Archmaille

Okay, so there has been a little bit of a fiasco with my computer (as I described briefly in my previous post about WordPress 2.7) that actually turned out to be not what I expected. My motherboard that I was using had issues… it had issues from the day I bought it, only noticed like 90 days afterwards when I went to start overclocking. I never got very far with overclocking because my stock CPU voltage that should of been running at 1.250 volts was running at 1.1 volts, and it took everything the motherboard had to just get it up to 1.2 so needless to say there never was much to be done on the overclocking front with that POS motherboard. I always left it at stock speed so that it could last until I could replace the mobo… that day never came. Last week I ran into a problem though, after taking my computer apart and cleaning everything I started getting BSODs every time I turned the computer on!

Finally after three days of this I got a hint into what was causing it (I was testing different things for a while, Windows had updated, and thought it might of been a software issue, but wasn’t able to get the computer to stay on long enough to test that theory out). I started getting messages on the USB bus running at the wrong voltage… so instantly I thought it had to be the motherboard. In the process of ordering a new motherboard, I figured a small upgrade couldn’t hurt so I also got an AMD Phenom 9850 since they’re close to $150 now, combined with an AMD 790GX motherboard I figured I’d have a pretty rock solid system… except since they new 9850 runs at 1066 RAM speeds I figured I’d upgrade that too so I got 8 gigs of 1066 RAM… to find out that with four sticks installed it runs at 800 speeds anyways.

Anyways, after I installed everything the extra power consumption was causing BSODs sooner… So the next place I thought might be the problem was my PSU. Kind of a long shot since PC Power and Cooling makes good products… but I do have one of the first generation 1KW PSUs that had the single 12v rail so maybe there was an issue with that. After visiting Best Buy to grab a 700w power supply (hoping it was enough power for my energy sucking computer) it STILL had BSODs ass soon as Windows started up… I pulled my computer apart again and just started looking everything over… I mean the only thing left is the hard drives… I considered pulling my main drive and reinstalling windows on another one… kept messing with things until I finally realized that my pump wasn’t running. Saddened and disheartened that I would have to use stock cooling for a while and figure something out how to hide my water cooling system I kept messing with things until I found that one of the pins on the molex connector for my pump had pulled out. So I pushed it back in, and taped it in place.

I still made out ahead in the deal. I’ve now got 8 gigs of RAM, a sweet motherboard, and a quad core processor that pwns everything! Yeah, I know there’s stuff faster on the market but for a $400 upgrade… I must say this is a HUGE performance upgrade for me… now when I get the money I just need to move to RAID 5EE and I’ll be sitting pretty for the next few years.

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Now I’ve had a lot of people searching for combat arms aimbot, or other combat arms hacks. I don’t have chamms, aimbots, or anything like that on this site as I don’t really have any need for them. But if you’re looking for Combat Arms Aimbot you can check out that link. It just might have the information you are looking for to get the edge you need.

There’s a lot of n00bs out there who can’t play games without cheats or hacks, so what the heck why not fill up the SE’s with worthless junk that makes them search longer and harder for cheats or hacks? I hate playing with people who can’t play for themselves so therefore I also like to make things a little bit harder for people to get the things that make playing no fun. By linking to something that is going to do nothing but frustrate a few people and possibly help them in giving up on hacks I in turn am doing myself a service

If you suck so bad that you need aimbots, hacks, and cheats to win… well find something else to do.

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Ah, and here I am again after a little bit of a blogging lull! I really needed the break though, seriously I’ve been writing at least 6 posts a day on my different blogs, 200 words each for nearly two months now! That’s seriously just as much writing as any of you would do for a paper at school, or finance reports for work EVERY DAY just about 6 days a week too! So to say I was getting a little bit burned out is an understatement. After the lull though, I’m refreshed and ready to go again! I spent several days playing Left4Dead, and after the demo ended I didn’t buy it yet, so I just went to doing some Counter-Strike: Source, and spending time with WildIrishRose we’ve been lacking on that relationship some too since I’ve been blogging, and writing so much.

Not only that but planning for our wedding left us with little “us” time so I really had to do that for a while. Anyways, I’m back now! Should be around to blog like crazy about all sorts of stuff, and lots of gaming entries ya know? Now is the season for new games, since the Holidays are coming up they’ve been kicking out new games like crazy, so that’s what I’ll be getting into, all the gaming news I can dig up!

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So the question now is, is AMD bouncing back, or are they slipping further? AMD just announced that Fusion won’t be coming out later this year, but rather plans to launch it in 2011 when they hit 45nm for their processors… Of course this means that Fusion will be a murderous processor when it comes out as GPU technology will be far advanced by this time, and higher clock speeds on the tri-core processor will be higher. Problem with this situation is that this is just the item that AMD needs to start nailing down Intel again…

They’ve never successfully taken the market from Intel, because people are stupid, and even though they held the performance crown for years Intel still outsold them. Well now, Intel’s new i7 chip isn’t all what they had hoped it would be, so AMD can catch up performance wise again, let’s just hope it’s enough to surpass Intel, and hold that lead until Fusion comes out… because Fusion most certainly will be more powerful than anything Intel has to muster up… and it will be another three to five years before Intel copies them, and at that it will be much like the i7 in that it won’t be up to par performance wise yet. Of course Intel will just continue to throw money at it and eventually pass up AMD again, at which point AMD will have to innovate more, and Intel will have to copy more… it’s a vicious cycle… but one day AMD will surpass Intel in sales, and that day will be a good day.

