Gaming Power

Hey everybody looking into buying a MBA, aside from the beauty, portability and display.... did I mention the beauty of the macbook air, this just seems like a must buy for me. Another plus is being able to use windows on the apple OS, my main concern is gaming right now. My current desktop is pretty outdated so I would get an "upgrade" from buying an MBA, just wanted to know the experience, if any, you guys have had, more specifically with world of warcraft and or starcraft 2. Oh also, I'm not looking to see if it can support the highest resolution from these games, if it could support moderately with no lag or freezing times in either games with online experiences that's all I'm looking for.
Thanks in advance for any responses.

i upgraded from an early 2008 penryn 15 inch macbook pro to the fully loaded 2.13 ghz 13 inch macbook air, and i will tell you that the mba runs starcraft 2 BETTER than my old mbp. it doesn't make sense since the mba is inferior (atleast on paper) hardware-wise compared to my old mbp, but yeah - i am able to run starcraft 2 on medium/medium settings and it runs like butter in os x. i couldn't even do that in bootcamped windows 7 on the mbp with updated gaming drivers for the 8600m.

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i upgraded from an early 2008 penryn 15 inch macbook pro to the fully loaded 2.13 ghz 13 inch macbook air, and i will tell you that the mba runs starcraft 2 BETTER than my old mbp. it doesn't make sense since the mba is inferior (atleast on paper) hardware-wise compared to my old mbp, but yeah - i am able to run starcraft 2 on medium/medium settings and it runs like butter in os x. i couldn't even do that in bootcamped windows 7 on the mbp with updated gaming drivers for the 8600m.

1150 B85M Gaming power up on its own

Hi, I just built a pc for basic computing work and web surfing. After the build the unit would power itself up after I shut it down from window. It would power itself up anywhere in the interval of 5-45 minutes. But if i shut the unit down by holding down the power button from the front of the case, it would stay off indefinitely until i power it up using the same button. Please help as i play around with multiple setting in bios but it is still doing the same thing.
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1150 B85M MicroATX Gaming motherboard
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As keep the pc on standby is there any wake event enabled in bios (e.g. wake on lan)?
I do not see any wake on lan feature in the bios after going through it several time. I might have missed it if it is within the advanced feature dealing the overclocking.
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T510: Gaming power only at 40 Watts

I formatted my laptop and updated the bios, now my computer can't handle games I used to play with ease.
I have my power settings at max, before it would run at 90 watts. Now only at 40watts.
I have a T510 with NVS3100 video card. Could it be discrete video is not being used?
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T510 does have Optimus Nvidia technology in later model T510.
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Amping up gaming power

I was considering amping up my computer (Intel-mac 2.4 GHz intel core 2 duo, 1gb RAM) to play games (boot camp). I was thinking about adding more RAM, an external hard drive, and, the most pressing issue, to add the new nvidia geforce gtx285 graphics card for mac. I was wondering if it would be cheaper to buy a 'crysis pc' or to improve my mac. Thanks.

You can add RAM, up to 4GB. 1GB is on the low side for running Leopard, so that would be a worthwhile and fairly cost-effective upgrade. An external drive would be a good upgrade as well. If you want the fastest access speed and your iMac has a FireWire 800 port, get a drive with FireWire 800. OWC (macsales.com) has good options, and most of their cases you can buy complete (with drive installed) or as a kit to add your own drive that you choose and acquire separately.
The graphics card in an iMac is integrated into its design. You cannot upgrade it. Any graphics card that you may have found that is "for Mac" is probably for a Mac Pro.

Gaming power of dc7900

My problem is that;
Does dc7900 with 1 gb video card and 8 gb ddr2 run the game (call of duty ghost) whereas this requires 6 gb ddr and Core 2 Duo E8200. And i am only trying to find out that the ddr requires by that game is ddr2 or ddr3.
Thank You sir.

Hi,
You machine is nowhere near the Recomendation specs as shown:
http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=7619&game=Call%20of%20Duty:%20Ghosts
Regards.
BH
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Using the iMac for display only?

I bought an iMac in 2008. I use it for the majority of my computing needs, and for the most part is serves my purposes for everything. One thing I would like though is more gaming power.
I have a PC tower that is not connected to anything at the moment and needs a little hardware work which I will do myself.
Since the iMac is not user upgradable, and the video/graphics card is not upgradable at all, I was curious if I was able to connect the PC tower to the iMac's screen and use it as a display for a gaming computer and disconnect the tower for regular computing.
While I'm asking, is there any external way to improve the graphics card for gaming that anyone is aware of?

