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DAK1640

10-23-2005, 04:58 PM

Hello, I am doing my 1st post here at XS...Anyway, I was using my 3.0C Northy (SL6WU) and OC'd to 254 FSB....I just upgraded to X2 4400+ which will be delivered tomorrow (taking the day off of work). Do you think this new rig will be notably faster?

AMD X2 4400+
Asus A8N=SLI Premium
7800GTX KO

Old System
3.0C Northy
Asus P4C800-E-D
6800 Ultra
All WC'd

Ugly n Grey

10-23-2005, 05:09 PM

[XC] DragonOrta

10-23-2005, 05:54 PM

Welcome to XS! Our D2OL team would really appreciated the firepower of that X2. :hehe: I think that you will feel a difference. Haven't really had much experience on Intel. At least not a good Intel. My brother has a 2.8 P4, and my computer is a whole lot faster than that, but that's going from a 2.6 A64. Feel free to stop by the D2OL Team section. We get a little crazy in there, so don't get too scared. Like this one time with Perkam...

DAK1640

10-23-2005, 06:05 PM

Thanks for such a warm welcome guys...Still learning my way around. I will check out D2OL when I figure out what/where it is...lol

Thanks again for the warm welcome. Great Forum!!!

ahhh:The Drug Design and Optimization Lab (D²OL)™ works to discover drug candidates against Anthrax, Smallpox, Ebola and SARS and other potentially devastating infectious diseases.

I will have to check this out, sounds interesting...

[XC] DragonOrta

10-23-2005, 06:30 PM

Here's the thread to get you started D2OLing (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=43195)
If you have anymore questions about it, feel free to ask anyone in the XS Mafia, or anyone that has something with D2OL in their sig.

IvanAndreevich

10-23-2005, 06:47 PM

Are you guys recruiting every new member who comes with a question?

DAK1640
What cooling are you running on the X2?

DAK1640

10-23-2005, 07:20 PM

I am planning to use the XP-90, but will go Custom water if necessary. This time around I want to go REALLY quiet on my rig.

Ugly n Grey

10-23-2005, 07:30 PM

If it's quiet you want you can get that with the Big Typhoon or even a 7700.... I recommend the near silent Big Typhoon...

angra

10-23-2005, 08:19 PM

Hey man welcome to XS!

Yeah I think you are going to notice a substantial boost if you can get a reasonable OC on that baby. A lot of it is due to the video card as well. The one problem I see is that your Asus is not that decent an OCer...but will be a good stable board.

And again welcome on board, check out our F@H, D2OL and Dimes teams!

UnG

I just got through playing with an A8N-SLI recently.

I think that board gets a bad rap on the OC front. Yeah, it's limited in voltage, a little bit, but it's not limited too far below what a typical 24/7 OCer on air or passive water cooling will want. plus, as you mention it is a pretty stable board.

(plus, the DFI that everyone loves has that noisy chipset fan)

OP I think you will be quite happy with your system.

memory settings and behavior on A64 are a bit different than what you are used to on Intels, so....don't be discouraged if it's a bit confusing.