 Hardware/ Software/ Technical Questions Thread, All you ever wanted to know about your PC! |
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 Nov 23 2006, 12:03
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 The King  Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 169 Joined: 16-October 06 Member No.: 5  |
So what do you prefer, AMD or Intel, ATI or nVidia?
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 Nov 23 2006, 14:55
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 261 Joined: 16-October 06 From: Leiden, The Netherlands Member No.: 7 |
QUOTE(LooseKannon @ Nov 23 2006, 09:58)  Well, I want to get max performance for $3,000AUD. My aim is to run ArmA at 100FPS + Not possible for the next 5 years, even OFP wont even come close to that in bigger battles on the best PCs of today 
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Nov 23 2006, 15:59
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Member Group: Members Posts: 86 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Groningen, The Netherlands Member No.: 95 |
I love widescreen monitors, I am running a resolution of 1680x1050 on my 22" Acer AL2216W
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Nov 23 2006, 17:35
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 ~Established April, 2004~ Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 800 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Sussex, England Member No.: 34 |
Is 8m/s fast enough for a gaming monitor?
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Nov 23 2006, 19:05
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The King Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 169 Joined: 16-October 06 Member No.: 5 |
Current standard is 8 ms, so yes, all good. If you have enough money, go for a 2 ms, even if you can't notice the difference of 15 or 2 ms anymore.
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Nov 23 2006, 23:10
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 Hipster addonmaker Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 2,090 Joined: 1-November 06 From: Kingdom of the Netherlands Member No.: 10 |
QUOTE(King Homer @ Nov 23 2006, 19:05) Current standard is 8 ms, so yes, all good. If you have enough money, go for a 2 ms, even if you can't notice the difference of 15 or 2 ms anymore. Does tire your eyes a bit more though when it's closer to 15 then to 2 
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Nov 24 2006, 08:09
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 KH Was Here 06 Group: Members Posts: 132 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Gold Coast, Australia Member No.: 40 |
Since ArmA doesnt use Dual-Core Processors, what kind of Processor should I get on my new rig? I'm guessing something like 4.5GhZ
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Nov 24 2006, 11:43
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The King Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 169 Joined: 16-October 06 Member No.: 5 |
This won't increase your performance. The future is based on multicore cpu's so it would be senseless to get a singlecore overpowered CPU if you have the opportunity to buy a multicore CPU.
Just because ArmA doesn't support them doesn't mean they're senseless, ArmA isn't everything. -------------------- Former "Uber"-Administrator.
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Nov 24 2006, 17:02
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~Established April, 2004~ Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 800 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Sussex, England Member No.: 34 |
So what exactly would be better? A dual core cpu at 2Ghz, or a single running at 4Ghz o.O?
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Nov 24 2006, 17:30
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 261 Joined: 16-October 06 From: Leiden, The Netherlands Member No.: 7 |
That depends, in a single core application the 4ghz will be faster, while in a dual core application the 2ghz will beat the 4ghz easily.
Stop staring blindly at the mhz, it only means that the intel marketing department did a good job in making everyone believe that the only way to see how fast a CPU is is measuring its mhz -.-' -------------------- Homo sapiens non urinat in ventum.
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Nov 24 2006, 23:22
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The King Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 169 Joined: 16-October 06 Member No.: 5 |
QUOTE(NeMeSiS @ Nov 24 2006, 17:30) That depends, in a single core application the 4ghz will be faster, while in a dual core application the 2ghz will beat the 4ghz easily. Stop staring blindly at the mhz, it only means that the intel marketing department did a good job in making everyone believe that the only way to see how fast a CPU is is measuring its mhz -.-' That's the point. Mhz isn't everything, HP isn't everything in a car. -------------------- Former "Uber"-Administrator.
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Nov 25 2006, 09:25
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KH Was Here 06 Group: Members Posts: 132 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Gold Coast, Australia Member No.: 40 |
Hey, ArmA IS everything!
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Nov 25 2006, 11:22
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~Established April, 2004~ Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 800 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Sussex, England Member No.: 34 |
QUOTE "While 64-bit architecture performance is very good when running 32 bit code and it is possible ArmA is doing very well on 64b computers, Armed Assault is still a 32 bit application and there is no specific 64 bit support. On the other hand, current video card drivers often contain significant dual core optimizations, and as a result the framerate can often be 20-30% higher on dual core CPU." - Ondrej Spanel QUOTE Well, I think an E6600 Series Dual would do the job, yeah? Should do |
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Nov 25 2006, 11:40
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KH Was Here 06 Group: Members Posts: 132 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Gold Coast, Australia Member No.: 40 |
Thank you, Mr.Spanel
 . And say cheers to Marek for me Righto, well, is there a better processor than that? -------------------- |
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Nov 25 2006, 15:58
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The King Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 169 Joined: 16-October 06 Member No.: 5 |
X6800 Extreme
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Nov 25 2006, 20:40
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Member Group: Members Posts: 86 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Groningen, The Netherlands Member No.: 95 |
QUOTE(King Homer @ Nov 25 2006, 15:58) X6800 Extreme The 6600 has a better price/quality ratio if you ask me
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Nov 26 2006, 01:52
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KH Was Here 06 Group: Members Posts: 132 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Gold Coast, Australia Member No.: 40 |
I will have a look around for a X6800 Extreme, cheers KH.
Now - as for RAM. What kind should I be looking for, and how much? -------------------- |
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Nov 26 2006, 02:51
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The King Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 169 Joined: 16-October 06 Member No.: 5 |
QUOTE(Nuker @ Nov 25 2006, 20:40) The 6600 has a better price/quality ratio if you ask me He asked for a better cpu than E6600.... QUOTE Now - as for RAM. What kind should I be looking for, and how much? DDR2 - PC800 - 2 GB minimum -------------------- Former "Uber"-Administrator.
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Nov 26 2006, 09:31
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KH Was Here 06 Group: Members Posts: 132 Joined: 12-November 06 From: Gold Coast, Australia Member No.: 40 |
OK, Lets say 2GB of RAM. I heard of DDR3 - any better than DDR2? Is there a better RAM?
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Nov 26 2006, 10:52
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The King Group: Former .info Serviceman Posts: 169 Joined: 16-October 06 Member No.: 5 |
No, DDR2 is the current standard. DDR3, didn't heard of that yet. Nvidia videocards use GDDR3 memory but there's no DDR3 RAM iirc.
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