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Good OC on the Phenom. I have one in my office machine that I hope to overclock too. I read something about the cores being locked??? I guess the extra juice your box uses is due to the four cores...are games using four cores now? On 1/15/2010 12:03 AM, Stan Zaske wrote: A Gigabyte 785 chipset mobo with a Phenom II X2 545 OC'd to 3.750 GHz @ 1.4v. A 500 GB hardrive and DVD burner all housed in a Cooler Master CM690 with 4 120mm fans. My dedicated gaming box. :-) On 1/14/2010 5:11 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: What have you got in that beast? I have a dual core E6850 system here that uses 60 W at idle and 120 W loaded. Of course, it has a super wimpy vidcard it in at the moment. On 1/14/2010 3:07 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: I'm really enjoying my 5770. Acording to my Kill A Watt the idle power went from 150 to 115 and loaded 235 to 205. Pretty good drop and a lot faster to boot. On 1/13/2010 9:38 PM, Greg Sevart wrote: My 8800GT got 6.9, but I just replaced it with a Radeon 5770, which gets 7.4. My disk sub-score is 7.9 with two Intel G2 SSDs. :) -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:44 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey I just installed Win 7 on my machine. I have an Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 graphics card that I have had for about 9 months now. This card gives me 7.4 for both graphics scored. My HD score is a lowly 5.9. This is with a VelociRaptor for the boot drive and 3 1TB WD black drives. I have dreams of SSDs. LOL. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:52 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey Graphics and gaming graphics are both 7.1 which is not bad. Unfortunately, I don't remember what the old 4850 was so can't compare the two. If you're looking for a 7.7 you'll need to step up to the 5850 or 5870 but what's the point if you never game. Might as well stay with what you have. On 1/13/2010 5:50 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Cooler with less power is good. What kind of WEI do you get under Windows 7? I've been thinking of upgrading my Geforce 8800 GTS to something, as this inexpensive Radeon HD 4670 is just a few clicks under it on WEI (6.4 vs 6.9). I'd like to get above 7.0 on my home system. Of course, going from 6.9 to 7.0 is kinda stoopid, so I'd need some good reasons to make that move (like a 7.7+ on WEI under Win7 and less power consumption/heat and lower noise). I think the HD 4670 was a good buy for my office system, though. I can't see buying a top of the line vidcard as I NEVER play games. On 1/12/2010 11:09 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: Well, I used some cash in my PayPal account and bought a VisionTech HD5770. It arrived today and it's a sweet video card. My old (VisionTech coincidently) HD4850 is noticeably less powerful and burned many more electrons at idle and load. The card also runs much cooler (reported by Catlalyst Control) and the fan so far has not exceeded 30% playing games. I paid $160 and sold my old card for $80 so don't feel guilty for spending the money. Too bad it's not a 5850 but I just couldn't justify the price for my modest needs. Anybody else bought a new card lately or got one for Xmas? No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.139/2620 - Release Date: 01/14/10 02:35:00 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.141/2622 - Release Date: 01/14/10 14:35:00
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I bought mine on Ebay and I suspect dude was selling because he couldn't unlock the other 2 cores but I'm satisfied at the dual core performance and the price I paid. The latest games are indeed using more than 2 cores but my gaming experience is smooth as butter and I have the eye candy maxed out at 1920x1200 resolution. I need to reinstall Crysis and Warhead but suspect they will be set on medium as usual. On 1/15/2010 4:19 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Good OC on the Phenom. I have one in my office machine that I hope to overclock too. I read something about the cores being locked??? I guess the extra juice your box uses is due to the four cores...are games using four cores now? On 1/15/2010 12:03 AM, Stan Zaske wrote: A Gigabyte 785 chipset mobo with a Phenom II X2 545 OC'd to 3.750 GHz @ 1.4v. A 500 GB hardrive and DVD burner all housed in a Cooler Master CM690 with 4 120mm fans. My dedicated gaming box. :-) On 1/14/2010 5:11 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: What have you got in that beast? I have a dual core E6850 system here that uses 60 W at idle and 120 W loaded. Of course, it has a super wimpy vidcard it in at the moment. On 1/14/2010 3:07 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: I'm really enjoying my 5770. Acording to my Kill A Watt the idle power went from 150 to 115 and loaded 235 to 205. Pretty good drop and a lot faster to boot. On 1/13/2010 9:38 PM, Greg Sevart wrote: My 8800GT got 6.9, but I just replaced it with a Radeon 5770, which gets 7.4. My disk sub-score is 7.9 with two Intel G2 SSDs. :) -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:44 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey I just installed Win 7 on my machine. I have an Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 graphics card that I have had for about 9 months now. This card gives me 7.4 for both graphics scored. My HD score is a lowly 5.9. This is with a VelociRaptor for the boot drive and 3 1TB WD black drives. I have dreams of SSDs. LOL. