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Dedric Terry
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Yikes, yep typo on my part - sorry about that: it is LGA775, not 975.
On 2/28/08 10:34 PM, in article 47c79c87@linux, "Aaron Allen"
<know-spam@not_here.dude> wrote:
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> I'm pretty sure mine's a LGA775 here, so I wanted to check that I may have
> missed something or it's a typo?
> - Always had good luck with Asus and Gigabyte either one FWIW.
>
> AA
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> "Dedric Terry" <dterry@keyofd.net> wrote in message news:47c6e72a@linux...
>> David - Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield with a socket 975 Intel board.
>> I have an Asus P5W DH Deluxe board that's a good board (esp. for multiple
>> PCI and PCIe slots.
>> (Gigabyte may be another good choice).
>>
>> I heard the Core 2 Quads were on sale for as low as $199 recently - down
>> to $250 on newegg.com.
>>
>>
>> "EK Sound" <ask_me@nospam.net> wrote in message news:47c6e4b2@linux...
>>> Along this topic... what's the biggest bang for the buck right now for MB
>>> and Chip?? Our Nuendo machine is in need of an upgrade....
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> David.
>>>
>>> Chris Ludwig wrote:
>>>> Hi Aaron,
>>>>
>>>> If you want to get the most out of it then these will help.
>>>>
>>>> Run SP2 especially if you gonna be using for internet stuff.
>>>> Don't install IE7 yuck!! In fact uninstall fricking IE and Out look and
>>>> install fire fox and thunder bird. But don't do that until you use IE6
>>>> to download em. :)
>>>> You will probably need to install dot net 1 and 2 but only need to
>>>> install 3 if you have any vista machine in your network.
>>>>
>>>> These hot fixes are for multi-core Intel cpus.
>>>>
>>>> Microsoft hot fix:
>>>> KB896256
>>>>
>>>> Microsoft hot fix:
>>>> KB936357
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Make sure you are using the newest BIOS and latest drivers for the
>>>> motherboard, especially the on board video.
>>>>
>>>> Which on board video card chip does your motherboard have? 8 meg seems
>>>> way too low. Does it have hardwired memory and then shared past that?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Aaron Allen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Who all is running Quad here?
>>>>>
>>>>> I just loaded my new pc up with WinXP, SP1. From BIOS boot/disk insert
>>>>> to Windows installed welcome screen took 16 minutes. Can a get a Fresh
>>>>> Prince ShaLamm! Updates and whatnot's coming (it'll be on the net), but
>>>>> I'm looking for what to expect in the way of latency, plugs and track
>>>>> counts. SATA 250GB system and 400GB data, 2 GB RAM. This machine will
>>>>> be my 'everyday' box, streaming movies, music and handling most of my
>>>>> song building. I'll mix elsewhere, but this little dude is the
>>>>> workhorse for building/virtual synths and schlepping video render stuff
>>>>> when I have time for that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone noted a major change from single or dual core tech to Quad
>>>>> core in regards to latency in native rigs?
>>>>> Any great audio or video rendering benchmarks out there to try? Keep in
>>>>> mind, I'm using onboard Intel Graphics 8 (yuk) MB shared, so I'm not
>>>>> trying to test the video card, only rendering capability.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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