Alec§taar
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| Processor | DualCore AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+ (o/c 2801mhz STABLE (Ketxxx, POGE, Tatty One, ME)) |
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| Motherboard | ASUS A8N-SLI Premium (PCIe x16, x4, x1) |
| Cooling | PhaseChange Coolermaster CM754/939 (fan/heatsink), Thermalright heatspreaders + fan built on (RAM) |
| Memory | 512mb PC-3200 DDR400 (set DDR-33 for o/c) by Corsair (matched pair, 2x256mb) 200.1/200mhz |
| Video Card(s) | BFG GeForce 7900 GTX OC 512mb GDDR3 ram (o/c manually to 686 core/865 memory) - PhaseChange cooled |
| Storage | Dual "Raptor X" 16mb 10krpm/RAID 0 Promise EX8350 x4 PCIe 128mb & Intel IO chip/CENATEK RocketDrive |
| Display(s) | SONY 19" Trinitron MultiScan 400ps 1600x1200 75hz refresh 32-bit color |
| Case | Antec Super-LanBoy (aluminum baby-tower w/ lower front & upper rear cooling exhaust fans) |
| Audio Device(s) | RealTek AC97 onboard mobo stereo sound (Altec Lansing ACS-45 speakers - 10 yrs. still running!) |
| Power Supply | Antec 500w ATX 2.0 "SmartPower" powersupply |
| Software | Windows Server 2003 SP #1 fully patched, & massively tuned/tweaked to-the-max (plus latest drivers) |
See subject line, & take a peek @ this difference I have noted (literally, by comparing 2 sets of tests I use here):
SETI@Home built-in Benchmark system results (text) -
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New System (based on AMD Athlon64 x2 4800+):
Measured floating point speed 4257 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 13724.95 million ops/sec
Old System (based on Intel Pentium 4 3.2ghz std. edition):
Measured floating point speed 2097 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 2143.95 million ops/sec
* This is WHY I "hold-off" every 3-5 years between purchases - the leaps in power are massive, & worth the buy @ that point imo & experience (+ results noted above).
(Other benchmarks I use like the older Wintune97 bear out much the same results as this test did... & it shows MOSTLY in games!)
APK
P.S.=> Do you guys have results from your older rigs that are @ least 2-3 years old vs. your new rigs?
If so, post up your benchmark tests results between them, to illustrate this point to others as to when it's "best" to update/upgrade to a newer rig, by showing how much YOU gained, & by jumping from 1 type of system, to another newer one...
TIA! apk
SETI@Home built-in Benchmark system results (text) -
--------------------------------------------------------
New System (based on AMD Athlon64 x2 4800+):
Measured floating point speed 4257 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 13724.95 million ops/sec
Old System (based on Intel Pentium 4 3.2ghz std. edition):
Measured floating point speed 2097 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 2143.95 million ops/sec
* This is WHY I "hold-off" every 3-5 years between purchases - the leaps in power are massive, & worth the buy @ that point imo & experience (+ results noted above).
(Other benchmarks I use like the older Wintune97 bear out much the same results as this test did... & it shows MOSTLY in games!)
APK
P.S.=> Do you guys have results from your older rigs that are @ least 2-3 years old vs. your new rigs?
If so, post up your benchmark tests results between them, to illustrate this point to others as to when it's "best" to update/upgrade to a newer rig, by showing how much YOU gained, & by jumping from 1 type of system, to another newer one...
TIA! apk