Thread: sad,, very sad.

Laptop is a G73JH-A1 and is pretty sweet, especially after repasting the GPU as the heatsink paste asus used dried out after 6 months. Plays mosts games like Metro 2033, Black ops etc on medium to very high settings and 1920x1080 getting 30-100 fps.

The desktop gaming rig has jumped up a bit in price to about $4,222.

-cooler master case with low noise fans
-1200W silent SLi psu
-gigbyte GA-X58A-UD3R sata 3 usb3 MB
-i7-970 six core 3.20Ghz cpu,
-corsair water cooling
-2 x geforce GTX 580 1536MB SLi
-12 gig corsair DDR3 tripe channel 1600Mhz ram
-windows 64 pro
-24" led monitor

With 3dmark vantage dx10 the rig should get a ridiculous score of 38,600.

mmmmmm........just need to pick $4k off the money tree that was heavily pruned last year

well, I can help you with the monitor,,

Dell, 24" Ultrasharp.

will be the second most expensive item on the list though---
but

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

cant wait for delivery monday---

off to Milton tomorrow morning to pick it up old school style,,
over the counter!!

best laid plans etc,,
Umart only offer a 12 month warranty,,
PC case Gear in Vic offer 3 years for the same $$.

gotta love the 'net,,

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

and that poor excuse for a video card?
the 8800 GT.


just like MY 8800 GT
sad, very sad,,

Sweet, that means my 9600GT isn't completely obsolete yet.

Computer fun!

Fortunately for me, I have a degree in micro-computer technology and I've always built my own computers.

Like whast you're doing Pedro, I always just rock up to my favourite computer shop and buy everything over the counter.

I guess it doesn't happen too much these days as they always look at me strangely when I spout out what I want off the top of my head. I'm usually met with "And when would you like to pick up the machine?" followed by another strange look when I tell them that I'm taking it home to build it myself.

The main advantage of this is that I can source my parts from all over at cheap rates, or recycle old parts when possible and build an awesome machine for around $600. Bargain.

I often wonder about the qualifications of some people in computer shops after one tried to convince me that I needed to bring in my PC for a new motherboard after I went there to collect a new power box when the old one fried itself.

My machine has some of the following:

Windoze 7
AMD Athlon X2 dual core processor
4gig RAM
4 terrabytes HDD space
GeForce 9800GT
Dual 20" monitors

It goes pretty hard! fun.... I guess I built this one about 3 years ago now, with some minor upgrades here and there. It's probably due for some new RAM, CPU, and video card at some stage. I'll probably worry about it when it dies, like I usually do.

Happy! very Happy!

Originally Posted by brad72

Laptop is a G73JH-A1 and is pretty sweet, especially after repasting the GPU as the heatsink paste asus used dried out after 6 months. Plays mosts games like Metro 2033, Black ops etc on medium to very high settings and 1920x1080 getting 30-100 fps.

The desktop gaming rig has jumped up a bit in price to about $4,222.

-cooler master case with low noise fans
-1200W silent SLi psu
-gigbyte GA-X58A-UD3R sata 3 usb3 MB
-i7-970 six core 3.20Ghz cpu,
-corsair water cooling
-2 x geforce GTX 580 1536MB SLi
-12 gig corsair DDR3 tripe channel 1600Mhz ram
-windows 64 pro
-24" led monitor

With 3dmark vantage dx10 the rig should get a ridiculous score of 38,600.

mmmmmm........just need to pick $4k off the money tree that was heavily pruned last year

Download | Unigine (advanced 3D engine for multi-platform games and virtual reality systems)

44FPS,,

What settings did you use for your benchmark?