Members FWAxeIbanez Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 wow, this guy wants 10 grand for this computer... and the damn thing isn't even set up in SLI... It does have 4 gigs of ram, but still, ten grand and it isn't even SLI?! good stuff growing in South Windsor I guess http://cgi.ebay.com/Dignazio-Webber-High-End-Gaming-Computer_W0QQitemZ8723206285 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AtillaTheHungry Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 I don't know what is involved with getting 4GB in there, but the parts seem to add up to something like $3,000 haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members freakk guitarist Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 what is SLI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AtillaTheHungry Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 Stands for Scalable Link Interface. It's for using multiple graphics cards together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Inearthed Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 Sheesh... $10,000? Build it yourself and you can get a slightly lesser machine (and get rid of the unnecessary accessories) that'll be nearly as good. Originally posted by freakk guitarist what is SLI? Scalable Link Interface. Use two graphic cards in the same machine, in an ideal environment you get much more available processing power for graphics. Need identical graphics cards for it.Edit: Beaten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members code_blue Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 19" screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AtillaTheHungry Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 Lol look at this: Please Note Payment is expected before I work on your computer. Computer will be three to four weeks being built, that allows me to assemble it, test it and ship it to you. If you want a computer for Christmas order it today. Each computer is assembled by hand and all the parts will be as specified or better.Oh my...so is the cost all the labor it takes to build this computer? Imagine that, three to four weeks! Who'd a thunk it took that long to stick those extra RAM sticks in there! And all the parts will be as specified or better...neat, you could end up with anything he claims is "better." Originally posted by code_blue 19" screen? Oh, so that's where the other $7k goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FWAxeIbanez Posted February 13, 2006 Author Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 Originally posted by OneArmedScissors Lol look at this: Oh my...so is the cost all the labor it takes to build this computer? Imagine that, three to four weeks! Who'd a thunk it took that long to stick those extra RAM sticks in there! I was thinkin it was about how long it would take for him to get his $4,000 Alienware and change out the case for re-shipping... but who knows...I've seen computers with dual 7800 gtx's with the 512mb's of DDR3 onboard, along with water cooling and crazy extra stuff for just shy of 4 grand... I could probably build this one for 2700 or so if you don't count the monitor and such Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RancidMilk912 Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 it has an sli motherboard so you could run sli.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FWAxeIbanez Posted February 13, 2006 Author Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 Originally posted by RancidMilk912 it has an sli motherboard so you could run sli.... sure, if I wanted to tack on another 400-800 bucks... which I'm sure everybody would love to do after they drop 10 grand on a computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sumasmreq Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 Originally posted by Inearthed Sheesh... $10,000? Build it yourself and you can get a slightly lesser machine (and get rid of the unnecessary accessories) that'll be nearly as good. Scalable Link Interface. Use two graphic cards in the same machine, in an ideal environment you get much more available processing power for graphics. Need identical graphics cards for it. Edit: Beaten. Both wrong.Scan Line interleave/interlacing. Back in the days of voodoo2. nVidia is a bitch sometime and just hopped on the 3dfx fanboy wagon from the glory days.Even then the performance isn't nearly worth the cost.If you spend more than 2200 on a PC you are probably wasting money on 2% gains that will be half the price in 3 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Straton Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 Originally posted by sumasmreq nVidia is a bitch sometime and just hopped on the 3dfx fanboy wagon from the glory days. Ummm, they bought 3dfx when it went under Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MasterOfSolos Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 Originally posted by Straton Ummm, they bought 3dfx when it went under Indeed. The 3dfx guys helped them design the Nvidia Geforce FX line apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vendor Defendor Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 Windows XP x64 is horrible. I had it on my computer for a grand total of 10 minutes. Nothing worked. Sure was fast though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FWAxeIbanez Posted February 13, 2006 Author Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 don't tell me that... I was looking forward to win64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members etienne Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 I could build that kit for 3-4 grands... