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Swansen

Swansen

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So, i was looking around the other day for a new rig, with some gaming flair to it. I have most definitely realized that a bleeding edge rig is only fun for about five minutes, and then it just ended up costing you a lot of money, and sucks up your power bill. I mean, don't get me wrong, they are the cats pajamas, but still crazy. Also, i have also realized that SLI/Crossfire isn't really that cool, i mean, really, 30% for the cost of a whole separate card???? and then running dual displays becomes a hassle. As far as current tech goes, the GTXs are cool, but don't really catch my eye, BUT, the HD 4000 series cards seem to be pretty killer, i think thats definitely a road worth looking at. Honestly though, i haven't really been paying attention to the processor market as of late, i know AMD has their Phenom problems figured out, and are still sub-par, and Intel has their 45nm tech out and rolling, but i have no idea what they are like, haven't even had time to really look into them. Ok, now, the whole point behind this post was actually hybrid SLI. I keep my machine on 24/7 for my VoIP phone, and it doesn't chew up power to madly, but its still pretty crazy, but i haven't had the balls to make the complete jump to Linux yet, so my other machine isn't an option yet. So, hybrid SLI seemed reeeaaallllyyy cool, but then i looked into it... and its pretty much a flop, and thats all i'm going to say on that, but who know, if there is a next generation, i'm sure they will have gotten past current restraints. SO, after that book, you guys have any thoughts or ideas on all this???
 
I got a Mac Pro, because I really like OS X. But using Bootcamp, I created a dual-boot with Vista (installed it on an old crappy disk), so I can still play games. The performance is really great, and I still got both OSes on 1 machine. And you can believe me, that games are performing much better on a Mac Pro, than on a gaming rig with a Q6600 and a geforce 8800GTX.

[ot]btw I got more posts than you. That's weird :P[/ot]
 
Swansen said:
I keep my machine on 24/7 for my VoIP phone
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why don't you get a router with a built in VoIP port ?

mine can actually route outgoing calls over PSTN automatically if broadband is down
the router will be more expensive than a standard router but having 1 would save quite a bit on your electricity bill because my router doesn't need the system to be turned on for VoIP to function

anyway my router is here have a look at the fetchers & stuff, & i can even change the ringtone pitch and other stuff, download some manuals & have a look

Edit: BTW: i haven't setup VoIP yet, but i know i can when i want
 
.... yeah... i know, i have been slacking hardcore in the posting as of late, life is just crazy lately, so much going on. LOL, on that..... i will never own a Apple product.... Yeah, the problem with my VoIP service is that it needs a windows environment, apparently there is going to be a Linux version some time, but who knows. On that, it was the only option i found and i didn't want to go with SkypeOut because they are all crazy people, and didn't want to have to deal with them. As far as hardware goes, i think i'm just going to wait until something is made that suits my needs. That and i am really interested to see what the next generation of graphics cards, if apparently monolithic cards are dead.
 
Swansen said:
Yeah, the problem with my VoIP service is that it needs a windows environment
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that sounds like bullsh1t to me, your provider may say it requires windows but, as long as they are SIP compliant any softphone will work on any platform, but, you are far better to use VoIP hardware than software

BTW: if the hardware & VoIP service are both G729 codec compatible (i think they all are) they will work on any architecture, just because the VoIP provider say it's "windows only" don't believe them, the only reason they say "windows only" is because it's easier in windows & they can't be ass3d supporting other OSs, because they don't know how to use linux

i'll prove it when i get my VoIP working on linux, it may be a while though

Edit: i mean no offense, just dont listen to your VoIP provider, VoIP will work on any OS, it's just without windows it's harder

Edit: whos your VoIP provider, i look at them properly & possibly sign up with then to use for calls too & from the US
 
RHochstenbach said:
You could always try an alternative like Skype, if you're not paying a subscription at your current VoIP provider.
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lol, way to go and not read my post :P haha, no its all good. But yeah... they are ridiculous, no joke, all i hear are horror stories from people using skyout, constant fees for who knows what, constant changes in service, bblah blah blah. HA, on a side note, i don't know how this got into VoIP, but whatever, no biggie. Its hardware VoIP, theres a little USB drive and i'm sure you could get it to work on Linux, but i know it would be a crap load of hassle, Linux machines don't recognize it, i've tried. But the service is through MagicJack
 
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