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:52 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey Graphics and gaming graphics are both 7.1 which is not bad. Unfortunately, I don't remember what the old 4850 was so can't compare the two. If you're looking for a 7.7 you'll need to step up to the 5850 or 5870 but what's the point if you never game. Might as well stay with what you have. On 1/13/2010 5:50 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Cooler with less power is good. What kind of WEI do you get under Windows 7? I've been thinking of upgrading my Geforce 8800 GTS to something, as this inexpensive Radeon HD 4670 is just a few clicks under it on WEI (6.4 vs 6.9). I'd like to get above 7.0 on my home system. Of course, going from 6.9 to 7.0 is kinda stoopid, so I'd need some good reasons to make that move (like a 7.7+ on WEI under Win7 and less power consumption/heat and lower noise). I think the HD 4670 was a good buy for my office system, though. I can't see buying a top of the line vidcard as I NEVER play games. On 1/12/2010 11:09 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: Well, I used some cash in my PayPal account and bought a VisionTech HD5770. It arrived today and it's a sweet video card. My old (VisionTech coincidently) HD4850 is noticeably less powerful and burned many more electrons at idle and load. The card also runs much cooler (reported by Catlalyst Control) and the fan so far has not exceeded 30% playing games. I paid $160 and sold my old card for $80 so don't feel guilty for spending the money. Too bad it's not a 5850 but I just couldn't justify the price for my modest needs. Anybody else bought a new card lately or got one for Xmas? No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.139/2620 - Release Date: 01/14/10 02:35:00 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.141/2622 - Release Date: 01/14/10 14:35:00
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Stan, I do some gaming. Mostly single player Call of Duty and games like that. I do run fold...@home and s...@home. I was using the GPU for Seti, but it put out way too much heat. Basically, when I was building the system, I was trying to get the most I could that I wanted to pay for. That way, I don't have to spend more and upgrade the GPU in a couple of years. My memory gives me a 7.8 with 6GB of Corsair Dominators. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 3:01 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey I'm curious Bobby, since you don't game what do you need a GTX 285 for. Are you fold...@home or doing some Cuda stuff? My hard drive score is 4.8 and memory is 7.4 by the way. On 1/13/2010 8:44 PM, Bobby Heid wrote: I just installed Win 7 on my machine. I have an Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 graphics card that I have had for about 9 months now. This card gives me 7.4 for both graphics scored. My HD score is a lowly 5.9. This is with a VelociRaptor for the boot drive and 3 1TB WD black drives. I have dreams of SSDs. LOL. Bobby
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Sorry Bobby, got you and Anthony mixed up. Good point about getting the best to avoid upgrades for several years. That's the reason I was aiming for a 5850 but when it came down to it, just can't justify spending that much for one component. And really the 5770 that I got is so much better than the 4850 it replaced. On 1/15/2010 10:30 AM, Bobby Heid wrote: Stan, I do some gaming. Mostly single player Call of Duty and games like that. I do run fold...@home and s...@home. I was using the GPU for Seti, but it put out way too much heat. Basically, when I was building the system, I was trying to get the most I could that I wanted to pay for. That way, I don't have to spend more and upgrade the GPU in a couple of years. My memory gives me a 7.8 with 6GB of Corsair Dominators. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 3:01 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey I'm curious Bobby, since you don't game what do you need a GTX 285 for. Are you fold...@home or doing some Cuda stuff? My hard drive score is 4.8 and memory is 7.4 by the way. On 1/13/2010 8:44 PM, Bobby Heid wrote: I just installed Win 7 on my machine. I have an Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 graphics card that I have had for about 9 months now. This card gives me 7.4 for both graphics scored. My HD score is a lowly 5.9. This is with a VelociRaptor for the boot drive and 3 1TB WD black drives. I have dreams of SSDs. LOL. Bobby
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Yes. When I was weighing getting one 160GB G2 vs two 80GBs and stripe them, I opted for the later since the price was nearly the same. I don't really think it gets me that much better real world performance, but it does help on sequential writes, which is one area the Intel SSDs are a bit weak. There is an increased chance of data loss, but I back up my machine nightly, so I don't worry too much about that either. The greatest thing, however, is that in a couple years when it's time to move on to a newer, faster, bigger SSD, I can upgrade two other systems instead of just one. That was the biggest reason behind it. Greg -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 1:30 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey WowI get 7.4 with one Intel G2 SSD. Are yours striped? On 1/13/2010 10:38 PM, Greg Sevart wrote: My 8800GT got 6.9, but I just replaced it with a Radeon 5770, which gets 7.4. My disk sub-score is 7.9 with two Intel G2 SSDs. :)
