DarkMatter
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Processor | Intel C2Q Q6600 @ Stock (for now) |
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Motherboard | Asus P5Q-E |
Cooling | Proc: Scythe Mine, Graphics: Zalman VF900 Cu |
Memory | 4 GB (2x2GB) DDR2 Corsair Dominator 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15 |
Video Card(s) | GigaByte 8800GT Stock Clocks: 700Mhz Core, 1700 Shader, 1940 Memory |
Storage | 74 GB WD Raptor 10000rpm, 2x250 GB Seagate Raid 0 |
Display(s) | HP p1130, 21" Trinitron |
Case | Antec p180 |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi PLatinum |
Power Supply | 700W FSP Group 85% Efficiency |
Software | Windows XP |
I also don't need 4 cores on my processor, but I like to have the extra 2 cores to handle the data better.
But you did say you have to buy a separate card:
No one uses it on the PC because you have to have a seperate card to use it. The majority of people with PCs buy them from a manufacturer such as Dell... Dell (and other companies like Dell) usually don't give the option to install a physics card, thus the mainstream consumer doesn't have physics because their MOBOs are properitary.
As far as physics for us go, most people on these forums care more about benches, and physics cards don't really help with that... Plus you have to buy a seperate card, or dedicate one of your old cards to it.
And BTW a lot of people use it right now. Namely anyone with a Nvidia card that played Mirror's Edge.
Also help, help... it does help a lot in Vantage and games that use it. A different thing is that the results are not accepted because otherwise Ati fanboys would cry
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