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05-03-2009, 02:20 PM
| ![Loki[D.d.G]'s Avatar](http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/image.php?u=43011&dateline=1241940266) | Exalted Member | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The initial frontier
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| |  What's your gaming rig?
Hi guys. 
It's been quite awhile since ive been haunting the gamebanshee forums. And being a gaming community, i find it somewhat odd that we have never (or close to never  ) discussed the capabilities of our gaming rigs. So ive decided to start this thread where we can admire, or gape in awe at our fellow member's rigs (Try to keep the green eyed monster at bay  ). Please do contribute... im eager to see how many of us are running comps on steroids i.e. with souped up specs. Then we can let the "oooh, aaaah"-ing begin.
To try and make this work, here are a couple of guidelines I'd like adhered to. 1) Rig type?
Desktop/Laptop/Both. 2) Processor? List model and specifications such as : Core 2 Quad Q9000 (2.0Ghz, 6mb L2 cache, 1066 FSB) 3) Graphics card?
Also list model and specs. Ex : ATI Radeon HD 4850, 512mb DDR3 VRam. 4) RAM? Hard drive? Ex : 4gb dual channel ddr2 RAM. 320gb 7200 RPM hard drive.
5) Benchmarks? Anything you think can appropriately represent your system. I.e. 3dmark06 score or Crysis benchmark Frames Per Second value. Any additional info is also welcome. Just keep it clean
So, discuss away!!
Also, feel free to point out anything that i have missed from the guidelines above. |
05-03-2009, 02:28 PM
| | Exalted Member | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The initial frontier
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| | Alright, let me get this started.
1) Laptop
2) Core 2 Duo T5600 (1.83Ghz, 2mb L2 cache, 667 FSB)
3) Mobility Radeon x1400 256mb ddr2 Vram
4) 1gb dual channel ddr2 ram (2 x 512mb sticks). 80gb 5400 rpm hard drive which is starting to fail 
5) 3dmark06 score on default resolution : 1026
Its pretty dismal for a gaming rig lol. But ever since my old acer desktop was sent to Davy Jones locker loooong ago, it has been a loyal servant. Besides, it can even run newer titles such as Fallout 3, albeit on low settings (Mass Effect just REFUSED to run) |
05-05-2009, 10:45 AM
|  | Exalted Member | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Chickasaw Nation.
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| |  Hello, Loki the God of Mischef!
Hey, my original was an "Acer" system too. It's dead as well.
1: Desktop, PC compatible.
2: "Windows Vista TM Home Premium" & Service Pack 1.
3: Rating: 3.5 Windows Experience Index: Unrated.
4: Processor: Ahh, heck, just see the attachment!
5: Monitor: See the other attachment! It's an "Olevia", by the way. 27 inches if I just read the tape measure correctly.
6: Uh, if I think of any thing else, or you ask for specifics that I can give an answer to, or am willing to answer, I'll add more! 
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05-05-2009, 12:40 PM
| | Exalted Member | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The initial frontier
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| | Hi Leo! Is it alrite if i call u Leo?
It seems my rig could indeed be obsolete soon, if it isn't already. Nid a replacement asap 
Oh well, i spose i still have old classic titles to fall back on till then. Now, where did i keep that Diablo II cd? |
05-05-2009, 01:11 PM
|  | Exalted Member | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: England
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| | | Check out my awesome rig.
1) Rig type?
Desktop
2) Processor?
Intel Pentium 4 3.5 GHz (Hyper Threaded)
3) Graphics card?
Nvidia 8500 800 MHz 512mb (Primary)
Nvidia 5500 350 MHz 128mb (Secondary)
4) RAM? Hard drive?
2gb Corsair 800 MHz and a 140gb hard-drive (not SATA, the one that's not as good)
5) Benchmarks?
It runs Microsoft Paint quite smoothly
I'd like to get a laptop so I can move around the house while working (at the moment I'm stuck in my attic with no company and poor TV.) It'd also be quite good for school and my A levels next year.
What I've got now is okay. Gonna upgrade to a quad core processor (Is Intel or AMD better?), a Nvidia 8800 (though I might get a better power supply and a 9800) and a big hard-drive for all my music and to rip my DVDs onto. (Which is legal)
Though working in a fish and chip shop that might all be a long way away.
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05-05-2009, 01:27 PM
|  | Moderator and Twisted Sister | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The maelstrom where chaos merges with lucidity
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| | 1) Rig type?
Desktop
2) Processor?
Processor Intel Pentium CORE 2 DUO E6850 3.0GHz 4MB 1333FSB
3) OS
XP Pro all the way baby! (and to Hell with Vista!)
3) Graphics card?
eVGA E-GEFORCE 8800GTS 640M DDR3 PCI-E
4) RAM? Hard Drive?
Seagate 320GB SATA-II 16MB 7200rpm
Mainboard - Mainboard ASUS P5K-Deluxe/WiFi-AP S775 P35 Chipset
3.5 Gs RAM, can't recall the make, Corsair perhaps?
5) Benchmarks?
Runs The Witcher, Lord of the Rings Online and a heavily modded Oblivion beautifully at maximum settings.
It's about 1.5 years old, and probably obsolete by absolute techie standards, but this thing rocks!
