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Best Gaming rig

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  • 13-05-2007 1:28am
    #1
    BeerWolf
    Registered Users Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭


    If money was no object - what would be the best set up possible, today (Including extras, like monitor, speakers, etc.) and its rough cost estimation? :)


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    #2
    hopeful
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭hopeful


    Just for the laugh...

    Vadim Computers will supply the following for £11435...inc shipping!

    Custom Fusion-LQX-Intel-775G2-Crossfire system 21430
    Case: Lian-Li V2100B Plus Black CASE (NO PSU)
    Cabling: Supreme Cable Management and UV Modding - Green and Blue
    Window: Complex Custom Precise Machine-Cut Window
    Cooling Mesh: Precise Machine-Cut Plain Rectangular for meshing
    Airbrushing: Supreme Air-Brushing (Complex Custom Pattern)
    Cooling: LiquoCool Antarctic TXD Extreme (CPU+2Chipset+2VGA)
    PSU: Enermax Galaxy Modular DXX 1000W PSU
    Motherboard: DFI LANPARTY UT ICFX3200-T2R/G (ATI RD600- 1333 FSB Conroe)
    CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad QX6800 Extreme Retail (4x2.93GHz 1066FSB 8Mb)
    Memory: OCZ DDR2-800 2x2048MB Vista Upgrade 4GB Dual Channel Kit
    Hard Drive: (4x) 150Gb Raptor 10000 16mb E-SATA
    Storage HD: (4x) 500GB WD Caviar RE2 7200 16mb Cache SATA II NCQ
    MasterGraphics: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 512MB GDDR3 TVO
    Graphics2: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 512MB GDDR3 TVO
    Physics: BFG Ageia PhysX Accelerator
    Optical Drive: Samsung SH-S183L SATA 18x DL DVDRW Black
    Optical Drive 2: Plextor PX-B900A/T3KB Blue-Ray DVDR
    Floppy Drive: Icy Box 16-in-1 internal/external USB Card reader (Black)
    PCI card: WinTV-HVR-4000 Quad-mode TV tuner
    Sound Card: Creative 7.1 X-FI ExtremeGamer Fatal1ty
    Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit DVD OEM
    Building: Standard Build (5-15 working days)
    Overclocking: Safe Stable Overclocking (3-40% - CPU/Memory/VGA)
    Warranty: Deluxe 3 Year Collect and Return-Onsite Warranty
    Keyboard: Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser
    Mouse: Logitech G5 Laser Gaming Mouse
    Speakers: Creative GigaWorks S750 Multimedia 7.1 Speaker System
    Monitor: (2x) Dell 3007WFP-HC TFT Black (30"-11ms) Widescreen
    Free T-Shirt: Vadim Computers Baseball T-Shirt (L)


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    #3
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    A free t-shirt....that really seals the deal.


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    game4it70
    Registered Users Posts: 2,125 ✭✭✭game4it70


    "A free t-shirt....that really seals the deal."
    lol havok had me sold


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    #5
    papu
    Registered Users Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭papu


    hd2900xt?!?!

    blu ray!?

    Linkey to this magical site plx!


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    #6
    BeerWolf
    Registered Users Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    8 hard drives? I doubt I'd ever need more than 2 :p


    And for a Rig of that calibre, what kind of fps can you expect off... say, Oblivion [outdoors] on Ultra settings ? :eek:


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    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    400 million fps id say.


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    #8
    DirkVoodoo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,504 ✭✭✭✭DirkVoodoo


    Its immaterial what FPS you get above the refresh rate/response time of your screen (im guessing this machine would have an LCD). Also, small changes in higher frame rates are nearly imperceptible to the naked eye rather than small changes at lower frame rates.

    Spending 11k sterling on a PC is pretty sad. The best setup in my opinion would be the best rig for about 2500k.


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    hopeful
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭hopeful


    The question was asked...I merely answered. No one would ever buy this spec...but Vadim would build it!
    I really hope that no-one thought that was a serious build...I wonder about people's sense of humour sometimes!
    LINKY as requested.

    And the 'Free tee shirt' bit also made me chuckle :D


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    #10
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    Going for a God-Box the 8800GTX to two in SLI is definitely better the HD 2900XT is trades blows with the 8800GTS 640 not the 8800GTX which easily dispatches it.

    Given time ATI might be able to work out the problems but it's not something I would recommend at this time given the raw state of the drivers.

    4GB of RAM isn't all that useful to gamers 2GB under 32-bit is really the optimal amount any more is diminishing returns.