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One major disadvantage, you can't use TRIM on the drives and I'm guessing the raid will increase latency a bit. Eli On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Greg Sevart ad...@xfury.net wrote: Yes. When I was weighing getting one 160GB G2 vs two 80GBs and stripe them, I opted for the later since the price was nearly the same. I don't really think it gets me that much better real world performance, but it does help on sequential writes, which is one area the Intel SSDs are a bit weak. There is an increased chance of data loss, but I back up my machine nightly, so I don't worry too much about that either. The greatest thing, however, is that in a couple years when it's time to move on to a newer, faster, bigger SSD, I can upgrade two other systems instead of just one. That was the biggest reason behind it. Greg
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I'm curious Bobby, since you don't game what do you need a GTX 285 for. Are you fold...@home or doing some Cuda stuff? My hard drive score is 4.8 and memory is 7.4 by the way. On 1/13/2010 8:44 PM, Bobby Heid wrote: I just installed Win 7 on my machine. I have an Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 graphics card that I have had for about 9 months now. This card gives me 7.4 for both graphics scored. My HD score is a lowly 5.9. This is with a VelociRaptor for the boot drive and 3 1TB WD black drives. I have dreams of SSDs. LOL. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:52 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey Graphics and gaming graphics are both 7.1 which is not bad. Unfortunately, I don't remember what the old 4850 was so can't compare the two. If you're looking for a 7.7 you'll need to step up to the 5850 or 5870 but what's the point if you never game. Might as well stay with what you have. On 1/13/2010 5:50 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Cooler with less power is good. What kind of WEI do you get under Windows 7? I've been thinking of upgrading my Geforce 8800 GTS to something, as this inexpensive Radeon HD 4670 is just a few clicks under it on WEI (6.4 vs 6.9). I'd like to get above 7.0 on my home system. Of course, going from 6.9 to 7.0 is kinda stoopid, so I'd need some good reasons to make that move (like a 7.7+ on WEI under Win7 and less power consumption/heat and lower noise). I think the HD 4670 was a good buy for my office system, though. I can't see buying a top of the line vidcard as I NEVER play games. On 1/12/2010 11:09 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: Well, I used some cash in my PayPal account and bought a VisionTech HD5770. It arrived today and it's a sweet video card. My old (VisionTech coincidently) HD4850 is noticeably less powerful and burned many more electrons at idle and load. The card also runs much cooler (reported by Catlalyst Control) and the fan so far has not exceeded 30% playing games. I paid $160 and sold my old card for $80 so don't feel guilty for spending the money. Too bad it's not a 5850 but I just couldn't justify the price for my modest needs. Anybody else bought a new card lately or got one for Xmas?
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I think I'm going to install a gameso I can say I'm not going for bragging rights trying to get my WEI graphic scores above 7. :) On 1/14/2010 3:00 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: I'm curious Bobby, since you don't game what do you need a GTX 285 for. Are you fold...@home or doing some Cuda stuff? My hard drive score is 4.8 and memory is 7.4 by the way. On 1/13/2010 8:44 PM, Bobby Heid wrote: I just installed Win 7 on my machine. I have an Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 graphics card that I have had for about 9 months now. This card gives me 7.4 for both graphics scored. My HD score is a lowly 5.9. This is with a VelociRaptor for the boot drive and 3 1TB WD black drives. I have dreams of SSDs. LOL. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:52 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey Graphics and gaming graphics are both 7.1 which is not bad. Unfortunately, I don't remember what the old 4850 was so can't compare the two. If you're looking for a 7.7 you'll need to step up to the 5850 or 5870 but what's the point if you never game. Might as well stay with what you have. On 1/13/2010 5:50 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Cooler with less power is good. What kind of WEI do you get under Windows 7? I've been thinking of upgrading my Geforce 8800 GTS to something, as this inexpensive Radeon HD 4670 is just a few clicks under it on WEI (6.4 vs 6.9). I'd like to get above 7.0 on my home system. Of course, going from 6.9 to 7.0 is kinda stoopid, so I'd need some good reasons to make that move (like a 7.7+ on WEI under Win7 and less power consumption/heat and lower noise). I think the HD 4670 was a good buy for my office system, though. I can't see buying a top of the line vidcard as I NEVER play games. On 1/12/2010 11:09 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: Well, I used some cash in my PayPal account and bought a VisionTech HD5770. It arrived today and it's a sweet video card. My old (VisionTech coincidently) HD4850 is noticeably less powerful and burned many more electrons at idle and load. The card also runs much cooler (reported by Catlalyst Control) and the fan so far has not exceeded 30% playing games. I paid $160 and sold my old card for $80 so don't feel guilty for spending the money. Too bad it's not a 5850 but I just couldn't justify the price for my modest needs. Anybody else bought a new card lately or got one for Xmas? No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.139/2620 - Release Date: 01/14/10 02:35:00
