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Foxi4 said:
Remind me when I said otherwise. In fact, I said that you were right.

QUOTE(Foxi4 @ May 9 2011, 03:07 PM) I'm afraid he's right, man. They're AMD Radeon now, not ATi. The name was ditched.

Unless it's a legacy card, it's an AMD card.
This was placed after my post, just must've confused me a bit. Assumed you were talking to me and it looks like you're saying I'm wrong. Hell, even out of that its not exactly saying: If its ATI branded its still ATI
 

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HP G42-243CL. Horrible laptop, overheats far too often, even when idle (on the table).

Hopefully I can get a new laptop before I go to university, don't wanna be stuck with this hunk of junk.
 

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Model: The "I-built-it-i-can-call-it-whatever-the-fuck-i-want" 9000

Specs:

Amd phenom 2 x6 1055t overclocked to 3.4 ghz, stock is 2.8 ghz
Mobo: Msi 760GM-E51
Ram : 6 gb ddr3, at i think 1066 mhz
Hard drive : 2x WD caviar blue 320 gb
Graphics card: Msi r6850 oc edition
Case: cooler master 690II advanced

Portal 2 all max 60 fps 1600*900 (:
Zelda twighlight princess 30fps 1600*900 in dolphin


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Writing this on an HP Pavilion m8430f

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz (Stock, but I wanna overclock it SO BADLY. Alas, it's not my computer alone.)
4GB DDR2 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT @ Stock
DVD-RW/DL drive
750GB hard drive
Windows Vista x64 SP2 (and happy!)


But my custom built (which is currently out of commission due to high temps and lack of thermal paste):

MSI H55M-E33 mobo
Intel Core i3 540 @ Stock (Plan to overclock once it nears the end of its useful life cycle)
4GB DDR3 RAM
HIS Radeon HD 5670 IceQ @ 850MHz Core & 1050MHz Memory (75MHz and 50MHz overclock; can't go any further with AMD Overdrive)
DVD-RW/DL drive
160GB HDD w/ Ubuntu 10.10 (Unity SUCKS)
500GB HDD w/ pirated Windows 7 x64
 

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Bently said:
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HP G42-243CL. Horrible laptop, overheats far too often, even when idle (on the table).

Hopefully I can get a new laptop before I go to university, don't wanna be stuck with this hunk of junk.

*Start with making a full back-up copy*

1. Get rid of all HP-branded software, especially if any of it controls CPU stepping.
2. Get RMClock.
3. Undervolt the cores, prepare 3-4 profiles, use pre-made profiles instead of CPU stepping or set Maximum Performance to kick in only when 90%+ resources are used, use undervolted and underclocked Power Saving in idle, a medium setting for CPU usage between 30 and 90%
4. Profit as FCUK.

Branded software and "intelligent" stepping kills laptops, most of the time they kick into max performance mode when they don't need to, wasting battery life and overheating. The Windows service that controls it when no outside program is present is usually better, but still, RMClock sits on the throne.

Manually setting the stepping or disabling it altogether in favour of hotkeys for different CPU Frequency/Voltage settings will not only boost performance but also battery life.
 

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Case: CoolerMaster Storm Sniper
Mobo: Asus M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 890GX
CPU: AMD 1055T Stock Clocks
RAM: 2x2GB G-Skill Eco DDR3 1600
HSF: Zalman CPNS Performa
GPU: Gigabyte 460GTX 1GB Stock Clocks
PSU: Seasonic Gold X750 Modular
HDD: 2x640GB WD Black; 2TB Samsung F4
ODD: Sony DVD+RW 7241
Ntwk: Asus N13 Wireless

This is my primary build at the moment. Looking to build a new better rig sometime this Summer.
I also have a couple of laptops (Kinda Meh).
 

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Main Computer

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)
Motherboard: MSI H67MA-E45 (B3)
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500
Graphics Card: Planning to get one ...........
Memory : 2GB DDR3 x2
PSU: Shitty 500w no brand psu (replacing soon)
Case: No brand but awesome case
HDD: Primary 500GB Seagate 7200rpm SATA 3 6Gb/s
Secondary 1TB WD Green 5400 rpm SATA 2 3Gb/s

Laptop
Acer Aspire 5580
Specs:
OS Windows 7 Home Premium (x64)
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.7 Ghz
Ram 4GB DDR2 667
Craphics Card: Intel GMA 950
HDD 500GB Hitachi 5400 RPM SATA 2 3Gb/s
 

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Toshiba L510 14" Laptop

OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
CPU: Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T6500 @ 2.10 GHz
RAM: 8 GB Corsair DDR2 800
SSD: Corsair Force CSSD 120 GB Sata II
GPU: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
 

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scrtmstr said:
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Packard Bell iMedia 5701
Specs:
Intel Core i3 530 2.93Ghz
4gb DDR3 1333Mhz
540GB HDD (brand, no clue)
Stock motherboard
Nvidea G315 512MB
Windows 7 Home Premium
Don't take this as an insult, its actually quiet awsome,
but from the angle seen in the pic, your PC looks like a toaster.


