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New Computer on the way!!!

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#1

I know, I know, you are supposed to ask opiniions and then buy
it.
But…
In December got lucky with a few investments and bought
a HP with 8gbs ram.

Luck was with me again ( did not buy AIG!!!..kinda)stocks went up.

In any case have wanted “the one” for awhile.
All last week on the phone with the usual suspects (DELL, Gateway(?),
HP).
Went to a few “we build it”.
Settled on HP and purchased it Saturday, it is on the way.
It has a few unusual features thought I would ask here about.
1.It has, according to the sales guy a new processor.
Intel Core i7-920 ( 2.66ghz,1mb L2+8mb shared L3 cache with QPI

Have not clue what that means,but because of it I got…
2. 12 gb ram with a possibility of upgrading to 24gb.
3. Card is 1Gb ATI Radeon HD 4850 (2dvi,HDMI and VGA adaptors)
4. Also haggled for a Blu Ray disc writer and tv card.
Under two thousand.
Now…
Reason for thread ( not to brag)
Questions.
Does anyone have this processor and/or 12 gb ram?
I realize that Zbrush existed quite well with 8gb ram, but wanted
to know any differences. ( Believe it doesn’t matter to zbrush)
Anyone familiar with the card? Out of my element here, but I explained
about the orcs and he said they would be cuter.

Thank you in advance.

#2

It’s a horrible box. You have to give it to me, and I will surrender my superior IBM 386 laptop with which you will rule the world. All that just because I like you so much neighbor!
Rainer

#3

“L”:smiley: :+1:

How ya been?
Long time, no hear.
Got a little lucky.:+1:

#4

I have the same CPU and I also have 12 GB of ram.

I am runing vista ultimate 64 bit. Zbrush runs like a dream. I can handle aprox 16 million polys on a single mesh the same way that my old machine handled 1 million polys. It runs like butter :+1:

I have a different Video card. My work gets really good deals on Nvidia Workstation cards so I picked up a Quadro FX 4800 for about $300. The main reason I got it other than the HUGE price cut was that it has dual Displayport out on it. As I also just purchased dual 24 inch Dell LCDs that have Displayport on them. :smiley: Of course Zbrush doesnt use your video card at all, but its still nice to have a good card for other apps/games.

You will love that CPU, and I am sure as soon as Pixologic lets zbrush see more than 4GB of ram you will enjoy the ram too :wink:

#5

I am runing vista ultimate 64 bit. Zbrush runs like a dream. I can handle aprox 16 million polys on a single mesh the same way that my old machine handled 1 million polys. It runs like butter

thank you so much!!!

#6

Wanted to add something, saw in another thread my computers price was mentioned.
I do not want to mislead.
Did not take monitor(s), have a few good ones.
No speakers ( have Bose, purchased separately with a sub woofer)
No add on software ( you must be joking, I spend most of my time
with a new computer taking the new stuff off)
In other words the box ( one additional feature which I liked, built
in wireless, no antenna wires)

2093, including tax (NY),shipping .
Actual model to start with was HP Pavillion Elite m9600t PC

#7

i7 920 is best computer that ever happened to me.
i was thinking woohoo 4 cores… youd think!
cinema started rendering… 4 bars… 5 bars wtf? 6 7 8 omfgz!!!

i didnt even know before i got it that a i7 has 4 real cores and 4 virtual ones.

anyways i love it :smiley:

#8

“I have new computer and I need to say that to the whole woooooorrrllldd!!! Yupiiii!”

:rolleyes:

grown up

#9

Had the computer since Saturday, frustrating problem finally solved.
New kid has to blend in with existing system.
Basically four computers networked together with kvm switches.
What happened.
Kvm switches by Belkin were of the type that worked with
PS2 mouse and keyboard.
New kid was built separate so being new ,came with usb keyboard
and mouse, did not play with the other kids.
So for about a day me and the new computer looked at one another.
Solution was the computer bought in December and the new one are
switched together using a usb kvm switch.
The new switch was a bitch (poetry) because you use a Hot key to go from
one computer to another and I did not read the instructions fully (jerk)

In any case finally starting to install programs.
Zbrush today!!!
Speed of what has been installed so far, makes this all worthwhile
Only problem I see is going back and forth between very fast and just fast.

#10

Zbrush polyplane.

compact memory 4096
undo 4
Max Poly 20

total ,after pause to consider…16,777,216.

