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  3. My new Alienware! Pics, Screenshots, 3dmark scores.

    in Computer Talk - News, technology, advice

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    your tryin to tell me that dual 8800GTX SLI wont be super fast?  Whats out there right now thats faster?  Reminds me of people last year tellin me i should have done this and that with chickens computer (that i built) yet no one on any forum could back it up with a 3dmark score.  Everyone could do the "same score with a couple hundred dollars" but no one could/did LOL.

    Dont shoot down my rig before i even get it man....when i get it ill show you what it will do.

    As for building it myself....i already explained ive built every one ive ever had this is my first one built for me so its a treat.

    Im not saying nothing about it being slow. Yes Im disappointed in nvidia for not making a faster graphics card processor, but that is not Steves fault, nor alienware. Nvidia released so many new chipsets recently but the core clocks have not been increasing in speed like you think they would. The cards are still fast either in single or sli mode and will kick the crap out of alot of cards, since it is nvidias highest model card. I think I made that point clear in both my posts. That pc would whip the shit out of mine, but my own personal opinion is Id rather build it myself. I know your reason for not doing it is that it is a treat for you, thats why I used the refrence of you going and buying your car audio from bestbuy and having them install it for you too. So if this was geared towards me Im sorry for making it come off wrong... I just take more pride when I did something on my own, and have the sentamental value of it. And if someones computer is not fast enough, you can always overclock, overclocking is like a drug though once you start you cant stop, your always trying for that 1 extra mhz or that 1 extra point in 3dmark.

    As for kidtoyota, I didnt say that he should of gotten anything different, I think I said if I was ever to get a prebuilt it would be alienware or a go-l, just because they do crazy overclocking and have a kick ass $40,000 monitor which Id never have the money for. I went on aw's site and priced out what he got, he got one of the best computers with the options he has upgraded too, sh!t he has bought one of the fastest computers on the market right now. Theres really not much more of pc you could buy, he could of went with 4gigs of ram, but that is totally not needed at the moment, or even anytime soon unless your doing a crap load of video editing. I never or has anyone else said alienware is not one hell of a machine.

    I will admit that I am not a Intel fan, and love my Amd's, but currently Intel finely stepped their game up to overcome Amd, but in the world of competition Amd will rise again. Intel is a great company, but from a lot of the reviews Ive read in the past amd was better for gaming.

    And for the record Id envy to have his new pc, shit and even his ride with the beats. I didnt think this much would be caused from a disscusion about computers.. I thought most of us where adults.

    Here is my old 3dmark score, yes its 05 because it was the only one at the time I could find a crack for to get use of the full program and a complete test. This is when I first spent $600 on my upgrade and was still using my crap samsung memory which wouldnt oc for the life of it. This was also my first time overclocking at the time. Since then I stepped up too 2 gigs or Corsair XMS Pro, and a 120mm zalmann copper processor cooler, and have not recently benchmarked.

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  4. My new Alienware! Pics, Screenshots, 3dmark scores.

    in Computer Talk - News, technology, advice

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    Im not saying it is fast, but in sli them things have too be somewhat hott ya know?

    Im running a evga 7900 gt co superclock with a 600 coreclock and a 1650 memory clock. Stock w/factory oc it is 550/1800. I had myself a evga 7950gt but had nothing but probloms with it after a couple months so thats why I got myself a rebate towards a new card comming. And if I remember right it only had like a 600 coreclock too. Im just waiting to see something around a 1000mhz before I go and upgrade again I think.

    Either way steves computer is still going to be out of control with its speeds and gaming ability I think, and the best part about it is that his video cards should be dx10 ready once vista comes out.

  5. My new Alienware! Pics, Screenshots, 3dmark scores.

    in Computer Talk - News, technology, advice

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    yup just got a bonus and since my home computer is actin a straight fool for a month or so it was time....ive never EVER bought a computer before i always build but this time i decided i deserve to have one built FOR ME.  Heres the stats, i should have it in less then 2 weeks.

