Can My Crappy Machine Play Crysis!

This is my system:

Processor: Intel Xeon X5482 @ 6.0Ghz (12MB Cache, 1600 FSB)
Memory: 32GB of PC2-9800
Hard Drives: 100 Hard drives, 10000RPM, 32MB Buffer, on RAID0
GPU: OctoSLI (8 GeForce Ultras)
PSU: 10,000W PSU
OS: Windows Galaxy 128bit SP5
Drivers: 924.12


Gee, I hope I can run Crysis at decent settings with good FPS (40~~)

What do you thinK!


--For real people, look for benchmarks and compare your system.

Sorry, I think you might need a couple more upgrades first.

Try replacing the hard drives with high speed RAM drives, bump your memory up to 1TB PC5-48000, get another 1024 or so 8800 Ultras, and get a couple more PSUs to accomodate it all and then you might be able to get a frame rate of ~40 average, 25 minimum... if you're lucky...

" Many people are critical of "LOL" and its related acronyms, and there is some debate over their use.

Lacetti, professor of humanities at Stevens Institute of Technology, and Molsk in their essay entitled The Lost Art of Writing[9][10] are critical of the acronyms, predicting reduced chances of employment for students who use such acronyms, stating that "Unfortunately for these students, their bosses will not be 'lol' when they read a report that lacks proper punctuation and grammar, has numerous misspellings, various made-up words, and silly acronyms."

Yunker and Barry[11] in a study of on-line courses and how they can be improved through podcasting have found that these acronyms, and emoticons as well, are "often misunderstood" by students and are "difficult to decipher" unless their meanings are explained in advance. They single out the example of "ROFL" as not obviously being the abbreviation of "rolling on the floor laughing" (emphasis added). Haig[1] singles out "LOL" as one of the three most popular initialisms in Internet slang, alongside "BFN" ("bye for now" ) and "IMHO" ("in my humble/honest opinion" ). He describes these acronyms, and the various initialisms of Internet slang in general, as convenient, but warns that "as ever more obscure acronyms emerge they can also be rather confusing". Bidgoli[12] likewise states that these initialisms "save keystrokes for the sender but ... might make comprehension of the message more difficult for the receiver", that "slang may hold different meanings and lead to misunderstandings especially in international settings", and thus advising that they be used "only when you are sure that the other person knows the meaning".

Hueng,[5] in discussing these acronyms in the context of performative utterances, points out the difference between telling someone that one is laughing out loud and actually laughing out loud: "The latter response is a straightforward action. The former is a self-reflexive representation of an action: I not only do something but also show you that I am doing it. Or indeed, I may not actually laugh out loud but may use the locution 'LOL' to communicate my appreciation of your attempt at humor."

David Crystal[13] notes that use of "LOL" is not necessarily genuine, just as the use of smiley faces or grins is not necessarily genuine, posing the rhetorical question "how many people are actually 'laughing out loud' when they send LOL?". Franzini[2] concurs, stating that there is as yet no research that has determined the percentage of people who are actually laughing out loud when they write "LOL".

Victoria Clarke, in her analysis of telnet talkers,[14] states that capitalization is important when people write "LOL", and that "a user who types LOL may well be laughing louder than one who types lol", and opines that "these standard expressions of laughter are losing force through overuse". Egan[4] describes "LOL", "ROFL", and other initialisms as helpful as long as they are not overused. He recommends against their use in business correspondence because the recipient may not be aware of their meanings, and because in general neither they nor emoticons are (in his view) appropriate in such correspondence. Lindsell-Roberts[15] shares that view and gives the same advice of not using them in business correspondence, "or you won't be LOL". "

lol

Yeh I see your point it is pretty crap!! Perhaps you would want to offload it to me for a fiver (inc. shipping)?

Can I replace that CPU with the X5490 with 128MB cache? I guess that will be socket 1400 compatible?

Bob Wya

P.S. Can I roll Windows Galaxy back to SP4?? I am concerned about the new biometric tests... Otherwise perhaps you could include an eyeball (or 2 - for backup purposes you understand)??
P.P.S. I am surprised at your use of the obsolete 8xxx series GPUs what about the new 22,000 Ultra GTX 10TB cards (no need for SLI)? I like the new realtime ray-tracing support feature which works at 4000x1800 true HD anamorphic (super-HDELP) .

mine would, but it needs too much cooling, my blood is far too hot