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Ice_73
Congrats! You've just scored yourself a killer rig brother! On a side note, we feel our last few sweepstakes have been such successes, that we'll be doing similar giveaways on a regular basis from now on. Stay tuned for the next announcement coming very soon.
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Awesome congrats Ice. Nice to see someone who's been around for a little bit win and not just someone who joined for the contest. Enjoy your Rig Bro.
Kool gratz ice, take pic when you get it. 
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Kool gratz ice, take pic when you get it.
I think we've got enough pics from the review. Just play your heart out, sniff the paint fumes, or overclock the heck out of it! lol
CONGRATS Ice_73!!!
Gratz man enjoy it!
Well, I guess it is time to order that build I have been waiting to start!
Congrats Man!!
Enjoy ur Killer Rig, You Deserve it ;)
Congratz!!! I'm sure you'll enjoy that killer rig.. just make sure to come back and visit us in the forums :) Don't want you to end up in a gaming coma like Kamrooz ;)
Are you ready for it? Drumroll please...And the Winner Is…
Ice_73
Congrats! You've just scored yourself a killer rig brother! On a side note, we feel our last few sweepstakes have been such successes, that we'll be doing similar giveaways on a regular basis from now on. Stay tuned for the next announcement coming very soon.Shoot me an e-mail with your full contact information (including phone number) and we'll get the system sent out to you as soon as we're done reviewing it!
OMFG THANK YOU HH.!!!!! im really speachless at this point. but wow thank you. if any one wants benchies of this or anything just shoot me a pm or post. wow... i can't believe i won.
thank you to hothardware, diamond, smooth creations, and of course ALL the forum goers for a great forum thats fun to post to.
ohh and i promise i wont go into a gaming coma. :-)
Congratulations Ice, that is one mean rig you got going on there!
Congrats man, Nice to see an Oldie win it this time
Congrats Ice,you da man!Enjoy the new rig.Thanks HH for a great contest and site.-Vic
Congratulations!! Wow, this whole monthly contest thing was a great idea, HH!
You're welcome, Ice! Stay tuned for details and in the mean time, please contact me with your shipping info and phone number. Another contest will be announced soon folks!
Stick around!
Thanks!
Dave
congrats ice
Congratulations Ice_73! You are soon to be the proud owner of one hell of a rig. I am glad to see this baby go to a deserving winner.
Enjoy!
Ice,you scored yourself a very nice rig!Congrats and I hope it will serve you well!
im counting the days till i get it :-)
Way to go ice man! Congrats to you. Enjoy the all AMD powered rig.
Congrats ICE 73 you tha Man enjoy!!!! Can I come over to your house and play!!! LOL Have fun.
Congratulations ice_73!
In the unboxing thread, I just knew you goign to win. Congratz Ice.
Congratulations ice_73! That is trully an awsome price. Not many people get to win such a cool price. I am happy with you. :)
i just noticed that buffalo is painted on the cooler, yet theres no buffalo components in the system O_O
Congrats Ice! When are we gonna play CS:S again? : )
Congrats Ice! When are we gonna play CS:S again? : )
http://hothardware.com/cs2007/forums/t/38536.aspx
join up we need one more person :-)
Thats more of like league gaming huh? Not into that, I don't have the time anymore. I like to jump in for a few rounds. :)
ups fails again :-( i think postal services hate me. i ALWAYS end up going to their depot, which is a bus ride, and 2 train rides.... :-( really not looking foward to this but what can i do.... i just hope i manage to be able to cary it for the 10 blocks i gotta walk O_O
Damn man. I feel you on the Postal Services issue. I had to send my Logitech Harmony back in one time and they kept telling me that it had been delivered and that I had signed for it. I argued with them and 4 days later it shows up. Come to find out, the driver signed for me and he came back out in my area 4 days later. They do this so that it look like they made their quota for the day.