    [1] Area-51® 7500

    Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme QX6700 2.66GHz 8MB Cache 1066MHz FSB

    Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 - Free Upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premium! - With no Media Center Remote Control or Dual TV Tuner

    Chassis: Alienware® P2 Chassis - Saucer Silver

    Chassis Upgrades: Alienware® AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling + AlienFX™ System Lighting + High-Performance Liquid Cooling - Astral Blue

    Motherboard: Alienware® Approved NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Motherboard

    Memory: 2GB DDR2 Performance SDRAM at 800MHz - 2 x 1024MB

    System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 150GB Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s 10,000 RPM w/ NCQ & 16MB Cache

    Storage Drive: Additional Storage Drive - 250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ 8MB Cache

    Primary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 18x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Drive

    Secondary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 18x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Drive

    Graphics Processor: Dual 768MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8800 GTX - SLI Enabled - Requires 1000W Power Supply!

    Power Supply: Alienware® 1000 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply

    Video Optimizer: AlienAdrenaline: Video Performance Optimizer

    Monitor: No Monitor

    Sound Card: High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio

    Keyboard: Alienware® USB Full-Size Keyboard

    Mouse : Alienware® Optical 3-Button Mouse with Scroll Wheel

    Warranty: 2-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service

    AlienRespawn: Alienware® Respawn Recovery Kit

    Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mousepad

    Alienware Extras: AlienInspection - Exclusive Integration and Inspection - $100 Value - FREE!

    Alienware Extras: AlienWiring - Exclusive Internal Wire Management - $100 Value - FREE!

    did i do good or what  ;D - i dont need a monitor of course i have a pretty new 24" Samsung LCD already which should work VERY nicely with my new rig :D

    for the money i feel like they should put a better video card then that, 800mhz core clock is a bit step back for me

    I dunno. 800mhz is kinda fast, but all the gtxs i see on newegg are 575, highest one was a xfx with a 630 core, or a evga with a 626 core. my prefrence would still be the evga. But just remember with something like rivatuner you can oc the core and memory clocks and change fan speeds. I got a $250 rebate from evga, just waiting for them to step up them clock speeds tho before I use my rebate.

    Either way that rig is going to cruise.. Im not sure about paying close too $5500 for it though. I still think you can build something better and cheaper from newegg. I myself will never buy a prebuilt, but If I ever  would it would be an Alienware or a L (they are nuts! http://www.l-computer.com/home/index.htm and dont forget to check out their 40,000 screens)! I just think that it means more to you when you do it yourself... It would kinda be like meade going to bestbuy and buying a system and having them install it.... I dont picture that happening anytime soon.

    But otherwise, Nice Fu*king rig man! I hope it does a good job and gives you no probloms.

  7. lighting audio question

    in Subwoofers / Enclosures

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    I dont know. it looks like it says spl in the top right corner even tho its blurry you can still make out the spl.. They may have a higher reading one too. I dunno, but it is the walmart one. You can totally tell from the shape of the light grey around the screen and the darker grey around the lighter grey..

    Looks like they been talking bout them on roe...

    Quoted from RoE.

    i got the souche boom stick)prbbly spelled it wrong))  anyways

    i got mine set to read the right dbs and go pass 130-35

    takke off the battary and the back cover  there are 4 gain control nobs back tehr mess when them while the meter is on  i got it set to 0-150   not sure if it prefect  but im gunna get my setup run on the TL to see how close

    i got

    on the hand held meter i got

    137.6  with 1 15 dayton and  bazooka 500.1 amp nw i wanna see what the TL says

    it feels close to 137-140

    theres a few topics about them, some other guy says that the one he has only goes to 130db but hit a 132 on it. and some other guy got his to freeze or something. just search boom stick on roe.

  9. lighting audio question

    in Subwoofers / Enclosures

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    Picture104.jpg done with one lighting audio la promo 12  baby sq is awful tho lol

    the guy at the local shop called me up and said he got his new meter in today and  asked  if i wanted to run and like always i said hell yea man lol  put a small somthing togather and drove down to his place and  let her rip and those where the #s right there lol im happy as hell :w00t:

    I SPY WALMART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :help:

    That looks like one of them scosche boomstick you can buy at walmart for $30.00..

    Heres one on the walmart site. I seen one there and just started laughing. Now the guys that buy their cheap audio gear from their are going to start thinkin they be bumping louder... But I still got faith in my one 12.  :rip_1: walmart audio

    http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?...duct_id=4694329

    So id almost hate to see this guys shop if thats his new meter, btw whats his old meter?

  11. Mice and keyboards??

    in Computer Talk - News, technology, advice

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    Well I got my Razer Copperhead mouse on tuesday, and just got the Tarantula keyboard today.

