Your monitor seems nice. How is the saturation and contrast? Yeah, I understand that if it was a bundle for a good price, then you did good if having no other choice at that price. Besides games being a bit optimized for nvidia gpus, nvidia drivers are better coded (still has lots of room for improvement though) than ati. What I was saying is that you could slap a nvidia gpu on that amd cpu, and it would be sweet, much sweeter :)
@Espio: If you're using vista or 7, have a capable audio device and a sound api converter, you get hardware accelerated audio and/or environmental extensions. From the moment that with current cpus, one can still gain more than 5fps just by offloading the audio pipeline to the soundcard, it's definitely worth it in my book :) Not to mention the HUGE sound quality increase ;) On 26 Nov, 23:00, UncleFerassi <[email protected]> wrote: > Oops, my new monitor is > thishttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236049 > Yea I would have built my own computer with a Intel/Nvidia setup, but > since a great deal came up on NewEgg plus a coupon another website > gave me, PLUS it was already preassembled and I'm just a lazy fatass > ^^, I just had to buy it since it was in limited stock lol, Black > Friday FTW. > I realized that most games are optimized for Nvidia cards, but I just > have to make do with my budget lol > > On Nov 26, 2:32 pm, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Not really, not gta 4 at least. You still haven't said which monitor > > you have. multi-gpu setups are another thing I don't like about ati. 2 > > nvidias in sli can give 100% more performance, while 2 atis in cf give > > at best 60% more performance. A GTX460 would have been a much better > > buy. And it's not just the drivers that need optimizing, but that's a > > longer talk :) > > Anyway, you should definitely get a soundcard, and no need on getting > > something expensive, as your ears first need to be trained. Getting > > another ati gpu isn't so important, both because of the reduced > > performance gain when taking in account spending twice as much, and > > the fact that there are many games that gain 0% performance with multi- > > gpu setups, and some even have lower performance. > > > On 26 Nov, 22:15, UncleFerassi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yeah that was my plan later on, to buy a dedicated sound card and buy > > > an extra 5770 for CF, but since I saved up quite awhile for this comp > > > (1 1/2 years :D), it will probably be later on in the road until I buy > > > those things. My only regret is, I think that I bought a monitor that > > > is too big for my system lol. You guys think I can run latest games > > > (GTA 4, PES 11, Fifa 11, MW2, Black Ops) on highest settings and > > > 1920x1080 res with the current setup I have now? > > > > On Nov 26, 1:23 pm, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Why overclock it if you don't know what it can do in your hands first? > > > > For regular users, overclocking should be done once all components > > > > were pushed to the edge, and you require more than they can handle by > > > > default. I'm sorry about your gpu, and do yourself a favor and spend > > > > 50$ on a dedicated soundcard. In case you don't know, a dedicated > > > > soundcard increases fps since the cpu doesn't have to process it. Get > > > > a x-fi go, a x-fi xtremeaudio pcie bulk, or a xonar dx (this one is > > > > not so good for games). Those 3 soundcards are very cheap and miles > > > > ahead of onboard chipsets, quality-wise. If you always have listened > > > > the sound of crappy onboard chipsets, you will feel a world of > > > > difference :) > > > > > On 26 Nov, 19:50, UncleFerassi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Yea lol, I can't wait until it arrives. I was kinda thinking of > > > > > overclocking it right after I got it lol, thanks for saving me there > > > > > ^^. The price of the computer was steal too, $600 (excluding the > > > > > monitor), the monitor was like $200 lol. > > > > > > On Nov 26, 11:36 am, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > lol, congratz bro... > > > > > > > a piece of advice, Overclocking is a bit addictive so stay away > > > > > > from it for > > > > > > a while (Lol, believe me i know) > > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 3:26 AM, UncleFerassi > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello brothers, > > > > > > > As of right now, I have ordered a new computer plus a nice 24 inch > > > > > > > monitor from Newegg.com. It is a iBUYPOWER Gamer Power 568Q6 and > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > specs are as followed: > > > > > > > > AMD Phenom II X6 1055T(2.8GHz) > > > > > > > 4GB (2GB x 2) DDR3 1333 > > > > > > > 1TB SATAII > > > > > > > 24X DL DVD+/-RW Drive > > > > > > > ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB > > > > > > > Sound card - Integrated > > > > > > > Ethernet-10/100/1000Mbps > > > > > > > 700W Power Supply > > > > > > > iBUYPOWER USB Deluxe Keyboard > > > > > > > iBUYPOWER USB Mouse > > > > > > > Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit > > > > > > > Xion Echo Gaming Tower > > > > > > > > I'm happy but sad because soon, I will not be the hardcore 9xx > > > > > > > gamer > > > > > > > that I once been. I always look around this forum for inspiration > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > will always continue as I get this computer. Don't worry > > > > > > > brothers, I > > > > > > > will always come here daily to witness the latest news, try to > > > > > > > contribute to this great project that has been a legend for Intel > > > > > > > 9xx > > > > > > > users, and try the latest drivers for my old lappy that I will > > > > > > > still > > > > > > > have for school and portability :D. But I am happy to say that, > > > > > > > GOOD > > > > > > > BYE HALF LIFE 2 AND HELLO CRYSIS! (lulz) > > > > > > > > -Good Luck Soldiers! > > > > > > > > UncleFerassi > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Laptop: > > > > > > Acer Aspire > > > > > > Core Duo T2300E @ 1.67GHz > > > > > > Intel GMA 950 IGP > > > > > > Intel 945 Chipset > > > > > > 1GB RAM (512MB*2) Dual Channel DDR2 > > > > > > 80GB standard PATA HDD > > > > > > Win7 Ultimate 32bit / Ubuntu 10.04 > > -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
