Justin's New (Real) Computer.

[Justin]

Well, it is done (for now).  I have done just a few benchmarks on it so far.  First is the 3dmark06, I ran it through just the basic free one, and scored about 12k points, don't know what its out of, but the highest is 16k, and the average high end computer is just over 11k.
My average FPS was 59, it went WAY down on the CPU stress tests, I only got a max of 2 fps on those.  But on the GFx tests it did Really well, over 100 fps most of the time.  The second test I did myself, with World of Warcraft.
I bumped the resolution up to 1680x1050, and all of the graphics on full, and about 4MBs worth of addons. (for those that don't play, addons consume a lot of physical memory and processor power from the pc, and are always running in the background, its like Windows running processes in the background all the time.)  In a heavy populated area I was getting 64 fps average, and in an area with a lot of mobs (npc monsters) I was getting between 90 and 110 fps.  The next test I am going to run is CoD4 on full acceleration, and C&C3 also on full acceleration.

I will post the stats from those here, when I get done.

[Justin]

Ok, so after benchmarking 3 more games, the results are in, along with a full days worth of data from the cpu, mobo, and GFx card.

CoD4 Results;
Average FPS: 63 - Max FPS: 104 (during cut scenes) - Min FPS: 29 (during the loading screens) and 33 (during War Pig, after the tank ambush)
Loading times were very comparable to the 360's and no glitches I could see, didn't play multi-player, didn't feel like making an account.

Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath;
Average FPS: 71 - Max FPS: 129 (randomly jumped up during battles) - Min FPS: 29 (some parts in the cut scenes)

Star Wars: Empire at War;
Average FPS: 85 - Max FPS: 201 (near the beginning of the game, when I only had 5 units out) - Min FPS: 15 (in the loading screen)

Temps at start of day (after boot up, and Windows load);
CPU - 28^oC _ _ System - 25^oC _ _ GPU - 54^oC

Temps after 9 Hours of on, and 5 hours of benchmarks, Overclocking, and Gaming;
CPU - 33^oC _ _ System - 29^oC _ _ GPU - 71^oC

If you think of any other stats you would like to know, ask for them.

[Justin]

Just another side note here, really just for Jeremy to compare his computer to, it takes my computer, from the push of the power button to the windows loading screen about 27 seconds, then just another 40 seconds for it to load windows and the list of start up programs (about 43).  The official grand total is 1 minute 7.57 seconds.  To just load windows its about 20 seconds, from where the little bar starts moving, to where it plays the music.

[bassmadrigal]

So you want me to kill my almost 14 days of uptime to get you a time on how fast it boots??

Actually to be honest, I could care less how fast it boots as long as it is fast within windows. Because I prefer not to restart my computer. And it is plenty fast.

Today I have my Slackware VM running using 384MB of RAM, along with firefox with 14 tabs open, an office document (using OpenOffice), and a movie using SMplayer, and I was still able to play Audiosurf (highly addictive game, look for it through Steam) at Premium Quality with 8X Anti-Aliasing at 45-60fps. Without Audiosurf running I am using 1408MB of RAM (out of 2GB) and have 51 processes running.

I love my computer...

[Justin]

Here is a pic of my 3dMark06 score to go with it.

[bassmadrigal]

*Waiting for picture*

[Justin]

I don't know what your problem is, its there  lol

[bassmadrigal]

It wasn't there when I made that reply...