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You know, I was going to spend some time on here yapping about how Intel has been riding on the shoulders of AMD for quite some time, made ever more clear with the new Intel Core i7 chip they’ve just put on the market. Of course we all knew it was coming for some time, but that’s not the point. Then when I was thinking about it more, I realized that we all walk on the shoulders of genius ever day. Even AMD ran off of the shoulders of Intel for a quite a while when they first got started. So I guess it is only fair to say now that Intel is riding off of AMD’s developmental skills. Yeah, we’re seeing a huge lack of creativity from Intel’s corner, but a lot of good that has been doing them anyways right? The new i7 chip that has stolen more of AMD’s designs than any other previous chip has failed to surpass even Intel’s own processors strength… ironic isn’t it?

I now am really waiting on the AMD Fusion platform. Apparently it’s been pushed back until 2011, so I’ll probably have to get a quad core in between now and then to keep my system running like it should. Or well the first real upgrade I’m going for is a RAID 5EE setup, so that first, and then by that time I might be able to get an affordable 6 core processor to work with… which will really keep me entertained until Fusion comes out. Once Fusion is out I won’t be jumping straight on that bandwagon either, it’ll take a few years of it being out for it to both mature, and also drop in price before I get right on board.

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I’ve been playing the Left 4 dead demo lately… and must say it’s awesome! Rather short, as many have mentioned, but then again it’s only the Demo. It’s probably one of the best zombie games ever though! The 4 player co-op play is great, it’s really just the right number, Three isn’t quite enough, and anything more just starts getting crowded… especially since you’re fighting mostly AI (except in the Vs. mode). Cooperative play is the key to the game though… Personally I like to move slow, and clear areas before moving. I’ve played several games with people though that one or two on the team rush ahead, so therefore everyone has to rush, and it usually ends up getting most killed if you’re not all wanting to do so.

If I had the money I’d pre-order it right now! I don’t, so I won’t… but I’ll either get it in the coming months, or wait for the price to go down. Really depends upon what my Yahoo! ads do in the coming days… they’re doing good, and should only increase, but who knows.

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I know the warez community seems to be dying off when it comes to computer games. But I know that this can be aided! Come on guys, you’re the bread and butter of the true gaming community In all honesty, warez, keygens, and game “stealing” only contributes to about 1% of games on the market, but it still gets enough attention to warrant hiring some guy who’s job it is to come up with new and innovative ways that hackers can’t steal games, but isn’t too annoying for those who will buy them. If you’re a Gaming Keygens, and CD Keys kind of person check out my compilation of the greatest keygens, and cd keys around!

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If you haven’t heard AMD Fusion is coming to a computer near you! Now I was fairly excited about upgrading to a quad core processor… but I think I’ll put it off even longer. My next planned upgrade is going to RAID 5EE, don’t get me wrong, I’d love to go to solid state drives, but that technology is a ways off. In order to get a reasonable amount of storage space, and fast continuous throughput current solid state drives simply don’t cut it. At some point in time (Probably as a way to celebrate the move to making $20 a day with Yahoo! ads) I want to pimp my comp out with 8 gigs of RAM, and a RAID 5EE array simultaneously.

But this post isn’t about that. It’s actually more about why I’m sticking with a dual core processor instead of taking advantage of the possibility to upgrade to quad core, motherboard, and all for less than $300. To most of you the name AMD Fusion probably doesn’t sound that too unfamiliar. The CPU technology has been around or at least the idea has been around for a while. It all started with with the AMD 4×4 system or Quad FX. The idea was for ultimate gamers, and computer users to be able to use two different CPU’s side by side. One could be a dual, or quad core processor, while the other could be a GPU, or hardware accelerator. The idea never came to fruition for gamers, or other home applications, but has slowly developed in the private sectors. AMD has taken it a step further though… By the end of the year they will be offering tri-core CPU’s with built in GPU, and hardware accelerator! This means that high bandwidth jobs, programs that need massive floating point units, and multi-tasking will all be on one chip. Forget 60 frames per second in game, try streaming real time game play!

I’d like to wait for the system to mature myself. But I’ll definitely be getting ready for it. When I make the move to RAID 5EE, and 8 gigs of RAM I may shortly after get a Fusion ready motherboard too. Then when there are some price drops I’ll gram an AMD Fusion processor and be able to load everything in near real time… no more waiting on slow computer loads, with RAID 5EE 4 x 1TB drives, 8 gigs of RAM, tri-core processing, with built in GPU, and hardware accelerator… With extreme water cooling, and my ATI Radeon 3850 video card to supplement the graphics… you can forget waiting on any games, or poor frame rates!

Fusion is more than just awesome hardware though. AMD is working with software developers, the Open-Source community, and Stanford to achieve a new standard in multi-tasking. Hardware has made leaps and bounds as far as technology goes, but software has barely been able to keep up. 64bit is being excruciatingly slow to catch on, and multi-threaded software is still not all that common. Even with Windows Vista, and much of the advancements in technology you’re still not seeing the benefit of even quad core processors… which is another reason for me to wait until Fusion launches full force!

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