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members decode6 Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 Post an auction that directly undercuts him then. State that it's cheaper, faster, and more reliable than his rig. Make sure you mention that his penis doesn't work either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattACaster Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 Originally posted by Vendor Defendor Windows XP x64 is horrible. I had it on my computer for a grand total of 10 minutes. Nothing worked. Sure was fast though. Really? Everything I've read has stated that there are nearly no performance gains to be had with WinXP x64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members etienne Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 Originally posted by MattACaster Really? Everything I've read has stated that there are nearly no performance gains to be had with WinXP x64. Any games compiled in 64 ? The OS may be running faster, but how could that affect a game ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sumasmreq Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 Originally posted by MasterOfSolos Indeed. The 3dfx guys helped them design the Nvidia Geforce FX line apparently yeah old news. I am just saying they are using that to get them to buy it. The performance gains are still minimal when you compare the price and performance, and the speed at which graphics evolves. The 3dfx guys are also mainly responsible for the New SLI also... remember how they were the ones who pioneered the technology? I think dual core graphics cards would be better and cheaper. They can do it, just look at the old rage fury maxx, and voodoo 5s (5500 and 6500 for that matter) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rockstrongo Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 For $10,000 I'd expect something better than that {censored}ty little monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Redsand187 Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 WTF, I didn't even spend close to 10 grand on my new G5 with 8 gigs of ram, a Terabyte or HD, software, monitors, printer, network gear.... I don't know how fast that chip is, but, I'm pretty sure it doesn't have much on the quadcore g5, and that machine is not going to outperform one enough to be worth the premium. I guess he is looking for someone with more money then brains.... I'm sure it will work out great for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members M-III Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 Originally posted by Vendor Defendor Windows XP x64 is horrible. I had it on my computer for a grand total of 10 minutes. Nothing worked. Sure was fast though. Win XP Professional 64-bit is anything but horrible EXCEPT for it's DRIVERS. The kernal and everything else except the drivers are straight from the Services Pack 2 release, ported straight to 64-bit. When all the drivers from all the manufacturers to support all the mainstream periphials are there, it will be a godsend. All the reviews I have read on it indeed say it is blazing fast, especially with games, loading times on a AMD 64-bit processor.(and not so surprsingly little to zero gain on a Intel EMT64 processor)For $10,000 that computer better have EFFIN QUAD SLI like that new highend Dell XPS model has! Whatta racket computer hardware has become over the past few years, especially with video cards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Inearthed Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 Originally posted by sumasmreq Both wrong.Scan Line interleave/interlacing. Back in the days of voodoo2. nVidia is a bitch sometime and just hopped on the 3dfx fanboy wagon from the glory days.Even then the performance isn't nearly worth the cost.If you spend more than 2200 on a PC you are probably wasting money on 2% gains that will be half the price in 3 months. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_Link_Interface "An initial version of this technology (called Scan Line Interleave) was introduced by 3dfx in 1998 and used in the Voodoo 2 line of graphics accelerators. NVIDIA Corporation reintroduced the technology in 2004, and intends for it to be used in modern computer systems based on the PCI Express bus." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vendor Defendor Posted February 13, 2006 Members Share Posted February 13, 2006 Well, when I had to reformat a couple weeks ago I put it on there and was really amazed about how fast it loaded. Everything on windows seemed to be twice as fast (duh) but I wasn't really expecting to see it be as fast as it was. Then thats when the joy stopped. I started to load my drivers (like you were saying) and nothing worked. I couldn't load my sound card, my network adapter, guitar port etc all didn't work. At that point I said screw this and went back to 32. Oh well, hopfully software/hardware will start coming out soon that can make these things work with x64. I'd love to go back to it but I also would like to keep most of the things I have in my computer working. From what I understand though most of the software/hardware comapies aren't concerned about x64 at this time because they are waiting for the next version to come out. It was supposed to be out this year now it looks like late next year. My g/f's dad has a beta copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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