heh, I haven't run any benchmarks. Here's a real-world example though -
A common task of mine is to dump pictures from my digital camera into a folder and then run a batch process in my photo-editing program to generate thumnails for the entire directory. On the old comp it would take roughly 5 - 7 seconds for each photo. On the new comp it flips through them like shuffling a deck of cards - it's really fast. Games that used to not run well at 800x600 16bit color, textures turned down - will now run smoothly at 1024x768+ 32bit color, textures turned way up. With this board/processor - overclocking could also be in the picture with some faster PC3200 RAM, but I'm waiting on that. A Radeon9800 Pro could also turn this into a top performer, but that's still well over $300 even for the off-name brands. I'll run some 3D marks when I get home though - it would be interesting to see where this rig stands in the benchmarks. I know the P4 "800"Mhz FSB will blow it away in the marks, but the processor alone for that kind of rig costs more than my whole computer set-up - depending on which one you get. Adam. >^_^ Define Rips. >What's the 3DMark 2001 score like? > >-Gel > > >-----Original Message----- >From: cantrl. a [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Hey Michael, if it helps any, I just put together a sleeper >workstation/gaming machine for less than $500, without monitor. The ol' >PIII 450 was starting to slow me down with work stuff. > >It has: > >Case >MSI Nforce2 Motherboard (onboard GeforceMX graphix, six channel audio, >RAID controller, serial ATA if you want to use it) AMD2500 Barton 512MB >DDR333 RAM 120GB ATA133 Hard Drive DVD ROM drive > >Most of it was ordered from accuPC.com. > >resellerratings.com is another great site if you want to get really >picky with prices and spend time searching around. The system is all set >up and it rips - even with the onboard graphix. The graphix can be >updated when the new cards get a bit cheaper - not going to spend the >same amount as my computer on a graphics card. If you want more details >or anything, let me know. > >Adam. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
