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Valves pcs

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  • 23-02-2009 8:13pm
    #1
    dreamers75
    Registered Users Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭


    http://kotaku.com/5158462/how-big-are-the-pcs-valve-program-on

    * EVGA 780i SLI FTW Intel Motherboard
    * Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz Quad-Core Processor
    * 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 1066MHz ram
    (Crucial Ballistix, Kingston ValueRam)
    * 1 x NVidia GTX280 1GB - OR - ATI 4870 1GB graphics card
    * 1 x 250GB 7200RPM SATA HD
    (Seagate, Western Digital)
    * 1 x 500GB 7200RPM SATA HD
    (Seagate, Western Digital)
    * Antec Sonata III desktop case
    * Zalman CPU Cooler
    * 850W Antec power supply
    * 1 x Dell 3008FPW-HC 30" LCD - OR - 2 x Dell 2001FP 20.1" LCD monitors
    * Windows XP 32bit






    Now see how far away you are from the new generation of machines the company is "currently transitioning to":






    * EVGA X58 3X SLI Intel Motherboard
    * Intel Corei7 940 2.93GHz Quad-Core Processor
    * 12GB PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz ram
    (Crucial Ballistix, Kingston ValueRam)
    * 1 x NVidia GTX285 1GB - OR - ATI 4870 1GB graphics card
    * 1 x 250GB 7200RPM SATA HD
    * (Seagate, Western Digital) 1 x 500GB 7200RPM SATA HD
    * (Seagate, Western Digital) Lian Li P60-F Case
    * Intel CPU Cooler
    * 850W Antec power supply
    * 1 x Dell 3008FPW-HC 30" LCD - OR - 2 x Dell 2001FP 20.1" LCD monitors
    * Windows Vista 64bit


    bet their cleaning lady has a better pc than me :(


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    Branoic
    Registered Users Posts: 1,742 ✭✭✭Branoic


    pfft. I aint too far behind their new generation machines :D


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    Mr Bloat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,234 ✭✭✭Mr Bloat


    And here was I thinking I had a decent rig!

    I'm not jealous though. Not a bit, no.

    Valve don't have an Irish office, do they...? :)


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    uglyjohn
    Registered Users Posts: 747 ✭✭✭uglyjohn


    what the hell do they need those for? they are so far beyond what you need to play any valve game maxed out its ridiculous. do you need fancy processors and 12gb ram for programming and other game making jiggery-pokery...because very few games are processor dependant.

    i am fairly jealous though.....id love one of their cast offs!


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    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    They aren't playing the games though they are making them. Some of the tools used to make games would benefit from a very fast computer. Saying that it isn't that big an upgrade considering what they are moving from.


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    um7y1h83ge06nx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,029 ✭✭✭um7y1h83ge06nx


    It would be used for the tools and IDEs (Integrated Development Envirnoments).

    Here at work, I have a Quad-core Intel Xeon and 4GB of Ram and we need it, our poor PCs get terrible abuse!


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    Silenceisbliss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭Silenceisbliss


    so they have 4gb of ram....and a 1gb GPU....

    on xp 32bit...

    smart bunch


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


    Are they sponsored or something? So pointless....a 780i sli board....with single video card which in some cases is an ATI one....on an overpowered power supply....and with 4gb ram/1gb gpu on 32bit os....
    Saying that it isn't that big an upgrade considering what they are moving from.

    Their new upgrade is massive in the context of what they use them for. Going from 4GB DDR2 to 12Gb DDR3?


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