OceanV47 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 The 158.18 and 158.22 are FM approved for 06 and 05 (both) and work with the 88's. Do they work with the Ultras? http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmark06/approveddrivers/ http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmark05/approveddrivers/ Does the driver matter in PCMark05? http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=32 Looks like there is some time for me to try different drivers before the contest I_G. I don't really think the drivers really matter on PCMark 05. The newest driver is not FM approved. Have used 3 different drivers in the past and they are not FM approved. I think they are pumping out drivers faster than FutureMark can approve them! If it's allowed would like to run PCMark 05 on Vista, and the other benchies on XP. Toss it around and let me know what you think!! Link to post Share on other sites
IntelGuy Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Will do. I'll confer with sho and flew and post back what the decision is. Link to post Share on other sites
Simon9one Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Thats a lie. We all know higher score=higher chance of winning. if i upgrade my rig in the middle of this, am i still eligible? to a whole new computer that is What are you getting? Link to post Share on other sites
OceanV47 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Will do. I'll confer with sho and flew and post back what the decision is. Ok I_G! Some may not think that would be fair and understandably cause not everyone has the option to use Vista and XP both for bench marks! Link to post Share on other sites
el kido Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 What are you getting? ehh.. just a little quad core and some 8800GTX and a couple gigs of OCZ Ram (High speeds) Some watercooling, Maybe An X38 board. Nothing much really. Scarred Simon? Link to post Share on other sites
Simon9one Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Scarred Simon? Meh, I'm too deeply in debt to beat that. At least I will still be able to beat you in hard drive scores Link to post Share on other sites
tarawa Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 You can get better RAM at not much more cost. Geil, Crucial, Team, CellShock, ect. Link to post Share on other sites
el kido Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 You can get better RAM at not much more cost. Geil, Crucial, Team, CellShock, ect. But do they have lifetime warrenty......EVEN with Overclocking??? I dont think so. And the OCZ Reaper is quite sexy. Simon, Im gonna be in Debt $1000 If you want me to enter the HDD war with you, I will be in Debt $1100 Maybe I will do raid? is it hard to setup? Link to post Share on other sites
OceanV47 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 (edited) Hey tarawa, what the heck is that guy trying to say in your avtar? Just Apple? Edited August 26, 2007 by OceanV47 Link to post Share on other sites
IntelGuy Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Tarawa, Please tell him by PM!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Simon9one Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Maybe I will do raid? is it hard to setup? Not really, it took me more time to get the old floppy drive working than the RAID. Hey tarawa, what the heck is that guy trying to say in your avtar?I think I know Link to post Share on other sites
el kido Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Not really, it took me more time to get the old floppy drive working than the RAID. I think I know whats the benefit from raid? Link to post Share on other sites
Simon9one Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 (edited) Blazing fast hard drive speed. With RAID 0 the data is striped between the drives, so they can work together. Edited August 26, 2007 by Simonsells91 Link to post Share on other sites
el kido Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Blazing fast hard drive speed. With RAID 0 the data is striped between the drives, so they can work together. Soooo, Will programs run faster? Same as multimedia apps? Link to post Share on other sites
Simon9one Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 You should notice a nice difference with anything that reads and writes a lot to the hard drive. First thing you notice is Windows boots faster. Link to post Share on other sites
Merc Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 (edited) Looks like there is some time for me to try different drivers before the contest I_G. I don't really think the drivers really matter on PCMark 05. The newest driver is not FM approved. Have used 3 different drivers in the past and they are not FM approved. I think they are pumping out drivers faster than FutureMark can approve them! If it's allowed would like to run PCMark 05 on Vista, and the other benchies on XP. Toss it around and let me know what you think!! He is right about that. I used stock Nvidia drivers for Forum Wars and they were unapproved. Like Ocean said, FM can't keep up with the flood of drivers. Oh yeah, count me in!! Edited August 26, 2007 by Merc Link to post Share on other sites
el kido Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 You should notice a nice difference with anything that reads and writes a lot to the hard drive. First thing you notice is Windows boots faster. how much did your Raid setup cost Link to post Share on other sites
Simon9one Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Somewhere around $400, Raptors are expensive. Link to post Share on other sites
el kido Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Somewhere around $400, Raptors are expensive. for get it Link to post Share on other sites
IntelGuy Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 If it's allowed would like to run PCMark 05 on Vista, and the other benchies on XP. That's fine. Whatever gets you the highest scores. First post Rule #1 clarified. Link to post Share on other sites
Kenny3 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 for get it you dont have to have raptors in raid, I have three seagates in raid 0 and its still damn fast. Link to post Share on other sites
arisythila-xcpus Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Glad to join... Link to post Share on other sites
caintry_boy Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 (edited) "Welcome aboard The PIT arisythila!!" Glad to have you...... Edited August 26, 2007 by caintry_boy Link to post Share on other sites
shogan191 Posted August 26, 2007 Author Share Posted August 26, 2007 Glad to join... Glad to have you aboard. Glad to see Merc here also. Link to post Share on other sites
KRAM Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Hum I might have a reason to boot over to XP besides playing online poker now. Link to post Share on other sites
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