I just re-did the Vista 64 install so that there's a clean image with nothing but drivers and SP1. Nvidia updated its video drivers so this install might be even a bit more stable than the last. It's ready for William's FPS testing on Monday. Wasn't as easy as you'd think though. Still have to remove one graphics card to install the OS due to SLI driver issues, and getting the memory settings just right on this thing is, well, challenging. Finally, I just turned off the EPP and ran the Crucial at 1333Mhz for the install. The 9800 GX2s should kick butt even without any CPU or memory overclocking.
Cheers, Jon
P.S. Except for the main unit and one monitor, just about everything has been packed up or is about to be. I need to bag and tag some of the extraneous parts I didn't use or removed, but otherwise it's ready to go out the door as soon as testing is finished and the last two parts arrive.
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nethrose
in response to: rtfire1
haha that's sarcasm right rtfire? mine was built around the same time, maybe 6 years, with minor updates, but yea, gaming on single core = lose
nethrose
in response to: nethrose
wait, i just realized what you meant. you did not mean that your computer is necessarily 5 years old. you just built 5 years ago. sigh i wish i were in that boat. i'm about to rebuild a bare bones system.
rtfire1
in response to: nethrose
It is a single core with a gig of ram runing xp pro sp2 The board was upgraded once same company so I did not have to reinstall windows. I am looking in to rebuilding it and installing windows server if I can get a copy cheap. I am going to be doing a biuld next year for a vista box. Right now I am waiting to kick my vista laptop from 2 gigs to 4 gigs of ram.
mvd7793
in response to: rtfire1
If you're a student (or know one), use Microsoft DreamSpark (downloads.channel8.msdn.com). They give students a free copy of Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.
anupjonathan
Jon, will there be a PC World Dream PC contest next year too? Just wanted to know......Thanks. You built a great system.......wondering how the system specs will be next year!!! What do you predict?
jonljacobi
in response to: anupjonathan
Not my call, but I'd be surprised if they waited that long.
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I am so glade my last gaming pc build was about 5 years ago