...Its too bad the graphics card is not upgradeable. I'm also going to try and find out if there is some sort of external way to increase performance....
This is the inherent issue with all "all-in-ones", both laptops and desktops, both PCs and Macs. For the most part, they are not upgradable. You can replace HD and RAM, but pretty much everything else "is what it is" and upgrades are "external only." Don't hold your breath that you'll find any way to increase performance (video or CPU.)
In the long run, you may want to consider just selling the iMac and get a new Mac. A Mini or Mac Pro, both of which do not have built-in monitors so would require you to get a monitor anyway, then you could KVM it with the PC. (I have my Mini KVMed with a Dell Poweredge server, which is sitting under my desk.) Alternatively, the new 27" iMac does allow for video input so it could be used as a monitor for the PC.

GT80 Titan SLI Awarded Editors' Choice by Computer Shopper

The GT80 Titan SLI review is out from Computer Shopper, giving the Titan their Editor’s Choice Award! This beast of machine really out-performs the competition and re-defines the standards of a true desktop replacement notebook .
Read more: http://www.computershopper.com/laptops/reviews/msi-gt80-titan-sli#review-body
Pros:
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•   Clever touch pad placement and numeric-keypad implementation
•   Field-leading SLI gaming graphics
•   Above-average upgradeability
Quotes:
•   “MSI knows gamers, to be sure, and the Titan SLI was designed to max out the gaming power in a semi-portable form factor. And where it does compromise, it does so wisely.”
•   “In that curious mixture of overkill and restraint, MSI succeeded with the GT80 Titan SLI, in its own way: You can’t buy a gaming laptop remotely like it from anyone else, and the graphics power for gaming—both on the 1080p screen and with external displays—is unparalleled among laptops at this writing.”
•   “Typing on the GT80 Titan SLI keyboard was unlike any other laptop typing experience we’ve had, with very deep travel and quiet action as we typed.”
•   “When we tested Nvidia’s desktop reference video card for the GeForce GTX 980, we attained a score of 10,803 in our 3DMark Fire Strike benchmark test. The dual GTX 980M SLI arrangement here rang up at 13,027 with the SLI running at full tilt, beating what we saw from the full desktop GTX 980 card by a goodly margin.”
•   “Beyond the impressive networking mix, the audio subsystem is also a standout.”
•   “There’s simply nothing else like it on the market today.”
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don't you think the design of touch panel-numeric pad is innovative?
image by laptop magazine of below link
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The design of touch panel-numeric pad so cool.

Tell us what's your MSI weapon

Hey guys. As a first thread in this section, I suggest to share your gaming weapons from MSI (if you have one) + your opinions what you like or dislike about it, if you made any changes to it etc. I'll start and the rest of you, don't be shy and share your beasts with us
I own GX660 over 2 years already. Got the i5-460M version with 4GB RAM (lately upgraded to 8), 500GB HDD 7200RPM and powerful ATI MR HD5870. I love it for it's gaming power, still can run new AAA games pretty well (ofc with a little lowered details), but I haven't found a game I couldn't play at all yet. I also purchased a cooling pad to help laptop with cooling itself and temperatures aren't high at all (max 73

Seems like AMD in this year put a lot of efforts to optimize games, including Crysis 3 and Tomb Raider, with game developers.
Hope, this year can be a turning point for AMD.
http://blogs.amd.com/play/2013/

Apple...it IS 2007..what about Ap performance?

Yesterday I had the opportunity to download a card's worth of RAW images (.orf) on my G4 Powerbook (20inch), using iView Media Pro. I had been on a shoot and stopped in a local coffee shop to preview what I got...wow. I had forgotten how FAST that is (on a firewire 400 card reader, no less)...and when it came to rotating images (to portrait)...it simply SMOKED.
I came home with the card and loaded it into my MPro, 2.6 with 2G ram and the standard 7300 card...yuck. OK, so I am used to the speed and it is not bad...and Ap is the most powerful DAM and editing tool I have used, but cmon Apple, you can do better...I'm a dedicated Macaholic and am used to a little pain for innovation that has always worked out fine in the end....
So, I'm hopeful that 2007 will continue the improvements we have already seen on the features and performance of this great application...I just won't use IVMP any more...especially since its a MSFT product now...
cheers,
david
MP, PB12 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

William - with all due respect, we need to be objective as well the "preview" images from IVMP are .orf (RAW) thumbnails, generated by Core Image in OSX - NOT jpeg's. My comparison was (hopefully) limited to simply image import and rotation speed. I had invoked NO edit processes in Ap or in iView - and DO agree that the real-time image editing is powerful in Ap.
Your comment about the hardware improving to help this situation is particularly painful as I'm running on Apple's latest power platform with their recommended cpu/graphics configuration for (non-gaming) power use.
I appreciate your sentiment and share your optimism...but sincerely hope Joe and his team will recognize the scale of improvement that SHOULD be realized. This forum is loaded with "shooters" using LightRoom and the growing number of other good RAW processors...
Thanks for your comments and support of a ground-breaking product.
david
MP, PB12 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Video card upgrade options for Pavilion p6210f after 600W PSU

