What Rig have you got ?

[Michael172]

Well ive got a case from the 90's its a legend and has "catch of the day" stickers all over it form morrisons. built the thing from when i had my first semi decent pc. used to be running an Athlon 2000+ at 1.7 ghz back in the day, with a geforce 2 MX.

Its getting old now and i can feel a low fps rate form Unreal 3.

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ running at just above 2.2Ghz. has a 512kb cache btw.
Asus A8N32 SLI Duluxe
Corsair XMS Platinum DDR (pc3200 s**t because im on socket 939)
XFX geforce 7900GTX (675m version)
Corsair HX 520 PSU
Soundblaster fatal1ty card of soundmaking thing.
Some CD/DVD RW Lightscribe thing


And a Happy hour Floppy drive.




really is time for an upgrade but the lack of a decent proccy socket, and a discontinued socket at that, means that ill need to upgrade the mobo, proccy and also the ram. which i dont wanna do.

 

[Rasclart]

At the moment

Lian Li Midi Case
600W Hiper Modular PSU
Gigabyte DS4 Motherboard
E6750 running at 3.3GHZ stable on Artic Cooler
4GB Geil Low Latency DDR2 800MHZ RAM (Running around 996MHZ from memory)
Nvidia 8800GTX Graphics card
NEC & Pioneer DVD-RW's
1 X 500GB Seagate HDD (SATA2)
1 X 320GB Samsung (SATA2)
Onboard sound

 

[Final Maxim]

Poseidon Gigabyte Aluminium Gaming Case
Asus P5B
Huntkey 550w PSU
E6600 (2.4) stock
2GB Geil Low Latency DDR2 RAM
Nvidia 8800GTS
Samsung SATA2 DVD-RW
500GB Seagate HDD SATA2
Onboard sound

3dMark06 - 9411 (out the box)

 

[Rasclart]

I think we have the same Memory FM, when I bought mine ages ago it was £160 I think for 2GB I had the first incarnation of the DS4, but upgraded to the newer DS4 which takes the quads and a 1333FSB, + the E6750 was a free upgrade.

Just bought 2GB and it was £45 inc VAT. Bloody depreciating pieces of shite LOL

 

[Final Maxim]

possibly, this is the bundle i got about 5 months ago http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-037-OK&tool=3

 

[seb]

''thesloth''

Asus MOBO
2GB corsair ram
AMD X2 4600+
8800GTS
160GB seagate HD
onboard sound

 

[Dafthead]

nice bondage gear seb

 

[seb]

didn't want to dissapoint, i put them in the pic especially.

 

[Rasclart]

Thats the RAM FM good stuff overclocks a beauty when up to the VOltage to 2.1V

I love the Seb

 

[JoelDee]

Whats with hand cuffs lol

 

[Daniel]

seb is that 'manlove' stains on your mouse mat??

 

[Clellandmc]

Antec P182 Case
Antec Quattro 850w PSU
Abit IP35 Pro Motherboard
4gb Ballistix PC8500 RAM
Intel Q6600 stock (at the moment)
3 x WD Caviar 500gb WDC5000AAKS drives in RAID 5
BFG 8800GTX OC2 Graphics Card
Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit
Samsung DVD RAM Drive
On-board sound
Floppy and card reader.
Tuniq tower 120 CPU Cooler

Currently 11731 on 3DMark 06

 

[BenWall]

custom server case
athlon 4400x2
2gb kingston ram
x5500xt or something ati gfx
1 x 500gb sata
1 x 80 gb IDE
1 x 250 gb IDE
1 x 160 IDE
x-fi creative soundcard
creative soundworks speakers 2.1
1 x 21" LCD gateway
1 x 22" LCD belinea

 

[wozzaa]

Coolermaster Stacker 830 case.
Amd X2 4400+ overclocked
2gb OCZ platinum
XFI Fatality
DFI Lanparty sli dr
8800GTX overclocked
Corsair HX620 PSU
2TB of storage space between a few drives and needing more.

And my nice 24" BenQ Z series monitor.

Cant see the need to upgrade at the moment it runs everything out and has done for the last 2 years without problems. Until It starts to struggle and I cant play at 1920x1200 no more its staying at the spec it is.