ANYWAYS
I have an old "Emachines W3400"
AMD Athlon64 3000+ (2.0Ghz)
1.5GB DDR RAM 200Mhz
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2 HDD's, One 80GB, One 160GB (I also have an external drive i keep constantly connected, 2TB)
Nvidia GeForce 8200 GS
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit

So yeah if you take the toaster thing as an insult, i will have to beat you up, cuz my PC practically is a toaster
i mean
a toaster has a faster cpu than my PC.
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MOBO: Asus M4A88T-M
CPU: AMD 1090T hex-core @3.2GHz
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1
GPU: onboard raedon 4250 plan on getting a 5770 or higher.
RAM: 4gb DDR3 1333
HDD:500gb harddrive
PSU:730w
this was my first build :3
 

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Motherboard: ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3
CPU: AMD 1055T Hex-core @4.0GHz
Cooling: Corsair H50 Push-Pull
GPU: Radeon HD 5770
RAM: 4GB Corsair DDR3 1333
HD: 1TB F3 Spinpoint
PSU: 750W Corsair
 

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CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1075T Black Edition (oc to 3.9GHz)
+ Corsair H70 cpu cooler
Mobo ASUS M4A89TD Pro/USB3
Ram Corsair XMS3 4GB DDR3-1600 CL7 kit (oc to 2000MHz 7-7-7-20)
Gfx card 2x ASUS EAH6850 DC/2DIS/1GD5
PSU Coolermaster M600 600W
SSD OCZ Vertex II 60GB
HDD 2x Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB

I'm proud of it
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Btw, these were photo's before I bought a new keyboard and mouse and a second gfx card.
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I made this back at the start of 2007 (right when the Q6600 has a price drop to $530)... with a few upgrades at random points in time

Core 2 Quad Q6600
5GB RAM
2x 320gb hard drives in RAID
500gb storage drive
ATI Radeom 4670 1GB

Cost $1000 at the time. Probably $200 worth of upgrades.
 

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Jamstruth said:
Foxi4 said:
Remind me when I said otherwise. In fact, I said that you were right.

QUOTE(Foxi4 @ May 9 2011, 03:07 PM) I'm afraid he's right, man. They're AMD Radeon now, not ATi. The name was ditched.

Unless it's a legacy card, it's an AMD card.
This was placed after my post, just must've confused me a bit. Assumed you were talking to me and it looks like you're saying I'm wrong. Hell, even out of that its not exactly saying: If its ATI branded its still ATI

So the results we got from this is
the old ones are known as ATI where as the newer are the AMD's.
 

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hullo8d said:
Motherboard: ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3
CPU: AMD 1055T Hex-core @4.0GHz
Cooling: Corsair H50 Push-Pull
GPU: Radeon HD 5770
RAM: 4GB Corsair DDR3 1333
HD: 1TB F3 Spinpoint
PSU: 750W Corsair
omg its Dr Katz's assistant chick! lolol.
 

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Foxi4 said:
Bently said:
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HP G42-243CL. Horrible laptop, overheats far too often, even when idle (on the table).

Hopefully I can get a new laptop before I go to university, don't wanna be stuck with this hunk of junk.

*Start with making a full back-up copy*

1. Get rid of all HP-branded software, especially if any of it controls CPU stepping.
2. Get RMClock.
3. Undervolt the cores, prepare 3-4 profiles, use pre-made profiles instead of CPU stepping or set Maximum Performance to kick in only when 90%+ resources are used, use undervolted and underclocked Power Saving in idle, a medium setting for CPU usage between 30 and 90%
4. Profit as FCUK.

Branded software and "intelligent" stepping kills laptops, most of the time they kick into max performance mode when they don't need to, wasting battery life and overheating. The Windows service that controls it when no outside program is present is usually better, but still, RMClock sits on the throne.

Manually setting the stepping or disabling it altogether in favour of hotkeys for different CPU Frequency/Voltage settings will not only boost performance but also battery life.

HP BIOS disables the function of underclocking/volt of cores last time I checked on my laptop. And I'll uninstall the HP software (most of them aren't even running anyways, besides the essential Wireless Assistant)
 

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i5 750 @ 3.8 Ghz
Vapour-X 5770
4GB No-name RAM
Windows 7 64 Bit
Dell U2311H IPS Monitor
Noctua NH-U12P SE2
2 Noctua NF-S12B 120MM Case Fans
Cooler Master Elite 330
1TB Samsung F3, 500GB No-name HDD
650W PSU
Asrock P55M Pro
 

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i7-2600k @ 4.9Ghz stable
Thermalright Silver Arrow
MSI Twin Frozr II GTX 580, factory and manually overclocked with MSI Afterburner
ASUS P8P67 Deluxe
NZXT Tempest Evo
Corsair HX850W Power supply
8GB 1600MHz Ripjaws X RAM
1TB Samsung Spinpoint 7200rpm
Samsung Blu-ray Reader DVD Burner combo
Sony Front Panel card reader

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I have an HP Pavilion Elite HPE 500z.

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 @3.2GHz
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GT 420 w/2GB of VRam.
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel (4x 2GB)
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
PSU: 300W
HDD: 1TB 7200 RPM
USB: 9 USB 2.0 ports

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