CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ with Gargantuan Zalman HSF and uber Blue LED's MoBo: Gigabyte K8NS-Ultra939 (nForce 3 Chipset) RAM: 2x512mb Corsair PC 3200 DDR VGA Card: 128mb Galaxy GeForce 6600GT AGP HDD's: 2x Seagate 160gb SATA Case/PSU: Antec Sonata & Antec Truepower 430w Sound: Audigy 2 Value 7.1 Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 2.1 (Rocks my jocks! ) Headphones: Koss UR-30 Monitor: BenQ FP937s (19" LCD) Optical Drives: Pioneer Dual Layer DVD Burner (uber quiet) and Yum-Cha DVD reader (sounds like its gonna explode) Mouse & KB: Logitech MX500 Mouse and Logitech Elite KB (thinking of upgrading to Logitech MX3100 Bundle )
Also got a Digital TV Tuner
My Whole PC has been made to run as quiet as possible, because it lives in my bedroom and i like to sleep, which wont happen if it sounds like there is something trying to defy gravity and take off all the time
mb: Asrock K7S8XE cpu: 2500+ Barton heatsink: Arkua 6228 with adjustable voltage (5.5V - 10.5V) ram: 2*512MB DDR vga: GeForce 4 Ti4200 64MB display: ViewSonic E95 (19" CRT 1280x960 32bit @ 85Hz) & 28" widescreen TV hdd: 60GB + 160GB Samsung something case: dunno what it is, at least it has a :lfs: sticker on it psu: Fortron 350W SuperQuiet sound: onboard AC97 speakers: Sony something - a mini "hi-fi" set headphones: Philips HC8410 wireless FM controls: Logitech Momo Racing, Logitech MX510, Keytronic KT2001 ErgoForce
This is also a somewhat quiet build, but in need of upgrading :irked:
Nice setup...I also have a 9800pro and a 2500+m overclocked to 2.5 ghz...my question is I have a 2nd 19" crt in my closet which will match up with the 1 that I am currently using but dont know how to have to game span across the 2 of them like you did. Could you please tell me how you did it.
The rest of the specs on my system are:
abit nf7-s mobo running merlin bios
2500+m at 2.5+ghz
512 gskill LA memory at 2-2-2-8 at 225fsb
saphire 128mb 9800pro
audigy sound
300gigs of storage
DFP
Basically you'll have to install the ATI catalyst control center (as much as I'd rather use omega drivers), and use the wizard in ccc to setup a horizontal stretch/span. Can't do it with the regular drivers, can't do it with modded drivers...only the ccc.
In the game, just enable non-square resolutions to get one that'll match the span (stuff like 2560x1024 or 3200x1200).
It's not gonna be pleasant for you though...the huge bezel of your CRT's will need a lot of getting-used-to.
Not just the drivers, but it has to be the driver pack with the Catalyst Control Center. Don't know why they had to make it this convoluted, but it just is. The driver pack alone lets you do extended desktop, but that would only maximize the game to the primary... gotta use the horizontal span setup.
My Soon to be upgraded PC:
Gigabyte GA-8SIML-NF7 Mobo
Intel Celeron D 330 @ 2.68Ghz 533Mhz FSB
256Mb DDR RAM (400Mhz)
Intergrated 64Mb Graphics
80Gb Seagate 7200Rpm Disk
Microsoft Blue optical mouse
And this is what im having put in by the end of the year: 512Mb DDR RAM (333) and a Geforce FX5200 256Mb which supports DX9
Runs LFS at 1280x1024 2xAA 8xAF (most of the time i run without AA or af)
AMD Sempron 3000+
768mb PC 2700 ram
ATi Radeon 9600XT 256mb
windows XP Pro
80 gig 7200rpm Maxtor harddrive 8mb cache
17 Inch old ass Nokia monitor
Driving Force Pro wheel + old driving force pedals for clutch
CREATIVE 2.1 speakers.
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Well here are my computer specs:
-Custom Case with blue neons
-Windows XP Home Edition SP1
-Asus/Nvidia A7N8X2.0 Motherboard
-Athlon XP 2500+ @ 1.8GHZ
-2x 80GB HD
-HP DVD+/-(not dual)RW drive
-HP CD-RW drive
-BFG Nvidia FX 5500 256MB
-MadDog 5.1 Sound Card
-2x PC3200 512mb rams Samsung/Kingston
-Thermaltake Heatsink/Spreaders
-2x (brandless) fans
I wanted to get that one as well, but this one german shop had a reeeeally nice offer for a x850 xt (280€). Then, they even messed up and send me the Premium Edition
Enjoy your new gfx, AA and AF make such a difference!
Thx.. they sure do! I use 2xAA and 4xAF @ 1200 x 900 now, but 6x and 16x will look SO much better. I will need a bigger monitor now too. 1600 x 1200 will be sweet.