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  2. Posted

    Great mission mate, I just had an hour of good fun. Nice with a change of scenery, there's always two sides to a war.

    I hope you're not taking too much heat for your choice of setting and side, I thinks its great fun, getting to utilise some guerilla tactics instead of always being seal team six out to save the world.

    So thanks alot, and keep the great work going :)

  5. Posted

    I had the same problem with 2500K. They were sold out pretty fast. So, I bought a 2500 instead. 4.1GHz is easy to OC it to. Just change the cooler and the multiplier. 41 is the max @ my 2500. The K version goes up to around 4.7GHz (i5 2500K).

    If you want that 0.6GHz extra when OC. Wait! If you are fine with 4.1GHz or the standard 3.6GHz (boost) buy the NO-K

    OK, thanks, that was kinda just what I wanted to hear :D

    What mobo are you running on? P67 or H67?

    I think I would be just fine with the 3,6 boosted speed, and I did plan on getting a aftermarket cooler, so 4,1 sounds like more than enough, but how does this thing with the multiplier work? (I am at a complete loss when it comes to OCing or anything remotely connected.)

    Thanks mate, you just made my day a little bit better, I could be looking to place an order by thuesday :D

  6. Posted

    Just when I thought I was out... They pull me back in! :D

    No, seriously, I found that the Sandy Bridge K processors are kinda hard to come by here in Denmark where I live, the shop I'm looking to buy from say they won't have them in stock until sometime in April. And I have a hard time sitting on my hands 'til then, so I just wanted to pop in and get you guys' take, on whether I should get the i5 2500 straight or maybe the i7-2600 or just suck it up and wait for the K-versions to become available.

    I should mention, that originally I had been looking at the i5-2500k, but only so I would have the theoretical option of overclocking. I have never really tried OCing, and I'm not even sure I would, if I got the K-version, it's just nice not to limit oneself in advance, if you get my drift.

    As always, thanks in advance, I bow in submission to this threads mighty wisdom.

  7. Posted

    If you're not planning on going RAID then why not create 2 partitions on a single 120 SSD.

    Uhmm, not good reason actually :)

    I'm just a bit averted to partitions, I kinda got the impression that partitions slowed the HD down, but all my experiences with it, is like 10 years old, and prolly not relevant at all when it comes to SSD.

    So that might be a good way to go.

  8. Posted

    IT IS A KILLER RIG! but why wouldnt you want to look at some reviews of the SSD i have? or alternative the intel x disks.. i think the one i bought is on sale now, can probably get it under 200£. great R/W specs.

    Yeah, I see what you mean, it's basically the same price as the two I was looking at, but with quite an improvement in R/W speeds.

    And so my troubles continue ;)

    If he's gonna put those 2 64GB SSDs in Raid0...the speed will be incredible. Although you're right, it's not the cheapest way for storing data :D

    @Johnny With that rig, and triplehead, you maybe will have a hard time finding a new girl then

    I hadn't planned on going RAID but that's just because I havn't really looked into setting it up and the advantages of doing so. I was just turned on by the idea of having a separate drive for the OS and one for Arma. Plus I thought it'd maybe give a small nudge in performance, and ease of formatting the OS drive if need be.

    And I'm not sure I understand. With that rig and triplehead, why would I need a new girl? ;)

    If you intend to overclock in the future you may want to get a good aftermarket cooler as well. If you get a Scythe Mugen II now it'll save you a lot of hassle compared to installing it later, since it's installation requires a backplate (not all cases have a cpu cutout)

    compared to the intel cooler even 15eu tower coolers are great so it doesn't really matter that much which one you choose.

    Okay, yeah I did plan on trying to overclock it, but just a tiny bit, so I figured the extra cooling from the case (200mm on the side) would be enough. Also, I'm very much on the verge of my financial capabilities right now, so I feel if I could save maybe 50eu that would make a difference, as compared to the hassle (which is obiously free, but not very nice ;) ). And finally, I'm not building it myself, I'm having a small private company do it for me, so I get a warranty on the complete rig, and I don't know how he would respond to the prospect of having to install an aftermarket cooler. But I'll take it up with him, coz it isn't a lot of money and you do have a very good point.

