My PC

[Lnakka]

same thing happen to me, CS:S looks like lagging all the time, even when I play only with bots... But other source games are fine... Good old 1.6

hehe very werid imo, get a better system and old games that worked smoothish play worse on a better system....
CS:CZ here i come....

[Acka]

So I got my keyboard today, I wanted that Reclusa so much, but they told me they wont have it next 1-2 weeks, so I took G11...
Looks good (quite big), writing on it is comfortable (except I'm hitting G1 key all the time when I want to hit Esc) and still have to try that macro software.

[Lnakka]

So I got my keyboard today, I wanted that Reclusa so much, but they told me they wont have it next 1-2 weeks, so I took G11...
Looks good (quite big), writing on it is comfortable (except I'm hitting G1 key all the time when I want to hit Esc) and still have to try that macro software.

lol i hit the G keys alot esp when trying to use esc or 1, if you learn that macro software tell me >.<

[Acka]

Heh, its easy, you just press "record macro" and press watever you want, then assign it to some g key...

Like if you bind there "enter" + "/y heal me ffs" + enter and you will press it you will shout heal me ffs

here is newest version: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/434/285&cl=gb,en

[deathraver]

Well its time for me to start thinking of me new sli pc for next year..... 

This is what i will be going for:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz Processor overclocked too 3.45GHz

Corsair Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Memory

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 1024MB GDDR3 ....x2

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB 7200RPM SATA-II 32MB Cache HDD

Enermax Galaxy 1000W Power Supply

Sub Zero Cooling Pack

Totel price £2000

I gotta get me savin boots on...... and say good bye to lag for good hehe

[Rowain]

Looks imba. Don't forget to order an air-conditioner too, as it will outheat midrange stoves

One thing I'm not sure of is the 9800 GX2. These are already "doubled" cards put on a single card. Not sure if you can put them in an SLI config. Consider using two 8800 GTs, they are really cheap and offer great performance.

[Rotheus]

Well i totaly support Rowain on that matter ( and on others ) on a preety extensive review on Tomshardware, a 2 way SLI of 9800 GX2`s and a 3way 8800 GT Ultras`s fought fiercely but surprisingly even tought 9800gx2 have 2 gpu each, they didnt manage to beat the 3 way 8800gt`s and surprisingly had inferior results in most tests.

Now back to the pc speccs, personaly i think a high end gaming solution that would last you 1-2 years for sure would be a 3.0ghz Intel Dual core processor ( its fairly cheap around 200 $ ) 4 GB of ram ( or 3 if you plan on NOT using vista ) again a dual channel 4 gb solution doesnt cost alot and as for the video cards, well i`m not very convinced about how good or bad these SLI / Crossfire dual GPU solutions are, but if you`d ask me from all the boring reading i`ve been doing on forums and such and ofc looking for something to change MY ageing pc`s a dual Crossfire with  ATI RADEON HD 4870 or a SLI with dual Geforce 8800 GTX would be acceptably cheap ( both cards are around 250$ each ) now your left with choosing a motherboard a power source ( if your opting for SLI / Crossfire more than 1 harddrive alot of peripherals and Optic Drives i`d recomend something over 600 Watts ) tehnicaly 7-800 should cover it and future expansions in your PC

Now if your a maniac have a hyde park load of cash to spend and want to keep your PC running for like aa 3-4 years ( maybe ? i think 4 years is pushing it ) you might want to get a quad core processor, tought atm only 1 game and a handfull of aplications can make use of the 4 processing core in the CPU in the upcoming months games and apps will defenetly evolve. more than 4 GB would prolly be an overkill and as for the video cards, well maybe getting a single dual GPU card like the 9800 GX2 or the ati HD 4870 X2 and depeding on future needs buying another one so you can use em in a SLI / Crossfire mode.

So as an and conclusion dont bother with the 9800Gx2 SLI just yet

[Rowain]

Yep, quad-cores will be actually slower in most (99%) of apps today than the best dual cores (core speed is higher, more cache).

I myself am an efficiency freak, favoring lean and mean solutions over brute force ones. I tend to go for things with high performance/power consumption, performance/price and performance/noise ratios. I usually build my PC using the best current efficient mid-high range stuff and upgrade often instead of buying mega-über powerhouses, and I am still able to run everything (including the most demanding games) without any problems.

[Rotheus]

Yep, quad-cores will be actually slower in most (99%) of apps today than the best dual cores (core speed is higher, more cache).

I myself am an efficiency freak, favoring lean and mean solutions over brute force ones. I tend to go for things with high performance/power consumption, performance/price and performance/noise ratios. I usually build my PC using the best current efficient mid-high range stuff and upgrade often instead of buying mega-über powerhouses, and I am still able to run everything (including the most demanding games) without any problems.

w00t w00t so i`m not alone in the universe xD

[deathraver]

Well This is my new pc
 It cost me £1,100

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz 2.83GHZ

Ram: 8.00GB

Hdd: 500G

Vista 64-bit

Sli mother board

2 Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT Cards

[Tyrull]

It's been a few months since I got my upgraded PC:

- CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz
- ASUS P5Q-SE, bla bla bla
- Gigabyte GeForce 9800GT 512 DDR3 TV DVI
- 4GB Kingmax DDR2/800
- Samsung - HD322HJ - 320 GB SATA2 7200rpm
- Samsung -SH-S223F/RSMN 22xDVDRW
- Spire RockeTeerII 420W
- Asus TA-863
- A4Tech X7 mouse and keyboard.

Price 550 Euros.

[Vendettah]

I can make nerdpost like that too!

Upgraded bout a year ago already (upgraded mobo/cpu/mem, rest I kept), when the AM3 platfrom came out:

- CPU: AMD Phenom II X3 720BE @ 3.5GHz cooled by Scythe Infinity
- mobo: Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
- mem: 4GB OCZ DDR3 @ 1600MHz
- hdd1: WD Raptor (10000rpm) 36GB (my windows drive)
- hdd2: 2x Samsung HD322HJ (7200rpm) 320GB @ RAID0
- videocard: 2x HD3870 512MB (GDDR4 version) in CrossFire
- power supply: Zalman ZM600HP 600W
- case: Antec 900
- monitor: LG 20" 1680x1050 5ms TV monitor (I can switch between DVI and TV input, so its also my TV ^^)
- mouse+keyboard: Logitech MX518 mouse (with a 450x400mm mousepad ), basic Logitech keyboard

Allows me to play WoW on all max settings, except for shadows, since those bug with CrossFire and SLI (or maybe thats fixed now?)

[deathraver]

Allows me to play WoW on all max settings, except for shadows, since those bug with CrossFire and SLI (or maybe thats fixed now?)

 yep works ok here. Must have been fixed

[deathraver]

Ok i need abit of info on GPU's

I have this Nvidia 9800GT in SLI
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_9800gt_us.html
But i have the 1GB Memory

But i am thinking about going for the Nvidia 285 in SLI
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_285_us.html

Is it a good upgrade in GPU??

[Tyrull]

I recently purchased MSI GTX275 TwinFrozr (http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=130&cat2_no=136&prod_no=1788), and I have to say that it is a huge improvement from 9800GT I had before (although it didn't have such a huge impact on WoW). My guess is that anything above GTX 275 should be good.