that computer is such a rip-off, its not even remotely entertaining.Originally Posted by zanthor
well... maybe just a little
that computer is such a rip-off, its not even remotely entertaining.
well... maybe just a little
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It does look pretty slick. The most interesting thing about it is the full liquid immersion. Niftythat computer is such a rip-off, its not even remotely entertaining.
well... maybe just a little
Yea, whats up on the 10th?
10th is nda/soft launch of ati's new video card lineup, the only reason why I am interested in this is the eyefinity capability to support 3 monitors
On the 10th AMD will be showing off the HD5xxx series GPU. Current rumors are that the 5870 will be about the same speed as a 4870x2 and be around $299. The HD5xxx series can also output to 3 monitors at the same time which might be something to think about.
Intel are also releasing the i5 CPU which will be on a cheaper motherboard than the current i7's so it might be worth waiting for that to see how it performs vs the i7.
I would defiantly get a raid0 SSD array though because that can increase frame rates a lot in places like Dalaran.
So i5 is set to release in less than 2 weeks? I was about to build an i7 system but if the i5's will be out shortly, i might just wait and see.
It's being widely reported that i5 will be released next Tuesday (Sept. 8) but I don't know if Intel has said so publicly.
I think it's a good idea to wait till next week and read the new benchmarks and compare prices before building a PC.
Some benchmarks have already leaked out of Taiwan and it looks likely that i5's performance will be comparable to the 920 but the system price may be lower.
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How much RAM will the i5's support? I know so little about the subject, but I'm curious if it will be multiples of 2 or 3, which could make a big difference for multiboxers.
Off topic I'm curious what the projections (purely guesses at this point) are for the expansion and multiboxing... I wonder if these current i7 920 systems, like the one I have, will be able to handle the ever increasing demands.
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here is the dilemma in the i5 vs i7 debate, i5 removes hyperthreaded which takes away your 4 "logical cores" and i beleive has smaller cache sizes. so your standard user will see equal performance dollar for dollar, whereas a 5 boxer may see no increase or a decrease in performance. pure speculation because until someone runs benchmarks in highly multi-threaded apps we wont know.
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