The recent Tomb Raider games (esp Legend) have been pretty darn good. --------------------------- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> Montreal Office +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 2:57 PM, DSinc <dx7...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Brian, > Thanks for the excellent report of your choices and use. I agree that you > do need the power you chose. For, me, I have had perfect service from my > trio of E8400 C2D's (now 1yr old) that run 24/7. Once I got all the > "user-caused" glitches worked out, these three procs now simply own me! I am > seriously thinking of adding a 4th identical platform to my LAN just because > they run so well. I have yet to find anything they will NOT do quickly and > easily. > > My gaming is limited to FlightSim 2K and the last three Tomb Raider > episodes. I use nVidia 9600 GT's (2) and one ATI4750. All three PC's have > 2GB of DDR3 RAM; and, use 160GB SATA drives from Seagate. > > May not be a Power-Ranger any longer, but these 3 units just really run so > sweet. I am very very happy. (Thanks List for suggestions). > Best, > Duncan > > > Brian Weeden wrote: > >> I bought a Q6600 for $250 in March 2008. I consider that to be a dirt >> cheap >> price to get a processor that will meet my foreseeable needs for 3-4 >> years. >> I bought a Radeon 4850 for $180 in Oct 2008 and it has suited me just >> fine. >> >> >> The last game I played - Batman Arkham Asylum - ran very smooth. And yes, >> I >> am running a 24" LCD. I've considered getting another 4850 and doing SLI, >> but I don't really see a need at this point and I'm not sure I"m going to >> get much value as opposed to waiting another 6 months and getting a whole >> new card. The next major game I will be playing a lot - Dragon >> Age:Origins >> - will probably run just fine on my current setup. >> >> However, I am still running a pair of Seagate SATA drives that I've had >> for >> years (250 GB boot, 80 GB data). So my upgrade this winter will be >> Windows >> 7 64-bit, another 4 GB of RAM (because I multitask a lot and run VMs), and >> a >> SSD boot drive. But I have no incentive to change my CPU. >> >> --------------------------- >> Brian Weeden >> Technical Advisor >> Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> >> Montreal Office >> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada >> +1 (202) 683-8534 US >> >> >> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Stan Zaske <swza...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> With gaming it depends on the resolution you play at. With a 30" monitor >>> you're going to need some decent horsepower and even with my 24" there >>> are >>> times I wish for something better than my 4850 (5850 coming up as soon as >>> price takes the 1st drop). I'm confused, you speak of an Intel quad core >>> processor you bought 2 years ago being dirt cheap? Did you get it used >>> because new and cheap don't equate to Intel processors. LOL >>> >>> >>> Brian Weeden wrote: >>> >>> Hard drives have been the major system bottleneck for most computer >>>> users >>>> for years now. I'm surprised that it's taken this long for that fact to >>>> settle in AND for companies to realize that's the future growth area. >>>> >>>> Video cards? Eh...unless you are a freak you can get by. I play most >>>> new >>>> games and get by just fine spending $200 every couple of years. >>>> Processor? The quad core intel I bought 2 years ago was dirt cheap and >>>> I >>>> have yet to saturate all 4 processors. >>>> >>>> --------------------------- >>>> Brian Weeden >>>> Technical Advisor >>>> Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> >>>> >>>> Montreal Office >>>> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada >>>> +1 (202) 683-8534 US >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Stan Zaske <swza...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Yep, Vista and Win7 are both very hardrive intensive compared to XP. >>>>> Better >>>>> pony up the dough and get a solid state drive with the "barefoot" >>>>> controller. LOL >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Steve Tomporowski wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I've noticed this 'problem' on both Vista and Win7. It seems like the >>>>>> system puts it's file manager to sleep, so that if you try to do a >>>>>> disk >>>>>> action, you get a substantial delay. For instance, I'll be playing a >>>>>> game, >>>>>> then I jump to email, when I try to drag and drop, there is a delay, I >>>>>> get >>>>>> the circle, then finally it moves the message. Of course, the next >>>>>> message >>>>>> goes quickly. The same with getting disk directories. I'll click on >>>>>> a >>>>>> drive, get the 1st half of folders, then the circle and then the >>>>>> moving >>>>>> bar, >>>>>> then it finally gives me all the folders. Of course, after that >>>>>> point, >>>>>> everything works quickly. My power settings are for always on, so >>>>>> it's >>>>>> not >>>>>> a power down. Anyone else seen this? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks....Steve >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >>>>>> signature database 4537 (20091023) __________ >>>>>> >>>>>> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.eset.com >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>> >>
