sorts...

UncleGrumpy · Dec 7, 2006

Lee said:
We needed new PC for the boardroom so I decided I'd check a few quid out of my budget at it.

Asus M2N32 WS Pro motherboard.
AMD Athlon FX 62 CPU
2gb Corsair XMS DDR2 Dominator CAS 3 check out the cooling it comes with
Nvidia 8800GTX video card.
Nice Coolermaster aluminium praetorian case

It should be pretty rapid as so far the AMD X2 5200 with 8800GTS cards in have been bench marking higher than the old X24800's with SLI'd 7900 GTX.

My 486 would have it in the twisties

H182 · Dec 8, 2006

Looks good, but as said, wouldn't an intel have been better?

Lee · Dec 8, 2006

If I had gone Intel it would have been a Core 2 Duo Extreme. Because of what the machine is going to be doing I chose to spend the money saved on the CPU on the video card. Plus 95% of the machines we have here are AMD Athlon X2 or FX based so it means I've got loads of spare bits for them.

Going to install the OS now I'm out of that brain numbing power meeting I've just been stuck in.

Clellandmc · Dec 8, 2006

It's not still installing is it? Bah that's what you get for buying an AMD.

I'm interested in knowing what the performance of the graphics card is like.

Dan Page · Dec 8, 2006

s**t me!

how fast hardware moves on is mad

Lee · Dec 8, 2006

Clellandmc said:
It's not still installing is it? Bah that's what you get for buying an AMD.

I'm interested in knowing what the performance of the graphics card is like.

I've been in a meeting. Almost done now. Busy with other stuff though, but I'll do it before the end of the day. Almost lunch time, time for a swift beer.

For reference the fastest PC in the office so far has been an Intel Core Duo Extreme X6800 with two Radeon X1900XTX. That benchmarked 16543 with 3Dmark 05. Of course, the processor at the time cost £658 + VAT!

Clellandmc · Dec 8, 2006

Lee said:
Clellandmc said:

It's not still installing is it? Bah that's what you get for buying an AMD.

I'm interested in knowing what the performance of the graphics card is like.

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I've been in a meeting. Almost done now. Busy with other stuff though, but I'll do it before the end of the day. Almost lunch time, time for a swift beer.

For reference the fastest PC in the office so far has been an Intel Core Duo Extreme X6800 with two Radeon X1900XTX. That benchmarked 16543 with 3Dmark 05. Of course, the processor at the time cost £658 + VAT!

Nice score on 3D Mark!

How many machines do you have in your company? By the sounds of the machines you have there, the life of them isn't long?

hoping the 8800 out performs the highest score. Seen a benchmark of it in a review here

Lee · Dec 8, 2006

Clellandmc said:
Lee said:

I've been in a meeting. Almost done now. Busy with other stuff though, but I'll do it before the end of the day. Almost lunch time, time for a swift beer.

For reference the fastest PC in the office so far has been an Intel Core Duo Extreme X6800 with two Radeon X1900XTX. That benchmarked 16543 with 3Dmark 05. Of course, the processor at the time cost £658 + VAT!

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Nice score on 3D Mark!

How many machines do you have in your company? By the sounds of the machines you have there, the life of them isn't long?

hoping the 8800 out performs the highest score. Seen a benchmark of it in a review here

We've got about 60 staff in this site. Everyone has a new PC when they start a new project, so that's around every 3 years. RAM and video cards get upgraded over that time though.

BenWall · Dec 8, 2006

Surely the CPU in that thing is bottlenecking the GFX card??

BenWall · Dec 8, 2006

Lee said:
Clellandmc said:

Nice score on 3D Mark!

How many machines do you have in your company? By the sounds of the machines you have there, the life of them isn't long?

hoping the 8800 out performs the highest score. Seen a benchmark of it in a review here

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We've got about 60 staff in this site. Everyone has a new PC when they start a new project, so that's around every 3 years. RAM and video cards get upgraded over that time though.

What projects do you do? Sounds interesting.

Lee · Dec 8, 2006

Conteo said:
Lee said:

We've got about 60 staff in this site. Everyone has a new PC when they start a new project, so that's around every 3 years. RAM and video cards get upgraded over that time though.

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What projects do you do? Sounds interesting.

http://www.vivendi-universal-interactive.co.uk/home.aspx

BenWall · Dec 8, 2006

Quality, are you the IT guy behind it all then?

Lee · Dec 8, 2006

Conteo said:
Surely the CPU in that thing is bottlenecking the GFX card??

Not when running the Unreal 3 editor.

I'm I.T. for Swordfish in Birmingham and Manchester, and also cover VU Ireland, Massive in Sweden and help out with a few of the other European sites. There's two of us here, and we've just taken on a lad in Manchester to ease the load and to stop me having to go there so often.

Check it out geeks!

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