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Post by Martin Alvendia on Jun 17, 2008 4:40:25 GMT
8GB OF RAM!!!!! WWWWWWOOOWWWW!!!! Ding you're out to hack the world!!!!!
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Post by Ding Carpio on Jun 17, 2008 14:17:18 GMT
8GB OF RAM!!!!! WWWWWWOOOWWWW!!!! Ding you're out to hack the world!!!!! The universe! Really, I planned to get only 4gb but, in a hardware forum, I was strongly encouraged to max it out since RAM has a notorious history of being replaced by newer ones making the old ones more expensive. Since I got DDR2 800mHz and DDR3 is around the corner, maxed it.
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Post by William Nguyen on Jun 17, 2008 14:52:40 GMT
I was amazed my rig scored: 13 secs lol Specs as follows: Q6600 Quadcore @ 2.4ghz 8GB DDR2 Nvidia 9600GT 512MB Vista Ultimate 64bit PS CS3 Cheers William
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Post by Ding Carpio on Jun 17, 2008 15:06:44 GMT
Wohooo!
Care to share more of your specs? Mobo? Did you build it yourself? Hard drives? Overclock?
You have a 512mb nVidia while I have a 256mb ATI. But I don't think that could do the speed boost.
It's also a surprise for me that a Vista machine could be that fast! I have Vista on my notebook with 3gb and it's a turtle compared to my office PC that runs on XP. Maybe the 64bit edition really rocks vs the WinXP64?
Tips to tweak please!
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Post by William Nguyen on Jun 17, 2008 15:21:35 GMT
Hi balarila Detailed specs: 1 x Gainward 9600GT 700mhz Golden Sample Heat Pipe 512Mb PCI-E 2 x Patriot PC2-6400 (800) Extreme Performance 4Gb 2GBX2 4-4-4-12 Viper Fin 1 x Gigabyte GA-N650SLI-DS4L Quad Core 1 x Intel Q6600 Quadcore 2.4Ghz CPU 2 x 74GB Western Digital Raptor 10k rpm SATA (Raid0) 2 x 1TB Western Digital Caviar SATA2 Yes I built it myself, I'm in the IT profession so it was pretty straight forward task. To be honest I have not tweaked it at all LOL! It's running at default 2.4Ghz but I have overclocked it to 3.2Ghz but it runs a little unstable at that speed. Highest stable was about 3.0ghz but I just leave it at default for everyday use. Vista 64 is a surprisingly fast and stable OS, the pros definitely outweigh the cons imo. The fact it sees all 8GB of RAM is a must for me as I use some pretty memory intensive apps including PS CS3 which loves large amounts of RAM I also play some pretty graphic intensive games and it runs perfectly under Vista 64. I recommend it if you ever get a chance to install it, driver support is much better than XP 64! Wohooo! Care to share more of your specs? Mobo? Did you build it yourself? Hard drives? Overclock? You have a 512mb nVidia while I have a 256mb ATI. But I don't think that could do the speed boost. It's also a surprise for me that a Vista machine could be that fast! I have Vista on my notebook with 3gb and it's a turtle compared to my office PC that runs on XP. Maybe the 64bit edition really rocks vs the WinXP64? Tips to tweak please!
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Post by Teddy Regpala on Jun 17, 2008 17:06:54 GMT
My computer rig is due for an update as well. I've built my own machines too from scratch.
But since I have revived this photography hobby, I'd rather spend my hard-earned savings to a new glass for now. ;D
My question is, how well does Vista 64 handle 32-bit apps? Does it even support them? Can it run both 64-bit and 32-bit concurrently? These are the questions I have.
Hopefully I can build a new one before the end of the year.
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Post by William Nguyen on Jun 18, 2008 0:09:49 GMT
It handles 32bit apps fine, as a matter of fact 95% of my apps are 32bit. I was pleasantly surprised how well it ran 32bit apps considering there was a lot of negativity about Vista in general. Yes it runs both 64/32bit apps concurrently... My computer rig is due for an update as well. I've built my own machines too from scratch. But since I have revived this photography hobby, I'd rather spend my hard-earned savings to a new glass for now. ;D My question is, how well does Vista 64 handle 32-bit apps? Does it even support them? Can it run both 64-bit and 32-bit concurrently? These are the questions I have. Hopefully I can build a new one before the end of the year.
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Post by Ding Carpio on Jun 18, 2008 5:22:35 GMT
Hmmm... I can see you've got some high-end memory with low latency. That must've done it. Now you're making me regret I got run-of-the-mill Wintecs! I can also see you went for the SLI chipset. I went for the P35 and ICH9R which should be ok. Just not sure if your mobo/chipset actually gains you extra seconds. I'd say the memory did it. Just one question: What are you doing with those two small disks on RAID0? Is it your system disk? Why'd you do it? Hi balarila Detailed specs: 1 x Gainward 9600GT 700mhz Golden Sample Heat Pipe 512Mb PCI-E 2 x Patriot PC2-6400 (800) Extreme Performance 4Gb 2GBX2 4-4-4-12 Viper Fin 1 x Gigabyte GA-N650SLI-DS4L Quad Core 1 x Intel Q6600 Quadcore 2.4Ghz CPU 2 x 74GB Western Digital Raptor 10k rpm SATA (Raid0) 2 x 1TB Western Digital Caviar SATA2 Yes I built it myself, I'm in the IT profession so it was pretty straight forward task. To be honest I have not tweaked it at all LOL! It's running at default 2.4Ghz but I have overclocked it to 3.2Ghz but it runs a little unstable at that speed. Highest stable was about 3.0ghz but I just leave it at default for everyday use. Vista 64 is a surprisingly fast and stable OS, the pros definitely outweigh the cons imo. The fact it sees all 8GB of RAM is a must for me as I use some pretty memory intensive apps including PS CS3 which loves large amounts of RAM I also play some pretty graphic intensive games and it runs perfectly under Vista 64. I recommend it if you ever get a chance to install it, driver support is much better than XP 64!
