Well, not that much... wish I had free time to do it. Thing is, I want it to be an OK experience. I like hanging out here at the world's greatest gaming site afterall... got to know what the heck I'm talking about.
So, here's what I ended up doing after my last post. I picked up an XFX 8800gt Alpha Dog at the local Fry's and added it to a DS3L, Coolermaster 500W, 2 gigs Corsair XMS2 and Intel E6750. I really needed these for "business purposes" after all.
So the graphics look AWESOME on my 22in Samsung, but the card is kind of noisy. I fired a question to the XFX support guys asking if I needed new firmware or something and they're sending out a replacement cooler for the card! Didn't even have time to get pissed off before they had my problem fixed (assuming the thing actually is in the mail like they said)!
To answer your original question, I've been messing around with the World in Conflict demo late, late at night after the kids and real-world obligations are done... seems like a really cool game that I'll have to buy.
UPDATE 5-22-08
So the great deal I got on my video card didn't turn out to be that great a deal after all. After two weeks of use the card spit out a small cloud of white smoke and was dead.
Fry's took it back and I decided to grab the EVGA 8800gt this time. The version I bought didn't come overclocked but a few minutes on the web and with the help of RivaTuner I fixed that. This card actually seems to stay cooler at the new speed than the one it replaced at a lower (yet still factory overclocked) speed.
Also, I was a little worried that the 500W CoolerMaster PSU was cutting it close (last vid card REQUIRED 500W) so I returned that one and bought a Thermaltake Purepower 600W.
I wasn't thinking I'd get into overclocking, but it seems silly not to, so my next addition will be a cooler to replace the stock cooler. Flag this | Edit this post |
