View Full Version : nice board, but too much cabbage!
charlie
10-03-2004, 11:06 AM
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-136-148&depa=0
it's the DFI 875P with LGA775 socket. Looks really nice, but $172 for a 1/2 legacy type board, ppfffftttttttt. It SHOULD be like $15 more than a 865PE/LGA775 board like the AS8.
I still have respect for P4 'cuz I think that for home or office, hyperthreading is nice. After all, don't ALL OF US do like 12 things simultaneously? Well maybe not 12, but certainly 2 or 3!
Might be nice for WR attempt LN2 OC'ing, though....although the 18x multi pushes the memory really hard at 6ghz-ish......
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jjcom
10-03-2004, 11:35 AM
HyperThreading doesn't show its power there. My Athlon XP 1800 can do that with out trouble. (playing music, surfing Internet, downloading files, talking on MSN, looking through files, have a game open) that isn't anything too hard. Hyperthreading CAN help out in games and benching, but it isn't going to make that big of a deal.
Gogeta
10-03-2004, 02:11 PM
This 3.0c clocked to 3.8 can run two instances of DF while playing UT2004 at 2x/8x with an average fps of 45-60 depending on the map. The x800 XT might have something to do with it(:D), but HT is definitely nice in this situation.
Crankster
10-10-2004, 08:25 AM
DF scales down it's CPU usage to fit other things? Or?
enzoR
10-10-2004, 09:31 AM
DF scales down it's CPU usage to fit other things? Or?
yes but 2 instances of DF is nice :D
bypolar
10-10-2004, 09:36 AM
I can see the Packaged ribbin cables rolled into a sleeve Lives on!!
What happined to the nice sheilded true round cables DFI touted in the first LP's??
I thought it was a fluke when I opened the UT package. I see it is going to be the standard now :down:
Nice looking board thought.
drunkenmaster
10-10-2004, 10:11 AM
what the heck has two versions of df got to do with anything. you run one version in background and say it varies between 5-10% cpu power that the game ain't using. HT just means you get each running at 2.5-5% each, same cpu power split between diff apps. You can also run two version of df on amd. HT works when ONE app can use TWO threads, two apps have always been able to grab cpu power for themselves.
jjcom
10-10-2004, 10:21 AM
This 3.0c clocked to 3.8 can run two instances of DF while playing UT2004 at 2x/8x with an average fps of 45-60 depending on the map. The x800 XT might have something to do with it(:D), but HT is definitely nice in this situation.
yeah HT can help there...I'm not trying to downplay the importance of HT, but who would want to have two games running at the same time?