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I'm really enjoying my 5770. Acording to my Kill A Watt the idle power went from 150 to 115 and loaded 235 to 205. Pretty good drop and a lot faster to boot. On 1/13/2010 9:38 PM, Greg Sevart wrote: My 8800GT got 6.9, but I just replaced it with a Radeon 5770, which gets 7.4. My disk sub-score is 7.9 with two Intel G2 SSDs. :) -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:44 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey I just installed Win 7 on my machine. I have an Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 graphics card that I have had for about 9 months now. This card gives me 7.4 for both graphics scored. My HD score is a lowly 5.9. This is with a VelociRaptor for the boot drive and 3 1TB WD black drives. I have dreams of SSDs. LOL. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:52 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey Graphics and gaming graphics are both 7.1 which is not bad. Unfortunately, I don't remember what the old 4850 was so can't compare the two. If you're looking for a 7.7 you'll need to step up to the 5850 or 5870 but what's the point if you never game. Might as well stay with what you have. On 1/13/2010 5:50 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Cooler with less power is good. What kind of WEI do you get under Windows 7? I've been thinking of upgrading my Geforce 8800 GTS to something, as this inexpensive Radeon HD 4670 is just a few clicks under it on WEI (6.4 vs 6.9). I'd like to get above 7.0 on my home system. Of course, going from 6.9 to 7.0 is kinda stoopid, so I'd need some good reasons to make that move (like a 7.7+ on WEI under Win7 and less power consumption/heat and lower noise). I think the HD 4670 was a good buy for my office system, though. I can't see buying a top of the line vidcard as I NEVER play games. On 1/12/2010 11:09 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: Well, I used some cash in my PayPal account and bought a VisionTech HD5770. It arrived today and it's a sweet video card. My old (VisionTech coincidently) HD4850 is noticeably less powerful and burned many more electrons at idle and load. The card also runs much cooler (reported by Catlalyst Control) and the fan so far has not exceeded 30% playing games. I paid $160 and sold my old card for $80 so don't feel guilty for spending the money. Too bad it's not a 5850 but I just couldn't justify the price for my modest needs. Anybody else bought a new card lately or got one for Xmas?
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Whoops my bad I forgot it was you Anthony that didn't game. If I might make a suggestion, why not try out a first person online shooter called Left4Dead II. It's a lot of fun playing with people especially with a mic so you can talk with each other. On 1/14/2010 2:15 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I think I'm going to install a gameso I can say I'm not going for bragging rights trying to get my WEI graphic scores above 7. :) On 1/14/2010 3:00 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: I'm curious Bobby, since you don't game what do you need a GTX 285 for. Are you fold...@home or doing some Cuda stuff? My hard drive score is 4.8 and memory is 7.4 by the way. On 1/13/2010 8:44 PM, Bobby Heid wrote: I just installed Win 7 on my machine. I have an Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 graphics card that I have had for about 9 months now. This card gives me 7.4 for both graphics scored. My HD score is a lowly 5.9. This is with a VelociRaptor for the boot drive and 3 1TB WD black drives. I have dreams of SSDs. LOL. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:52 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey Graphics and gaming graphics are both 7.1 which is not bad. Unfortunately, I don't remember what the old 4850 was so can't compare the two. If you're looking for a 7.7 you'll need to step up to the 5850 or 5870 but what's the point if you never game. Might as well stay with what you have. On 1/13/2010 5:50 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Cooler with less power is good. What kind of WEI do you get under Windows 7? I've been thinking of upgrading my Geforce 8800 GTS to something, as this inexpensive Radeon HD 4670 is just a few clicks under it on WEI (6.4 vs 6.9). I'd like to get above 7.0 on my home system. Of course, going from 6.9 to 7.0 is kinda stoopid, so I'd need some good reasons to make that move (like a 7.7+ on WEI under Win7 and less power consumption/heat and lower noise). I think the HD 4670 was a good buy for my office system, though. I can't see buying a top of the line vidcard as I NEVER play games. On 1/12/2010 11:09 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: Well, I used some cash in my PayPal account and bought a VisionTech HD5770. It arrived today and it's a sweet video card. My old (VisionTech coincidently) HD4850 is noticeably less powerful and burned many more electrons at idle and load. The card also runs much cooler (reported by Catlalyst Control) and the fan so far has not exceeded 30% playing games. I paid $160 and sold my old card for $80 so don't feel guilty for spending the money. Too bad it's not a 5850 but I just couldn't justify the price for my modest needs. Anybody else bought a new card lately or got one for Xmas? No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.139/2620 - Release Date: 01/14/10 02:35:00
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Hello Stan, Thursday, January 14, 2010, 2:29:22 PM, you wrote: If I might make a suggestion, why not try out a first person online shooter called Left4Dead II. It's a lot of fun playing with people especially with a mic so you can talk with each other. Seconded. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line...
