How to put my new computer through its paces

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I just bought a new computer that is arriving Monday:

CPU: E6700

Motherboard: Asus P5W DH Deluxe

GPU: 2 x HIS ATI x1950XTX 512MB in Crossfire

HDD: 1 x Western Digital S-ATA 150 GB 10,000 rpm Raptor

Display: HP-P1230 Diamondtron Aperture Grille 22" CRT

(manufatctured 2005, received as new replacement from HP in early 2006 - 2 years of afterservice and warranty remaining! Its basically brand new!)

Memory: 2 x 1GB DDR2 800 PC2-6400 Hynix Ram

ODD: LG GSA H12N DVD RW/R Drive, 3.5" Floppy

Sound card: Creative X-fi Xtreme Fidelity

PSU: Enermax Libery 620 Watt

Case: Antec P-180

Mouse: Logitech G5 Laser Mouse

Keyboard: Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard

Speakers: Creative Inspire GD580 5.1 Channel surround sound system

I haven't really played many games except Neverwinter NIghts for the last 3 years on my old computer. What are some good games to really test this new machine out? What games will showcase its performance? Will I be able to turn up most of the settings on modern games or do you still take a big FPS hit if you go crazy on the eye candy?
 
In Korea somehow they got it. I remember they had to make some calls to get the master and the slave.

Why, are they hard to find?
 
Damn that's one helluva rig you got there.

Try the following to push the limits:
Oblivion
Call of Duty 2
FEAR
Titan Quest

I think you can run everything at 1600x1200 maxxed out except Oblivion, probably 1280x1024 for Oblivion if you run HDR, aa, and aniso.
 
biggles said:
Damn that's one helluva rig you got there.

Try the following to push the limits:
Oblivion
Call of Duty 2
FEAR
Titan Quest

I think you can run everything at 1600x1200 maxxed out except Oblivion, probably 1280x1024 for Oblivion if you run HDR, aa, and aniso.
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He's got crossfire... A 1900xtx should run oblivion maxxed 1280x1024... He should be running everything 1920x1200
 
Yeah two of the new HIS ATI 1950XTX 512 MB in Crossfire is what I have for video. Seemed like they would be better than what I could get from Nvidia - but I am a bit of a Noob when it comes to computers.

I actually know nothing and cobbled my machine together after a 2 week forum posting binge here, Anand tech, and at Tom's Hardware asking everyone a million questions. Then I did some review reading and did my best to sort through all the results and this is what I came up with.

I thought the monitor was a sweet find - it should do 1900x 1200 rez I think.
 
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