    Thanks again guys, brilliant amount of response in a very short time :D

  10. Posted

    With the help of you guys, especially Flatterman and Leon86, I actually think I've agreed with myself on the final setup, it looks as follows.

    XFX Radeon HD 6970 (2 GB)

    Intel Core i5 2500K Sandy Bridge

    GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD4 Sandy Bridge

    Corsair 8GB DDR3 1333Mhz (2x4GB) XMS3

    NZXT Hades Crafted Series No PSU Black

    2x Kingston SSDNow V100 Desktop 64GB

    XFX 750W BLACKEDITION SINGLE PSU

    Lemme know what you think, or if I've missed something crucial (like; hey dude, thats laptop memory and not a compatible speed, and the mb is the wrong socket for the processor or whatnot. I think the whole thing fits, but one can never be too sure ;) ).

    So cheers!!! :D And thanks for all the help, I'm stoked about this setup

    (It prolly goes with the story, that I havn't been able to play arma for like 6 months, since I split up with my girlfriend. Yeah thats right, I used to hijack my girlfriends laptop for Arma, and it didn't even meet the minimum requirements fully. It was not quite optimal, but better than nothing. So I feel I've paid my lowspec dues, and that I'm ready for a proper killer rig now (please tell me this is atleast a somewhat killer rig ;P).).

    :yay:

  11. Posted

    as far as i know the 5870 is a dual-gpu card, hence the price. i think i have to correct myself, Eyefinity is designed for up to 6 full HD monitors, so that's where the 2 gigs are actually required. Triplehead will run fine with 1 Gig i suppose.

    well i don't know the benchmarks, but i'd say you'd be better off with a 6970

    Thanks for all the the feedback Flatterman, you've been very helpful.

    I looked around, and as far as I can tell, the 5870 is a single GPU card, it seems the 5970 is the only mainstream dual GPU card from ATI.

    Ultimately I'm just a bit worried that maybe the RAM on the 6970 is of a lower quality and therefore cheaper, I know that was the case with some large RAM cards a couple of years ago. I don't know, I kinda pisses me off that I can't make any sense of it, but what the hell, if nobody can come up with a good reason why the old card is better than the new, then I'll throw caution to the wind and get the 6970. Or else I'm just gonna wind up reading reviews and benchmarks for the rest of my life, and wont actually get to play any Arma ;)

    So I think I'm ending up with a i5-2500k and a XFX HD6970 if I can afford it altogether.

    By the way, I saw a post a little while back, that 1600mhz RAM didn't really make a difference as compared to 1333mhz RAM, any inside knowledge on this? I've been planning to get 1600mhz, but if I could get a cheaper motherboard on account of not needing the 12800 speed, I might be able to afford a couple of extra gb of RAM.

    Lemme hear from you guys, either on the RAM speed issue, or if anybody has a good reason as to why I should get something else than 6970 2gb. And I pretty much decided to go with ATI (AMD?), instead of Nvidia, on account of lower power requirement, lower thermal and better options for triplehead without CFX, or CFX without having to upgrade motherboard.

    Thanks to all you have helped me out so far. Cheers! :D

  12. Posted

    IMHO triple head runs better with a large amount of ram in the gpu, so a 6950/6970 with its 2 gigs would be a good choice.

    Edit: Plus you can flash a 6950 to a 6970, any vendor.

    Okay, but I'm wondering; I found that the 5870 2gb was quite heavier in price than the 6970 2gb, any idea why that is?

    God, it seems the more I research the more in doubt I get. Now I'm mostly thinking 6970 2gb. Curse this indecisive brain of mine ;)

  13. Posted · Edited by JohnnyDust

    If you want to go triple screen you'll need a recent ati card (5870 will work) or an nvidia dual card sli setup (2 screens per card max). Sli seems to work much better with arma than crossfire.

