Just did a little research and OEM versions do not come with warranties. So make sure you keep that in mind if you want to experiment with overclocking ; if anything happens you have to buy a new one.
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Just did a little research and OEM versions do not come with warranties. So make sure you keep that in mind if you want to experiment with overclocking ; if anything happens you have to buy a new one.
For Lineage II according to some Vista 64 makes the best use of quad cores. In XP a Quad core would put the entire lineage 2 progam on one core. In Vista 64, it is suppose to balance them all holding 20-30% of Lineage 2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Intelext
IF that is why you are doing it, then i would do ALOT of research if i were you. As far as i know, no MMORPG (except for maybe AOC) uses more than 1/2 cores. Only the latest games use all cores, L2 is very old in comparison to others.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loregoreth
Well, I am going by the boards at l2guru.com, as I am not rich enough to buy two computers and test out different core setups.
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in vista i believe it uses every core available to l2 (although i'm not 100% as i have a dual core cpu)
Heres the thread I am going by: http://www.l2guru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=103286Quote:
Windows vista is a nessity for LineageII to properly load balance across all the cores of a CPU... On my quad core, in windows xp... a single CPU was pegged to the max, while in vista, all of them were load balanced on average of 10-15% per. With windows xp, running multiple clients, typically the result was unpredictable.. and performance was considerable worse.
They have a stupid rule of I need 20 posts before being able to make a new topic. -.-
Alrighty, whipped this up real quick on the NCIXUS site.
Processor Intel Q6600
Motherboard ASUS P5Q
RAM G.SKILL 4GB DDR2-1000*
Video Card Diamond Radeon HD4850
Hard Drive WD 500GB
Optical Drive Samsung DVD Burner
Case Coolermaster CM690
Power Supply Corsair VX550W
TOTAL: $852.66
*I have two of these kits (8GB total) and they run beautifully with my QX6850 and 750i FTW, definitely recommend.
Rule of thumb, never buy a case that comes with a power supply (unless its Antec) - why spend all that money on good quality components and watch em be totally destroyed by an el cheapo power supply?
I also recommend you not go with TigerDirect. I don't know what they're like south of the border, but in Canada... they aren't all that loved and are beaten easily in terms of pricing.