Tyrael turns 21yrs! Time for a new gaming-rigg! - Page 5

14th January 2006, 15:22

Everything is ordered, I made a few changes because I got the GPU of Gamer for a good price

Order:

I'll also make a foto-special of the montage, including thank-words to the people who helped me with advice

The Senile Doctor · 14th January 2006, 15:38

and in another year, get another 2nd hand 7800 gtx

jmke · 14th January 2006, 15:47

opty is nowhere to be found
dothan is only good for benching
P4 is bad for gaming

you can always keep waiting

intel has not catched up AT ALL afaik

14th January 2006, 15:59

Quote:

Originally posted by The Senile Doctor
and in another year, get another 2nd hand 7800 gtx

Ok, deal

Oh, and I have found a nice 19" VMP 454 for a nice price, it's almost brand-new

And for testing and benchmarking: which programs would you all like to run? (I'll post the results here offcourse)

1st February 2006, 10:17

Well yes. Last week Friday, all parts were delivered. I was about to assemble it directly, but parents told me that on saturday and sunday, we were going to a suprise trip for my birthday. We went to Paris (Louvre, shopping, Versailles

).

When I came home on Sunday evening, I assembled everything, and it took me a few hours. Had some troubles with the CPU cooler (stupid me, first build in the motherboard in the case and then the CPU + Arctic cooler isn't a good idea) and some parts of the case, like the fans.

Then I installed Windows XP (corporate edition, not really *legally* :grum

and when I saw it was good, I went to sleep at 1hrs in the morning. The next day, I downloaded the latest Forceware drivers and some other programs. All corrupt? What happened? A re-install of Windows didn't fix anything. So far, I got tired of it and just installed FEAR and played it. Oh, and I ran 3Dmark05 on bad-installed OS: 7675 marks! Quite good.

Yesterday, I found out what the problem was. The Nvidia Firewall! NEVER install the Nvidia network software and use the Marvell ethernet port, and it will go smoothly

I also re-installed my OS with a "legal" windows (from my work) and downloaded the latest hotfixes and so on. Also installed the most recent drivers and ran 3Dmark05 again: 7677 marks (2 more than the day before

).

Everything works fine now. Except one thing: the motherboard has AI NOS. When I enabled NOS and set it on 110%, my pc crashed during 3Dmark. Won't boot anymore, so I went in safe modus and disabled AI NOS. Windows worked fine then

. Worthless feature, or I am doing something wrong.

My settings in games and they go smoothly:
F.E.A.R: 1280*960, max detail, 4x AA and 4x AF
Half-Life 2 Lost Coast: 1280*1024, max detail, 8x AA and 8x AF.

Any tips to tweak out my system for 100% performance? (it's a rig only used for gaming - no chatclient, no mail, no internet,...)

jmke · 1st February 2006, 11:22

http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/xptweaks/supertweaks1.htm
http://www.dead-eye.net/WinXP%20Services.htm

3rd May 2006, 15:12

I placed a second 7800gtx (thanks Gamer) and made a SLI gaming rig.

Scores:

3dmark05 2nd run on 84.43 beta (with coolbits): 7408
3dmark05 3rd run on 84.21: 7717
3dmark05 4th run on 84.21 (with coolbits): 7405
3dmark05 5th run on 84.43 beta: 7716
3dmark06 2nd run : cancelled

3dmark05 SLI 84.43 run : 10179
3dmark05 SLI 84.43 - special 3dmark05 mode run : 10215
3dmark06 SLI run : cancelled

http://users.pandora.be/tyrael/DSC09361.JPG

Next, I"ll try to write a nice review with pictures and so on.

jmke · 3rd May 2006, 15:26

"3dmark06 2nd run : cancelled"

impressive result! but I get the same with my Radeon 9200 AGP

3rd May 2006, 16:28

No worries jmke, I'll do these tests tonight to pleasure you

, together with the game tests. I found a cool review where they (sort of) explain how to test your performance with game-tests.

4th May 2006, 11:58

all nice here but what about your monitor, speakers/headphones and mouse?

In the end these parts convey the experience in the end.

14th January 2006, 15:38	#42
The Senile Doctor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: wherever the doom is Posts: 3,171	and in another year, get another 2nd hand 7800 gtx __________________ OC-2-the-death Where the Reverend is doing his Magick, all mortals be silent Doom over the world

14th January 2006, 15:47	#43
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	opty is nowhere to be found dothan is only good for benching P4 is bad for gaming you can always keep waiting intel has not catched up AT ALL afaik __________________

1st February 2006, 11:22	#46
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/xptweaks/supertweaks1.htm http://www.dead-eye.net/WinXP%20Services.htm __________________

3rd May 2006, 15:26	#48
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	"3dmark06 2nd run : cancelled" impressive result! but I get the same with my Radeon 9200 AGP __________________

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14th January 2006, 15:22	#41
Tyrael Posts: n/a	Everything is ordered, I made a few changes because I got the GPU of Gamer for a good price Order: I'll also make a foto-special of the montage, including thank-words to the people who helped me with advice

1st February 2006, 10:17	#45
Tyrael Posts: n/a	Well yes. Last week Friday, all parts were delivered. I was about to assemble it directly, but parents told me that on saturday and sunday, we were going to a suprise trip for my birthday. We went to Paris (Louvre, shopping, Versailles ). When I came home on Sunday evening, I assembled everything, and it took me a few hours. Had some troubles with the CPU cooler (stupid me, first build in the motherboard in the case and then the CPU + Arctic cooler isn't a good idea) and some parts of the case, like the fans. Then I installed Windows XP (corporate edition, not really legally :grum and when I saw it was good, I went to sleep at 1hrs in the morning. The next day, I downloaded the latest Forceware drivers and some other programs. All corrupt? What happened? A re-install of Windows didn't fix anything. So far, I got tired of it and just installed FEAR and played it. Oh, and I ran 3Dmark05 on bad-installed OS: 7675 marks! Quite good. Yesterday, I found out what the problem was. The Nvidia Firewall! NEVER install the Nvidia network software and use the Marvell ethernet port, and it will go smoothly I also re-installed my OS with a "legal" windows (from my work) and downloaded the latest hotfixes and so on. Also installed the most recent drivers and ran 3Dmark05 again: 7677 marks (2 more than the day before ). Everything works fine now. Except one thing: the motherboard has AI NOS. When I enabled NOS and set it on 110%, my pc crashed during 3Dmark. Won't boot anymore, so I went in safe modus and disabled AI NOS. Windows worked fine then . Worthless feature, or I am doing something wrong. My settings in games and they go smoothly: F.E.A.R: 1280960, max detail, 4x AA and 4x AF Half-Life 2 Lost Coast: 12801024, max detail, 8x AA and 8x AF. Any tips to tweak out my system for 100% performance? (it's a rig only used for gaming - no chatclient, no mail, no internet,...)

3rd May 2006, 15:12	#47
Tyrael Posts: n/a	I placed a second 7800gtx (thanks Gamer) and made a SLI gaming rig. Scores: 3dmark05 2nd run on 84.43 beta (with coolbits): 7408 3dmark05 3rd run on 84.21: 7717 3dmark05 4th run on 84.21 (with coolbits): 7405 3dmark05 5th run on 84.43 beta: 7716 3dmark06 2nd run : cancelled 3dmark05 SLI 84.43 run : 10179 3dmark05 SLI 84.43 - special 3dmark05 mode run : 10215 3dmark06 SLI run : cancelled http://users.pandora.be/tyrael/DSC09361.JPG Next, I"ll try to write a nice review with pictures and so on.

3rd May 2006, 16:28	#49
Tyrael Posts: n/a	No worries jmke, I'll do these tests tonight to pleasure you , together with the game tests. I found a cool review where they (sort of) explain how to test your performance with game-tests.

4th May 2006, 11:58	#50
Major Major Posts: n/a	all nice here but what about your monitor, speakers/headphones and mouse? In the end these parts convey the experience in the end.