I'm going to Europe for a month.

Jesse · 07-09-2008, 07:29 AM

Yeah, I've been working at Sam's Club for the summer, doing overnight floor stocking. It's...alright. $9.50 an hour, and I just listen to my iPod all night. Time goes by quick.

Gonna try to upgrade my computer this summer, to something with a little more horsepower. Thinking of going with a quad core Q6600 OC'd to about 3.4ghz. 4gb RAM, and an ATI 4850. I'm getting pretty serious about the 3d stuff, so, I see this as more of an investment, rather than just wasting monies.

GT2000 · 07-10-2008, 09:14 AM

Close to 10 an hour at sam's ain't bad..

Definitely go with the hardware you just mentioned, or something similar. I just replaced my evga mobo/opteron 165/3gb pc3200/8800gts 320mb last night.

With:
BioStar TP 45 HP
Intel Q9300 Quad 2.5GHz
4GB DDR2 1066
Radeon 4870 512MB GDDR5

Besides the graphics card not having proper drivers out yet, I was able to get 8.6 catalysts installed no problem like many others. I just ran UT3 with high settings at my max resolution of 1680*1050 and it ran silky smooth, was a very nice upgrade for me.

07-10-2008, 09:14 AM	#2
GT2000 Playing God @ Your Xpense Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Va Beach, Va Posts: 2,040	Close to 10 an hour at sam's ain't bad.. Definitely go with the hardware you just mentioned, or something similar. I just replaced my evga mobo/opteron 165/3gb pc3200/8800gts 320mb last night. With: BioStar TP 45 HP Intel Q9300 Quad 2.5GHz 4GB DDR2 1066 Radeon 4870 512MB GDDR5 Besides the graphics card not having proper drivers out yet, I was able to get 8.6 catalysts installed no problem like many others. I just ran UT3 with high settings at my max resolution of 16801050 and it ran silky smooth, was a very nice upgrade for me. __________________ Hop in, strap down, and hold on tight.*

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07-09-2008, 07:29 AM	#1
Jesse Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 812	Yeah, I've been working at Sam's Club for the summer, doing overnight floor stocking. It's...alright. $9.50 an hour, and I just listen to my iPod all night. Time goes by quick. Gonna try to upgrade my computer this summer, to something with a little more horsepower. Thinking of going with a quad core Q6600 OC'd to about 3.4ghz. 4gb RAM, and an ATI 4850. I'm getting pretty serious about the 3d stuff, so, I see this as more of an investment, rather than just wasting monies.