The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition

You have an OC'd Q9550 correct?

Doesn't matter what you have, I need to reseat this sucker and get to OCing, that's really sad lol.

 

A little better anyway
This is a transfer from WD1001FALS, over a 1,000Mb Lan connection, to 74Gb Raptor. I expected slightly more, but it is better than 5000AAKB. I thought for a brief moment that it actually might keep up with WD1001FALS. It held 80+Mb/s for a brief moment LOL! Though the FALS can sustain 95-105 amongst one another

 

lmao. yea i have my Q9550 OC'd at 3.83ghz right now. i did run the test again lastnight and got just about the same score. 10428 is what i got lastnight. do you have your card OC'd

 

Yeah it's OC'd a bit iirc.

GPU clcok: 580Mhz
Memory: 850Mhz
Shader: 1350Mhz

Edit: Am I correct in assuming that DDR3-1600 ram should run at 1600Mhz at specified timings without problems, or do I need make the uncore ratio twice that of the ram ratio?

Edit 2: Interesting, OCing the gpu seems to have lowered the score.

 

is it easy to OC a gpu? or should i leave it alone?

 

First Look: Nvidia GeForce GTX 480

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/26/AR2010032604662.html

Interesting and expensive!

Enjoy,
Russ

 

I read the add Russ, yes interesting, I also checked newegg on pricing, everyone was out of stock, are these things that popular or just a shortage so to speak? Cause if it's not because of shortage there must be a lot of people with big bucks out there.

 

Here's some more interesting news. I can't get on Anandtech! Why? Read on.



Google tells me I can ignore it and continue, but I can't find any way to continue! LOL!!

Russ

 

That has got to be the malware crap that occasionally pops up on google, I have friends and nieghbors that got hit with it several times, it's almost unavoidable at times, the sites look totally legit, actually I'm suprised they cought this one cause normally they do nothing.

Hell even I got hit with one several weeks ago searching on google, it was a bad one, normally malwarebytes kills it but not that time, I was real lucky in wiping it out, I use AOL as my browser and using AOL it would not let me continue but I was able to using IE, so I wiped out AOL, and reloded it and somehow that worked, if I had been using IE searching google I would have been up the creek, somehow I got lucky.

 

Yeah quite easy, and all you need to watch is heat since you can't mess with the voltage [easily] as far as I know. I use RivaTuner to set the fan and clock speeds.

Seeing my 3dmark score go down makes me wonder if it's beneficial though lol.

 

Red_Maw,
I've never heard of 3DMark scores going down when you overclock a Video card. I know mine have always gone up!

Best Regards,
Russ

 

Maw, Russ: It's quite easy for 3dmark to go down when you overclock a graphics card. Firstly, 3dmark scores are variable, within around 200 marks. Secondly, if you run 3dmark more than once without restarting the PC, you will lose a lot of your score. Thirdly, if your video overclock isn't totally stable, it can cause dropped frames, which will lower your score substantially.

Russ: See the graphics card thread. The GTX480 is an absolute joke. I'm sure idiots will buy it, but it's a complete waste.
Fred: The GTX480 comes out on April 12th. This weekend was a press launch.

GTX480 vs HD5870
Performance: GTX480 9% faster.
Power usage: GTX480 50% more power hungry.
Heat: GTX480 20ºC hotter with stock cooler.
Noise: GTX480 fan speed at least 50% faster than HD5870 due to extra heat.
Cost: GTX480 40% more expensive.

 

The 8400GS may run the Sims 3, but I doubt it would do so very well, there'd probably be a great deal of frame rate lag, even on the minimum settings. If you could get hold of something like an HD5450 or better yet an HD4650, that should work off a basic power supply and provide a much nicer experience.

 

Creaky,
I know you are in the UK, but you might look around for an MSI 9500GT MD512.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127373

I have one I play Far Cry II with, Roller Coaster Tycoon and a number of other games with. 512MB, 128 bit GDDR3 memory, DX-10 and HDMI. I know you prefer nVida, so this is about the best you will find for your purposes, unless you catch a sale somewhere. Good card!

Best Regards,
Russ

 

I mainly avoided the 9500GT as the last I checked the HD4650 was cheaper, and it's certainly a much more powerful offering, but in terms of second hand stuff, I'm not sure what exactly you'll find. The HD3450 is a much older and more basic card, and is really no better than the 8400GS.

Note: most DVI-only cards come with DVI to VGA adapters when new.

 

well the HD5450 is well ahead of onboard video, the HD4650 absolutely trounces it and yet the HD4650 still isn't as powerful as the best card you could buy in early 2006. Onboard video is very underpowered as a whole.