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by accord1999
Tue Dec 13, 2016 1:14 am
Forum: Processors
Topic: AMD Gives you Pastrami on RyZEN
Replies: 203
Views: 12810

Re: AMD Gives you Pastrami on RyZEN

Am I the only one who's first though was ricin?
by accord1999
Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:09 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Can you run VDSL Modem on ADSL Internet line ?
Replies: 6
Views: 6318

Re: Can you run VDSL Modem on ADSL Internet line ?

They would have to give you a VDSL port at DSLAM. Otherwise, it'll just run as an ADSL modem.

If your first contact person doesn't know, you'll need to ask others. Only the ISP would know if your house is within range, what speeds are available and whether a VDSL port is available.
by accord1999
Tue Jul 01, 2014 3:45 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: bitrot in Windows
Replies: 26
Views: 10626

Re: bitrot in Windows

Kougar wrote:
OS X at least has HFS+ now. Windows users are stuck with NTFS.

What does HFS+ have that prevents bitrot? It's a very old filesystem that's been hacked up along the way to try to keep current.
by accord1999
Wed Jun 11, 2014 12:42 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: Netflix and Net Neutrality
Replies: 44
Views: 11964

Re: Netflix and Net Neutrality

It's not net neutrality, since net neutrality is not about peering agreements.

It's mainly about Netflix and ISPs arguing about delivery costs of data.
by accord1999
Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:16 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: CLUB3D Radeon R9 270X 14SERIES CGAX-R927X614
Replies: 4
Views: 2195

Re: CLUB3D Radeon R9 270X 14SERIES CGAX-R927X614

They're pretty loud and can get hot if you run them in constricted spaces. They're also voltage locked for Afterburner and other similar utilities, but you can use VBE7 to modify the bios and change the default voltages.
by accord1999
Sat Jun 15, 2013 1:09 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: Low Power Home Server
Replies: 19
Views: 6983

Re: Low Power Home Server

I'm going with micro-ATX because the premium for mini-ITX didn't seem worth paying for something like this. I tried to keep the prices and power consumptions (where applicable) for both builds. I imagine the CPU for the AMD build would be slightly better, but the mobo for the Intel build gives me P...
by accord1999
Tue Oct 09, 2012 5:16 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: Longevity of SSDs?
Replies: 46
Views: 14190

Re: Longevity of SSDs?

XtremeSystems has a thread where people continuously write to various SSDs and see how much they can write before the SSD dies. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?271063-SSD-Write-Endurance-25nm-Vs-34nm Their experience with small SF-1200 based drives suggest a 120GB drive would be g...
by accord1999
Fri Oct 28, 2011 1:46 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Where does the task manager get CPU utilization numbers?
Replies: 9
Views: 3918

Re: Where does the task manager get CPU utilization numbers?

I'd imagine it's simply calculated by the amount of time that a process/thread is doing something on the CPU versus the amount of time the CPU is idle. A simple endless loop doing essentially no work will still show 100% utilization in a task manager. To get accurate utilization of CPU resources, yo...
by accord1999
Sat Sep 24, 2011 2:36 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: Bulldozer Performance Slides (Donanimhaber)
Replies: 26
Views: 5837

Re: Bulldozer Performance Slides (Donanimhaber)

They look pretty legitimate to me and BD looks pretty great from the slides. It just about ties the 2600K in applications. I would buy that CPU, especially the 8120 at only $200 (and OC it to 8150 levels). From those slides, BD is only roughly comparable to the 2600k in "throughput" with ...
by accord1999
Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:43 am
Forum: Processors
Topic: amd fx pre order
Replies: 15
Views: 2148

Re: amd fx pre order

I would suggest that you wait for reviews before ordering anything. All of the recent (potentially unreliable) leaks suggest that each individual Bulldozer core is pretty weak, making it a mediocre desktop processor.
by accord1999
Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:38 pm
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: CPU thermal reading drops 10 C after 1850 BIOS upgrade
Replies: 9
Views: 2768

Re: CPU thermal reading drops 10 C after 1850 BIOS upgrade

It could have been that the new bios enabled certain power-saving functions of the CPU which were previously disabled (such as C1E). For my SB 2600K, idle temperatures are generally in the low 30C when it is SpeedStep-ed down to 1.6GHz.
by accord1999
Sun Jul 17, 2011 5:51 pm
Forum: Developer's Den
Topic: Implementing history in pathfinding algorithm
Replies: 5
Views: 3122

Re: Implementing history in pathfinding algorithm

Perhaps std::list or std::deque instead of using a queue? These containers allow you to access the individual elements but have different strengths and weakness in accessing, inserting and deleting elements.
by accord1999
Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:37 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: AMD E-350 Real World Peformance
Replies: 14
Views: 3990

Re: AMD E-350 Real World Peformance

Sargent Duck wrote:
That was a 3.6Ghz P4 they were testing against...

And it's generally more than twice as fast in single-threaded benches and roughly comparable in multi-threaded benches.
by accord1999
Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:52 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: AMD E-350 Real World Peformance
Replies: 14
Views: 3990

Re: AMD E-350 Real World Peformance

ronch wrote:
They're relatively cheap but if they're gonna provide Pentium 4 performance

It's basically the equivalent of a dual-core 1.6GHz Prescott Pentium 4.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/328?vs=92
by accord1999
Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:55 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Would Dell lie about maximum ram capacity?
Replies: 14
Views: 2705

Re: Would Dell lie about maximum ram capacity?

