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I just recently set up a tri-screen in 8.10 64bit. I have an 8500 and an 8600 .. its alllllll about how you set up your xorg.conf.. when ig eth ome, ill try and post up my xorg.conf file. fwiw, i am using the nvidia drivers from their website.

Hi Guys, Started a new build over the weekend; Asus P5Q-E Intel Q6600 Some other goodies. Hook everything up, flick the switch on the back of the power supply, and the two LED switches on the board just blink on and off. I did get it to work once.. but it threw a bunch of errors...

I also have about 9 degrees difference in one core.. although its not stuck

VGA .. probably ambient temperatures.. case temperatues etc.. nothing to be too concerned about

I have the same problem.. new Q9450 .. same thing.. one core is 11 degrees warmer than the others.. although my idle temps are much higher than yours.. and thats with a TRUE cooler :@ under load i max at 53 degrees C .. and idle about mid 30's

?!?! Keep the E8400 @ 3.6 .. what real world gains are you going to get from a new chip? basically none. 3.6 vs 4.0 .. meh.. no difference.

Thanks.. Good thing i saved "Firing shots off from the pump action Oatmeal gun" so i can claim "best post of the century" next century..

err.. 3.6 gigs vs 4ish gigs probably won't be a huge difference, considering the majority of the time your computer just sits there displaying the same porn picture while you fire off some knuckle children..

Deluge!

90-100fps? err.. isnt screen refresh on at 60hz? maybe 75 depending if you're rockin an old CRT? Its a win win situation.. pick a chip.. overlock.. profit.

Probably not, but if you want to be on the safe side.. go for it. Remember, quantity does not always equal quality.

Most cards dont work in a MAC due to the lack of drivers... By keeping almost all aspects of the hardware controlled by them, they can achieve some great stability... unlike Windows, which has to go through almost epic efforts to be backwards compatible with all pieces of hardware..

yes.

wait for the 9450 or 9550 to drop in 3 weeks.. if you can afford that is.. price will still be a concern though.

If its running too hot, slap a Zalman 9700 on it, turn it to low.. and watch the temps drops 15 degrees.. call it a day. 1 gig is more than enough for a FreeBSD box... so is the 3.2 GHz, and 2Mb L2 cache.. stick with it.. dont waste money on something new just to have it do the exact same...

Choose your weapon.. It doesn't matter, as FSX is very cpu limited

P4 3.2 not cutting it for that? That is way overkill for what you need it for.. you could be running those services off of an old pentium 2. FreeBSD is a very lean system, it doesnt require any serious computing power.. and a C2D seems to be a waste just for mild webserving and ftp?? Can...

Actually, i don't run the simulator.. i couldn't if i tried. Generally a Q6600 OC'd to 3.6, with vista 64 and 4 gigs of ram only hits about 25-26 fps .. and this is with traffic and some clouds turned down. Try to run on 3 monitors (which would be ideal), and we're looking at 7-8 fps.. my P4...

Simple tasks? I just upgraded to my P4 3.2 last year .. :D does everything i need it to.

Im definitely looking forward to it, seems it will be a positive upgrade path for FlightSimX , as that application is CPU bound, and not GPU bound.. maybe, just maybe.. Nehalem will allow FSX to run at a decent res, or on.. *shock* 2 monitors!! ..

The consensus here is that that 9450 is about 6% faster clock per clock. Although the Q6600 might be a little friendlier on the overclocking side of things. I personally would love a Q9550 right now, just waiting for the price to come down.

Interesting, i added KDE just last week, and i got kde 3? I guess it depends on the repositories... please post the output of lspci

Seems like a bit of a waste of money no? 3.3 vs potential 3.6? Especially in a time where quads are absolutely not being used to their full potential..

Meh, personal preference.. whichever you choose to keep, its a good decision. Either way you win.

fft = fast fourier transform... basically a test for the cpu.

Its fine, the picture makes it look bent at a higher angle due to the flash reflection..

Maybe the porn is sub-par?

Considering your ambient temperature of 50+C .. this seems normal.. although still high. An aftermarket cooler will help, but probably not much due to your ambient temps..

What kind of FPS are you getting with this setup? Im in the process of building a rig for FSX.. its nerve wrecking though.. FSX basically trumps any modern hardware due to poor coding, and intense on the fly rendering..

Thanks, I'll look into X-Plane

Bah, FSX is becoming a nightmare for me... I have to build a box for someone solely for the use of FSX .. of course he wants 3 monitors.. and eventually to run it on 3 high def projectors... all of which are basically impossible on FSX since its poor coding, and high dependancy on clock...

I have a 3ware card running udner Debian.. beautiful.. easy setup.. great CLI administration tools .. i couldnt be happier.. i have the 8 port one, you may just need the 4 port.. prices will vary.. i also believe it requires a 4x slot? double check on that..

Download Ubuntu LiveCD .. mount the NTFS drive .. and copy the data off to an external HDD. works everytime.

Ambien ttemperature? It is summer time..

Any particular reason? Which Xeons do you have? I would assume that this would probably be a waste of money, as theres no appreciable gains...

no appreciable difference in upgrade from an E6600.. waste of money. Spend it elsewhere. Make sure you are not swapping to the hard drive..

Vista? Had the same problem with a 7300LE .. i believe there was a microsoft fix for this out there.

It would be a waste of money at this point.. the E6700 is a strong chip.. without overclocking, no other chip will give you a valuable gain for your money.. At this point in the game, spend the money on a large, quiet cooler, overclock to 3ghz .. overclocking your chip 333Mhz will be a breeze.

Doubtful, especially on the newer cards which generate much more heat than say an 8400GS

Stay away from KDE and GNOME on hardware that old.. they're just too demanding. Look into a lighter weight Desktop manager..