 

[J273]

Mine ...pretty shitty spec..should of spent more on uograding me thinks than screenage.

Athlon x2 4200
2gb Ram corasir
Geforce 7800gt
Geforce 6600gt
Hyper 530w psu
creative XFI platinum
logitech z5500's
600gb HD ..split between 4 drives
Dell 3007hc 30''
Dell 2407 24''
De11 2001fp 20''

Its that old now i cant even remember what in there.

 

[Clellandmc]

Nice screens J273, what res you running on the 30" Dell?

Nice speakers as well, have the same here! :approve:

 

[J273]

Nice screens J273, what res you running on the 30" Dell?

Nice speakers as well, have the same here! :approve:

Thanks...its running at 2560 x 1600

 

[thecremeegg]

Asus P5B
2Gb OCZ Gold 800Mhz
Core 2 e6400@ 3.2Ghz
8800GTS 640
Hiper Type R 580W
Thermaltake Xaser III case

 

[Munson]

Current - TheBeast2

Asus M2N32
AM2 X2 4800
2GB 800mhz DDR2 (Crucial Ballistix)
7950GX2
OCZ PSU
74GB 10,000rpm



Planned - TheBeast3 or TheMonolith (undecided)

Some serious s**t.
Some serious quad-core s**t.
Some serious DDR3 s**t (maybe).
Some serious graphics cards.
Basically the best that money can buy when I decide to build it

I'm also considering TheBeast2.5, a stop-gap upgrade for Crysis, which would include a 6400+ Black Edition 3.20GHz, another 2GB of the same RAM, and 2x spanking new 8800 GTX/Ultra

 

[wozzaa]

^upgrade your graphics card and Crysis will run fine. The system requirements to run it are surprisingly low.

 

[Munson]

^upgrade your graphics card and Crysis will run fine. The system requirements to run it are surprisingly low.

Yeah TBH I have been thinking along those lines recently. DDR3 is still a fair way off from being a viable option. Of course, upgrading to the platform now can't do any harm, but I'd be paying more than I needed to right now. TheBeast3 can wait another year, and in the meantime I'll probably just upgrade on my existing AM2 platform.

Saying that, I still think I'll maybe add another 2GB of RAM and go for that new AM2 Black Edition. Hmmmm I wonder if a single 8800GTX in my rig will promise smooth (not what some people call smooth) gameplay @ 1680x1050 on max with some good AA/AF.

 

[Munson]

Right, so here is the spec of TheBeast2.5 if I continue to the checkouts

Asus M2N32-SLi-DLX nForce 590 SLi (existing)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+ Black Edition 3.20GHz (new)
Crucial Ballistix 4GB (4x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz (was 2GB)
BFG GeForce 8800 Ultra OC (was 7950GX2)

Minus my existing HDDs and sound card etc. that's the nuts and bolts of it. Deal or no deal for Crysis? I know an Intel platform would make better use of the graphics card, but the idea at the moment is to stick with my AM2 platform for a while longer.

 

[wozzaa]

The system specs needed were announced.

Minimum System Requirements:
OS--Windows XP or Windows Vista
Processor--2.8GHz or faster (XP); 3.2GHz or faster* (Vista)
Memory--1GB RAM or 1.5GB RAM (Vista)
Video Card--256MB**
Hard Drive--12GB
Sound Card DirectX 9.0c compatible

* Supported Processors: Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz (3.2GHz for Vista) or faster, Intel Core 2GHz (2.2GHz for Vista) or faster, and other similar CPUs.

** Supported chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT + or similar GPUs. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Integrated chipsets are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.

Recommended System Requirements:
OS--Windows XP / Vista
Processor--Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.2GHz
Memory--2GB RAM
GPU--NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS/640 or similar

Cevat Yerli: The quality of Crysis running on [minimum spec hardware] does equal the shading and texture quality of games that are about three years old, but with polygonal detail that is bigger then games from that same generation. The scaling happens in various areas, such as shading-quality, texture-resolution, shadows. View distance and interactivity are close to Far Cry. Our goal was to reach a quality with the game on the various specs to compete with games that are from the last two generations until today's generation, respectively for low, medium, and high [specification setups], with the very high [spec setups] hoping to define the upcoming and introduced generation with Crysis.