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Post by William Nguyen on Jun 18, 2008 11:08:37 GMT
Why the 2 small disks? pure speed! They're 10000rpm Raptors! run in striped/raid0 mode you get very fast throughput at the cost of redundancy. Typically I get throughput of about 110-120mb/sec. Makes loading data into memory etc. very fast and also increases boot speed into windows etc. especially Windows XP. On a fresh vanilla build of XP I have managed to get it to boot into windows in 8 secs flat from the Bios screen. Just one question: What are you doing with those two small disks on RAID0? Is it your system disk? Why'd you do it? Hi balarila Detailed specs: 1 x Gainward 9600GT 700mhz Golden Sample Heat Pipe 512Mb PCI-E 2 x Patriot PC2-6400 (800) Extreme Performance 4Gb 2GBX2 4-4-4-12 Viper Fin 1 x Gigabyte GA-N650SLI-DS4L Quad Core 1 x Intel Q6600 Quadcore 2.4Ghz CPU 2 x 74GB Western Digital Raptor 10k rpm SATA (Raid0) 2 x 1TB Western Digital Caviar SATA2 Yes I built it myself, I'm in the IT profession so it was pretty straight forward task. To be honest I have not tweaked it at all LOL! It's running at default 2.4Ghz but I have overclocked it to 3.2Ghz but it runs a little unstable at that speed. Highest stable was about 3.0ghz but I just leave it at default for everyday use. Vista 64 is a surprisingly fast and stable OS, the pros definitely outweigh the cons imo. The fact it sees all 8GB of RAM is a must for me as I use some pretty memory intensive apps including PS CS3 which loves large amounts of RAM I also play some pretty graphic intensive games and it runs perfectly under Vista 64. I recommend it if you ever get a chance to install it, driver support is much better than XP 64!
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Post by Ding Carpio on Jun 18, 2008 11:15:59 GMT
Hmmm... neat idea. Toyed with RAID0 in my mind, too. But aren't you concerned about risk of failure? The more moving parts... Why the 2 small disks? pure speed! They're 10000rpm Raptors! run in striped/raid0 mode you get very fast throughput at the cost of redundancy. Typically I get throughput of about 110-120mb/sec. Makes loading data into memory etc. very fast and also increases boot speed into windows etc. especially Windows XP. On a fresh vanilla build of XP I have managed to get it to boot into windows in 8 secs flat from the Bios screen.
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Post by William Nguyen on Jun 18, 2008 14:14:08 GMT
That's always a risk, doesn't really matter raid0 or single drive because even a single drive can fail at anytime. All my data is backed up on the 2 x 1TB drives so even if the system drive fails it's not a big deal. I use Norton ghost so its easy to re-image when I replace the faulty drive(s). Hmmm... neat idea. Toyed with RAID0 in my mind, too. But aren't you concerned about risk of failure? The more moving parts... Why the 2 small disks? pure speed! They're 10000rpm Raptors! run in striped/raid0 mode you get very fast throughput at the cost of redundancy. Typically I get throughput of about 110-120mb/sec. Makes loading data into memory etc. very fast and also increases boot speed into windows etc. especially Windows XP. On a fresh vanilla build of XP I have managed to get it to boot into windows in 8 secs flat from the Bios screen.
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Post by Romy Ocon on Jun 19, 2008 8:28:06 GMT
Congrats Ding on the new speed demon! Nice to know that William is into computers as well.
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Post by Djop Tabaranza on Jun 23, 2008 2:29:07 GMT
Tried it out on my laptop: 49 secs specs: PS CS3 on Acer Aspire 4720 Windows Vista home Premium Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7300 2GHz; 2GB RAM Will try it on my desktop as soon as my brother finishes playing C&C generals.
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Post by Eric Patdu on Jun 24, 2008 14:45:00 GMT
Also tried it on my laptop:
75.93 secs
Photoshop CS3 on HP Pavilion dv6646us Windows Vista Home Premium AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-58 1.90GHz 2GB RAM GeForce 7150M
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Post by Ding Carpio on Jun 25, 2008 10:22:30 GMT
Alright. You've inspired me! Got me a pair of 150gb WDs. No, I can't afford the 10krpm Raptors so just got the 7200rpm kind. I now have a little RAID0 project for the weekend. If you guys don't hear from me after the weekend, I would probably have messed up my system and frantically trying to recover. That's always a risk, doesn't really matter raid0 or single drive because even a single drive can fail at anytime. All my data is backed up on the 2 x 1TB drives so even if the system drive fails it's not a big deal. I use Norton ghost so its easy to re-image when I replace the faulty drive(s). Hmmm... neat idea. Toyed with RAID0 in my mind, too. But aren't you concerned about risk of failure? The more moving parts...
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Post by Armando Somintac on Jun 26, 2008 8:54:42 GMT
neat test!
mine took just under 18sec for PS CS3.
some details. Operating System: Windows XP Service Pack 2 System architecture: Intel Q6600 G0 @2.40 GHz Built-in memory: 2047 MB
now i gotta learn to use PS on this machine. hayyy!
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Post by samieaggro on Jun 27, 2008 0:26:48 GMT
30Secs. CS3 XP Pro SP3 MSI G33M Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0Ghz E6850 6Gb 8800GT 512mb Raptor 150Gb
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