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 Trogdor (38)  Jul 28, 2007 - 03:05 am
| » For shame...
...and you call yourself a techy? (Techie? Whatever.) It's P965, not 965P - the chipset, that is, not the motherboard name. Also, PCIe lists the speeds as x1, x4, x16, etc. not 1x. I always say "ex one" rather than "times one", though I've heard mobo engineers say "by one", "by 16", etc.
The intro siren was too over-the-top for my tastes, by the way.
LOL at the "plus seven" volts. Maybe with liquid nitrogen you could try that much and not just burn up the RAM, but I doubt it would work regardless. But of course we know what you mean (I hope). Also, mentioning the price of the DS3 as a plus would be reasonable, I think.
The 7600 GT - other than being a poor match for the X6800 if you play games - is more than just quiet. It could add noise in the way of heat, which would require the PSU and other fans to run faster, but that's not a big deal. RAM is also 700 MHz base, but technically DDR2-1400 if you use the normal naming convention (as you do later with the Corsair RAM).
Thermaltake Blue Orb... yuck. I'm sure it doesn't cool nearly as well as the top heatpipe towers. Claiming 17dB is also a joke. I wouldn't buy a TT PSU either (or the case for that matter - just not a fan of the way TT cases look). I seriously doubt the PSU can hit 87% efficiency, too.
X6800... isn't the price supposed to be MUCH lower now? I was looking around, but it's still at $975 or so. Maybe I'm thinking of the E6850 that's supposed to be a lot cheaper and offer improved performance (provided you can do 1333 FSB)?
Okay, I've been harsh, but it's actually a pretty good video overview. I'm sure the meat will come in parts 2/3, so this is just sort of fluff for the most part.» Login to reply to this  Yoda_Blues (175)    Jul 28, 2007 - 04:26 am | Edited on Jul 28, 2007 - 04:33 am
| First, I never claimed to be a techy or techie or whatever you want to say.
I will fix the minor typos, and I do mean minor, in the feature portion of the mobo (965p, 1x,16x), but calling a x1 PCI-E slot as "times 1" is perfectly acceptable considering I've never heard anyone say it out loud before. Not all of us have access to intel engineers, so please keep that in mind.
Hmmm...there was more to this reply, but it's not posting....oh well...» Login to reply to this
 Corran (2) Jul 28, 2007 - 03:36 pm
| Yeah, I've never used most of the technical terms in an actual conversation, in fact when I listen to people use them in video reviews and such they just sound odd. I can't imagine how odd it would be to start using them in every day conversations like Trog does.
Missing the point didn't bother me either, I think everyone knows what you mean.» Login to reply to this Trogdor (38) Jul 28, 2007 - 04:00 pm
| » Just for clarification
Some of that was tongue-in-cheek (i.e. P965 "for shame" comment), and most of it was just a stream-of-consciousness commentary on the video. (Or stream-of-video comments, I suppose.) Basically, I gave you a 7 so that I can give your competition significantly higher if he deserves it. If he doesn't, he'll get rated accordingly. :)
For the record, I would rate most of our articles in the 6-8 range, so a 7 isn't really bad. The sad thing is just how much more effort likely goes into doing a video review. You have to film stuff, then splice it all together, and then provide commentary. A small "typo" takes a lot more effort to fix than the same thing in a written article.
I really don't know *how* you're supposed to pronounce "x1" - which is why I say it literally "ex one". I do the same on CD/DVD speeds ("sixteen ex" for example).
I guess my chief complaint is that I was more of an analysis of the parts. Don't be afraid to tell it like it is. Something like, "X6800 is undoubtedly a powerful processor, but it's difficult to justify the cost. In a day where you can get quad core Q6600 chips for around $325, we would have difficulty recommending this CPU to anyone. X6850, QX6700, and various other CPUs in this price range would be better alternatives. Nevertheless, the X6800 is what we're using in our test bed, and it's certainly fast enough for any modern application; it's just difficult to justify the current price."
In a similar manner, you could talk about the 7600 GT: "This used to be a great entry-level to midrange gaming solution. Today, there's very little reason to purchase this card, considering its successor is now available If you want a card that is fanless and thus totally silent, it's worth a look, but for about the same price you can pick up a silent 8600 GT card that includes NVIDIA's new video processing engine and DX10 support - not that we actually think these cards will manage to run DX10 games at anything approaching acceptable performance."
As I said, the meat is probably coming in parts 2/3, but a bit more commentary might not be a bad idea. Truly, I think the whole series of reviews is basically meaningless almost, since the parts are all outdated. :|» Login to reply to this |
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