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Hello Stan, Thursday, January 14, 2010, 2:07:22 PM, you wrote: I'm really enjoying my 5770. Acording to my Kill A Watt the idle power went from 150 to 115 and loaded 235 to 205. Pretty good drop and a lot faster to boot. Well done. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line...
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Hello Anthony, Thursday, January 14, 2010, 2:15:22 PM, you wrote: I think I'm going to install a gameso I can say I'm not going for bragging rights trying to get my WEI graphic scores above 7. :) Ok seriously... what's up with WEI. I see all this talk about it, it cannot be that good of a benchmark. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line...
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It's called obsession, my friend! On 1/14/2010 5:42 PM, Joe User wrote: Hello Anthony, Thursday, January 14, 2010, 2:15:22 PM, you wrote: I think I'm going to install a gameso I can say I'm not going for bragging rights trying to get my WEI graphic scores above 7. :) Ok seriously... what's up with WEI. I see all this talk about it, it cannot be that good of a benchmark. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.141/2622 - Release Date: 01/14/10 14:35:00
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What have you got in that beast? I have a dual core E6850 system here that uses 60 W at idle and 120 W loaded. Of course, it has a super wimpy vidcard it in at the moment. On 1/14/2010 3:07 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: I'm really enjoying my 5770. Acording to my Kill A Watt the idle power went from 150 to 115 and loaded 235 to 205. Pretty good drop and a lot faster to boot. On 1/13/2010 9:38 PM, Greg Sevart wrote: My 8800GT got 6.9, but I just replaced it with a Radeon 5770, which gets 7.4. My disk sub-score is 7.9 with two Intel G2 SSDs. :) -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:44 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey I just installed Win 7 on my machine. I have an Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 graphics card that I have had for about 9 months now. This card gives me 7.4 for both graphics scored. My HD score is a lowly 5.9. This is with a VelociRaptor for the boot drive and 3 1TB WD black drives. I have dreams of SSDs. LOL. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:52 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey Graphics and gaming graphics are both 7.1 which is not bad. Unfortunately, I don't remember what the old 4850 was so can't compare the two. If you're looking for a 7.7 you'll need to step up to the 5850 or 5870 but what's the point if you never game. Might as well stay with what you have. On 1/13/2010 5:50 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Cooler with less power is good. What kind of WEI do you get under Windows 7? I've been thinking of upgrading my Geforce 8800 GTS to something, as this inexpensive Radeon HD 4670 is just a few clicks under it on WEI (6.4 vs 6.9). I'd like to get above 7.0 on my home system. Of course, going from 6.9 to 7.0 is kinda stoopid, so I'd need some good reasons to make that move (like a 7.7+ on WEI under Win7 and less power consumption/heat and lower noise). I think the HD 4670 was a good buy for my office system, though. I can't see buying a top of the line vidcard as I NEVER play games. On 1/12/2010 11:09 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: Well, I used some cash in my PayPal account and bought a VisionTech HD5770. It arrived today and it's a sweet video card. My old (VisionTech coincidently) HD4850 is noticeably less powerful and burned many more electrons at idle and load. The card also runs much cooler (reported by Catlalyst Control) and the fan so far has not exceeded 30% playing games. I paid $160 and sold my old card for $80 so don't feel guilty for spending the money. Too bad it's not a 5850 but I just couldn't justify the price for my modest needs. Anybody else bought a new card lately or got one for Xmas? No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.139/2620 - Release Date: 01/14/10 02:35:00
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Yes, I am aware that it does not currently support TRIM, and I knew that going in. Frankly, calling it a major disadvantage isn't really accurate--the Intel drives have extremely good used performance without it. Any increase in latency is going to be tiny. My 4k random I/O numbers are still quite a bit better than a single drive. It's likely that a new generation of Intel RAID drivers will support TRIM, but again, it isn't as huge of a deal as some make it out to be. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Eli Allen Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 10:25 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey One major disadvantage, you can't use TRIM on the drives and I'm guessing the raid will increase latency a bit. Eli On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Greg Sevart ad...@xfury.net wrote: Yes. When I was weighing getting one 160GB G2 vs two 80GBs and stripe them, I opted for the later since the price was nearly the same. I don't really think it gets me that much better real world performance, but it does help on sequential writes, which is one area the Intel SSDs are a bit weak. There is an increased chance of data loss, but I back up my machine nightly, so I don't worry too much about that either. The greatest thing, however, is that in a couple years when it's time to move on to a newer, faster, bigger SSD, I can upgrade two other systems instead of just one. That was the biggest reason behind it. Greg
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Hello Anthony, Thursday, January 14, 2010, 5:09:07 PM, you wrote: It's called obsession, my friend! That answers that! -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line...