Damn man. I feel you on the Postal Services issue. I had to send my Logitech Harmony back in one time and they kept telling me that it had been delivered and that I had signed for it. I argued with them and 4 days later it shows up. Come to find out, the driver signed for me and he came back out in my area 4 days later. They do this so that it look like they made their quota for the day.
yeah stuff like this happens to me quite often. i actually prefer usps compared to ups. ups basically wouldnt let me pick up the package last night for various reasons and after arguing with them for over half an hour i left. i poured out a wireless bill, along with a ticket (to prove who i am and where i live) various ids etc etc..... even showed them the tracking info and the emails and everything that would logically prove that i am the right person for the package...... but they still wouldnt give it to me. so i had to go and take the 2 hour ride back home empty handed. i was looking foward to having it tommorow i guess ill need more patience.
My local hub is at our airport. They stay open until the wee hours of the night...but they will not turn over packages! My brother had the same expierence with his laptop he ordered. He found out it was at the hub early so he drove up there to grab it and they denied him. He showed them everything he could think of and they told him that he would have to wait until it was delivered....3 days later it showed up at his house.
Wow, sorry to hear about your postal problems. I had a problem with ups a few years ago delivering my XM satelite radio. I had it shipped to my apt originally, then had to have the address changed to my folks because no one would be here to get it. I changed the adress on line and confirmed it, yet the next day there was a no access tag on my door. I called, they said they had the right address and the same thing happend. Three times this happend, I even called corporate, and they confirmed the new address, yet a third no access tag was affixed to my door, this time it said I had to pick up the package..,..they would make no more attempts to deliver. I was livid!
The "delivery attempt" tags deal has happened to me before as well. After I bought my 2nd Xbox 360 it died after 3 months. MS repaired it and sent it back via Fedex. I come home from work one day and there is a "Third delivery attempt". I called Fedex and they said that i would then have to come and pick up my box...I never received the first 2!!! Complete and utter crap IMO. I got my box and all was well again!
well i finally got my box on tuesday. ups managed to pull a number on me... the paint job got chipped a bit (im just REALLY happy that its in the bottom of the case) i cant speak for other people especially in areas outside of nyc but with everyone i know ups manages to screw up in nyc.
on a side note im really digging the case! its amazing theres so many small details that the pics leave out, like the red glass on the bottom for the bottomless look, or the foam on the side of the case to protect cables! amazing devotion!
thanks again hh, and of course diamond.
im currently trying to resolve a driver error im getting so i might not post too much for the time being as i need to get that resolved ( ati2dvag infinate loop error).
Glad you finally got your prize man.
What part of NYC do you live in? My wife and I were there a month ago and i fell in love with the place. I'd live there if I could....she won't allow that though. : (
Congrats ICE thats an incrediable toy u got there.Can I come over and play!!! HH Rocks dont they!
congrats ice if your still having problems with the driver error u can try this
http://www.menekali.com/ati2dvagdll-infinite-loop-problem/
post up some pics of it up and running!
^^^Agreed! We saw the HH pics now we want to see it in its home! : )
I guess he might be busy working on the driver issues. But once you're finished... no excuse.
I guess he might be busy working on the driver issues. But once you're finished... no excuse.
from my stand point its if i get finished... this is driving me nuts.... the only way i can use the computer is with out a video driver... grrrr 10 clean installs and no luck... tried everything and no luck.... reseated the card, updated everything, etc etc..... sigh....... i got a few things left to try before i call it quits and call diamond/smooth creations. :-( i know its not a physical problem because the card turns on and plus the video card worked when i got it...... sigh... sorry to let you all down :-( once it is up BIOSHOCK, CSS, 3Dmark06, and possibly vantage if i can get a copy...
I'm assuming you've already tried rolling back drivers and Omega drivers?
no drivers to roll back to :-p clean install of windows ha.
also omega doesnt support the 3870 x2 :-(
im trying one last thing, and thats to install the 8.3 drivers (ive been trying 8.5 this whole time.... if that doesnt work... im gonna call tech support )
So have you tried uninstalling the drives completely and then re-installing them fresh? did the machine come with any driver CD's? If so, the ones on the disc are probably older than the ones you can download.
