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May 21st, 2004 at 12:49pm

Dan   Offline
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Given the funds, what would you ultimate PC specs be? Would you have a multi CPU machine?
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Reply #1 - May 21st, 2004 at 12:56pm

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Dual Xeons @ 3.2GHz with 2mb cache (Liquid cooled of course 8))
2Gb RDRAM (900MHz)
160GB Ultra320 SCSI HDD
Geforce FX5950 @ 8X 256mb RAM
600W PS
21" Flat Panel monitor

With a system like that I'd get high framerates with CFS3 when all of the sliders are as high as they can go!
 
AMD Athlon 64 3700+&&GeForce FX5200 256Mb&&1GB DDR400 DC&&Seagate 500Gb SATA-300 HDD&&Windows XP Professional X64 Edition
&&&&That's right, I'm now using an AMD! I decided to give them another try and they kicked the pants off of my P4 3.4!
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Reply #2 - May 21st, 2004 at 1:04pm

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Shocked I'd swap the Geforce FX5950 @ 8X 256mb RAM  for a 6800 ultra!!!
 
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Reply #3 - May 21st, 2004 at 2:14pm

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With unlimited funds I build a big super computer like the ones NASA uses. As for PC, I'd go for the following.

Dual AMD Athlon64 FX-51s
8GB high speed DDR ram (some Macs go up to 8gb now)
Many HDD as I could fit.
Geforce 6800 PCI Express 16X 256mb DDR3
600W PS
Liquid cooling
Bug Eye surround screens like the one they're always advertising at Avsim.
 
I only pretend to know what I'm talking about. Heck, that's what lawyers, car mechanics, and IT professionals do everyday. Wink&&The Rig: &&AMD Athlon XP2000+ Palomino, ECS K7S5A 3.1, 1GB PC2700 DDR, Geforce FX5200 128mb, SB Live Platinum, 16xDVD, 16x10x40x CDRW, 40/60gb 7200rpm HDD, 325w Power, Windows XP Home SP1, Directx 9.0c with 66.81 Beta gfx drivers
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Reply #4 - May 21st, 2004 at 2:44pm

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Dual AMD Opteron 64-bit 8151 @3.0GHz 1Mb (Cooled with cold water, 2-way version)
8GB DDR400 RAM (Dual Channel)
ATi Radeon X800XT PE (PCIe) (256/512Mb RAM, whichever one comes out)
520W Antec Truepower
21" Flat Panel
Dual 150GB 1500rpm SCSI HDD

Not even the 3.2GHz 4Mb L3 cache Zeon can keep up with the Opteron. 
8GB of RAM is possible because the processor is 64-bit so will handle more than 4GB, and the best AMD Opteron motherboards have 4 slots for each processor, put 1GB DDR400 modules in each of these....

Nvidia are not releasing the 6800UEE, it was not feasible because of a lot of power issues etc.  So Nvidia have no rival to the X800XT PE
 
My system:Intel Q6600@3.6GHz, Corsair XMS2 4GB DDR2-6400 (4-4-4-12-1T) , Sapphire 7850 OC 2BG 920/5000, X-Fi Fatality, Corsair AX 750, 7 Pro x64
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Reply #5 - May 22nd, 2004 at 3:28pm

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Soem nice ideas here... No ones mentiones glow in the dark IDE / SCSI cables!!  Wink
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Reply #6 - May 22nd, 2004 at 3:53pm

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The ultimate PC... Roll Eyes...?

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..No contest... Grin...!

LOL...!

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Reply #7 - May 22nd, 2004 at 4:35pm

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Dual AMD Opteron
PCI Express GF6800 ultra
8GB DDR
SB Live Audigy2
Phase change cooler on the processors, liquid cooler on the videocard
RAID array with SATA 200GB drives
2x800W redundant PSU for the board and drivers, seperate PSU for the videocard
Connected to a 1280x1024 projector, and a Dolby 7.1 surround system.

Cockpit panels:
AMD Opteron with 4GB RAM
Matrox parhelia
3x 19" LCD screens

All the stuff connected with gigabit LAN over optical cables
 
Russian planes: IL-76 (all standard length ones),  Tu-154 and Il-62, Tu-134 and An-24RV&&&&AI flightplans and repaints can be found here
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