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LOL On 1/14/2010 5:09 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: It's called obsession, my friend! On 1/14/2010 5:42 PM, Joe User wrote: Hello Anthony, Thursday, January 14, 2010, 2:15:22 PM, you wrote: I think I'm going to install a gameso I can say I'm not going for bragging rights trying to get my WEI graphic scores above 7. :) Ok seriously... what's up with WEI. I see all this talk about it, it cannot be that good of a benchmark. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.141/2622 - Release Date: 01/14/10 14:35:00
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A Gigabyte 785 chipset mobo with a Phenom II X2 545 OC'd to 3.750 GHz @ 1.4v. A 500 GB hardrive and DVD burner all housed in a Cooler Master CM690 with 4 120mm fans. My dedicated gaming box. :-) On 1/14/2010 5:11 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: What have you got in that beast? I have a dual core E6850 system here that uses 60 W at idle and 120 W loaded. Of course, it has a super wimpy vidcard it in at the moment. On 1/14/2010 3:07 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: I'm really enjoying my 5770. Acording to my Kill A Watt the idle power went from 150 to 115 and loaded 235 to 205. Pretty good drop and a lot faster to boot. On 1/13/2010 9:38 PM, Greg Sevart wrote: My 8800GT got 6.9, but I just replaced it with a Radeon 5770, which gets 7.4. My disk sub-score is 7.9 with two Intel G2 SSDs. :) -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:44 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey I just installed Win 7 on my machine. I have an Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 graphics card that I have had for about 9 months now. This card gives me 7.4 for both graphics scored. My HD score is a lowly 5.9. This is with a VelociRaptor for the boot drive and 3 1TB WD black drives. I have dreams of SSDs. LOL. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:52 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey Graphics and gaming graphics are both 7.1 which is not bad. Unfortunately, I don't remember what the old 4850 was so can't compare the two. If you're looking for a 7.7 you'll need to step up to the 5850 or 5870 but what's the point if you never game. Might as well stay with what you have. On 1/13/2010 5:50 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Cooler with less power is good. What kind of WEI do you get under Windows 7? I've been thinking of upgrading my Geforce 8800 GTS to something, as this inexpensive Radeon HD 4670 is just a few clicks under it on WEI (6.4 vs 6.9). I'd like to get above 7.0 on my home system. Of course, going from 6.9 to 7.0 is kinda stoopid, so I'd need some good reasons to make that move (like a 7.7+ on WEI under Win7 and less power consumption/heat and lower noise). I think the HD 4670 was a good buy for my office system, though. I can't see buying a top of the line vidcard as I NEVER play games. On 1/12/2010 11:09 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: Well, I used some cash in my PayPal account and bought a VisionTech HD5770. It arrived today and it's a sweet video card. My old (VisionTech coincidently) HD4850 is noticeably less powerful and burned many more electrons at idle and load. The card also runs much cooler (reported by Catlalyst Control) and the fan so far has not exceeded 30% playing games. I paid $160 and sold my old card for $80 so don't feel guilty for spending the money. Too bad it's not a 5850 but I just couldn't justify the price for my modest needs. Anybody else bought a new card lately or got one for Xmas? No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.139/2620 - Release Date: 01/14/10 02:35:00
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Cooler with less power is good. What kind of WEI do you get under Windows 7? I've been thinking of upgrading my Geforce 8800 GTS to something, as this inexpensive Radeon HD 4670 is just a few clicks under it on WEI (6.4 vs 6.9). I'd like to get above 7.0 on my home system. Of course, going from 6.9 to 7.0 is kinda stoopid, so I'd need some good reasons to make that move (like a 7.7+ on WEI under Win7 and less power consumption/heat and lower noise). I think the HD 4670 was a good buy for my office system, though. I can't see buying a top of the line vidcard as I NEVER play games. On 1/12/2010 11:09 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: Well, I used some cash in my PayPal account and bought a VisionTech HD5770. It arrived today and it's a sweet video card. My old (VisionTech coincidently) HD4850 is noticeably less powerful and burned many more electrons at idle and load. The card also runs much cooler (reported by Catlalyst Control) and the fan so far has not exceeded 30% playing games. I paid $160 and sold my old card for $80 so don't feel guilty for spending the money. Too bad it's not a 5850 but I just couldn't justify the price for my modest needs. Anybody else bought a new card lately or got one for Xmas? No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.138/2618 - Release Date: 01/13/10 02:35:00
