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[morningstar2651]

45% of the systems scanned by the Game Advisor rank higher in performance than your system.

I'd say that's pretty good for a 3 year old computer...considering that the Game Advisor doesn't realize that I have two Pentium 4s in my computer.

 

[micro]

Morningstar3651
Its because you have a couple of dogs inside, your p4's. Just kidding. So what your saying is that your running a server? Probably the main thing it measures is your video card. I dont know if it tests to see if it is agp or pci-e. It probably only tests the amount of ram, not the latency. What processor you have and not what core.Do you have a sound card, or is it onboard. Do you have the latest drivers. I certanly dont.

Thats my guess any way.
http://gameadvisor.futuremark.com/gameadvisor/service/

My System Performance

Your system is among the top 7% of all systems scanned by the Game Advisor.

Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 1809MHz Display Card ATI RADEON X800 XL Memory 1024MB Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Free Disk Space 46.25GB Display Card Memory 256MB Display Driver Version 6.14.10.6571 DirectX Version 9.0c Optical Drive CD/DVD Sound Card SB Audigy 2 Audio [DD00]

 

[Lignoba]

AMD 1.8 ghz, bought it for 300 bucks and its pretty reliable, although not anywhere near top of the line

 

[Lignoba]

I only have a 100 GB hard drive, and Ive used about 30.5 GB. I dont know what else to use the rest for!!!

 

[Sketcher]

My 160 gig drive isn't enough. I have 30 gigs partitioned off as Windows and programs only, and I have My Documents on the other partition. That's where I install my games, keep my music, etc. I'd like a bigger HD so I can transfer my original Star Wars VHS tapes to DVD (yeah, I'm a purist).

 

[Psalms34]

Large hard drives are cheap, so why not get a big one when you get a new computer? Especially when someone as knowlegable as penguinrusty (he does seem to know what he's talking about so far!) builds his own system

It's a SATA drive though, those are not so cheap. 100g SATA sounds good. I have 150g and am only using 50g. Same CPU but I don't overclock, I'll be doubling the speed with a new CPU some time. Also have an x300SE ATI PCI-e video card, nothing really lags it on best quality setting. 1.5g DDR4 Ram, fastest stuff at Best Buy and costs as much as the computer. Double layer dvd burner. Accepts just about any media type such as compact flash cards and so on. I'm still using my 20 inch CRT on this, it's fairly sharp and very fast, I do my graphics editing on my laptop which is super sharp. Anything else... oh an extra 50g hard drive that is Linux native and an old Sound Blaster Live (SB512) card.

Oh, no I haven’t paid it off yet

 

[Breetai]

I'm thinking that the graphics card is more important than a fast CPU, as far as gaming in concerned.

It's a SATA drive though, those are not so cheap.

They're really not much more expensive.

Oh, no I haven’t paid it off yet

Is that smart? I've bought all of my computers with cash that I've saved up, except for one. I really don't like buying things I can't afford.

 

[morningstar2651]

 

[Psalms34]

Is that smart? I've bought all of my computers with cash that I've saved up, except for one. I really don't like buying things I can't afford.

Yeah, it’s a business investment. I spend most of my time doing development and administration stuff with it to make money. If it was just to play games than yes, that would be a needless waste/risk. After I pay this off (almost there) I’ll be buying a server in the same way as well.

 

[Lignoba]

Is that the Warcraft 3 Battlechest I see? SWEET!

 

[Sketcher]

Yeah, it’s a business investment. I spend most of my time doing development and administration stuff with it to make money. If it was just to play games than yes, that would be a needless waste/risk. After I pay this off (almost there) I’ll be buying a server in the same way as well.

I can understand that if you MUST have it to run your business NOW. By the time you've paid it off you could have bought the same system for less money or gotten something a lot better for the same amount.

 

[Cathulhu]

Awww, Game Advisor refuses to scan me! but hmm lets see what I can remember:

BFG nForce 4 64 bit PCI-e Board
512Mb ATI radeon x1800 PCI-e
AMD Athlon 64-bit 3500+
1Gb Ram
324 Gb Hard drive space left
CD R/Rw Read/write
DvD R/Rw Read/Write
10 USB ports
7-1 Surround sound
Dual 19 inch flatscreens

Microsoft Windows XP
Suse Linux 9.2

 

[Breetai]

You're probably in the top 1-2% Cathulhu.

 

[penguinrusty]

Awww, Game Advisor refuses to scan me! but hmm lets see what I can remember:

BFG nForce 4 64 bit PCI-e Board
512Mb ATI radeon x1800 PCI-e
AMD Athlon 64-bit 3500+
1Gb Ram
324 Gb Hard drive space left
CD R/Rw Read/write
DvD R/Rw Read/Write
10 USB ports
7-1 Surround sound
Dual 19 inch flatscreens

Microsoft Windows XP
Suse Linux 9.2

i know this is kind of old, but, how do you like that BFG motherboard? I saw a sweet BFG mobo/ BFG 7800GTX combo, but I didn't think that a BFG mobo (BFG is mainly a graphics card company if I'm not mistaken)? And how's the X1800? I just read a review on it, and it looks pretty sweet. However, the ATI card that I'm really looking forward to is the new 512mb X1900...Supposed to be better than 2 512mb Geforce 7800GTX's!

 

[Brandonthecool]

bfg is overpriced!! evga ftw!

dfi for mb!!

ya!

*hi cory*

 

[EricTheRed]

There is mine . As for my actual computer...I dont want to talk about it

 

[Breetai]

There is mine . As for my actual computer...I dont want to talk about it

The controller is...

lame.

That's my impression from using it. I don't exactly know why. That's just the feeling I get.

Other than that, I like the system well enough.

 

[Dust and Ashes]

I put one on layaway and Lord willing will be getting it out next weekend.

MSI K8 NEO 4 Platinum
AMD64 3500+
1GB DDR400 (2 x 512MB)
ATI X550 256MB
200GB SATA hdd
ATX case (originally had BTX chosen but the mobo wouldn't fit so I switched to an ATX they had.)

I'll be using everything else from my existing PC and upgrading farther as I can. I'm just thankful and thrilled to be able to play some of the new games I've been missing out on for the last couple of years.

 

[Los]

I have a 360 and two dell laptops:

1 - Inspiron 2650:
Intel Mobile Processor 1.7ghz
384 megs of ram
32meg Nvidia 2go graphics card
30 gig hd
15" screen
40x CDRW

Laptop 2 (dell 9400)
T2500 Intel Core Duo (2.0 ghz dual core)
1 gig of ram
256meg Nvidia 7800 mobile card
60gig hd
17" widescreen display (hard to get good backgrounds in)

 

[Sketcher]

I put one on layaway and Lord willing will be getting it out next weekend.

MSI K8 NEO 4 Platinum
AMD64 3500+
1GB DDR400 (2 x 512MB)
ATI X550 256MB
200GB SATA hdd
ATX case (originally had BTX chosen but the mobo wouldn't fit so I switched to an ATX they had.)

I'll be using everything else from my existing PC and upgrading farther as I can. I'm just thankful and thrilled to be able to play some of the new games I've been missing out on for the last couple of years.

Why get a BTX only case (and for my curiosity's sake, which one was it)? You can probably get either/or cases like the Cooler Master Stacker for a lot less than a BTX-only case.