Also I don't think it was mentioned but maybe a BIOS update is in order. Just a thought!
yea see if u can up the bios on the cards if possible best of luck
ICE!1!1!1 don't turn into a Kam...we want pics... : ) j/k man.
ok update.... heres what ive tried
system restore,
widndows sp2
windows sp3
.net sp1
.net (no sp1)
8.5 drivers
8.4 drivers
8.3
diamond drivers
nothing works.... O_O the closest ive come to playing anything is for about 10 seconds before the computer crashed. im thinking the problem might actually be the card now. im testing out the computer with my old 7950. and latter on im going to try to put the 3870 in my old computer cause somthing is definatly not working right......
yea see if u can up the bios on the cards if possible best of luck
bios update.... hmm the mtherboard has the latest one but where do i find bios for video cards and how to install? ive never updated a video card bios.
bitter sweetness.... i found the problem... its the card itself.... i put in my old 7950 and everything worked fine. no problems at all, pop in the 3870 x2..... freeze ups and lock ups....
i wonder what i should do now...
there is no bios on a vid card. If you have the most current drivers, bios and updates than it has to be the card itself.
im going to go and test a bit with my other video card to make sure that no other parts have errors. then its off to getting an rma :-(
i really wanted to bench this babby.... ohh well at least the proc overclocks good (2.8 with out breaking a sweat....)
Ice Im glad you got it cleared up at least temporarily.We got to get you ready to do battle with KAM if he comes back.Now you can have some fun now that you got it gng can I come over and play! LOL Congrats again that was a great win!
yeah im happy i won but im such an impatient person that this is eating me up inside not being able to play crysis on max.... or dx10 :-(
the phenom btw is great!!! got my score in o6 to 6k (which is darn good for a 7950!)
I understand kinda like getting a new car and someone tell you you cant drive it!!Dont go and give yourself an ulcer you,ll get it replaced soon! Then you can PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ah, 2.8GHz easily? That's good to hear. Before the contest ended I was thinking about how far I'd like to take the CPU, and 2.8 was the goal. Heck, this new contest has the same CPU. If I'm lucky...
Ah, 2.8GHz easily? That's good to hear. Before the contest ended I was thinking about how far I'd like to take the CPU, and 2.8 was the goal. Heck, this new contest has the same CPU. If I'm lucky...
i hope you are lucky enough! im sure i can get 3.0ghz easily too. 3.5 was my goal since its watercooler :-p
Hey Ice if I should get so lucky to win Watch Out I gng to come gunning for you with the Stars and Stripes!!
Are you Scared yet? If your Scared say your Scared!! LOL Just messing with you. Enjoy you toy!
If I can just squeeze out 3.5 more gigs out of the K7/600 Not !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't forget runner ups get a AMD proccesor.
Ice just checking with you man you got any current news on your video cards!
well smooth creations handed me over to diamond, and mario asked me for my contact info. apart from that no new info :-(. dont know if i gotta ship it back, rma just the card, or what :-(
Thats great! Hope it works out for you! When I grow up Im gngn to get me a Rig like yours!
arent you older than me O_O. meh i just wish i could be updated or given a time frame or something im sitting here in suspense again.
Yeah I probably am older than you. Thats just a term I use! I think I might be the oldest here! 52 yrs. Im always joking about something! Just a 52 year old prankster!
well just an update, im *finally* getting my card back tommorow. (been a month and a week since i emailed tech support, and around an extra 4 days since i tried to fix it myself). cant wait to finally put my new monitor to good proper use!! i will post some benchies of bioshock, source, and of course 3dmark 06
Congrats dude I'm glad to hear that! I can't wait to see the benchies.
some... disapointing benchies. 150 fps in counter strike source test (the same as my 7950) and 12061 in 3dmark 06.
something doesnt quite add up. i did a clean install of xp... everything seems fine... any tips?
12061 in 3dmark 06
You're disappointed with that... it's a very good score.
The CS:S #'s seem a bit off though cuz my 3D score is only 10K+, but CS:S is 204 fps @ 1920 x 1080 maxed.
What rez u runnin?
12061 in 3dmark 06You're disappointed with that... it's a very good score.
The CS:S #'s seem a bit off though cuz my 3D score is only 10K+, but CS:S is 204 fps @ 1920 x 1080 maxed.
What rez u runnin?
Hi All
I agree with Recovering, that's a pretty good score.
Your score is pretty good too Recovering.
You were gone for a bit jtm... I don't have the same rig anymore.
I got frustrated for a minute and sold all the parts to buy a new HDTV. I now have another rig, but it's a bit less powerful than my previous.
Check it out in THIS thread!!!
