>So in the interest of obeying company policy, I am posting via email. This allows me to still update, pass some time at work on the weekends, not really get in trouble, and keep the site a secret from the powers that be.
The man will bring you down! (given a chance, probably) So at any rate, I’ve got another 45 minutes before work is done. I’ve been doing mostly Cable Modem support all day. I do the technical stuff really well, it’s the simple things like password resets and anything having to do with specific insurance applications that take me all day.
Nicole and I went to go see Mitch Hedberg and Steven Lynch last Friday. I’ve still got Mitch on the brain, hence the sig.
He did his best known jokes very quickly, like he was tired of telling them, but it’s what everyone was expecting, like his “Stairway to Heaven”. Steven Lynch was the real surprise. I couldn’t believe the songs he had. I had heard clips but… man! =] It was good stuff, Nicole was thoroughly disgusted, but loved every minute of it.
I finally perfected the AMD-64. I’ve got the 4th best score in 3DMark2005 right now, 5500 and I don’t even have the fastest processor nor video cards. Yeah, there’s an S on there, cause I got the other one hooked up and SLi mode is enabled. Now I just have to get some time and I’ll be able to play some games with the sucker. Doom3 looks great in any resolution, but I just remembered NFS-Underground2 yesterday, so I’ll have to see how high I can turn that baby up.
To put things in perspective:
| P4 | AMD | |
| 32/64BIT | 32 | 64 |
| Chip Speed | 3ghz | 1.8ghz |
| Bus Speed | 800mhz | 1ghz |
| Memory | 1Gig | 1Gig |
| Video Card | AGP8X | PCIEx2-SLi |
| Video Memory | 128mb | 128mb |
| Hard Drive | ATA133RAID0 | SATA133 |
| 3DMark05 Score | 1200 | 5500 |
I need to post pictures of the comparative frame rates and CPU scores, I think the P4 may beat it in sheer number crunching, but if I add RAID0 to the AMD system, and/or upgrade to SATA3Gig instead of SATA133 it ought to make up any difference. It’s a bit pricy right now, I’ve yet to figure out exactly how much, but I’ll be posting it on CGSystems.biz as the pinnacle of game-i-tude. There’s areas to improve, it’s just going to be more ca-ching, but well worth the payoff for a true gaming machine. Alien-ware ain’t nothing! (unless it’s liquid cooled, and then you’re on a totally different level).
So that’s it for now, think I’ll whittle away the last little bit, then home to watch something on the big screen :]~
Josh
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My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana,
I said "No, but I want a regular banana later, so,
Yeah." ~Mitch Hedberg
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