ChAiNz.2da Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 I have 4 systems, but these 2 are my babies... My Specs: My Mac Dual 3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon Mac Pro 16GB DDR533 SDRAM 2x750GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm nVidia QUADRO FX 4500 512mb SDRAM Bluetooth Module + AirPort Extreme Card 16x SuperDrive double-layer (DVD+R DL, DVD(+-)RW, CD-RW) PCI-X Gigabit Ethernet Card Fibre Channel PCI-X Card My Main PC Dual AMD Opteron 252 2.6 GHz 64-Bit 4GB Corsair XMS Dual Channel DDR SDRAM (up to 550MHz) 2x400GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm Dual NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra PCI Express 512MB DDR3 (SLI) M-Audio FireWire 410 4-In/10-Out External FireWire Recording Interface NEC ND-3520 16x Dual Layer DVD(+-)R/W Drive Creative GigaWorks THX S750 - 7.1 700-Watt Speakers Extras (2) Apple 23" Cinema Displays 2 external 250GB Firewire Drives 2 external 300GB Firewire Drives (2) Dell 24" Ultrasharp 2407WFP Widescreen Monitors (still waiting on delivery) I did say I was a media editor right? I'll probably build a new PC once DX10, Vista (and hardware) are out.. but for now, my system gets the job done.. hehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted October 28, 2006 Author Share Posted October 28, 2006 @Chainz....are you running XP 64x... have you done any tweaks to ensure you are fully utilising that 4gb RAM?? In my experiences Ive found a ceiling effect at 3gb max, even on 64x. But this was without any tweaking and not placing the type of strain you'd be with those media apps... have you tried Vista RC2 ?? Most 64 bit fans Ive come across are quite excited about Vista 64. Havent tried it myself, even though I own a dual core 64 bit machine. Alot of bits n pieces I have(HDTV tuner cards etc) dont play nice with 64x mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChAiNz.2da Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 I haven't tried any of the Vista betas (call me a chicken.. bak-bak..) but yeah, I DO run into the RAM problem even on 64x I wish I could utilize PAE (Physical Address Extension) with a 64x OS but Microsoft just doesn't want to play nice.. at least with PAE I was able to get XP Pro (32 bit) recognizing "portions" of 4gb of RAM.. but that's on my other PC which does little more than collect dust (and random mp3's here and there hehehe)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegis Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 @Alegis - glad to see your build has come along How are you finding graphics drivers and RC2 ?? mtfbwya Everything works splendid, except severe graphic glitches with Gothic 3 - but that game is bug riddled as hell and released way too soon. Their QA must be made of monkeys which don't like too many animations in a game. Using vista 32 on my dual core though, Vista 64 had horrible driver support in RC1 apparently that I couldn't be bothered Thanks for the help BTW before I made the thing. Worked from first boot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalcProgrammer1 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 My main PC: AMD AthlonXP 2600+ (2131MHz) 768 MB RAM ATi Radeon X1600Pro AGP4X 512MB w/ DVI, VGA, and HDTV outputs 80GB Maxtor HD and 40GB IBM Laptop HD (got out of a busted laptop my friend found, adapter made by Rosewill) DVD +R/+RW 4x Burner (yep old indeed) DVD ROM drive Floppy Disk drive (can't go wrong keeping these) 6 USB ports, integrated Ethernet, ATi TV Wonder VE tuner (old board) Rosewill 500 Watt PSU (glows blue ) My Laptop (which I got on eBay used) IBM ThinkPad A21p P3 850 MHz 128 MB PC133 RAM (gonna upgrade for Christmas) ATi Rage Mobility 128 graphics (OH NO!!! Run for your Lives!!!) S Video In/Out 30 GB Hard drive 1600x1200 screen () Floppy Drive (yep...can't live without it...school makes you use them) DVD-ROM drive (well, you need this if you have the 1600 screen...) New Battery (used one was beyond just 'dead', though, its not a Dell) Old PC #1 (friend gave it to me) P1 133MHz 64MB RAM 5GB HDD (I had to add this) No sound card Diamond Stealth II 4MB VGA Graphics cheap Acer CDROM drive Floppy Drive (hey, still can't go wrong!) NO USB ports (but it says there are some when I boot Linux!?!) No Sound Card (he gave that away long before he gave me the PC) Old PC #2 (old HP machine) P1 originally 75MHz, I overclocked it to 100 16MB RAM originally 850MB HD, has 2GB cause the 850 broke under warranty originally 4X CD-ROM incapable of reading CD-RW (or most other stuff for that matter) upgraded to a spare 4x CD-RW drive from a different PC I had upgraded Floppy drive YES YOU NEED ONE! "integrated" sound...its a proprietary pinout from mobo to sound board... Lots of ISA slots... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Here is my modest little device. Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz Intel 815 Chipset Motherboard Windows XP Home Edition XFX GeForce FX5200 w/ 128 MB VRAM 512 MB RAM Sony DVD RW DW-G120A Logitech Optical Mouse Samsung 80GB Hard Drive + Seagate 10GB Hard Drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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