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saurian333:
Yeah, that's it. That particular one (don't know if there are others) runs real expensive ($1500 when it came out less than a year ago, apparently) and is limited to 4GB. So one might be better off getting a good SSD. But the concept could be much faster than the SATA bus speed, assuming you were using at least PCIe 2.0 x8 (would have to go to x16 to top SATA3).
Are we going to stay on this long enough to start a thread?
Sorry, acidblue0, we lost your original topic somewhere...lol.
Haze:
--- Quote from: Gamester on January 23, 2010, 09:24:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: acidblue0 on January 23, 2010, 07:54:56 pm ---When new MB and cpu get to me will I be able to just plug hard drive in and boot up? Hope I don't have to reformat
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It won't be that simple. Since you're replacing the motherboard and going with a completely different type of CPU, there will be all sorts of drivers missing when you boot up. In fact, it may not even boot into Windows at all.
Any time I make a change as drastic as a complete MB & CPU swap, I always install a fresh copy of Windows. I've been doing this stuff over over 20 years, and I've just found it to be by far the cleanest approach. Time consuming, yes, but better in the end...
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With modern OS and systems this is less of an issue than it used to be.
I moved a HDD from a 100% AMD system (XP3000+, ATI graphics) into a brand new Intel based system, completely different chipset, Sata drives, Nvidia graphics etc. and there were no issues. It booted (XP), installed the drivers it needed, and just worked even if there probably wasn't a single common component between the systems. Back in the Windows 98 days this was a huge issue but these days it's less of one.
Of course, if you're buying a 64-bit system and your previous OS was a 32-bit version you'll probably want to reinstall anyway.
saurian333:
--- Quote from: Haze on January 26, 2010, 07:08:18 am ---With modern OS and systems this is less of an issue than it used to be.
I moved a HDD from a 100% AMD system (XP3000+, ATI graphics) into a brand new Intel based system, completely different chipset, Sata drives, Nvidia graphics etc. and there were no issues. It booted (XP), installed the drivers it needed, and just worked even if there probably wasn't a single common component between the systems. Back in the Windows 98 days this was a huge issue but these days it's less of one.
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Interesting. I guess it shows you don't know anything until you actually try it. :dunno I certainly wouldn't have expected that from XP.
--- Quote ---Of course, if you're buying a 64-bit system and your previous OS was a 32-bit version you'll probably want to reinstall anyway.
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Meh. 64-bit Windows isn't all it's cracked up to be. Unless every peripheral you own is less than 2 years old, good luck finding drivers. Even some newer hardware is difficult to get working. Unless you have more than 3GB RAM, it's not even worth it. And even then, I'd question it. (I have 4, and I still stuck with 32-bit Win7.)
Linux is another story. 64-bit Ubuntu screams on my machine, and video encoding/transcoding (for one example) shows notable improvement over the 32-bit version.
bigjase:
I run the N64 version of Blitz and I have a pretty crappy PC. My dad actually played this for about a day straight this weekend. ;D
J.Max:
I have a E8400 running at stock 3.0 GHz and Blitz runs just fine. A very slight sound stutter occasionally, but otherwise perfect.
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