    The reviews on newegg kind of scared me about the keyboard with people saying it doesnt work in bios, does not support usb2.0, and only gives out 1 channel sound when using the headphone jack on the keyboard. And someone else said that they have a bad typing rate with this keyboard and the backspace is too slow (this person doesnt know about repeat delay and rate in the control panel). I tried all these things out right when I got it and had no probloms with any of the described probloms in the reviews. I left a decent review about it on newegg because the other buyers must of been complete noobs... As soon as my review is reviewed by newegg you can read it. http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustratingRe...N82E16823114001 my name us steamroller.

    The keyboard is a little hard to get use to compaired too other keyboards, but so far its nothing major and ill be use to it in no time. The keys are really short in height and it feels like your typing on a laptop which I like a lot.

    As for the mouse, its so sensitive. Ive been adjusting settings for 2 days now, and finally found something I kinda like. I had to do a little reading on the polling rate and what it does, but after reading and gaming a bit i felt comfortable with it on 500mhz which is what the g5 runs I guess, but I can change my rate up to 1000hz with the mouse softwear.

    Overall I say it was a good $170 spent.

    Here  is a lil pic I took. The Razer logos on the mouse and keyboard fade in and out which I think is kinda cool

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  13. Mice and keyboards??

    in Computer Talk - News, technology, advice

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    I run the Razer Copperhead, love it,  if I ever rebuild this box, I will get the razor keyboard and Soundcard and headfones, they rock.

    if youre looking into headphones with bass id recommend the dt-770  ;) just a heads up in case youre in the market for one. they need a seperate headphone amp tho to truely shine

    Ive tried many headphones. Ive been using some Sony MDR-V700's amped off my home reciever for over a year now. I also use them at the club when Im in the booth. They have 50mm drivers, and not some cheap diaphram thingys like cheap headphones. Exellent bass respone and clean crisp highs. Ill never buy synhiessers or any compairable headpones again. Djing headphones are the way too go. With the constant unplugging and plugging in and traveling that the headphone do I havent broke nothing on them. Ive read reviews that people broke the swivels on them but mine are still doing good and I would say that I can be hard on my equitment.

    The dt-770 are looking nice, but the price tag on them is kinda up there

  14. Mice and keyboards??

    in Computer Talk - News, technology, advice

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    audiofantic: you must have one strong ass middle finger for breaking all your right-clicks

    Heh, them are the love fingers, you got to strong with them or the ladies may not like it. But I play CS:s, and am a total awp whore too, and thats what makes the buttons go or something cause I dont stay looking through the scope, I do a lot of quick scoping.

    isnt the word "mice" plural for the word "Mouse"?..meeces

    I think I put mice becasue I have had so many already and it sounded better ;)

    I run this

    http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products...CONTENTID=10717

    its not expensive as hell but its comfortable for me so i like it

    So you use the g15, the most I payed for one was $70 with shipping. I do like all the plugins that you can use with the lcd screen display and Im going to miss that, but going throuh 3 of the g15 keyboards makes me now want another one. How long did you have yours for Accord?

  15. Mice and keyboards??

    in Computer Talk - News, technology, advice

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    Whats everyone use?

    I just ordered a Razer Copperhead Tempest mouse and a Razer Tarantula keyboard.

    I use to be a huge logitech fan. But lately I cant do it no more. I Broke 3 logitech g15 keyboards since they came out. Although the first one didnt really break, the paint on the keys wore out and I was left with clear plastic on many keys (w,a,s,d,caps, space, shift, delete,r,t,g,j,h,f,z,x,c). So I contacted logitech and they said it was a huge problom on the first run g15s. So I sent it in and about a month later I get my replacement and it starts to do the same thing, but not as bad. About 3 months later I cleaned it out because it was getting full of ashes and the thing worked like its brand new again, then about a month later it just starts spazzing out some keys wouldnt work. some keys would work some keys you push and they would repeat themselfs a hundred times. So I ordered a new one, get it and about 3 or 4 months later, the new one does the same damn thing..

