Just for grins, I ran the quake III benchmarks on my work laptop (IBM tp, 1.6Ghz) and found out that it can do 185fps in high quality @640x480, and 74fps in high quality @1600x1400. And they say laptops can't play games :)
It really puts my desktop system to shame :) Marlon William Wheatley wrote: >I use my dual athy for games > >just go out and buy a GForce4 TI4200 card ;) > >Even nforce2 is not going to have the top of the line gforce TI cards. >SO i will just use onboard video when i get an nforce2 board, when they come >out, for a 2nd monitor. > >Dual Tyan board with gforce ti4200 (you can get a lower model card and it >will still rock but i always have to buy the best :) ) >and 512 of ddr will be the shit ;) > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "FlashGuy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 10:09 AM >Subject: RE: Main/Mother - board Questions > > > > >>What would you guys suggest for a wicked PC for graphics and games? >> >> >>On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 09:03:20 -0600, Kevin Graeme wrote: >> >> >> >>>Sorry about the E. Don't feel bad though, I forgot the U in Phoeun's >>> >>> >name > > >>>yesterday. And people in the U.S. never seem to know how to spell >>> >>> >Graeme. > > >>>I just put together a nForce system for a friend. I share your dislike >>> >>> >of > > >>>VIA and was hoping that this would go smoother, but the nForce "unified >>>drivers" are basically the same thing as the VIA 4in1s except that it's >>>harder to install just one piece. Great board once I got it all worked >>> >>> >out, > > >>>but a lot more work than I expected. >>> >>>-Kevin Graeme >>> >>> >>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: William Wheatley [mailto:bill@;ediets.com] >>>>Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 8:44 AM >>>>To: CF-Community >>>>Subject: Re: Main/Mother - board Questions >>>> >>>> >>>>Bah its wheatley ;) >>>>hehe ok though if i had a nickel for every person that forgot that E >>>> >>>>naw my current athy doesnt have an AC. Just replaced all the >>>>stock fans with >>>>smart fans that run at the rpm needed so alot of the time it is hardly >>>> >>>> >a > > >>>>whisper but i do have 8 fans in it counting the 2 CPU fans. >>>> >>>>Nice thing about that Tiger board is its not VIA chipset i really hate >>>> >>>> >AMD > > >>>>boards with via chipset cause you have to get that stupid Via 4in1 >>>> >>>> >driver > > >>>>and its really a pain in the ass but that board from Tyan is not >>>>via so you >>>>are good to go. That board has given me no problems but i would update >>>> >>>> >the > > >>>>bios as soon as you get it and you should be set. It is by far the >>>> >>>> >most > > >>>>stable amd board i've seen i used to use this asus k7 board that >>>>was pretty >>>>good but this one is by far better in my opnion. >>>> >>>>The computer i had with the AC was this old cryotech box i had K7 666 >>>>w/3dnow ;). Was an awesome little box ran its heart out for me and the >>>>temperature was always -45C becuase of the silicon seal around the cpu >>>> >>>> >it > > >>>>was very cool. I really should have overclocked it since that is why i >>>> >>>> >got > > >>>>the AC box but it ran pretty good so i didnt want to screw it up >>>> >>>> >>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 9:35 AM >>>>Subject: RE: Main/Mother - board Questions >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>What will you be doing with the new box? >>>>> >>>>>I ask because modern processors run really, really hot and >>>>> >>>>> >>>>multiprocessor >>>> >>>> >>>>>boxes require particular attention to cooling. More cooling >>>>> >>>>> >typically > > >>>>means >>>> >>>> >>>>>more fans which means more noise. The reason I've avoided going >>>>> >>>>> >>>>MP for my >>>> >>>> >>>>>personal computer is that I don't really want a noisy space heater >>>>> >>>>> >right > > >>>>by >>>> >>>> >>>>>my legs. Which probably explains why Wheatly has an >>>>> >>>>> >>>>air-conditioner in his >>>> >>>> >>>>>:-) >>>>> >>>>>As for Athlon vs Intel, they're both wonderful. I find that the >>>>> >>>>> >Athlon > > >>>>>systems I've built have all required a little more attention to bios >>>>>updates, drivers, etc than the Intel systems. That means that an >>>>> >>>>> >Intel > > >>>>>system can go together in a day and by two days later I know its >>>>> >>>>> >stable. > > >>>>>With the Athlon system, it goes together just as fast, but I >>>>> >>>>> >>>>usually spend >>>>a >>>> >>>> >>>>>week with a new motherboard to make sure it's all good. >>>>> >>>>>-Kevin Graeme >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>>>From: Duane Boudreau [mailto:duane@;cfexperts.com] >>>>>>Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 8:04 AM >>>>>>To: CF-Community >>>>>>Subject: RE: Main/Mother - board Questions >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>I must admit I am prejudiced towards Intel, but maybe its time to >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>consider >>>> >>>> >>>>>>Athlon. OMG, first I start thinking about installing a Linux >>>>>> >>>>>> >server, > > >>>>then >>>> >>>> >>>>>>an Athlon desktop. WTH is next? *LOL* >>>>>> >>>>>>Duane >>>>>> >>>>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>>>From: William Wheatley [mailto:bill@;ediets.com] >>>>>>Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 8:52 AM >>>>>>To: CF-Community >>>>>>Subject: Re: Main/Mother - board Questions >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Yes my Dual MP 2000's are my babies ;) >>>>>> >>>>>>Dude screw going with Intel unless you get Dual p3's you gotta >>>>>> >>>>>> >spring > > >>>>for >>>> >>>> >>>>>>xeons and they things are way too overpriced imho. >>>>>>They have come down alot but in the years i've had dual athys the >>>>>> >>>>>> >only > > >>>>>>problem i've had is Jedi Knight II wouldnt run multiplayer >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>for the first >>>> >>>> >>>>>>week until they put a patch out because it wouldnt work with DUAL >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>athlons. >>>> >>>> >>>>>>And that board is the same one i have awesome board it rocks and >>>>>>well worth >>>>>>the money. >>>>>> >>>>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>From: "Timothy Heald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>>To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>>Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 8:42 AM >>>>>>Subject: RE: Main/Mother - board Questions >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>Depends on the OS. With Win 2K MS has multithreading >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>balanced across >>>> >>>> >>>>>>browsers. I have a dual 1.2 gig Dell server that I use to game >>>>>> >>>>>> >and > > >>>>>>everything. I can track both processors getting equal load across >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>almost >>>> >>>> >>>>>>all applications, games, server apps, just about everything. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>Tim >>>>>>> >>>>>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>>>>From: FlashGuy [mailto:flashmx@;rogers.com] >>>>>>>Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 8:39 AM >>>>>>>To: CF-Community >>>>>>>Subject: Re: Main/Mother - board Questions >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Can someone explain the benefits of a dual-processor? What >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>would take >>>> >>>> >>>>>>advantage of dualies? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>What applications would run faster (Photoshop etc.). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:25:08 -0500, Duane Boudreau wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>I'm thinking its finally time to pass my Dell PIII down >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>the line to >>>>my >>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>daughter. This time I'm going completely custom. Does >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>anyone know of >>>>a >>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>main/mother-board that supports 2 Intel PIV processors? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>I found this dual athlon MB, but would like to compare to >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>something that >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>>supports Intel. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.a >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>sp?sku=W45 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>0-2000 >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Thanks, >>>>>>>Duane >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
