I was going to say the same thing, except to take it further, I suggest hooning it up a bit in that parking lot. Not only will it be fun as hell, but you'll get some experience in what a skid feels like and get used to how to react to it.
Not in order of preference or anything, but...
1) Subaru Impreza WRX STi 22b
2) Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 V-Spec II Nur
3) 2004 Mazdaspeed Miata w/ light tuning (maybe 40-50 more HP and some suspension/tire/wheel upgrades)
4) Audi R8
5) Mazda RX-7 Turbo (FD)
6) Lotus Exige S
7) BMW M3 CSL...
Zalman VF1000 installed w/ Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste! Load temps tested running ATITool, but didn't run for an obscenely long time, just ran for long enough that I didn't see temperatures go any higher for a few minutes
Old idle: ~53 C
Old load: ~90 C
New idle: ~38 C
New load...
So how about some Nurburging times then? Max g's and slalom speeds don't tell the whole story, now, do they?
In any case, technology that makes a car easier to drive at the limit is a good thing, not a bad one. Most of you muscleheads can't drive worth shit anyway either way.
Woops! I was looking at Wikipedia and it was quoting numbers from an older Elise model. You're right, the current Elise runs 0-60 in less than 5 seconds. I think the Exige S is like 3.9 seconds.
Notice how the above musclehead ignores the entire length of my post only to reply with one thing: a 0-60 time. That's because for said musclehead, any measure of performance of his favorite car that doesn't involve straight-line acceleration is just embarassing.
Oh and speaking of Cobras and on-ramps...this funny story from a friend of mine comes to mind. He drives an '05 STi (stock - he has coilovers now but didn't when this happened.) He's leaving base (Air Force) and the whole time some asshat in a Cobra is riding his tail, revving on him, etc...
There's a twisty mountain road not 30 minutes away from where I live. I go up there on weekends to let off some steam. No amount of pure acceleration will ever match the level of excitement that comes from letting a fast car do its thing on a twisty backroad.
But either way, the Lotus isn't...
And the first time one of these overweight Challengers tries to keep up with a tiny Lotus in the corners, they'll see why your choice makes more sense. ;)
It will be a very very long time before a ricer gets their hands on one of these. Just because you're a moron who has decided to associate every performance Japanese import with rice doesn't mean that this isn't essentially a supercar. The GT-R is THE pinnacle of Japanese automotive engineering.
It's not that resto druids are balanced, it's that Blizzard only cares about 5vs5 arena for balance. Resto druids don't fare very well in that bracket so Blizzard doesn't care about how overpowered they are for 2vs2.
(has a 70 resto shaman and a 70 affliction warlock)
The S1 isn't an option for me because of the way it extends past the top of the card. I have a Lian-Li case that has the side fan and it already almost comes into contact with my video card as it is now.
Edit: just ordered a Zalman VF1000, AS5 thermal paste, and a few additional heatsinks...
Can anyone confirm whether the nV Silencer 5 fits on the 8800GT? I've heard that rev. 2 does...I have one of those suckers on a 6800GT that doesn't really get used any more (it's in my other computer but I don't ever game on that one, so I can always uninstall it and replace the 6800GT w/ a...
It's neck and neck until you get to extreme high resolutions and settings, at which point the 8800 GTX pulls away (probably because of the increased frame buffer)
I don't believe that the current graphics technology is fast enough to be bandwidth limited by the PCI-E bus yet. x8 should not be any slower than x16 right now.
Some of us DO run games on 24" monitors @ 1920x1200. :D If I didn't, my 7950GX2 would still have the horsepower to run the current games I have at max settings. But since I do...well, my new 8800GT (arrived yesterday) has been kicking ass in all the games I've played so far. A 3870 would not...
I run my 7950GX2 with HQ. HQ on in 3DMark06 got me 2000 more points compared to my X1900XT(X). I'd say that's a pretty BIG increase in performance. It's not something that an increase in memory bandwidth is going to account for. Bottom line is that with HQ on, it doesn't change the fact that...
Wow, I see a lot of people not really thinking critically here.
X1900XTX -> X1950XTX is simply not a huge improvement in performance.
I have both an X1900XT (OC'ed to XTX) and a 7950GX2 and let me tell you, the 7950GX2's performance destroys the X1900XT(X). There is simply no way a minor...
What I'm saying is that it looks almost like the 7950GX2 was operating with its second GPU disabled. Will GDDR4 and higher memory clocks give a speed boost? Sure. But one 7950GX2 is way faster than one X1900XTX (I have a 7950GX2 and I used to have an X1900XT oc'ed to X1900XTX levels) and quad...
Those numbers are bogus. I know guys on the HardForums with quad SLI setups are pulling much higher numbers than the 7950GX2 setup in those benches were pulling. Wait for real reviews; those numbers actually look more like the 7950s weren't operating in multi-GPU mode.
I agree with this guy. Before OCing my CPU, my 7950GX2 was only able to manage 6800 points. OC to 2.4 GHz, and I get an instant jump to 7600-7700 (which is still low for a 7950GX2). At 1280x1024 my system is definitely CPU-limited in 3D'06. Of course, I don't game at 1280x1024. I game at...
It's good that you can get this for cheap...as this way you'll have more money to spend to replace your motherboard when the power supply kills your system.
Ultra PSUs are ******. Buyer beware. I made the mistake once...never again.
I'm in the Air Force, so I do have to move occasionally. I'd prefer not having one single item taking up 1/4th of my weight allowance for when I move. ;)
24" 2407 here. 1920x1200 does need some serious graphical horsepower. Most stuff was playable on my X1900XT @ 1920x1200 with settings mostly maxed. I had to take FEAR down to a lower res though. Now I have a 7950GX2 and I haven't yet found a game that wasn't playable @ 1920x1200.
I have a Dell 2407WFP; I was using a X1900XT w/ 2 GB of RAM and an AMD X2 3800+; I upgraded to a 7950GX2. You'll probably want another gig of RAM but other than that your 7900GT should handle most games at 1920x1200 depending on the game. For example, my X1900XT wasn't fast enough for F.E.A.R...
Any true nVidia fanboy would be happy that ATI is staying in the GPU market. After all, if nVidia has no competition, there'd be no drive for them to keep producing faster and better graphics cards.
The performance war between ATI and nVidia is a win for all [PC] gamers, no matter which side...
Some people will never learn...you're one of those idiots who buys DVDs in "fullscreen" aren't you?
One word that won't ever be used to describe my 24" LCD is "small."
I'm a little baffled by the comment about web browsing sucking at widescreen. Uh...you do realize you don't *have* to run your browser maximized...right? I resized Firefox so that it takes up roughly the same amount of space it would if I were using a 4:3 monitor...and in turn I use the extra...
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