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New project no 2
Quantum:
I don't know Intel mobos very well, but I've never had anything but problems with ASUS mobos, so even though the high end ones are supposed to be the best I still avoid all ASUS products.
I don't know why you linked to that article, it even says what I said:
"So if you want to fully utilize your physical memory of 4 GB or more in Windows Vista, the only way is to install 64-bit Windows Vista operating system"
It's not that 32 bit CAN'T take 4 GiB, it's just not going to use it very well.
The 9000 series is only a slight revamp of the 8800GT, so it's not exactly old. Not telling you to go with all the latest stuff, but some times they have a better price/ performance point than older stuff. It's not worth excluding a product just because it's new, they don't have the same kind of premium that they used to, it's a very competitive market.
texasboy:
Tks Quantum. Only put in link for others to read. Processor and ram arrived today.
It may be of interest to others that the current fastest Futuremark 3D06 is with an ASUS board.
32,601 3DMarks
ASUS P5E64 WS PRO.
iNTEL CORE 2 EXTREME QX9650
Vista of course.
CPU speed 5.707
GPU ATI Radeon HD 3870X2
2GB memory.
You will remember that I was only getting about 13,000 3D marks with the E6550 and 2x 8800GT cards. ( but older 650i chip).
Futuremark has updated to Advantage now, with better engine and tighter tests, and the results are more to the higher graphics available. Mind you the fastest marks were acheived by professionals.
I have had several ASUS mobos and found them great to work with,a big improvement on the old ABIT board.
Hope this will be of some interest to others.
cheers
Quantum:
I wouldn't get too fussed about 3DMark scores, computers and complicated machines that excel differently in all sorts of areas and really can't be reduced down to a single number. Those that get high scores on 3DMark like that probably don't have a better system at all, just very good at running 1 benchmark for 10 minutes.
texasboy:
Should have all the pieces in next couple of days. Will give you some input when I get this lot together.
cheers
ps. memory received is Corsair XMS ddr2. 2x1gb 1024-6400 matching pair,
500GB SATA hard drive + ThermalTake PSU arrived today 15/5/08 just waiting on MOBO tomorrow
texasboy:
;D After a long weekend of work , I finally got to put part of this project together. Only got one card (8800gt) installed. Extremely quiet on stock settings. Downloading at 1.3MB on most files. Vista 64 bit Ultimate. (so easy to install). Still working on updates before adding extra 8800GT card and running SLI. More info as it happens. Not much room if you decided to run 3 cards in SLI especially if cards have heat sink and fan built on.
Will add extra card and possible OC a little at a time and post some results.
Let me finish updating and I`ll post soonest.
cheers
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