How about this for gaming? :-)

HONkUS · Post by **HONkUS** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:31 pm

http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thundern3600b.html

dual PCI-X 16

Dual Opteron support

up to 32gb of DDR2

And....

ATX form factor!!

Discuss.

A taste of the 4x4 platform perhaps?

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:45 pm

Tyan = no overclocking = no fun ;)

HONkUS · Post by **HONkUS** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:04 pm

You cant OC with Tyan? there has to be a way!

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:15 pm

HONkUS wrote:You cant OC with Tyan? there has to be a way!

Tyan = Uber Stabe, They are workstation boards.
Also that board can't do 2x SLI 16x
They might have very limited OC options............

I like your thinking, but Opteron 2* series chips along with registered ECC ram is very expensive. It won't be 4x4 since they use a different socket than AM2 (they use socket F / 1207 pin)

4x4 will be very expensive.......if you use 2 FX cpus......AMD might allow support for lower-end chips, but they defeat the whole idea of competing with Intels up and coming Kentsfield (real) quad core cpu.

Intel's quad core initially will also be very expensive, it will replace the EE chip, so it will be ~$900! AFAIK

I wouldn't worry about quad core for a while, IMO it's a marketting gimmick. Software/games are only now getting multi-threaded support.....dual core is enough. Give it a 9mths to a year from now, then we will see the real performance in day to day apps.

I still wouldn't say no though........it would make a nice folding/media encoding rig ;)

HONkUS · Post by **HONkUS** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:32 pm

Well thanks for sh1tt1ng in my cereal

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:36 pm

sorry dude!
I say it how i see it.

Remember, all you need is a new NIC for a killer gaming rig ;)

HONkUS · Post by **HONkUS** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:15 pm

Yeah or if I just buy a big chrome K and slap it on a normal NIC ill have a DIY Killer NIC lol

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:17 pm

HONkUS wrote:Yeah or if I just buy a big chrome K and slap it on a normal NIC ill have a DIY Killer NIC lol

hehe

or just do a Homer Simpson.........Add some "air holes" --> makes it go faster LOL

HONkUS · Post by **HONkUS** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:37 pm

lol I miss The Simpsons whatever happened to that show, its really gone to crap the last couple of years.

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:00 pm

HONkUS wrote:lol I miss The Simpsons whatever happened to that show, its really gone to crap the last couple of years.

Yeah......I've given up on The Simpsons too........
Occasionally they bring out a good episode.........usually you have to watch 2-3 shows for one good joke, not like the earlier shows.

Futurama was cool..........and they are bringing it back next year

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:39 pm

Bringing Futurama back? Please let this be true, that show was awesome, much better than the Simpsons IMO. Stupid that they axed it in the first place.

Dan

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:07 pm

DMB2000uk wrote:Bringing Futurama back? Please let this be true, that show was awesome, much better than the Simpsons IMO. Stupid that they axed it in the first place.

Dan

http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/06/22/new-e ... -for-real/

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:52 pm

woohoo!

Dan

HONkUS · Post by **HONkUS** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:34 pm

Futurama is one of my favorite shows of all time I just about creamed my pants when I heard they were bringing it back.

Sovereign · Post by **Sovereign** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:00 am

The MaxPC '05 Dream Machine had a Tyan mobo and dual 7800GTX SLI. It was fast, but very expensive. 8GB RAM, dual everything (dual dual core processors, dual graphics, dual RAID0 arrays, dual channel RAM, dual DVD burners....) but it can't keep up with Conroe or the new AMD systems.