    The problem with going nvidia now is you'll have to buy the monitors AND another card when you decide to go triplescreen.

    Maybe the best option is to get an ati 6970 and hope for the best. If performance isn't good enough crossfire might work, but dont count on it.

    Thanks mate, good point. :thumbsup:

    Only thing is, from what I've seen of 6870 benchmarks, the 5870 seems to perform better, so I'm a little suspecious of spending the extra money (approx. 100$ where I live.) on a 6970, if I don't really get much compared to the older 5870. Then again, I can see that the 6950 isn't that much more expensive, so maybe that would be an option? Also I'm not sure the 6970 has actually been released here yet.

    I think I'm slowly sliding towards staying with the 5870, that seems to be the wiser choice, regarding price and thermals.

    Thanks again, useful input.

    Anybody else? :D

  14. Posted

    This just goes on, sorry guys ;P

    I'm at a loss as to which graphicscard I should get. I had my mind set on a 5870, but now I just dont know.

    I have a wet dream of getting triplehead one day, and that's the biggest problem in the equasion. Will that require a dualcard setup for pretty graphics and smooth fps, or would I be fine with a single 5870 or 6870.

    I'm aware that CrossFire has some problems in Arma, but as far as I've been able to find out, the ATI cards run slightly better.

    It should be said this rig is only going to be used to play Arma. Also I'm a giant whore for smooth FPS, but I obviously also want the best graphics I can get.

    I hope you guys can see my conundrum. I'm on the verge of ordering, and this is the last thing I need to sort out. So please, gimme your two cents and help me out, I'm itching to get going. Badly.

    Cheers! :D

  17. Posted

    I'm looking to order a new rig within the next month, and just wanted to run it by you mastertechwizzes inhere, so please give some feedback if I got something completely wrong.

    Roughly I'm thinking;

    i7 870 (socket 1156 4x2,93mhz)

    XFX Ati HD5870 1gb

    Gigabyte motherboard P55 USB3

    8gb 1600mhz HyperX ram (Kingston prolly)

    2 x Kingston 64gb SSD (250MBps read /145MBps write)

    Windows 7 premium 64bit

    NZXT Hades case

    Thx in advance. For ease of tracking response, I'd appreciate PMs in return.

  19. Posted

    At last i got it working, even though the solution didn't make me any wiser.

    I tried switching to the original administrator profile, and the setup executed without any problems.

    Which is kinda strange seeing as my own profile has administrator level authorization, and I also executed via the "run as admin" in the rightclick menu.

    But none the less, its running now, and I can finally getting around to shootin pakis while screaming in my radio in a thich cockney accent. Brilliant mate, innit? :D

  20. Posted

    I just got the same stick, but i plugged mine in, enabled it under controllers and its working like a charm. Although I did have to map the throttle manually.

    Try checking your Gaming Devices under controlpanel, or look at the mappings (same as you would edit you keybord bindings.)

    Hope you figure it out, or else, let us know :)

  21. Posted

    I'm also facing this issue, I'm running the latest 1.54 patch, I tried updating java, disabling my firewall, without any results. Has anyone come up with a proper solution for this?

    Thanks in advance

    ---------- Post added at 08:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:27 PM ----------

    So I just heard from sprocket support, they asked me to check firewall settings and confirm accurate serial.

    I have disabled windows firewall and uninstalled my AVG antivirus, and copy/pasted from the sprocket product info, but still to no avail.

    This is quite frustrating.

    Anybody?

    Thanks in advance

  22. Posted

    Great initiative and great work Neo, we've been hoping someone would expand on the satchels system, and I'm already looking forward to sequencing cityblocks with my buddies. And thanks for the timer function, that'll definately come in handy :D

    Hope to see more in the future, we'll make sure to get some feedback to you once we've tried it out abit. Cheers!

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