#11

I have basically the same setup. The ATI card has no Open GL support but it is a screamer. They are putting them in everything. The store I go to no longer carries 32 bit so that day is over.

I’m trying to decide if I should swap for my old 8800 GT or not for the open gl support. What power supply do you have. My techi source tells me my machine will run better with a better supply. I have a 500 watt that came with it. On paper it is enough but I’m told that it is a good idea anyway? Do you know anything about that issue.

It scores a 5.9 on all parts of the Vista test now with 3 gigs of DDR3 1066. Tonight it goes to 12 gigs of 1333. New power supply tomorrow if the Wife does not kill me:) NVidia 200 series? - but then she would kill me:(

#12

Blaine, being totally honest and no kidding aside, don’t have the slightest
idea of what you are asking me.
Three prong plug to back and put into a surge protector (good one) I press button computer starts.
I press, it stops.
Is there a spec number on the computer I can check?

#13

you only get that with vistas artsy fartsy game test thing.
it gives u numbers and tells you how great u are.

got vista on new laptop could not avoid it they wont sell jack without vista nowadays. at least if its not self configured.

really hate it by the way. its treating me like a child asking me everything three times.
im guessing that way they want it to be more like a mac simply preventing ppl to get viruses by asking them everytihng three times :rolleyes:

#14

What I know:

HP Pavilion Elite m9600t PC

  • Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
  • Intel® Core™ i7-920 processor (2.66GHz, 1MB L2 + 8MB shared L3 cache with QPI Technology)
  • 12GB DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM [6x2048]
  • 1TB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
  • 1GB ATI Radeon HD 4850 [2 DVI, HDMI and VGA adapters]
  • Blu-ray writer & Lightscribe SuperMulti DVD burner
  • Premium Wireless-N LAN card
  • 15-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB, 1394, audio, video (for TV Tuner)
  • TV tuner, dual format ATSC-NTSC with PVR, remote
  • No speakers
  • HP multimedia keyboard and HP optical mouse
  • Microsoft® Works 9.0
  • Norton Internet Security™ 2009 - 15 month
  • HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

Spent most of first day taking off crap that came with it.
( first to go was Norton)

Miztli: Did not mean post in spirit you took it,was anxious because of
specs. Was looking to see if anyone had problems.
Thank you for pointing out the rare type of individual that I forget comes here. Your post will serve as a constant reminder of the small, the vindictive,the petty that sometimes surface here.

#15

:lol: You can shut that crap off. Turn off “User Account Control”.
Start > Control Panel > User Accounts and its self explantory from there.

Make sure you understand about running programs as administrator but I imagine you have figured that out.

Shut down Aero if it slows you down.

I bought a laptop with Vista when it first came out. Once I understood it is not XP and learned it I like it. Very stable, never hangs and not a crash since even before the service release. Main thing is it was for next generation systems which is now.

On this new machine it is lightning fast.

#16

I started setting up yesterday. Norton is out of there :laughing: Should be outlawed.

We have the same specs more or less. Just spent an hour in ZBrush and it made it all worthwhile. Thumbs up to Intel and lots of RAM :+1: All my software is finally fast.

It took me 3 hours just to uninstall the crap :-1: :-1:

#17

cheers thanks for the tip.

its not even that i hate vista i just love xp :smiley:

for my workstation i got myself xp64 and i have had no issues so far.

exept for no divx web player drivers :confused:
so no streaming of divx qualitiy movies.
but my internet at home cant handle that anyways :lol:

#18

On the first Vista bought in December had problems with networking,
File sharing, permissions, wireless routers , new kid would not play
with the others.etc.
Bit the bullet and paid a tech guy to come here.
(One of the reasons was that my network was being shared by
all the kids in the neighborhood).
One of the problems he could not solve was that on my network, the newer
computer would not let me authorize file sharing as do Windows XP.
Kept saying administrator. Since I bought and paid for the computer and did
not see anybody named administrator at the cashier, was pissed.
He (tech guy) was embarassed and gave me a price break because of his problem and left.
A few weeks later found the solution and called him.
I am including a link to an article, solved basicaly all my problems.
Article can be summed up in few commands but the whole thing is worth reading. Hope it helps someone here.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-administrator-account-on-windows-vista/

#19

ah how i miss the times of unsecured wifi´s :smiley: