The Official Budget-Conscious Dream Machine!

a lot of people can, due to 30" monitors, and normally Ultras or OCed GTX can run most games smooth with AA and AF on that resolution, and a lot of people have that!

PS 4GB will only work with 64bit XP.

 

oh ok...but hell that must've cost a lot of money...

64bit XP...hmm...can it pick up beyond 4GB of RAM?...like 8GB or 16GB?...i'm just curious...

 

I think it can do up to 8 GB(well at least thats the size most motherboards go up to). I think Vista 64-bit goes up to 160 GB.

 

no ways 160GB of ram, you mean 16GB of ram...

 

Sorry it's not 160 GB. This is what it is:

128GB: Ultimate, Enterprise, Business SKUs
16GB: Home Premium
8GB: Home Basic

 

no ways i dont think a motherboard can go that high...the highest is 32Gb i think...but one bad thing is that Vista sucks...its need a Service Pack too fix all the crap...and speed it up...

 

I think servers CAN go that high. Most mainstream motherboards do 8 GB.

 

Whoa! thats incredible, i know that HDD can go very big but i never thought RAM can go that high, imagine playing games with that much RAM...no more loading...everything will be so fast...

what CPU do they use for servers?

 

I think they use Intel Xeon CPUs.

 

oh, what is the difference between server CPU and normal desktop CPU?

and lets say i have 2GB of OCZ RAM in the "yellow ram slot" and 2GB unknown brand ram in the other ram slots...will that be ok? or must all the ram be the same to have dual channel

 

The Desktop CPUs and server CPUs are essentially the same exact product.

The only difference is that server CPUs have tested to much higher stress levels. This allows the ones that pass to be a cut above the desktop CPUs. This is important, as server CPUs are run 24/7, 365 days a year. They need to be dependable.

:EDIT:

Hey abuzar1, I noticed you got a 7900GTX. Very nice

 

well my computer runs 24/7, it has been running for 5 weeks now...

 

Wrote a reply then accidentally closed the window... *cries*

I don't feel like doing it again...

 

Estuansis, thanks, yeah it's awesome. For 120 it was a good deal. Can't wait to play COD4 on it!

 

lol...that happened to me last time...

i dont play games so the cpu won't over heat...i only leave the pc on to download stuff...

 

How's your 3dmark with the 7900 then Estuansis? 6877 to beat, hop to it man!

 

Lol @ sammorris...

I think you mean abuzar. I have an X1800XT and an 8800GTX... no 7900 for me

*sigh* I wonder if Crysis IS too demanding

*kicks ubisoft* You guys said it ran fine an an X1900XT!!! Look at the 8800GTX scores!!!!!!! This sucks!!!!!!

 

Sam if you want to know my 3dMark score, check the gecube thread. I'm too lazy to go look

 

Rofl yeah sorry mate. As for Crysis don't remember saying 'runs fine', but it'll run alright on a lower resolution. For most people, that means it'll run alright, pure and simple. Us with our large widescreens however will suffer. A pair of 8800s might get the job done for you, but at 2560x1600 there's nothing yet out there powerful enough to run the game at max.

 

yeah...thats why theres rumor saying that there will be a new card coming out in XMAS...but will my 8600GTS OC be able to run Crysis

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