Real-world impressions of going from P4 to AMD64 3200+...**UPDATE** Up and Running...FINALLY :)

[NFS4]

Bout fuggin' time. Finally shipped my stuff out:

Item(s) Sent:
(CPPAMSA32XP64) - AMD AthlonTM 64 3200+ Processor - QTY: 1
(FANFXSACMAK8) - FOXCONN CMA-K8-12 ATHLON 64 FX COOLING FAN - QTY: 1
(MTBFICK8800T) - FIC K8-800T VIA K8T800 8X AGP/5.1CH/DDR400 5 PCI MOTHERBOARD - QTY: 1


**rubs hands together**

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Bout fuggin' time. Finally shipped my stuff out:

Item(s) Sent:
(CPPAMSA32XP64) - AMD AthlonTM 64 3200+ Processor - QTY: 1
(FANFXSACMAK8) - FOXCONN CMA-K8-12 ATHLON 64 FX COOLING FAN - QTY: 1
(MTBFICK8800T) - FIC K8-800T VIA K8T800 8X AGP/5.1CH/DDR400 5 PCI MOTHERBOARD - QTY: 1


**rubs hands together**

**rubs crotch in anticipation** umm..yeah..You better post here the second the parts come in, and ASAP after you build it.

 

[Mday]

Originally posted by: Regs
I save 100 dollars a month ever since I quit smoking : - ) . I'm still not buying a 700 dollar set up though. In 2 months the price will drop on the 3200 hammer, and hopefully better equipped Nforce 3's will come out.

good for you, regs, smoking is bad for the computer... let alone your health ;-)

 

[Luhny]

That is going to be a nice computer

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Bout fuggin' time. Finally shipped my stuff out:

Item(s) Sent:
(CPPAMSA32XP64) - AMD AthlonTM 64 3200+ Processor - QTY: 1
(FANFXSACMAK8) - FOXCONN CMA-K8-12 ATHLON 64 FX COOLING FAN - QTY: 1
(MTBFICK8800T) - FIC K8-800T VIA K8T800 8X AGP/5.1CH/DDR400 5 PCI MOTHERBOARD - QTY: 1


**rubs hands together**

I'm taking your word in that you researched all that stuff you just bought?

*Asks the bartender
"I'll take one of what he's having!"

 

[Zebo]

I'LL never pay that kind of money for a chip when $80 2500+ bartons and $50 1700+ Pals are floating around.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Zebo
I'LL never pay that kind of money for a chip when $80 2500+ bartons and $50 1700+ Pals are floating around.

That's like saying that I will never buy an Acura TL b/c a riced out Civic will do fine.

 

[PaperclipGod]

Gonna have my FX 51, mobo, and gig of registered ram here by next week.

 

[Lyfer]

Must resist temptations.

 

[digitalsm]

Originally posted by: Regs

(6) I have a beta copy of UT2003 64bit edition on the way. *ahem*

They made a game supported for an operating system that isn't even out yet? Impressive. It will be kind of hard for direct x on XP to utilize 64 bit anything or the extra registers the 64 offers.

The OS may not be out in the retail channels yet, but developers have been able to program apps for WinXP for AMD64, as well as have those apps validated for WinXP for AMD64 for awhile now.

 

[NFS4]

My stuff just came in today. Too bad I can't install it until Sunday as I'm going to see the GF for the weekend. I'll be sure to let you guys know how it goes

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: NFS4
My stuff just came in today. Too bad I can't install it until Sunday as I'm going to see the GF for the weekend. I'll be sure to let you guys know how it goes

ARGGHHH!

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: NFS4
My stuff just came in today. Too bad I can't install it until Sunday as I'm going to see the GF for the weekend. I'll be sure to let you guys know how it goes

Time to break up! Tell her you need some time to think. What's the big deal with her anyways?

 

[sharkeeper]

Time to break up! Tell her you need some time to think. What's the big deal with her anyways?

The lady friends always seem to prevail in that case. Marriage takes care of that!

Cheers!

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: shuttleteam

Time to break up! Tell her you need some time to think. What's the big deal with her anyways?

The lady friends always seem to prevail in that case. Marriage takes care of that!

Cheers!

 

[jbond04]

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: ahsia
I can imagine something like a 2.4C P4 or a XP 2600+ can handle anything you throw at it.

Ohmigosh... don't I wish that were the case. I launched a radiosity computation in trueSpace the other day, and after about 20 minutes, it was something like 0.05% completed. It wasn't exactly a complex scene either, just one light and about 22000 polygons. The end result would've looked something like this, except better (the real thing is this plus this, plus some custom flywheels as depicted).

I don't forsee there being "too much" CPU power for this stuff any time soon.

The lonely road of a 3D animator... I feel ya, mechBgon. Just remember that Truespace is still holding you back...

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: jbond04

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: ahsia
I can imagine something like a 2.4C P4 or a XP 2600+ can handle anything you throw at it.

Ohmigosh... don't I wish that were the case. I launched a radiosity computation in trueSpace the other day, and after about 20 minutes, it was something like 0.05% completed. It wasn't exactly a complex scene either, just one light and about 22000 polygons. The end result would've looked something like this, except better (the real thing is this plus this, plus some custom flywheels as depicted).

I don't forsee there being "too much" CPU power for this stuff any time soon.

The lonely road of a 3D animator... I feel ya, mechBgon. Just remember that Truespace is still holding you back...

Hehe, thx jbond04 If it were my job, like it is yours, then I'd definitely have to bite the bullet and get some real software, not my Happy-Meal-toy software.

 

[NFS4]

Just a little preview

http://www4.ncsu.edu/~bahill2/IMG_0089.JPG
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~bahill2/IMG_0091.JPG
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~bahill2/IMG_0096.JPG

 

[Viper96720]

Oh yeah old school green pcb they just needed to go with the plan vanilla pci color

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Just a little preview


http://www4.ncsu.edu/~bahill2/IMG_0096.JPG

Ooooo yeah. There's the money shot.

 

[mechBgon]

Bump!

 

[ssanches]

We're all waiting, NFS4

 

[Nebor]

Let's see what it can do.

 

[cliftonite]

Originally posted by: Nebor
Let's see what it can do.

 

[Adul]

you'll all be waiting till sunday.