AMD or Intel?

[Vecte]

Oh...well take your time then Randy Marsh

There was a ghost! He slimed me!! This is ectoplasm!!!

 

[Vecte]

Without further adieu...

Here is a shot of the pump with new EK D5 X-Top:

The only thing that isn't in there is the North Bridge water block. I'm having one custom made, and I will install it as soon as it arrives, and take more pics!

 

[5H4D0WD347H]

Oooo shaith I didnt see the tail end of this thread, nice new gear d00d! That GPU looks like the old school bat mobile doesnt it?

 

[2006nightrider]

OMFG...resurrection:rock:

And I have yet to buy anything still:laugh::frown:

 

[nine9six]

Nice rig, man. I don't know if I ever posted my PC on here. It's nothing special by todays standards:


Intel Q6700 Quad Over-clocked to 3.25GHz

MSI P7N SLI Platinum Motherboard

8GB OCZ SLI DDR2 RAM

PC Power and Cooling S75CF 750W Power Supply

Twin XFX 8800GT's in SLI (over-clocked...but I can't recall the frequencies off the top of my head)

CoolerMaster CPU cooler (don't remember which one...but it's pretty damn beefy)



Not the newest machine, nor the best. But when I built it in 2007...she was beast.

I've been entertaining the idea of building a new rig, esp with ATI's new 6870 mid-range GPU being a great bang-for-the-buck option right now.



But, every time I put the parts in my "cart" on New Egg...I just think about the parts I want for my truck...and I don't go through with the purchase. I guess as long as my machines runs, and is able to play games at a decent level, I'm just going to have to 'settle' for what I have. Which sounds horrible, b/c there are plenty of people out there with lesser machines that wouldn't mind having my rig.





As far as the "Intel VS AMD" thing...if you have the money, I don't know that there is any arguing that the more 'extreme' i7's are seeing the highest numbers.


GPUs....I'd go AMD/ATI, just due to all the issues Nvidia had with their last chipset...and the fact that their 'new' card is just a refresh. Nothing really "new" about it.

 

[Edgeman]

Both are probably great, but I'm partial to Intel chips. Out of all the computers I've ever built, I've only built one with an AMD chip, and that was many years ago.

Intel all the way, baby!

 

[5H4D0WD347H]

New Gear arrived today w00t

GPUs....I'd go AMD/ATI, just due to all the issues Nvidia had with their last chipset...and the fact that their 'new' card is just a refresh. Nothing really "new" about it.

AMD's GPU drivers arent exactly iron clad either dude... Crossfire is a nightmare sometimes and their fan control sucks.

We will see how this 580 is, this is everything the 480 should have been.

 

[5H4D0WD347H]

7.9 FINALLY!!!! HELLLLS YEAH!!!!!! GTX580 FTW!

 

[Venomous_X]

I think I want to commit suicide now :fail:

More details about my computer
Component Details Subscore Base score Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6600 @ 2.20GHz 5.7 3.4 Determined by lowest subscore Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB 5.7 Graphics Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family 4.0 Gaming graphics 1695 MB Total available graphics memory 3.4 Primary hard disk 351GB Free (453GB Total) 5.7 Windows 7 Home Premium
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard Model HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC Total amount of system memory 4.00 GB RAM System type 64-bit operating system Number of processor cores 2 Storage Total size of hard disk(s) 466 GB Disk partition (C 351 GB Free (453 GB Total) Disk partition (D 2 GB Free (13 GB Total) Media drive (E CD/DVD Graphics Display adapter type Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family Total available graphics memory 1695 MB Dedicated graphics memory 64 MB Dedicated system memory 0 MB Shared system memory 1631 MB Display adapter driver version 8.15.10.1883 Primary monitor resolution 1366x768 DirectX version DirectX 10 Network Network Adapter Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 BGN Notes The gaming graphics score is based on the primary graphics adapter. If this system has linked or multiple graphics adapters, some software applications may see additional performance benefits.

 

[5H4D0WD347H]

I think I want to commit suicide now :fail:

More details about my computer
Component Details Subscore Base score Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6600 @ 2.20GHz 5.7 3.4 Determined by lowest subscore Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB 5.7 Graphics Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family 4.0 Gaming graphics 1695 MB Total available graphics memory 3.4 Primary hard disk 351GB Free (453GB Total) 5.7 Windows 7 Home Premium
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard Model HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC Total amount of system memory 4.00 GB RAM System type 64-bit operating system Number of processor cores 2 Storage Total size of hard disk(s) 466 GB Disk partition (C 351 GB Free (453 GB Total) Disk partition (D 2 GB Free (13 GB Total) Media drive (E CD/DVD Graphics Display adapter type Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family Total available graphics memory 1695 MB Dedicated graphics memory 64 MB Dedicated system memory 0 MB Shared system memory 1631 MB Display adapter driver version 8.15.10.1883 Primary monitor resolution 1366x768 DirectX version DirectX 10 Network Network Adapter Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 BGN Notes The gaming graphics score is based on the primary graphics adapter. If this system has linked or multiple graphics adapters, some software applications may see additional performance benefits.

Thats not too bad for a laptop d00d, 2-3s is bad. :laugh:

 

[5H4D0WD347H]

OMFG...resurrection:rock:

And I have yet to buy anything still:laugh::frown:

hahaha, look what you started.

The geek war has begun...

Id have to say this new 580 is great and the supporting utilities/drivers are great!

This thing runs SUPER quiet, even on full blast its not what id consider a loud fan.

I cant wait tell better/larger 120hz monitors come out so I can start exploiting 3D vision :-D

THREE DEE PORN ZO MY GODZ!!

 

[5H4D0WD347H]

No more nerd battles, wtf?