 

[Gareth]

Intel Core2Duo 2.4Ghz (Overclocked @ 3.0GHz)
OCZ 1066MHz 2GB SLi-Ready Memory
EVGA 680i Motherboard
XFX 8800GTX 768MB 1900MHz GPU
400GB Seagate SATA HDD
Coolermaster Wavemaster Limited Edition Case
2 x 17" Viewsonic DVI monitors

 

[Munson]

The system specs needed were announced.

Yeah cheers dude, but system requirements don't mean a whole lot IMO

 

[Munson]

Nice setup Gareth. Nice case, and those speakers are the same as mine. They actually sound really good with the sub. Well, good enough for a PC anyway, as I tend to use cans for my games

 

[wozzaa]

The system specs needed were announced.

Yeah cheers dude, but system requirements don't mean a whole lot IMO

mate tried it on lower specs that you. ran brilliantly theres a demo out i think. or beta. might be able to find it if you look around.

 

[Munson]

Ah okay cheers for that info. I may try and find something. I still don't belive the game will run smoothly at what I consider maximum settings, without a serious rig. Remember I use big AA&AF and use Vsync. I'll be running it in DX10 under Vista @ 1680x1050 with a mimimum of 4xAA & 8xAF. Thanks anyway though mate, as your comments are promising. I'll certainly not be going SLi simply because my CPU will be a major bottleneck, and the 2nd card is likely to do f**k all

 

[furry_cup]

Mac. Enough said.

Pwned

 

[Munson]

When it comes to games? Yes you are

Kidding, I like Macs TBH

 

[BenWall]

I like macs, but PCs all the way for me though.

And Crysis isn't that good. Had ago on the demo the other day and wasnt impressed.

 

[dick]

im sorry, but isnt one screen enough?

 

[ViolentJ]

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+
Asrock ALiveSATA2-GLAN
Team Elite 2GB DDRII 800 Dual Channel
Hitachi 160GB SATA II 8MB cache
EVGA 256MB 7900GS KO
SB Audigy 2 ZS
Philips DVD RW
ThermalTake XaserIII V1000A Super Tower - 7x 80mm, 2x 120mm fans, Blue Cold Cathode, Scythe Kama-Meter

I'm downsizing though as I'm running out of desk space, so I've got an eCute cube case awaiting an mATX motherboard and then the remainder of the above will go in it. You can see the cube case in the pic.

 

[furry_cup]

When it comes to games? Yes you are

Kidding, I like Macs TBH

lol!

 

[bobby_the_one]

all the set ups look good! why do people have so many screens? are they ran from different PC`s? bit new to "PC ing"!!

 

[ViolentJ]

all the set ups look good! why do people have so many screens? are they ran from different PC`s? bit new to "PC ing"!!

Of the 3 screens on my desk, the one on the left is used for Sky TV & PS2, the other 2 are running as dual screens from a single pc (2960 x 1050 resolution)

 

[Munson]

I like macs, but PCs all the way for me though.

And Crysis isn't that good. Had ago on the demo the other day and wasnt impressed.

Expand please mate. In what way? Story? Sound? Visuals? What imprresses you normally about PC FPS games that would make you not like Crysis?

 

[Andy.]

Intel E6600 @ 3.2Ghz
Arctic Freezer 7 PRO
Seagate 320 GB SATA 7200.10
2 x 500 GB Samsung Sinpoint T166
Antec Performance One P182 Case
Foxcon 320 8800GTS-OC
Geil DDR2 2GB 800
Asus P5B Deluxe
Enermax Liberty 500W ATX2

 

[rich[182]]

Roy

I'd get the black 5000+ edition

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Athlon64-X2-5000-Black-Edition,review-29679.html

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Athlon64-X2-5000-Black-Edition,review-29679-34.html

Also go for a 8800GTX and safe overclock to near stock Ultra performance in games

Ultra extreme v GTX conclusion below

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/xfx-gf8800ultra-extreme_19.html#sect0

Next week the new 8800GT is released, possible price reductions on GTS and GTX shortly

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17794083

 

[Munson]

Cheers dude. I've never been one to buy OC'd cards before, as I know the whole system is under my command and I can OC the gfx anyway. But I just couldn't help specing up the max

EDIT: Good read on the processor