New System
23rd April, 2008
Gaming, Life, Linux,
I know it's been a while, but I figured I should make mention to my new "rig" I got.
I decided it was time to upgrade, and for now, I will probably most likely use this as a gaming box, and eventually it will become my general desktop machine.
Specs
- Intel Quad Core 2 Processor (Q9450) - 2.66ghz each core.
- 4gb of DDR2 1066mhz (for the technical, 5-5-5-15)
- 2x500G Seagate Sata HDDS (its not really meant to be a storage box)
- Antec Nine Hundred Case (but this case definately has drive space!)
- Gigabyte 9800GX2 1GB (naturally it's PCI-e)
- And for those who care, motherboard is a EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 (nF780i SLI A1 Version)
So far, since getting it, I have been playing games on it nearly non-stop, something I have missed doing for such a long time. Sure I had the my Console games, but nothing really beats PC Gaming -- And it's true!
Some of the games I've been playing include Assasins Creed, SWAT 4, HL2, Empire Earth and Battlefield 2142.
I did do a 3d Mark rating of it, and it seemed to perform quite well -- of course no where near what the other machine rates at!! (Yes, that's right, it is running Vista -- not because I really want to, but because unfortunately, if i want to run Windows Games, I'm going to need a Windows Install, and in my honest opinion, Cedega is yet to get you close enough not to need one..)
In the next few weeks I will install Linux on it (onto the second hard drive it has), and will post about how that performs. Hopefully I can find something that will challenge the video card under linux (oh and I will give Cedega another try under this machine to see how it goes).
For now, Adios!