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Graphics and gaming graphics are both 7.1 which is not bad. Unfortunately, I don't remember what the old 4850 was so can't compare the two. If you're looking for a 7.7 you'll need to step up to the 5850 or 5870 but what's the point if you never game. Might as well stay with what you have. On 1/13/2010 5:50 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Cooler with less power is good. What kind of WEI do you get under Windows 7? I've been thinking of upgrading my Geforce 8800 GTS to something, as this inexpensive Radeon HD 4670 is just a few clicks under it on WEI (6.4 vs 6.9). I'd like to get above 7.0 on my home system. Of course, going from 6.9 to 7.0 is kinda stoopid, so I'd need some good reasons to make that move (like a 7.7+ on WEI under Win7 and less power consumption/heat and lower noise). I think the HD 4670 was a good buy for my office system, though. I can't see buying a top of the line vidcard as I NEVER play games. On 1/12/2010 11:09 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: Well, I used some cash in my PayPal account and bought a VisionTech HD5770. It arrived today and it's a sweet video card. My old (VisionTech coincidently) HD4850 is noticeably less powerful and burned many more electrons at idle and load. The card also runs much cooler (reported by Catlalyst Control) and the fan so far has not exceeded 30% playing games. I paid $160 and sold my old card for $80 so don't feel guilty for spending the money. Too bad it's not a 5850 but I just couldn't justify the price for my modest needs. Anybody else bought a new card lately or got one for Xmas? No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.138/2618 - Release Date: 01/13/10 02:35:00
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I just installed Win 7 on my machine. I have an Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 graphics card that I have had for about 9 months now. This card gives me 7.4 for both graphics scored. My HD score is a lowly 5.9. This is with a VelociRaptor for the boot drive and 3 1TB WD black drives. I have dreams of SSDs. LOL. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:52 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey Graphics and gaming graphics are both 7.1 which is not bad. Unfortunately, I don't remember what the old 4850 was so can't compare the two. If you're looking for a 7.7 you'll need to step up to the 5850 or 5870 but what's the point if you never game. Might as well stay with what you have. On 1/13/2010 5:50 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Cooler with less power is good. What kind of WEI do you get under Windows 7? I've been thinking of upgrading my Geforce 8800 GTS to something, as this inexpensive Radeon HD 4670 is just a few clicks under it on WEI (6.4 vs 6.9). I'd like to get above 7.0 on my home system. Of course, going from 6.9 to 7.0 is kinda stoopid, so I'd need some good reasons to make that move (like a 7.7+ on WEI under Win7 and less power consumption/heat and lower noise). I think the HD 4670 was a good buy for my office system, though. I can't see buying a top of the line vidcard as I NEVER play games. On 1/12/2010 11:09 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: Well, I used some cash in my PayPal account and bought a VisionTech HD5770. It arrived today and it's a sweet video card. My old (VisionTech coincidently) HD4850 is noticeably less powerful and burned many more electrons at idle and load. The card also runs much cooler (reported by Catlalyst Control) and the fan so far has not exceeded 30% playing games. I paid $160 and sold my old card for $80 so don't feel guilty for spending the money. Too bad it's not a 5850 but I just couldn't justify the price for my modest needs. Anybody else bought a new card lately or got one for Xmas?