    Now for the logitech mice.. Ive used the mx series for I dont know how long, and every one had the same problom for me. The right click breaks....... My first logitech mx500 right click took a crap, then I bought the mx510 which did the same thing, so I took the left click button out of the mx500 and put it in my mx510 for the right click, same buttons, used it for a few days and gave it to a friend that was using some crappy microsoft ball mouse... he was happy. So to replace the 510 that I gave away, I bought the mx518 real nice mouse and responded alot faster, but of coarse the right click went again. Then I seen they had the logitech g5 wired laser mice, I was all up on that bought one to replace the 518, it worked the longest out of all logitech mice I owned I really liked this mouse but last week the right click went on it. I was going to use the left click out of my 518 to fix it and save myself a few bucks, but because the weight cartridge the chip board is all in the front and it is 1 bored soildered to the top bored where the mouse buttons are, and there where too many things to unsoilder just to fix a button, so I didnt want to spend that much time, so I bought another mx518 from target for $35 until my razer comes. Then I guess Ill have a backup incase I break the razer. I really liked the Logitech mice since the housing is the same on all the mx and g5 series mice so you dont got to get use to holding a new mouse but oh well.

    So for the mean time Im using this Logitech elite keyboard that you cant even game with cause you cant hit more then 3 or 4 buttons simutanously, which really pisses me off.

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  16. Which Motherboard!!!

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    Id have to go and say Dfi and Asus would be the only boards I will ever run and use in a build.

    Like someone else said Asus is rock solid. Im using a basic Asus socket 939 pci express bored because I was short on cash at the moment and I have had no probloms with it. Its a great board for overclocking and every thing is pretty user friendly.

    Dfi is the king of all boards, but not for novice users.. There are settings galore in the bios. Its pretty much for overclocking. The first time I used one in a build for my friend I was lost, took me a little while to get use too, but has alot of nice features. I flashed his bios 4 times, from oldest to newest bios, and the last/newest flash didnt work, but the board jumped back to the last good bios flash I did, without having to do anything else. I was very impressed with that.

    Im might as well say that evga is a kick ass company too, never used one of their mobos nor know anyone who has, but if their warrenty is the same as their video cards you cant go wrong. I will only use a evga video card for the warrenty purposes, and that is because I love to OC. If you overclock your video card to much and fry it, it is warrentied. If you flash your bios and mess something up, your card is still warrentied. I think the only way your card is not warrentied is if you do a volt mod. Evga also has the step up program which is if you buy a new card and 2 months or so later something better comes out, they will buy your old card back and take the difference off the new card.

  18. dd or fi???

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    Well Ive been thinking to keep my 9512 and just get it upgraded to the 9918. I was just cursious if other people would do the same or go with something different. I just wanted to basicly know if people would do the same as me, or is I would be better off with a fully loaded fi btl. It will actully be a little cheaper for me to upgrade my sub, but I just wasnt sure how the btl would compair. I just know my sub is in need of an upgrade its soo old, but still hits like a champ. Im not even running the direct connect technology on my sub lol

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  19. dd or fi???

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    well i got the dd thats not the problom, just wondering if i should upgrade or go with the fi btl. Im hearing nothing but good things with the fi, but dd has already proven to me that it is reliable. Just wondering what people in my position would do, so far it looks like im keeping the dd

  22. dd or fi???

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    Well right now I got my dd9512 with dual 2 ohm coils and the cf cap in my trunk, and Im thinking about moving up in size.

    I wanted to know what people where thinking. What I am thinking is sending in my dd and have them make it 18 with the red kevlar cone, keep the dual 2 ohm coils and the cf cap. I got the triple stacked magnet on the dd too so its really sexy too look at.

    or

    Should I go for the 18 fi btl?

  24. ViDeO!!!

    in Member Rides & Builds -- Show off your whip, Show off your System!

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    heh. I took it to the gm garage, labor is kinda expensive their. I was thinking the worst, and you know what it was??? I starter relay under the carpet on the drivers side they said. I guess it got wet and corodide (a word i cant spell)... It costed me 127 to get fixed with the towing bill, and was told that my remote starter (viper) also helped the relay take a crap.... How my remote started would of gotten it wet is beyond me but who knows. I just put on some baer crossdrilled and slotted rotors with some moorse ceramic pads, and now I want to put my rims back on and the weather is still sh!tty here... I also got to get myself a camcoarder, ive been looking around but I want something decent, and dont know if we are having a layoff at work yet so I dont want to spend the cash yet on that. Theres a audio shop about 30 minutes from me that is one of the only places with a mic and last time I went their, I was told I have a cheap amp and a no name sub and they wouldnt meter it on their mic.... I dont really care since they only have a a/c but now Im thinking I may need that camera too go up their and make them meter it and take the camera with me, but my car still looks like sh!t without the blings...

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