The demo CTDs after about a minute of gameplay, sometimes less. Got the full game yesterday and it seems to work fine, apart from the occasional crash to desktop. Oh well, my PC must not have liked the demo - now to go get addicted to 2142!!
From what I understand through reading from various sources, the PhysX card can only be utilized if the game is specifically written to take advantage of the PhysX features. So it probably won't take the load unless the game specifically can use the PhysX Drivers. Oh, well. I'll give the technology time to mature and become more wide spread before I purchase one. Maybe next year when I play UT2007.
And I decided, after reading some news about the Intel Conroe, coupled with the PhysX news, I decided to place the home game server on the back burner for now. Instead I will be focusing on building the mobile gaming unit, M.A.K.I. Fitted with stock air cooling on the X1900's (one CF Edition 512 and one XTX 512), my specially modified CM Hyper 48 heatsink on the Athlon FX 60 (damn thing keeps my current CPU so cool I proly won't need water cooling), and 4096MB Corsair PC3500 (or PC4400) DDR, w/ the Fatal1ty Audigy X-Fi. This should be game enough system, especially when I rig it with a WD 150GB SATA 16MB Buffer HDD. I'll post the complete specs on the M.A.K.I. when I get back in town, in like two weeks. No computers for two weeks. Can I survive? lol
I also decided no more than one major system build a year. Why, because time, I found out, does not allow for more than that, and the financial hit is also very palpable, especially if you're trying to build up investments and savings. This is a unique year, though, because I have three complete systems to construct and mod. The Darkling, which is gathering dust until I can figure out why the Hell the OS won't install. M.A.K.I., an Athlon FX 60, CrossFire powered mobile gaming unit, if I can fit her with the Kilowatt PSU that I think I need to run both GPU's and the system itself with enough of a safety margin so the PSU doesn't fry like bacon. Lastly, there's the neglected Victoria, an Intel 955 powered home workstation / file server / game server. It looks as though a 650 would be enough to run the system and everything in it, but I think I may end up fitting her with a kilowatt just the same.
The journal entry about my comp you posted on the raditor and pump is built into the top of the tower and a second raditor in the front. it is by Koolance which is a great company as i am told. the ramm i plan on changing to a 2 gig ddr2 ramm. plus the video cards are the current ones i am looking at but nvidia is working on the 7900 GT series. it is just as good but 200 dollars cheaper.
and overclocking is a must with that type of cooling power.