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05-05-2009, 01:41 PM
|  | Exalted Member | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Finland, Kangasniemi
Posts: 145
| | | 1) Desktop
2) 2.81 GHz, I can't remember anything else
3) NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
4) 1,5 GB RAM, can't remember much else, propably the cheapest kind.
~420 Gb of hard drive space.
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05-05-2009, 02:42 PM
|  | Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Somewhere a man such as I exist.
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| | | ~Desktop
~AMD Phenom Quad-Core 9650 2.3 GhZ
~ATI Radeon HD 4870 2-GB Video Card x2 (crossfire)
~32 Gigs of DDR3 Ram (4 Sticks of 8)
~6 500 Gb Hard Drives (7200RPM). |
05-05-2009, 02:50 PM
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| | Quote:
Originally Posted by Siberys  ~Desktop
~AMD Phenom Quad-Core 9650 2.3 GhZ
~ATI Radeon HD 4870 2-GB Video Card x2 (crossfire)
~32 Gigs of DDR3 Ram (4 Sticks of 8)
~6 500 Gb Hard Drives (7200RPM). | Sibs, you running a personal supercomputer? 
Btw do you mean 2 ati hd4870x2 cards (for a total of 4gb)? Or just a single hd 4870x2 (wif 2gb vram)? Ur listing kinda confused me... Quote: |
Originally Posted by dragon wench XP Pro all the way baby! (and to Hell with Vista!) | Amen to that. Well, till windows 7 comes out, then ima jump ship |
05-05-2009, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Loki[D.d.G] Amen to that. Well, till windows 7 comes out, then ima jump ship | Perhaps... I'll see what windows 7 is like and take it from there.. Of course, MS will probably stop supporting XP at that point, but I refuse to be pushed into a new OS just because Microjunk tells me to go out and buy one.. We'll see, I may end up getting a second hard drive; one would have XP, and the other would run 7.
Hmm... As far as Sib goes... Me thinks he is probably overcompensating...
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05-05-2009, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Loki[D.d.G] Sibs, you running a personal supercomputer?
Btw do you mean 2 ati hd4870x2 cards (for a total of 4gb)? Or just a single hd 4870x2 (wif 2gb vram)? Ur listing kinda confused me... | It's two ATI Radeon HD4870 cards hooked up together. Both have 2 gigs of Vram. Quote: |
Hmm... As far as Sib goes... Me thinks he is probably overcompensating...
| Nah, I just update my computer once every 7 years to state of the art (or close enough to it). I doubt I'll need any new hardware for another 10 years or so. |
05-05-2009, 08:46 PM
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Posts: 236
| | | PC Type: Desktop
OS: Windows XP Home
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ (2.2Ghz)
Graphics: NVIDIA GEForce 9800 GT (1GB)
Memory: 2GB ddr RAM (two 1GB Kingston sticks)
Hard Drive: 250 GB
Monitor Native Res: 1920 X 1200
Benchmarks: The Witcher ran flawlessly at default settings and 1024 X 768, but buying the giant monitor was my downfall - at 1920 X 1200, even Titan Quest lags sometimes.
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05-05-2009, 09:24 PM
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| | | @Flix, just so you know, Titan Quest will sometimes lag on any setting or system. There's a rather large programming error in it that causes it, no one's been able to pinpoint it enough to fix it without redesigning the entire game engine itself. |
05-05-2009, 10:05 PM
|  | Exalted Member | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Across the Rhine
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| | 1) Rig type?
Desktop 2) Processor?
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz/4MB(L2 Cache)/1333MHz(FSB) 3) Graphics card?
512MB DDR3 Galaxy Geforce 9600GT Overclocked 4) RAM? Hard drive?
2x 2GB RAM (Kingston ValueRAM)
Western Digital 320GB HDD 5) Benchmarks?
Grand Theft Auto IV - Avg: 39fps @ 1280x1024 at medium settings. Stuttering and slowdown in some areas of the game, but still playable.
The Witcher - I assume an average of 40fps @ 1280x1024 at high settings. Pretty smooth overall, until you reach the Trade Quarter and the burning of Vizima, where it behaves like a pig at times.
Crysis - Avg: 50fps @ 1024x768 at high settings.
Call of Duty 4 - Avg: 62fps @ 1024x768 at high settings.
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin - Avg: 60fps @ 1024x768 at high settings. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Loki Its pretty dismal for a gaming rig lol. But ever since my old acer desktop was sent to Davy Jones locker loooong ago, it has been a loyal servant. | I had one too. A 486 processor before I switched to the Pentium 2. Had a load of problems with it, especially when playing games which have mouse support. Mouse jammed at the edge of the screen after an hour of playing and audio problems are abundant in quite a number of games. Threw it right into the dustbin after the switch and I don't miss it one bit. Despised Acer ever since after that ordeal, though.
P.S. Welcome back, Loki.
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05-06-2009, 01:13 AM
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| | Mines getting a bit old now, it's an E6600 with 4GB RAM, GeForce 8800GTS w. 768 MB RAM, and a X-fi sound card and various other stuff.
Am thinking of buying another within the next 6 months or so when Windows 7 comes out (I've always been on board with the new windows versions ) - have my eyes on a nifty high end one but it does cost a bit, but been a long time since I've spoiled myself.  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | | Display Modes | Rate This Thread |  Linear Mode | | 
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