Based on this thread, you should be able to use at 512MB SO-DIMMs and possibily even 1GB DDR SO-DIMMs if you can find them. http://forum.notebookreview.com/notebook-news-reviews/4093-dell-inspiron-1000-review-pics-specs.html One of the SO-DIMMs is soldered on though so you only have one upgrade slot.
by accord1999
Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:00 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: A few questions on Sandy Bridge build
Replies: 28
Views: 4477

Re: A few questions on Sandy Bridge build

Questions: Power supply: Is 520 W adequate? I do not plan on multiple GPUs in the future. Can I get by with even less? I just got a UPS with a power meter and for my system of a i7-2600K @ 4.8 GHz@1.368v, P8P67 Deluxe, 2x4GB Mushkin Silverline DDR3-1333, 3 HDs, 1 SSD and a GTX470@800Mhz, I get the ...
by accord1999
Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:33 am
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Help me! dual tuner hard drive
Replies: 3
Views: 1044

Re: Help me! dual tuner hard drive

Anyone would have no problems with recording two HD streams at once while playing back a third; a single HD channel maxes out at ~19 Megabit/s or less than 2.5 MB/s (and Cable and Satellite will usually compress this further). I would go with the 5400 RPM for lower power use and noise though if the ...
by accord1999
Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:13 am
Forum: Processors
Topic: Low power quad-core rig.
Replies: 5
Views: 3678

Re: Low power quad-core rig.

I am trying to build a relatively low power consumption quad-core rig to be mostly used for number crunching. I am considering one of 905e and q8200s. 1. Does anybody know whether there is much advantage in using these in terms of power consumption? 2. Or should I just buy a regular quad-core and t...
by accord1999
Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:17 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: Why AMD is behind in sales
Replies: 13
Views: 6323

Re: Why AMD is behind in sales

http://www.amdzone.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=136509&p=162045#p162045 Another interesting post. Finally, a comparison between AMD and Intel TDPs. Intel's TDP is meaningless, not equal to max theoretical power or max actual power. Both terms are meaningless as neither are equal to max t...
by accord1999
Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:39 pm
Forum: Hot Deals
Topic: 22" Dell IPS $299 CAD
Replies: 18
Views: 5129

Re: 22" Dell IPS $299 CAD

During a recent Dell Days of Deal event 2 weeks ago, the 2209WA was going for $189 Canadian. So it's very likely that you could get the 2209WA for much less than $300 if you wait a little while as Dell has these sales event on a frequent basis.
by accord1999
Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:57 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: Brisbane still competitive vs wolfdale?
Replies: 1
Views: 1344

Re: Brisbane still competitive vs wolfdale?

Brisbane wasn't competitive versus Conroe and Allendale. Brisbane would need to be overclocked to 4+GHz to beat a modestly overclocked Wolfdale. At stock the E7200 is already competitive with the 6400+, it has a 9.5x multiplier which makes overclocking not very difficult and has remarkably low power...
by accord1999
Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:19 pm
Forum: Cases and Power Supplies
Topic: Reasonably priced lower wattage modular PSUs?
Replies: 23
Views: 2816

Re: Reasonably priced lower wattage modular PSUs?

Flying Fox wrote:
Remember up here in Canada we are getting screwed. So no such rebate for the Corsair

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php? ... omoid=1006
by accord1999
Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:37 pm
Forum: Motherboards, Chipsets, & RAM
Topic: AMD SB600 performance
Replies: 28
Views: 5761

Indeed one good reason to keep my current rig. But we still don't know if any newer games will take advantage of quad cores even at high resolution. Far Cry 2 and Alan Wake are two titles that i'm looking forward to. You could always wait for these titles to be released and see how they perform fir...
by accord1999
Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:30 pm
Forum: Motherboards, Chipsets, & RAM
Topic: AMD SB600 performance
Replies: 28
Views: 5761

I chose the core duo 2 E6400 because of it's performance and I like Intel chipset for their reliability, but after seeing some benchmark at hires, I'm kind of pissed off that an Athlon 6400+ is as powerful as my current cpu if not better. Why are you pissed, the 6400+ is AMD's K8 pushed to the edge...
by accord1999
Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:21 pm
Forum: Motherboards, Chipsets, & RAM
Topic: AMD SB600 performance
Replies: 28
Views: 5761

I was surfing on the net looking for articles on overclocked Q6600. At 3.0Ghz there is almost no difference with the stock setting at 1600x1200 resolution. And games that shows improvement are 100fps and up already. :-S I game at 1680x1050 with 4aa/8af so I think that cpu speed is very secondary ! ...
by accord1999
Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:09 pm
Forum: Cases and Power Supplies
Topic: Antec Sonata III question?
Replies: 6
Views: 2202

I have a Sonata 3 holding a E6750 overclocked to 3.6GHz and a 8800GTX, no heat problems at all. The included PSU had no problems powering the components either.
by accord1999
Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:54 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: Core 2 Duo E8400 Review
Replies: 9
Views: 4709

It's a Chinese website. They had early previews for the 8800GT and Phenom that ended up accurate.
by accord1999
Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:36 am
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: Phenom 9500 Overclocking Results
Replies: 38
Views: 15908

This isn't even for the Phenom 9500, it's a review for the 9600. And a P35 MB is not even close to EOL.

How can that be a bad deal? Plus the 790 chipset is future proof for at least a year or two!!

And for that you have to buy a new MB, which eliminates any value in the Phenom option.
by accord1999
Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:53 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: What if AMD dies!!!
Replies: 55
Views: 11314

There's the new San Clemente chipset that will support registered DDR2 memory. Plus even FB-DIMMs, you can make a reasonably power efficient system like here:

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/vi ... id=2&pg=12
by accord1999
Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:49 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: What if AMD dies!!!
Replies: 55
Views: 11314

If AMD went under, INTEL WOULD NOT EVER LOWER PRICES! Its nonsense to think that! If Intel was the only company making desktop CPUs the price would never decrease. "Why?" you ask, "The argument by the poster seems valid." WRONG. A company's obligation is to their stake holders. ...
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