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Actually the thing that changed since 2006 is the sweet spot price/perf is now 4 cores and that's not a super huge deal for everything but paired up with SSD it makes crysis (which is threaded) a different fucking game. It's super pretty and you just kind of run through games with the quick load times. A lot of games are a little smoother when the OS is busy doing housework on a different core than the one you're playing on, and the SSD makes a big difference in terms of loading saves and maps.
Modern vid cards aren't the jump they used to be except on brand-new games, I agree with you in general that 2006-now isn't the huge leap that the five years prior were.
Needless to say non-gaming linuxy shit burns on the newer hardware because that's where software is going, at work I got 4 chip 8 core hyperthreaded xeon shit that makes short work of little jobs like "process every phone call in the US last month" or "show me every url request to google over the same period"
Stuff I want for future hardware improvements: some kind of big step up in IO to storage, even more speed to memory (maybe more independent channels?), maybe some improvement in local network traffic via compression hardware at each end? I can't see people adopting fiber at home so it'll have to be chips.
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Help me build my new computer by Mischief Maker 10/22/2011, 7:20pm PDT 
Re: Help me build my new computer by Mr. Kool 10/22/2011, 11:08pm PDT
Re: Help me build my new computer by Jerry Whorebach 10/22/2011, 11:59pm PDT
You're not going to like this answer, but.. by Mysterio 10/23/2011, 6:01am PDT
Re: You're not going to like this answer, but.. by jeep 10/24/2011, 9:10pm PDT
Sword of the Stars 2 comes out at the end of November. HOPE YOU'RE READY. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 10/23/2011, 9:28am PDT
Cautiously Pessimistic. by Mischief Maker 10/23/2011, 2:48pm PDT
Also: by Mischief Maker 10/24/2011, 9:45pm PDT
DoW2 was better than 1 in every way =( NT by fabio 10/25/2011, 1:25pm PDT
Its multiplayer was better, its single player was shittier by WITTGENSTEIN 10/25/2011, 4:59pm PDT
Whoops my bad, IT LAUNCHED TODAY NT by WITTGENSTEIN 10/28/2011, 3:02pm PDT
SOTS1: Too Terrible To Love by talby 10/25/2011, 4:50pm PDT
We've had a conversation about it. Thanks. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 10/25/2011, 4:57pm PDT
SOTS 1 wins by defauls by Mischief Emperor 10/25/2011, 5:19pm PDT
I think the massive scale is still in there by WITTGENSTEIN 10/25/2011, 5:21pm PDT
You were right on the mark about things being complexified by WITTGENSTEIN 10/28/2011, 4:20pm PDT
Whelp, that explains it.... by WITTGENSTEIN 10/28/2011, 4:45pm PDT
Machine I built in July, look at this thread I linked on another site, w/notes by jeep 10/24/2011, 8:57pm PDT
Monitors by Mischief Maker 10/24/2011, 9:43pm PDT
no objections to that monitor but make sure you don't need height adjustment by jeep 10/25/2011, 11:00am PDT
Oh, shit. Didn't realize that was a budget monitor. NT by Mischief Maker 10/25/2011, 11:29am PDT
Dell U2312HM it is! by Mischief Maker 10/25/2011, 2:47pm PDT
I only mentioned it because you talked about LCD shit in the OP by jeep 10/26/2011, 8:56pm PDT
Input lag is my biggest concern. NT by Mischief Shmup Enthusiast 10/30/2011, 12:02pm PDT
problem solved then by jeep 10/30/2011, 4:05pm PDT
No longer viewable by nonmenbers :( NT by Mischief Maker 11/11/2011, 11:58am PST
current parts recommend in this post by jeep 11/18/2011, 1:27am PST
Is there some SA temorary public viewing rule I don't know about? by Mischief Maker 01/11/2012, 8:00am PST
sometimes they block shit by jeep 01/11/2012, 3:12pm PST
Why not buy used? by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 10/29/2011, 12:55am PDT
I forgot to mention by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 10/29/2011, 1:17am PDT
before I just ignore your posts forever: seriously what the fuck is your deal NT by jeep 10/29/2011, 1:59am PDT
What is your malfunction? He asked on building a computer; I suggested buying NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 10/29/2011, 7:44am PDT
Holy shit man, an actual blu ray burner, not just a reader? HOOOOOLEEEEEEE SHEEE NT by Eurotrash, mind blown 10/29/2011, 2:39pm PDT
Who do you think I am? Your Grandpa on Welfare? NT by Mischief Maker 10/29/2011, 9:25am PDT
To be fair, your obsession with free games kinda supports his hypothesis. by Jerry Whorebach 10/29/2011, 1:58pm PDT
I was a poor student when I wrote that article. Now I'm obsessed with DRM. NT by Mischief Maker 10/30/2011, 12:10am PDT
One last question by Mischief Maker 01/22/2012, 9:03am PST
I've got one of those and I've never had a problem with overheating by Fullofkittens 01/22/2012, 9:15am PST
Okay, another by Mischief Maker 01/22/2012, 7:00pm PST
Many do. Windows can burn CDs. Imgburn is a good free CD/DVD software NT by Rafiki 01/22/2012, 8:06pm PST
I use CDBurnerXP (which is free) and have never needed anything else. NT by Fullofkittens 01/22/2012, 8:23pm PST
Sweet! What about DVD and Blu-Ray movie player software? NT by Mischief Maker 01/23/2012, 7:29am PST
Re: Sweet! What about DVD and Blu-Ray movie player software? by jeep 01/23/2012, 12:54pm PST
I haven't ordered it yet. Just planning ahead so I have the drivers ready to go NT by MM 01/23/2012, 4:47pm PST
even the oem ones should come with the disc NT by jeep 01/24/2012, 6:57pm PST
It didn't come with SHEEEIT! Is Cyberlink my best bet? by Mischief Maker 01/30/2012, 11:47am PST
Re: It didn't come with SHEEEIT! Is Cyberlink my best bet? by laudablepuss 01/30/2012, 12:32pm PST
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