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Confirmation needed on config change...
Been a while since I popped here last, been playing with my main system, and then sat and thought about it a lot.
Came up with the idea that AGP is finally dead, and PCIe is the only way forward.
The Gainward Bliss 7800GS+ is not fully capable at 1680x1050 in all games, and for the future, it can only get worse.
I was considering overvolting and such, but the gain would have been small, and I wouldn't have been impressed. Likely i would have fried it.
SO. My secondary system having a PCIe slot, i've decided to migrate to it.
I'm going from:
Athlon X2 4200+ @ 250fsb->2750MHz
2x512Mb DDR500 Corsair @3-3-3-8
7800GS+ AGP 512Mb (7900 24 pipe)
to:
Pentium D 945 3.4GHz @ 266fsb->4540MHz 1.35V
2x512Mb GSkil DDR2-800 @1068MHz 5-5-5-15 2.2V
->New PCIe G8800GTS/GTX or 2900XT
after seeing the perfs of the 2900XT, i'm leaning towards the 8800GTS-640Mb.
I'm just gonna try and wait a couple of weeks to see if the prices drop at all...
Before someone mentions Core2 or such, this mobo doesn't support it. its a i955X board.
I upgraded to it from a i915 board cos the i915 didn't take dual core.
New processor, new board, pisses me off.........not this time.
As far as my tests have shown, a 4.5GHz Pentium D seems equivalent or better to the X2.
3dm05 cpu test
x2 - 6501
PD - 8472 @4430MHz
------8625 @4540GHz
3dm06 cpu test
x2 - 2037
PD - 2186 @4430MHz
------2229 @4540GHz
Cinebench 9.5
x2 1cpu - 408
x2 2cpu - 763
x2 C4D - 435
x2 OGLsw - 1902
PD 1cpu - 389
PD 2cpu - 727
PD C4D - 537
PD OGLsw - 1917
All on aircooling (loud)
The X2 mobo, memory and graphics and cpu are gonna be sold to pay for the new PCIe graphics card.
If i was gonna change mobo etc, then i would go Core2 all the way, but will be too much money...
Anyone with a pentium D ? What type of config do you have, and is it fluid in games ?
Oblivion, Stalker, Test drive Unlimited, C&C3, etc...
I'm aiming for fluidity and FSAA and AF in 1680x1050...
All comments welcome
Came up with the idea that AGP is finally dead, and PCIe is the only way forward.
The Gainward Bliss 7800GS+ is not fully capable at 1680x1050 in all games, and for the future, it can only get worse.
I was considering overvolting and such, but the gain would have been small, and I wouldn't have been impressed. Likely i would have fried it.
SO. My secondary system having a PCIe slot, i've decided to migrate to it.
I'm going from:
Athlon X2 4200+ @ 250fsb->2750MHz
2x512Mb DDR500 Corsair @3-3-3-8
7800GS+ AGP 512Mb (7900 24 pipe)
to:
Pentium D 945 3.4GHz @ 266fsb->4540MHz 1.35V
2x512Mb GSkil DDR2-800 @1068MHz 5-5-5-15 2.2V
->New PCIe G8800GTS/GTX or 2900XT
after seeing the perfs of the 2900XT, i'm leaning towards the 8800GTS-640Mb.
I'm just gonna try and wait a couple of weeks to see if the prices drop at all...
Before someone mentions Core2 or such, this mobo doesn't support it. its a i955X board.
I upgraded to it from a i915 board cos the i915 didn't take dual core.
New processor, new board, pisses me off.........not this time.
As far as my tests have shown, a 4.5GHz Pentium D seems equivalent or better to the X2.
3dm05 cpu test
x2 - 6501
PD - 8472 @4430MHz
------8625 @4540GHz
3dm06 cpu test
x2 - 2037
PD - 2186 @4430MHz
------2229 @4540GHz
Cinebench 9.5
x2 1cpu - 408
x2 2cpu - 763
x2 C4D - 435
x2 OGLsw - 1902
PD 1cpu - 389
PD 2cpu - 727
PD C4D - 537
PD OGLsw - 1917
All on aircooling (loud)
The X2 mobo, memory and graphics and cpu are gonna be sold to pay for the new PCIe graphics card.
If i was gonna change mobo etc, then i would go Core2 all the way, but will be too much money...
Anyone with a pentium D ? What type of config do you have, and is it fluid in games ?
Oblivion, Stalker, Test drive Unlimited, C&C3, etc...
I'm aiming for fluidity and FSAA and AF in 1680x1050...
All comments welcome
Fractal Design Arc Mini R2, 3800X, Asus B450M-PRO mATX, 2x8GB B-die@3800C16, AMD Vega64, Seasonic 850W Gold, Black Ice Nemesis/Laing DDC/EKWB 240 Loop (VRM>CPU>GPU), Noctua Fans.
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