Greetings,
I have a Pavilion p6210f, whose PSU I just replaced with a 600W Corsair (http://tinyurl.com/7nnjfmb). I have been trying without avail to pick an appropriate video card to take advantage of the new PSU to get some decent gaming power. Any suggestions?
Thank you,
Chris

Take a look at these nVidia cards... GTX 550 Ti, GTX 560 Ti, GTX 650 Ti, GTX 660 Ti and these AMD cards... Radeon HD 6850 or higher, Radeon HD 7850 or higher. Try to keep the length below 11 inches.
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Cyberpowerpc

Hi, I just wanted to thank everyone for the in-depth reviews/suggestions on PC configurations....my head is spinning, its so much information :-). I was wondering if anyone has heard of "cyberpowerpc.com"? They seem pretty good. My end goal is to pay around $1500, it will be used strictly for editing 10-30 minute videos coming from a Canon DSLR, h.264 .MOV 1080p 1920x1080 24fps. Does this set-up look OK for what I need to use it for?
CASE: Thermaltake V3 Black Mid-Tower Case [-13]
CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-960 3.20 GHz 8M Intel Smart Cache LGA1366
CS_FAN: Default case fans
FAN: * Thermaltake FRIO Overclocking Cooler Fan (CLP0564) [+20]
HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive)
HDD2: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [+93] (1TB x 2 (2 TB Capacity) Raid 0 Extreme Performance [+93])
MEMORY: 12GB (2GBx6) DDR3/1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Module [+144] (Corsair or Major Brand)
MOTHERBOARD: * (3-Way SLI Support) GigaByte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Ultra Durable™3 Triple-Channel DDR3/1600 ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 Dolby Audio, eSATA, GbLAN, USB3.0, 2 x SATA-III RAID, IEEE1394a, 4 Gen2 PCIe, 2 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI
OS: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional [+135] (64-bit Edition)
OVERCLOCK: Extreme OC (Extreme Overclock 20% or more) [+49]
POWERSUPPLY: 800 Watts - XtremeGear Gaming Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2GB 16X PCIe Video Card (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
PRICE: $1766
The last question I'm not clear on, is the 3 drive set-up. Is it OK to use the 1tb SATA-III as the C: and D: drives, just by partitioning it? Or do you have to actually have 2 physical HD's for C: and D?
Thanks, your expert knowledge is greatly appreciated!
-Chris

Hopefully this the last time I bug you w/ my suggested set-up :-) I've learned a ton in such a short time, thanks again for the wealth of information, it's greatly appreciated! I think I have it right now....
(4) Western Digital WD1002FAEX Caviar Black Hard Drive - 1TB, 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gbs
Corsair CSSD-F60GB2-BRKT F60 Force Series Solid State Drive - 60GB, 2.5", SATA II
GeForce GTX 550 Ti SuperClocked Video Card - 1GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0 (x16)
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ASUS Sabertooth X58 Motherboard
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12GB DDR3 RAM
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Ultra 750W PSU
CoolIT ECO-120 Liquid Cooling
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C: 60GB SSD - OS & Programs
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E: (2) WD 1TB - 2 disk raid0, media, projects
Thanks, -Chris

PARVUM SYSTEMS FOR MSI

Hi all,
I'd like to say hello to everyone here. I am IMERSA or Justin. I am one of the two owners of acrylic PC manufacturing company Parvum Systems.
If you have yet to see our work or hear of us you'd be best to checkout the array of photos on our Facebook or Instagram pages -
Facebook - parvumsystems
Instagram - parvum
Personally I have undergone some pretty serious modding projects in my time. You can find these by searching for 'Magnus' 'Onwards and upwards' & 'Parvum ITX'.
Last summer we got asked by MSI to complete two show rigs for the stall. Deadline on these was VERY tight so we did not have time to produce a photo by photo project log but we would like to share our work here for anyone who did not see.
It also gives us a chance to answer any questions.
We completed two rigs. One ITX & the second mATX. We kept to SFF as the rigs where for a LAN show. Perfect for keeping things powerful & small.
System Specs -
ITX CASE:
Case: Parvum Systems X1.0
CPU: Intel Core i5 4670K
GPU: MSI GTX 760
Storage: HyperX SSD 256GB
Memory: HyperX Fury White 16GB
Motherboard: MSI Z97I Gaming AC
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider SFX Gold 450w
Cooling: XSPC 2 x 120mm AX, XSPC Raystorm CPU, RAM & GPU blocks, EKWB Fittings, Aquacomputer aqualis.
mATX CASE:
Case: Parvum Systems S2.0 (Extended)
CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K
GPU: 2 x MSI GTX 780Ti
Storage: 2 x HyperX SSD 256GB
Memory: HyperX Fury White 32GB
Motherboard: MSI Z97M Gaming
Power Supply: Coolermaster V850
Cooling: EKWB: EK-Supremacy,2 x EK-RES X3 400, EK-DDC X TOP, EK-DDC Heatsink Housing, EK-FC780 GTX Ti, EK FITTINGS.
Here are a few photos of the building, finished photos & photos from the event:
If you have any questions about the systems please fire away.
If you want to see these rigs in person they will be on show at the Summer iSeries along with a third and larger unseen rig
We will post updates regarding the new rig here.
Thanks for the support MSI.

