Journal #6077

Posted 15 years ago2009-09-19 12:25:47 UTC
So i got me a new computer.
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Specs:
* Ikonik Zaria A10 black
* 650 Watt PSU
* AMD PhenomII x4 955 3.2 Ghz Black Edition
* 4 GB DDR3 Memory
* NVidia GeForce 275 GTX 896 MB
* 2x 1 TB HDD
* Windows Vista 32-bit with Windows 7 upgrade
The system: Headshot

Still to come:
* Ageia PhysX card 128 mb
So..... w00t! :D

The 3dmark06/vantage scores are in
3dmark 06
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3d mark vantage
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26 Comments

Commented 15 years ago2009-09-19 13:05:32 UTC Comment #38363
Is the PhysX card really worth it?
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-19 13:36:19 UTC Comment #38382
Awesome! Hope I can follow you on that.

I'm just waiting on my graphics card. It will be in my pc shortly though.
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-19 14:07:44 UTC Comment #38381
Grats
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-19 14:08:49 UTC Comment #38364
Is the PhysX card really worth it?
For games, yes.
The PPU will take over the physics calculations done by the GPU, giving the GPU even more resources to calculate and render graphics.
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-19 14:22:18 UTC Comment #38380
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-19 16:14:57 UTC Comment #38387
"The PPU will take over the physics calculations done by the GPU, giving the GPU even more resources to calculate and render graphics."

That's only available for games which used PhysX, and there are few games with PhysX. Or PhysX dependant.
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-19 16:50:44 UTC Comment #38365
There are more PhysX coming.
The new Batman game for example also has PhysX support and there are more games will follow.
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-19 19:32:02 UTC Comment #38372
right on man, you'll be flying in that... ...but where's windows XP? :P
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-19 19:33:43 UTC Comment #38386
JAJA dual-boot xp64 =)

seriously, nice system man! =)
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-19 19:41:40 UTC Comment #38366
Episode Two everything at maximum:

http://www.themightyatom.nl/screenshots/ep2_outland_010000.jpg
http://www.themightyatom.nl/screenshots/ep2_outland_010001.jpg

Not a single frameskip or lagspike. Win.

@ Unb and CR: No more XP for me. :)
One month of Vista, then 7.
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-19 21:04:33 UTC Comment #38383
Atom,

mat_picmip -10
mat_parallax 1

In the console.

Makes ep2 look even better :P
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-19 21:37:53 UTC Comment #38376
I tried both those and i didn/t see any difference what-so-ever.
I changed picmip to -10, and then back to -1 where it was originally, and at -1, i could see water reflections in the distance and model shadows were nice and crisp, but with -10 i could NOT see the far off water reflections and the shadows seemed to blur...

But on topic.... Sweet setup!
Grats Atom!
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-19 21:54:41 UTC Comment #38377
If you really want PhysX, you're better off getting a cheap Nvidia 9 series card. At least it'll be useful for someone else once the novelty wears off.

You have my graphics card :)
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-19 23:29:18 UTC Comment #38384
Weird Tetsu0, both improve the graphics greatly for me. There are also other people that say it works/doesnt work for them. I guess such is the way with console commands >_>
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-20 00:22:06 UTC Comment #38373
I thought mat_picmip -10 only made a difference in TF2, and parallax was actually disabled in the OB engine (it once worked in Episode One).

That's what I thought anyway.
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-20 03:43:09 UTC Comment #38375
Why not vista x64?
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-20 07:30:04 UTC Comment #38367
Air Tower Destroy: No difference for me as well.

mat_parallax turns out to be an unkown command. Should'nt it be mat_parallaxmap? I tried it anyway, and there was no difference.

Bummer.

Maybe you can post some comparison screenshots?
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-20 11:13:40 UTC Comment #38378
Don't doubt Strider, he knows ALL.
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-20 11:58:31 UTC Comment #38368
Tried it in Ep1 as well. No dice.
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-20 12:04:09 UTC Comment #38374
Parallax isn't actually used in Episode One, but if I recall correctly it was at least supported in the engine, or could be enabled with a small bit of coding... something to that extent anyway, then they took it out in the OB engine update. I figure it must've caused problems with their new renderer and since they didn't plan on using it, they simply removed it.
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-20 12:04:28 UTC Comment #38385
Blargh.

I'll make some comparison shots later if I get off my lazy ass.
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-20 12:28:15 UTC Comment #38369
Do it, before i send my Vertigo Bombers after you! :D
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-20 15:32:16 UTC Comment #38379
Wow, awesome system! A fairly decent price as well.
The processing power you have is amazing - enjoy the 1 sec. load times for Photoshop or the 2-sec. compiles of any apps you'll be working on. :]
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-20 15:55:47 UTC Comment #38370
:D

Ep2 boots up in like 5/6 seconds!

The guy owning you-pc.nl is actually a friend of mine, i know him for more than 10 years now, so i got a little off the original price (?1000+).
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-22 14:51:55 UTC Comment #38388
more systems are coming soon to the website(all budget system)

the system of atom runs cool en quiet(making just 28 db of noice)only on start-up the fans go full speed for just 5 seconds

the temp. of the cpu is idle 38C during strestest 42C(using mugen 1000 cpu cooler)
Commented 15 years ago2009-09-22 17:03:59 UTC Comment #38371
Oh no. Not him.

Erm... hide.

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