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Less-Than-Shite Performance
Rodney 1.666:
--- Quote from: kraid on September 28, 2010, 11:49:53 am ---While you cannot enable multicore for mods, you're still able to assign the HL2.exe to a certain core.
That way your main processor doesn't need to run the OS, FW, Anti-virus etc. and the game at the same time. Not sure if this will solve your problem but it's worth a try IMO.
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Affiliating hl2.exe with cores 2 and 3 (0-4) gave me around a 10-15 frame boost, so that was handy.
I also found that Crysis run on medium everything rather well. If Source mods had multicore support I'd be golden...
Rodney 1.666:
ROUND II
So I've made a decision, and decided "fuck this shit".
After browsing around (because I love that store and it's within walking distance) I narrowed it down to three purchases. (Four if you count two for the RAM.)
I'm going to not have complete ignorance of what's smart and what's not walking in when I finally get there so I'm asking for advice on parts. (If you don't have anything better to do. ;) )
* Motherboard
* Processor
* RAMI linked the RAM to the RAM page because I have little idea of what goes best with what, and I know it goes beyond just matching numbers up.
So, think of this post as just step 1 of narrowing down the options pool. Thanks for any input anyone can give. :)
As a general rule (and let me know if it's foolish), I'm hoping for <$500 and strong but not stupid-crazy-powerful. (And something that can make good use of my 460 GTX.)
namajnaG:
P7H55-M is a good choice, My friend has the same motherboard with the same I5 and trust me, He is not disappointed.
EDIT : Sorry, He has a I5 750, Not 760.
As for the RAM, 2x2GB of kingston should do the job. Don't overclock though, Reduces greatly the lifetime of your memory.
Personally, I never had any other RAM brands than Kingston (And I believe I had Samsung RAM once, But it was bull-.)
I didn't really follow up the whole conversation, But if you are building this computer for yourself, 4GB is the strict minimum for a great build. 6GB is even better, But I wouldn't go any higher than 6GB. Waste of money in my opinion, But some people find use for it.
major:
I would really suggest buying a new case. Its a extra like maybe $100. And will allow for any motherboard, and future upgrades.
Those components are pretty good. Only issue is since that motherboard is M-ATX it only has two PCI. So if you ever get a dual slot video card, you'll be down to one PCI.
As far as RAM, you really can't go wrong with any brand. I've used about them all, and have have no issue. My computer has Corsair. My old computer had Kingston, and Corsair. I've built computers with Gskill, and OCZ. I even have some old Rambus Samsung chips that still work.
namajnaG:
--- Quote from: major on October 27, 2010, 08:19:23 am ---I would really suggest buying a new case. Its a extra like maybe $100. And will allow for any motherboard, and future upgrades.
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The Antec nine hundred is a good way to go if you need a new case around 100$.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129058&cm_re=antec_nine_hundred-_-11-129-058-_-Product
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