So I bought a 3-month subscription to iRacing for $18. I ordered a GT3 RS v2 which should hopefully be here sometime next week :|

The driving school actually did teach me quite a bit. Though, since I watched it two days ago, I remember nothing anymore.

G25 is pretty loud. I'd go with the 27 since the helical gears makes it much more quiet apparently.

Quote from 5haz :

Buy a cheap guitar and teach yourself to play, takes up the hours and gives you a sense of worth and achievement. And it attracts girls.

did you even read anything he wrote? he plays bass and goes to parties on weekends (and assumingly gets women at said parties)

Quote from E.Reiljans :

Seriously? 120 GBP for 800 MHz DDR2? I'd take these instead.

120 for 8gb he said. (and you REALLY don't need 8gb of ram, dadge, unless you're doing CAD work or similar)

If I were him, I would get a 955, 4gb of ddr2/3, a GTX 460 1GB once available (is photoshop more CPU intensive or GPU? Think the 5830 should be good either way) and spend the money saved on an SSD and a good storage 1TB drive

Anyone know if Rom Di Prisco will be in the soundtrack again? Was awesome in the old ones

Quote from diNOSaur :

then how about this GIGABYTE GA-785GMT-USB3 AMD785G
I chose this because of this Dual Channel DDR3 1800+ and this PCI-EX 2.0 x16

Perfect

Quote from bunder9999 :

their new site and forum is hideous.

so is LFS, but the content is what's important.

Quote from diNOSaur :

Ok then so I know what's all about with gfx.
What do you think about this mobo ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 DDR3 RAID/CROSS FIRE ATX
It doesn't have integrated gfx but it's not a problem
It cost not much so I like it

Hm, it's $50 more than the 785gm-E51 over here, and its brown haha!

it's a decent board, but considering what you're going to be doing I'd still go with the 785 with onboard video. You won't be going wrong with either of 'em, but you'd be spending more on the mobo itself and the graphics card you'll need since no onboard.

Well the onboard video should be enough for LFS, probably won't even need to have a dedicated video card for it. I'd say try it without buying the card first, and if you need more FPS, buy the 4550

Quote from diNOSaur :

But this is AM2 mobo. I want AM3 so I'll buy some used pci-e gfx for am3 mobo.
I'm building this comp from my own money that I earn so it's not a problem that it's going to be more expensive.
I will have to wait a little longer (month or two) to buy all stuff
Do 550W PSU will go with 4core processor with single gfx card? (in future I don't want to buy another psu because I want to change cpu)

My bad, the E51 is am3 (or E65)

550 watts will be fine for quad + gpu + 1-3 hard drives. (550vx should do, as well) but If you really want to be future proof the 650tx shouldn't be too much more money.

The newest cards (5870/5850/5830 for ATI; GTX 285/275/260 for NVidia) Only use around 150-250 watts when under 100% load.

woohoo for trades

Coolermaster Storm Scout case
Foxconn Destroyer AM2+ Motherboard (4 pci-e slot goodness for folding@home)
Corsair 650TX Custom Sleeved
Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.8
2x2gb G.Skill Pi 800 ddr2
ECS 512mb x2 9800GX2 (10,000 points per day on f@h)
Coolermaster v8 cooler
Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black
SB X-Fi XtremeMusic PCI sound card
Wireless Xbox 360 Wheel
Samsung 2233sw 1080p 21.5" LCD + 19" Hanns•G 1440x900
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Will probably build a man cave when my brother moves out and build a sim rig ^-^

I've learned more about recent news in sim racing reading the News on RSC, than I have in the past 2 years! Really good source in my book.

http://www.racesimcentral.com/news/

yeah AGP won't work with the mobo. If you think a 9600 is good for you, then you probably won't need that mobo ... or a dedicated video card thinking about it

I'd go with this
MSI 785GTM-E45 - the onboard HD4200 should be enough for you. (according to this article, it's 3 tiers above the radeon 9600
Corsair 450vx PSU - will hold it's own if you decide to add a higher end video card

Last edited by MijnWraak, Sun 14 Mar 2010, 02:18.

No doubt in my mind at all, don't even have to think

MSI GD-70



as for graphics card, you have many choices. What's your budget? Around $100?

First, I'd definitely look at getting used, as I haven't had a single problem with any used computer hardware I've bought as long as it's from a trustworthy member.

9600gt or 9800gt is good budget nvidia card
4830 or 4850 is good budget ATI card
below that, 4670 will be your best bet.

PSU - if you ever plan on having MORE THAN ONE graphics card, I'd recommend a Corsair 650TX or 750TX
If only 1, a corsair 450vx. Do not buy a cheap brand like Logisys, they run the risk of killing everything if they die. Corsairs are very reliable (as are most antecs, and seasonics)

Last edited by MijnWraak, Sun 14 Mar 2010, 01:52.

do some research on "autohotkey" i didnt understand it either, but it's what you need.

Quote from matijapkc :

Why are you guys using USB mouses and keyboards anyway?
I think there would be no problems if you would use this plug: http://a248.e.akamai.net/pix.c ... 001/hps2keyboardplug.jpeg

USB has much higher polling rates than PS/2 for mice. Some keyboards' on-board controllers do not work with PS/2 (ABS M1, for example) but for keyboards that support NKRO, PS/2 is the only way to get more than 6+4.

@op try looking at your settings in your operating system, there might be a "sleep" timer for your USB ports which your G25 might be triggering for some reason. Or maybe reinstall G25 drivers

yes two of them 2x 4890's for $250? yes please

Quote from ACCAkut :

just out of interest, is the GP/Nordschleife Combo (the one used in the 24h races) included?

don't believe it is.

http://forum.racesimcentral.com/


Down, but not out!

Quote from trebor901 :

RSC was great until the time it went down and then it just became a big load of crap and a lot of communities took its place, no need for RSC anymore

The marketplace was convenient though.

New Message:

RaceSimCentral.com is changing hands

Quote from DevilDare :

Diablo II

Quote from NSX_FReeDoM :

Plants vs Zombies!!!

those!

Now holding 8th and 9th place

Quote from sinbad :

And where cars have no windscreens.

I still say the glass in Forza 3 looks utterly rubbish. Just as bad as Forza 2.

erm, have you even played LFS