This Week Only

[Gandalf]

This Week Only

I've just got one of the Gainward Ultra 2400 Golden Samples. Runs very nice. 11000 in 3dmark 03 with a XP 2700+ and 1GB ram.

Far Cry, all high detail. No slowdown at all. fraps shows 100+ FPS, except when outdoors. Then it dips to about 60.

UT2K4. Everything on max, again fraps showing 100+ fps, no matter what is going on.

oh, all res run at 1280 x 1024. Though 3d mark was default 1024 x 768

[Norm]

I wish I could get decent cc system on webby,that doesnt cost the earth.

XTPC price: Exact same model and goodies £325.

[TeaLeaf]

Originally posted by Norm@Sep 13 2004, 05:23 PM
XTPC price: Exact same model and goodies £325.

Please keep quoting the prices Norm, you'll get peeps biting over a period of time.  I will be asking you to quote for my total system upgrade when BTX/PCIe and the new socket dust settles.

TL.

[Norm]

Will do,just hope cases carry on the cooling improvements implemented on the boards. <_<

[Anonymous]

I got the XFX normal 6800 GT. I overclocked it to 400/1100 out of the box and its rock solid. (Under £290 inc VAT and del)

[Norm]

How do you rate it BB so far?

[Anonymous]

Obviously the x800xt and 6800Ultra will be better cards but I'm very happy with it. OCd it is over 11000 3D Marks and I can play games high res, high qulity, 4x/8x quite happily.

I know that there are pros and cons with DX8/DX9 games and whether ATi or nVidia solutions are better. I had a lon look around before I bought it and weighed up what I want to do with it. I went for the "good value for money balanced all rounder with a bit of future proofing built in" approach

i don't think that the X800 Pro is a particularly good value card as GT outperforms it regularly. the x800xt and 6800Ultra both out perform GT (by lots/not much depending on what test/game you use) but the GT is up to £100 cheaper than these cards.

I would like to point out that you are not buying an underclocked 6800 Ultra when you buy a GT. Yes you can clock it to Ultra speeds but think what the Ultra can be OC'd to  :devil:  Other than that it is single slot solution with quiet cooling (can't hear it even overclocked) and temps are never above high 60s (which is no worse than my old FX5900).

Overall, well pleased  Obviously my grin will not be as big as Rons who has just bought an x800XT but I'm Scottish and spent less money

[Doorman]

But only £350!  

[Anonymous]

No I spent £285, the one G-LoJ mentioned is £340.

[Doorman]

Originally posted by BlueBall@Sep 14 2004, 07:28 PM
No I spent £285, the one G-LoJ mentioned is £340.

No, I spent £350  

[Anonymous]

Good price!

[Gandalf]

well, to completely upgrade my computer (my poor 2700+ is getting on a bit) I decided to go down the amd 64 route.

Opted for

CA-030-LL   Lian-Li PC V1100 Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower (No PSU) (CA-030-LL) x 1
MB-063-AS   Asus A8V Deluxe (Socket 939) Wireless Edition Motherboard (MB-063-AS) x 1
CP-086-AM   AMD Athlon 64 3500 (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-086-AM) x 1
MY-057-CS   Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-5400 Pro TwinX (2x512MB) (MY-057-CS) x 1
HS-017-TR   ThermalRight XP-120 (Socket 754/939/478) Heatsink (HS-017-TR) x 1
FG-008-AK   Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm Blue LED fan (FG-008-AK) x 1
OA-001-AK   Akasa TIM-clean CPU & Heatsink Cleaner (OA-001-AK) x 1
AC-000-GL   GeIL High Performance Copper Thermal Coumpund  (AC-000-GL) x 1


The mobo supports the 64FX chip as well as the standard 64 so I can upgrade the cpu when they get a bit cheaper.

Lan-li case to hopefully quieten down my pc, as with the new gfx card, it's getting very loud. The 120mm cpu fan should help too

Benchmarks after the weekend.

[BigFatCat]

The blue LEDs in the fan will make it run cooler and faster, definitely.

[Gandalf]

hehe, that was the only 120mm fan they had in stock!

and it runs at 2000rpm so should be quiet and is close to the 1700rpm recommended for that heatsink.

anyway, still have the stock amd one that comes with the proc to fall back on if it all goes tits up

[Anonymous]

Nice system GLJ.

Ooooh I think I've come over all jealous