Operation Upgrade **Final Stretch**

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[BB] Rick James

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What up fellas,

I got all my parts in yesterday, I couldn’t put the machine together though because I had stuff to do. Plus the girlfriend would have killed me since we had to clean for her parents coming over for dinner.   Anyway here are the specs of my new rig.

eVGA 7800 GTX (will purchase another for SLI soon)
FREE eVGA motherboard (I got in on that newegg packaged deal)
2 X 512 Crucial Ballistics Tracers DDR 4000
Athlon 64 4000+
HP 16 X Dual Layer Lightscribe burner
Sound Blaster X-FI sound card
19” Samsung SyncMaster 8ms
2 X 80 gig HD’s in RAID 0

I can’t wait to get this bad boy put together and run some games on it! I’ll post some benchies and results probably tomorrow once she is built.

BTW, would have guys have made some different changes in what I ordered? I didn’t go with an X2 processor because I have absolute no need for encoding something while playing a game. The 4000+ from the reviews and bench marks put it right up there with the X2’s and with some o/c’ing it should be just fine.

Over and out.
 
Aside from encoding and gaming, according to Kyle atleast, since most of us dont get to test every hardware combo known to man, he stuck with Intel because it was more fluid at desktop level than A64, but with the emergance of dual core he's now an A64 X2 guy. So I suppose it's a more overall pleasant experience, although me and I'm sure many others who have only tried single core A64's will say it feels just fine. So just something to think about.
 
even if you dont encode while gaming you might have a large rar file to uncompress and maybe you want to listen to some music and browse hardforum while doing so? may be different for athlon 64's but doing what i just said on my athlon xp 2800+ kills the performance.
 
Well I just got everything set up, the eVGA motherboard was bunk, it wouldn't post my memory. :( So I went out and picked up the Asus A8N SLI Deluxe board, this thing is the fastest rig I've ever had. I'll post some benchmarks when I'm done. I don't encode or do anything like that while gaming so I could care less about the X2's for now. When the multi-threading drivers and etc come out I'll take a further look at them; but for now I'm very pleased.
 
Well I just ordered my 2nd eVGA 7800 GTX with the BF2 bundle. Should be here by Wednesday I would think, I should be rocking out SLI soon. I'm pumped. My system benches 16,846 in 3Dmark 03 with no overclocking or tweaks. I can't wait to see what SLI will bring me.
 
Good work, thats a very impressive setup you have there. I bet it would have cost a lot of money?

And Battlefield2 will run like a treat on that machine, you will be very much pleasantly surprised when you crank the details up. And let us know how the SLI setup goes!
 
Roger that. Battlefield already runs like gold on the machine, I can't imagine what it will be like (details and etc) with SLI's AA and etc. I'll keep everyone posted. I should have the card by wednesday though. I'm excited.
 
Did the eVGA motherboard come in a retail box? I bought (2) BFG 7800GTX's yesterday and afterwards thought I made a mistake in not buying the eVGA bundle and selling the mobo to try and recoup some of the cost. Nice gear you got though.
 
riggs58 said:
Did the eVGA motherboard come in a retail box? I bought (2) BFG 7800GTX's yesterday and afterwards thought I made a mistake in not buying the eVGA bundle and selling the mobo to try and recoup some of the cost. Nice gear you got though.
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yes the motherboard was retail, ok board for being free according to some in the forums. with my 2nd eVGA card I went with the BF2 bundle.
 
Darn, wish i would've gone with the eVGA bundle deal then. Seen a few eVGA mobos going on ebay for around a hundred dollars - oh' well, live and learn I guess. thanks for the info.
 
The eVGA was a great idea. Just sell the mobo and make some money back. Its a great idea.
 
Alright fellas,

I just got done benching this bad boy. No tweaking, everything is on stock, my entire system is in my signature.

I got 27596 marks. I know benchmarks are kind of blah. I benched the system not in SLI mode and I got 16k.
 
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