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| Author: | Paradigm Shifter [ 24 Dec 2005, 15:47 ] |
| Post subject: | ASUS Extreme - Idiocy or Service - Now - Dante's Journey |
Vapourware is exactly that. :) You can wait forever for 'the next big thing' to finally arrive. Better to buy when you've got the money (although not the top-spec kit, as that comes at a serious premium)... I'm guessing this whole experience may have put you off Asus, yes? ;) |
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| Author: | skipclarke [ 24 Dec 2005, 16:31 ] |
| Post subject: | ASUS Extreme - Idiocy or Service - Now - Dante's Journey |
I wish it had put me off them, unfortunately :roll: I am not yet impressed with the approaches offered by alternatives such as MSI, Gigabit & others. I like the way ASUS matches components to provide a complete enhanced solution -well usually solution :lol: This is a very dicey thing for me at this stage, because I am also thinking that if I shift I might go the AMD & nVidea SLI route :shock: But would only really be confident & comfortable in doing it via the ASUS route. :( |
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| Author: | Paradigm Shifter [ 24 Dec 2005, 16:39 ] |
| Post subject: | ASUS Extreme - Idiocy or Service - Now - Dante's Journey |
Hm... We might have another convert from the Dark Side... :lol: 8) You can go down the SLI path with Intel, too... there is the nForce4 for Intel available. However, I must confess that I don't think Intel is all that great for gaming. I do prefer Asus motherboards if I can get them, even though I've had a couple of *cough*interesting*cough* experiences with them over the years... |
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| Author: | skipclarke [ 30 Dec 2005, 19:25 ] |
| Post subject: | ASUS Extreme - Idiocy or Service - Now - Dante's Journey |
UPDATE (again) :roll: Well the card arrived - finally (whew!) I'll pop it in tomorrow & post results. (pregnant with anticipation) :roll: Anyone care to place bets on the out come? New Mother Board need? YES NO I turned this into a [ POLL ] :lol: |
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| Author: | Paradigm Shifter [ 30 Dec 2005, 20:16 ] |
| Post subject: | ASUS Extreme - Idiocy or Service - Now - Dante's Journey |
I hope it all works out for you, Doug - but why isn't there an option in the poll reading: "Turn away from the Dark Side! Just get an AMD64 + nVidia SLI already!" :lol: Your power bills will thank you - although your central heating might not, since a Prescott core P4 is a boiler on it's own... :lol: (Sorry... ;)) I hope you get the outcome you want, though. :) |
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| Author: | skipclarke [ 30 Dec 2005, 20:38 ] |
| Post subject: | ASUS Extreme - Idiocy or Service - Now - Dante's Journey |
PS, Honestly - I heard your "voice" say that when I made the poll :lol: I heat with wood only, but I'm thinking of tieing in some radiators to my TT BigWater system & using that to supplement our heating!! :lol: Save a few trees I'd bet. :lol: My IT buddy says those hi perf AMD's also are cookers. |
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| Author: | Paradigm Shifter [ 31 Dec 2005, 00:08 ] |
| Post subject: | ASUS Extreme - Idiocy or Service - Now - Dante's Journey |
They are, mate, but still aren't as bad as a high-spec P4. :D I think the highest TDP of an AMD chip is 110watts (that's the 4800+ X2, the previous highest before the FX-57/4800+ was 90w or something...), or somewhere in that region. The 'toaster' P4s are around 130watts... What really makes me laugh is that the 2.26GHz Dothan Pentium-M runs at something crazy like 28watts TDP, and gives similar performance to a P4 that cooks eggs at 120watts... :lol: You heard me making a comment about moving to AMD, huh? ;) |
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| Author: | skipclarke [ 01 Jan 2006, 14:51 ] |
| Post subject: | ASUS Extreme - Idiocy or Service - Now - Dante's Journey |
UPDATE (Final?) Well it is in & both DVI output heads are working perfect!!! :lol: (For now?) :? This time they shipped me the proper model that is the same as my original card - 16 pipelines over 12 makes a BIG difference !!! :shock: 66,225 on Aquamark 3 instead of around ~ 62,000 :shock: FEAR, Doom3, COD2 & the other new games run much smoother, less jaggies & I can up the in-game settings now. Even the games' auto-detect sets things higher. So - all in all I'm NOT happy with ASUS MUCH too long to get this last issue sorted out - 3 months !! Shipped the wrong (lesser) & defective card to me in September. Did not offer to give anything at all for the $100-200 I spend in shipping & insuring (for return) the 1st 2 defective cards. Remember this issue first started in March 2005. I lost 4 1/2 months use of a high end card in total out of 9-10 months. I feel a 3/10 is all I can offer for ASUS on this one. :evil: |
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| Author: | skipclarke [ 01 Jan 2006, 18:19 ] |
| Post subject: | ASUS Extreme - Idiocy or Service - Now - Dante's Journey |
UPDATE - last one - I'm done. :evil: Well almost perfect :evil: - there is still a minor problem with the odd small flashing/sparkling lines on the 2nd DVI head. That's it for me - to heck with it :evil: this card stays until I do the X1800 CrossFire cards & MB upgrade. The vid card runs WAY hotter with the fan assembly on it than with the waterblock. 20C more :shock: |
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| Author: | Gilly [ 01 Jan 2006, 19:10 ] |
| Post subject: | ASUS Extreme - Idiocy or Service - Now - Dante's Journey |
UPDATE - last one - I'm done. :evil: GPU's seem to be better heaters than CPU's :D i wouldnt rush into X1800.... replaced as of end of Jan 06 according to ATi... :( maybe some bargains? :P |
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