Recent content by riblet

Yes, socket 939. I will be glad run those tests for you in the next few days.

I appreciate all the responses, and definately understand the points being made in the posts. A couple posters forgot that I was trying to play Rift at high settings, not play 1st-person shooters. But I do understand where they are coming from. Here are my conclusions, focused only on my desire...

My report after replacing my 7900gtx with an AMD 6950 2GB on my old system: An old 2GB, WinXP, Opteron 165 OC with a HD6950-2GB really rocks in Rift. I play RIFT now on the extreme (or whatever it is called) gameplay setting now, still using 1920x1200. I did not turn on AAx4 (which is extra)...

Thanks for the reply, the only thing I have to go on right now is that at lower video quality settings the game runs great on my old system. At 1920x1200, Rift is running 40-60 FPS on low quality settings and 7-10 FPS very-high quality settings. That does not seem like it will be processesor...

I am looking for opinions and advice about my gaming rig for playing RIFT. I have been holding off all during the beta on upgrading or replacing my gaming PC so that I had access to the latest and greatest hardware. My old system has performed incredibly well for 5+ years, and acctually plays...

Thanks for the article, and the time it took to put all this together. I am always on the lookout for another excellent [H]ard|OCP writeup. But even with as much information as posted, the answer to a few questions I have is not there. Since I am in-process of building my new rig now, I will be...