Out of the box I got 15259 (IIRC, I have a screenshot) On 3DMark 2001 SE
After a bit of driver tweaking/updating, I got over 16000.
Only downside so far is the fan system. The 3/4 fans are loud enough to peel paint.
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After a bit of driver tweaking/updating, I got over 16000.
Only downside so far is the fan system. The 3/4 fans are loud enough to peel paint.
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Ahhhh the lovely sound of fans. When I turn my machine on i can see the lights dim at my neighbors house.
:-)
You got yourself a killer machine Squid, I can't wait to see it next week!!
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Cool!
I'm in a "holding pattern" when it comes to PC upgrades. So far my PC is still on this side of the edge in terms of being able to run everything I run at a minimum satisfactory level for my desire of eye candy / FPS.
I have a slight bit of maneuverability built in as my motherboard can handle the XP2600+ 266 fsb if I choose to do so. For under $200, I may do that to upgrade from the XP2000+
I'm still waiting to see what cards AMD plays this summer before I choose and upgrade path.
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The 2ghz AMD should be fine for another year at least. My 1.5 GHZ pentium was having some performance issues with Raven Shield and Unreal 2. Nothing too severe, but I noticed stutter from time to time.
Now I run at 1280x1024 and they all run smooth as silk.
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Update - I picked up a couple of fans that are supposed to be super-duper quiet... I'll see how it goes tonite.
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People always make fun of my Tornado 1000, and my overclocking is 'minimal' anymore. People called the Tornado case my "Hover Craft" because of the sound of all the fans. =)
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Nice! That bastard must have cost a pretty penny. I'm jealous.
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So do you juggle sharp knifes, swallow swords, cross interstates while blindfolded, and play Russian Roulette too?!?! ROFLMAOThe set-up wasn't without hiccups, however. I was "multi-tasking" my installs, downloading the Battlefield 1942 1.31 patch while installing ACDSee, and playing around with some files at the same time, when WinXP dropped me into a "Blue Screen-O-Death".
When I install programs, patches, and updates in Windows I shut down all applications, hold my breath, Do a little safety Dance, and pray to the Technology Gods for a proper install.I think the most dangerous thing I do is browse the internet while downloading patches and then close it before the actual 'install' process.
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For the money he spent, I could have bulit piece by piece a much more vicious machine. But squid made a very good point. It's done and ready out of the box. So either way I think it's a sweet looking machine. Now I wanna see a picture of the 'HUGE' monitor that came with it.
I could have hand built it and saved $200-$300 or so. On the other hand I saved almost that on the free shipping deal they had earlier this month.
I'm not "anti-building"... I'm an advocate of both building and buying. This time I felt like buying.
I'd be interested in seeing how much more "vicious" you think you could build (at the time of my purchase.)
Aside from bigger disks (I have 2 80 gig drives in a Raid 0 config) and more memory (I have 1 Gig of RDRam) there's not much faster you can go pre-overclocking.
The picture of the monitor is already on my site at squidly.com.
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Wewt, quiet fan is in place... had a bit of a scare popping the old heat sink off. The grease was so sticky the CPU came out and bent a couple of the pins.
:P
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