    For about €5800 this is what I would go for with no plans for overclocking or going totally nuts on burning money either.
    Case: Antec P180
    PSU: Seasonic 700W
    GPU: GeForce 8800GTX - get 2 for SLI
    CPU: Core 2 X6800
    DVDRW: NEC SATA & Samsung SATA
    HD1: WD Raptor - get 2 for RAID 0 or just JBOD
    HD2: WD 500GB - get 2 for storage/backup.
    OS: Vista 32-bit retail or XP.
    Mobo: nForce 650i - why because it uses passive cooling and no real difference in having dual x8 slots for SLi and x16.
    RAM: 2GB of Corsair DDR-2 800
    Sound: Creative X-Fi Platinum
    Speakers: Logitech 5.1 Z-5500 HTX/DTS
    Key/mouse: Wireless combo Microsoft laser 6000 or Logitech MX5000
    Monitor: Dell 30" 3007 widescreen display

    As far as I'm concerned anything else is just excess or going to offer very small improvements - again no overclocking taken into account.


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    #11
    Fremen
    Registered Users Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭Fremen


    I hear you can get some fairly decent rigs here, if you have the money:

    http://www.cray.com/


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    #12
    sebastianlieken
    Registered Users Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭sebastianlieken


    Fremen wrote:
    I hear you can get some fairly decent rigs here, if you have the money:

    http://www.cray.com/

    ...ok.. not 'literaly' supercomputer!, dont they use those systems in the US intelligence agency or sumthin to scan like all the information in the world....or sumthin...

    can u imagine goin up to them n buyin one askin.'so how willit run all the latest games like crysis?...

    i read one part where one of 'mid range systems' has 16 terebites of ram.... DAMN!

    realisticaly, the toke prob doesnt have a graphics card...so.....yeeeeeeah...


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    #13
    challengemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Antec 900 case
    Asus P5W64 WS Professional mobo
    Intel Core2Quad Q6600
    4GB of this stuff :)
    4 x 8800ULTRA
    3 of these bad boys
    one of these
    tuniq tower 120
    2 of these
    Soundcard
    This thingy

    OS: Vista ultimate && XP && Linux distro of choice
    Mouse/kb : Logitech MX518 && G15
    Moustmat: Everglide Titan Fnatic edition
    Monitor: 2x 22" Syncmaster and one of these plz

    S'good


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    #14
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    Err you cant use 4* 8800s in one machine....

    Even if you could, that 500watt PSU wouldnt be to happy about it....

    And why the Hell would he need/want a 375 euro fiber optic lan card?!

    :D


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    #15
    papu
    Registered Users Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭papu


    4 x 8800ULTRA

    2 for the pc and 2 to use as feet warmers
    Going for a God-Box the 8800GTX to two in SLI is definitely better the HD 2900XT is trades blows with the 8800GTS 640 not the 8800GTX which easily dispatches it.

    at this time id like to land a roflcopter.

    http://r800.blogspot.com/2007/04/radeon-hd-2900xt_28.html

    im sure were going for a future save system? Dx10 and Hd is the way forward
    004106f353amy5.jpg

    the gtx Isn't THAT much better than the gts


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    #16
    Slutmonkey57b
    Registered Users Posts: 5,560 ✭✭✭Slutmonkey57b


    Ah, those well-known benchmarks "N-Patches" and "Global Illumination", er - what? I'm not saying that blog is run by a marketing drone but - oh wait.


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    #17
    papu
    Registered Users Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭papu


    Ah, those well-known benchmarks "N-Patches" and "Global Illumination", er - what? I'm not saying that blog is run by a marketing drone but - oh wait.
    Its a benchmarking system for the dx10 game


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    #18
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    Those Call of Juarez benchmarks are cooked by AMD they benchmarked a version of the game that doesn't work with GeForce 8

    For reference NVIDIA has been supplying these as well with a driver 158.47 and build of the game that does work with their hardware as you can see they easily leapfrog the HD 2900XT a little disappointing if true as superior DX10 performance was one of the few bright spots for the 2900 series.

    00499444.jpg
    Taken from French Clubic review.


    GeForce 8 GTX is still king of the hill.


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    #19
    Slutmonkey57b
    Registered Users Posts: 5,560 ✭✭✭Slutmonkey57b


    Am I reading that right? Wow - for an extra, what, 300 quid you get 1.5 WHOLE FPS performance boost? Goooo the GTX! King of the hill! w00t!


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    #20
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    You mean the Ultra yeah everyone knows that's a waste of money more of an experiment by NVIDIA to see how many people with more money the sense would actually bite.

    There is a dedicated thread for the Radeon HD 2900XT in the graphics forum for any more chatter on that topic.


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