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Dud3!
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Hey! I never said anything about his system being inadequate or bashed it in any way! Don't start a fight... 
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Jason
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Joined: 07 Apr 2003
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Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 14:45:32 Post Subject: |
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Here it is... In all its blue glory...
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IceNine
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Joined: 08 Sep 2003
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Location: Bel Air
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| Posted: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 15:53:51 Post Subject: |
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Excellent! I wish I had more money to throw on my crappy computer, but I've got a lot of other things to do  Once I do, though, I'm getting raid!
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Jason
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Joined: 07 Apr 2003
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Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 23:44:57 Post Subject: |
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I now have a near identical RAID array in my new P4 system... Lets compare...
AMD XP2800+ with (2) 40GB Maxtor Plus 8's in RAID 0 on a ATA-100 Promise card... 52383 kB/s on the Sandra File System Benchmark
Intel P4 2.6C with (2) 40GB Maxtor Plus 8's in RAID 0 on a ATA-133 Silicon Image card... 64740 kB/s on the Sandra File System Benchmark
This thing is going to make a good gaming rig! Just need a better video card... Has nothing on it but an OS and Virus Scan... all the work will be done on the XP machine...
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JimBowy
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| Posted: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 23:58:44 Post Subject: |
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From what I've heard not many games take advantage of RAID setups... maybe for loading maps, but not much else. However, I didn't listen... I got my RAID setup here for gaming so... to each his own.
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Jason
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Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 00:02:09 Post Subject: |
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Yeah... any advantage really. That P4 rig has no real purpose but to test hardware, so it might as well be the game machine, too...
Nearly bought Halo today, but I know it isn't worth the $49.99 Best Buy wanted!! Need to order online, and keep playing Max Payne and Rally Sport until then...
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JimBowy
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| Posted: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 00:57:12 Post Subject: |
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for good deals for the budjet gamer... www.gogamer.com
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Spire
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Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Posts: 2165
Location: Up to my Nipples in Alaska
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Scott@Bjorn3d
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Joined: 24 Jan 2004
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Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 08:03:45 Post Subject: |
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RAID kicks butt.
I have 2 36GB Raptors running RAID 0 and 2 200GB Diamond Max 9 running RAID 1 for data.
Games do load dang fast!!
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