I have seen this amazing case in person during i52, it's really attractive to me and running 4K games surprisingly!! I'm looking forward to see more modding from you and PARVUM system!!

Shut down problem possible cause SLI ?

Proberly old questions asked many times...
Just upgraded to a Q6600 CPU and my specs are as follows:
Mobo: MSI P7N SLI Platinum
CPU:Quad Q6600 - Alpine H/s (Temps at idel 17c)
Graphics: 2x MSI 8800GT running in SLI
Memory:4x2GB Patriot DDR2 6400 800mhz
HDD 2x Sata Drives
O/s Vista 32bit
DVDWriter:LG
Question 1: Using Windows Vista 32bit or would I be better off using Vista 64 with my new CPU ?
Question 2: Is Windows XP Pro ok to use with SLI config ?
Last one: Why is it that my computer switrches off when using SLI with the Lost Planet preformace test. ?
It just completely switches off, no shut down,, half way through the test the lot switches off ( like someone pulled the plug)
My temps on the cards and cpu are low..
My PSU is newish, bought within the last few weeks..
UT3 runs fine - so does COD4... ?
PSU Specs:
EZ Cool 700W Silent PC Gaming Power Supply PSU
700watt Silent PC Power Supply Unit.
* Comes with:
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   2 x SATA connectors,
   2 x 6 pin PCI Express connectors,
   1 x 4pin 12V connector.
* Max Outputs:
   12V line 1 (20A)
   12V line 2 (20A)
   3.3V (36A)
   5V (40A)
Compatible for Intel P4 and AMD/ XP , meets Intel v.2.2- Enhanced 12V for PIV 1 x 120mm Ball bearing fan and noise killer for quiet PC exhausts larger volume of hot air Super silent operation with Intelligent Fan Speed Control230V, rear power on/off, power down Nylon Sleeve Shielded Cables, Over voltage and circuit protection 3.3v, 12V, 12V 100% burn in and Hi pot tested CE/TUV/FCC/UL approval.
Bought here:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300247949652
Any views on what the cause is
BTW: using the latest NVidia Drivers....
GeForce Release 178 WHQL
Version: 178.13
Release Date: September 25, 2008
Operating System: Windows Vista 32-bit
Language: U.S. English
File Size: 86.9 MB

Sorted
Used Molex to PCI-E adapter on the second 8800GT and original PCI-E rail on the main card..
Works ok now, no shut down, did the Lost Planet test ok..
Someone asked about the low temps and what cooler am I using, its a simple Alpine 64 H/s, combined with a excellent Antec Nine Hundred Case.
with a 200mm top fan and 2x120mm front fans..
http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductID=501972&source=froogle
And running MSI Dual Core Center, which I think reduces the CPU speed down while idel (surfing the net.emails, etc.etc..)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Energy Efficient 95W edition (2.40GHz) G0 Stepping L2 8MB Cache Processor..
But will save for a top end PSU...
Thanks for all your inputs..
NC

Get money for playing Halo thanks to AMEX

Thanks to CAG for posting it, here is the original thread link:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=331104
Before you roll your eyes, this is legit. I honestly don't know why BBY didn't post this all over their site as it is backed by BBY.
"Syncing" your gamer profile to your AMEX card and beating Halo gives you real world perks ( some monetary).
Syncing site : https://sync.americanexpress.com/XBox/CardCapture
$10 STATEMENT CREDIT FOR ENROLLING!
$25 credit back for $50 spent at PacSun
$5 credit back for $10 spent at AMC Theaters
Complete Halo 4 Achievements and get rewards:
Complete the 'Operation Completion' achievement and get $50 back when you spend $100 at Best Buy using your synced card.
(Complete a Spartan Ops Mission on any difficulty)
Complete the 'Wake Up John' achievement and get a one-time $25 statement credit within 8 weeks after unlocking the offer.
(Complete the campaign on normal or harder)
Be one of the first 25 syned Cardmembers to complete the 'Lone Wolf Legend' achievement and win a trip to E3 in 2013 for you and a friend!
(Completed the Campaign solo on Legendary difficult

I'm actually considering on picking up a xbox 360 console again cause of this offer.
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