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My 8800GT got 6.9, but I just replaced it with a Radeon 5770, which gets 7.4. My disk sub-score is 7.9 with two Intel G2 SSDs. :) -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:44 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey I just installed Win 7 on my machine. I have an Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 graphics card that I have had for about 9 months now. This card gives me 7.4 for both graphics scored. My HD score is a lowly 5.9. This is with a VelociRaptor for the boot drive and 3 1TB WD black drives. I have dreams of SSDs. LOL. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:52 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey Graphics and gaming graphics are both 7.1 which is not bad. Unfortunately, I don't remember what the old 4850 was so can't compare the two. If you're looking for a 7.7 you'll need to step up to the 5850 or 5870 but what's the point if you never game. Might as well stay with what you have. On 1/13/2010 5:50 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Cooler with less power is good. What kind of WEI do you get under Windows 7? I've been thinking of upgrading my Geforce 8800 GTS to something, as this inexpensive Radeon HD 4670 is just a few clicks under it on WEI (6.4 vs 6.9). I'd like to get above 7.0 on my home system. Of course, going from 6.9 to 7.0 is kinda stoopid, so I'd need some good reasons to make that move (like a 7.7+ on WEI under Win7 and less power consumption/heat and lower noise). I think the HD 4670 was a good buy for my office system, though. I can't see buying a top of the line vidcard as I NEVER play games. On 1/12/2010 11:09 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: Well, I used some cash in my PayPal account and bought a VisionTech HD5770. It arrived today and it's a sweet video card. My old (VisionTech coincidently) HD4850 is noticeably less powerful and burned many more electrons at idle and load. The card also runs much cooler (reported by Catlalyst Control) and the fan so far has not exceeded 30% playing games. I paid $160 and sold my old card for $80 so don't feel guilty for spending the money. Too bad it's not a 5850 but I just couldn't justify the price for my modest needs. Anybody else bought a new card lately or got one for Xmas?
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WowI get 7.4 with one Intel G2 SSD. Are yours striped? On 1/13/2010 10:38 PM, Greg Sevart wrote: My 8800GT got 6.9, but I just replaced it with a Radeon 5770, which gets 7.4. My disk sub-score is 7.9 with two Intel G2 SSDs. :) -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:44 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey I just installed Win 7 on my machine. I have an Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 graphics card that I have had for about 9 months now. This card gives me 7.4 for both graphics scored. My HD score is a lowly 5.9. This is with a VelociRaptor for the boot drive and 3 1TB WD black drives. I have dreams of SSDs. LOL. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:52 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey Graphics and gaming graphics are both 7.1 which is not bad. Unfortunately, I don't remember what the old 4850 was so can't compare the two. If you're looking for a 7.7 you'll need to step up to the 5850 or 5870 but what's the point if you never game. Might as well stay with what you have. On 1/13/2010 5:50 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Cooler with less power is good. What kind of WEI do you get under Windows 7? I've been thinking of upgrading my Geforce 8800 GTS to something, as this inexpensive Radeon HD 4670 is just a few clicks under it on WEI (6.4 vs 6.9). I'd like to get above 7.0 on my home system. Of course, going from 6.9 to 7.0 is kinda stoopid, so I'd need some good reasons to make that move (like a 7.7+ on WEI under Win7 and less power consumption/heat and lower noise). I think the HD 4670 was a good buy for my office system, though. I can't see buying a top of the line vidcard as I NEVER play games. On 1/12/2010 11:09 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: Well, I used some cash in my PayPal account and bought a VisionTech HD5770. It arrived today and it's a sweet video card. My old (VisionTech coincidently) HD4850 is noticeably less powerful and burned many more electrons at idle and load. The card also runs much cooler (reported by Catlalyst Control) and the fan so far has not exceeded 30% playing games. I paid $160 and sold my old card for $80 so don't feel guilty for spending the money. Too bad it's not a 5850 but I just couldn't justify the price for my modest needs. Anybody else bought a new card lately or got one for Xmas? No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.138/2618 - Release Date: 01/13/10 02:35:00
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Well, I used some cash in my PayPal account and bought a VisionTech HD5770. It arrived today and it's a sweet video card. My old (VisionTech coincidently) HD4850 is noticeably less powerful and burned many more electrons at idle and load. The card also runs much cooler (reported by Catlalyst Control) and the fan so far has not exceeded 30% playing games. I paid $160 and sold my old card for $80 so don't feel guilty for spending the money. Too bad it's not a 5850 but I just couldn't justify the price for my modest needs. Anybody else bought a new card lately or got one for Xmas?
