Re: [H] Thermaltake PSU ?

2008-08-04 Thread maccrawj
I think TP's are built by CWT. Have the W0117RU here, happy so far! FORC5 wrote: Anyone know who builds Thermaltake PSU's ? Been looking for awhile now and a TT Toughpower 750 has caught my eye, only one I've seen that actually lists CFM of the 140mm fan. looking for 750watts, 120 or better

Re: [H] UT3 video responce

2008-08-04 Thread maccrawj
I'd not expect stellar from that card give how old vs. UT3. RAM drive for TEMP likely counter-productive. If you upgrade, skip Sapphire next time! Winterlight wrote: I just started playing UT3. I am trying to get my video to be more responsive. I am running a dual Xeon 3.06, 4GB DDR400, and a

Re: [H] UT3 video responce

2008-08-04 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Nope, if it's old, it won't do better than that. I originally had a 7800GT (Nvidia) in my system and upgraded to an 8800GT to get decent response. Note that UT3 is normally frame locked at 60fps (which makes me laugh at some of the reviews on the web), so unless you specifically go in and change

Re: [H] UT3 video responce

2008-08-04 Thread Winterlight
At 06:09 AM 8/4/2008, you wrote: I'd not expect stellar from that card give how old vs. UT3. Actually, I found a article on how to tweak your ATI card for UT3 or any other game, http://www.tweakguides.com/UT3_2.html mostly explaining what the settings do, ...and after tweaking my card it

Re: [H] UT3 video responce

2008-08-04 Thread Winterlight
At 07:06 AM 8/4/2008, you wrote: he 7800GT did 20 to 30 fps, the 8800GT jumped that to 40-60 making it 'playable', however you will get frustrated with the game as they did not correct the problems with UT2004 and added some new ones. Did you install the update. A lot of little things, that wer

Re: [H] UT3 video responce

2008-08-04 Thread James Boswell
On 4 Aug 2008, at 19:47, Winterlight wrote: RAM drive for TEMP likely counter-productive. running from RAM rather then a hard drive counter productive... why? Because dedicating a chunk like that You're blocking ram that could be used for caching on an as-need basis. Infact, it wouldn

Re: [H] UT3 video responce

2008-08-04 Thread maccrawj
Winterlight wrote: At 06:09 AM 8/4/2008, you wrote: I'd not expect stellar from that card give how old vs. UT3. Actually, I found a article on how to tweak your ATI card for UT3 or any other game, http://www.tweakguides.com/UT3_2.html mostly explaining what the settings do, ...and after

Re: [H] UT3 video responce

2008-08-04 Thread Winterlight
At 12:05 PM 8/4/2008, you wrote: On 4 Aug 2008, at 19:47, Winterlight wrote: RAM drive for TEMP likely counter-productive. running from RAM rather then a hard drive counter productive... why? Because dedicating a chunk like that You're blocking ram that could be used for caching on an as-n

Re: [H] UT3 video responce

2008-08-04 Thread maccrawj
Winterlight wrote: At 12:05 PM 8/4/2008, you wrote: On 4 Aug 2008, at 19:47, Winterlight wrote: RAM drive for TEMP likely counter-productive. running from RAM rather then a hard drive counter productive... why? Because dedicating a chunk like that You're blocking ram that could be used

Re: [H] UT3 video responce

2008-08-04 Thread Winterlight
Not true, I have no such folder since I long ago moved pagefile, %temp% for system & users, %userprofile%, and %programfiles% to different volume from %windir%. Yeah, well so did I, but Windows, ZoneAlarm, and VMware still put log files and other files in \windows\temp

Re: [H] UT3 video responce

2008-08-04 Thread maccrawj
Have you set both the system & user temp environment variables? They are 2 separate settings. Winterlight wrote: Not true, I have no such folder since I long ago moved pagefile, %temp% for system & users, %userprofile%, and %programfiles% to different volume from %windir%. Yeah, well so di

Re: [H] UT3 video responce

2008-08-04 Thread Winterlight
At 02:37 PM 8/4/2008, you wrote: Have you set both the system & user temp environment variables? They are 2 separate settings. yep both temp and tmp Winterlight wrote: Not true, I have no such folder since I long ago moved pagefile, %temp% for system & users, %userprofile%, and %programfi

Re: [H] UT3 video responce

2008-08-04 Thread Scott Sipe
On Aug 4, 2008, at 5:37 PM, maccrawj wrote: Have you set both the system & user temp environment variables? They are 2 separate settings. Not that surprising--a lot of programs are notorious for not using GetSystemDir, GetTempDir and just assuming the locations are fixed. Generally wind

[H] RAID 0 ?

2008-08-04 Thread FORC5
IS raid 0 worth the effort in a desktop unit ? performance gain ? or is it marginal with modern drives. ? Home system, usual stuff including games. Currently running 2 x 500gb WD. one is system other is full boot able backup ( with system guardian ) plan, 2 x 500 raid 0 backed up to a single 5

Re: [H] RAID 0 ?

2008-08-04 Thread Joe User
Hello FORC5, Monday, August 4, 2008, 5:08:12 PM, you wrote: > IS raid 0 worth the effort in a desktop unit ? performance gain ? > or is it marginal with modern drives. ? > Home system, usual stuff including games. > Currently running 2 x 500gb WD. one is system other is full boot > able backup

Re: [H] UT3 video responce

2008-08-04 Thread maccrawj
No I mean tmp & temp for both SYSTEM & USER, the are 2 sets of tmp & temp. Winterlight wrote: At 02:37 PM 8/4/2008, you wrote: Have you set both the system & user temp environment variables? They are 2 separate settings. yep both temp and tmp Winterlight wrote: Not true, I have no such f

Re: [H] RAID 0 ?

2008-08-04 Thread Rick Glazier
Plus, "when" one drive fails, you loose them both (at least the data...) Rick Glazier From: "Joe User" > IS raid 0 worth the effort in a desktop unit ?

Re: [H] RAID 0 ?

2008-08-04 Thread FORC5
Understand, why the backup with system guardian fp thanks probably just play there for grins At 06:40 PM 8/4/2008, Rick Glazier Poked the stick with: >Plus, "when" one drive fails, you loose them both (at least the data...) > > Rick Glazier > >From: "Joe User" >