You were gone for a bit jtm... I don't have the same rig anymore.
I got frustrated for a minute and sold all the parts to buy a new HDTV. I now have another rig, but it's a bit less powerful than my previous.
Check it out in THIS thread!!!
Hi All
That's an excellent build given the price to performance. Well done!
Yeah, I was doing stuff in preparation for my Marriage at that time so I really didn't have the time to spend here. What with our Honeymoon & all I'm just getting back into the swing of things. I didn't think it'd go down to well me taking my ThinkPad on our Honeymoon so it stayed home. Anyway things have settled down now & we've hit our stride, so I'll be back here more often now.
12061 in 3dmark 06You're disappointed with that... it's a very good score.
The CS:S #'s seem a bit off though cuz my 3D score is only 10K+, but CS:S is 204 fps @ 1920 x 1080 maxed.
What rez u runnin?
css 150 fps at 1680x1050
3dmarks 1280x1024
system specs
amd phenom quad core at 2.8ghz
radeon 3870x2 (crossfire on a card)
4gb ddr 900 ram
people have been getting 18,000+ with systems of similiar specs. hh's own review put the score at over 15k!
12061 in 3dmark 06You're disappointed with that... it's a very good score.
The CS:S #'s seem a bit off though cuz my 3D score is only 10K+, but CS:S is 204 fps @ 1920 x 1080 maxed.
What rez u runnin?
also want to ask what system you running the benchies on? if its yout matx one, your using an 8800gts while im using a 3870x2 which is supposed to be alot faster.
You're gonna get a little lower score than what was on a fresh install. My booklet thing said 13k 3Dmarks, but I got 12k after installing programs and such. Oh well. I haven't done a CS:S test yet, maybe I will.
One thing that irks me is Crossfire only helps in 3Dmark. In Crysis it lowers the frames by a couple in the benchmarks, and in CoD 4 just from playing it doesn't seem to make any difference. I'm wondering if that's a side effect of 16x/4x PCI-e's instead of 8x/8x. I can kind of understand Crysis because I don't have a high resolution, but for CoD 4 I ran 1920x1080 2xAA/16xAF and it didn't make a difference b/w single card and x-fire. Hmm. Of course, I have to take off AA cause it kept crashing, bleh.
You're gonna get a little lower score than what was on a fresh install. My booklet thing said 13k 3Dmarks, but I got 12k after installing programs and such. Oh well. I haven't done a CS:S test yet, maybe I will.
One thing that irks me is Crossfire only helps in 3Dmark. In Crysis it lowers the frames by a couple in the benchmarks, and in CoD 4 just from playing it doesn't seem to make any difference. I'm wondering if that's a side effect of 16x/4x PCI-e's instead of 8x/8x. I can kind of understand Crysis because I don't have a high resolution, but for CoD 4 I ran 1920x1080 2xAA/16xAF and it didn't make a difference b/w single card and x-fire. Hmm. Of course, I have to take off AA cause it kept crashing, bleh.
my booklet said id get a over 15,500, im getting 11034 thats a pretty big difference, especially when overclocked.
my sm 2.0 and 3.0 seem really low, only around 4,500 ea.
edit... for some reason crossfire is disabled... (checked this via gpu-z) and it consistant with the scores im getting... so any idea how to enable it? since i got no option in ccc.
double edit- further solidifying my idea that the card is only detecting one gpu- ccc, system info all show 1 core, 512mb.
triple edit. reading this thread http://www.overclock.net/ati/314888-3870x2-only-one-core-working-4.html i have come to the really sad conclusion that most likely one core on my card isnt working. so im going to try to clean install vista, since clean installing xp doesnt work. hopefully this will be sorted out as i do not want to wait another month and a half for a replacment card.... (i have no idea why im so unlucky with graphics cards)
wish me luck.
ICE good to see you up and running have some fun now!
not quite up and running, one core of the 3870x2 isnt showing up. installing vista as i type. hopefully the other core will show up for vista... if not i guess i gotta rma again :-(
Thats rough dude, I'm sorry your having so many problems.
Thats rough dude, I'm sorry your having so many problems.
thanks.... i just cant believe the rma i got which was supposed to be tested personally was a dud...
i gotta rma all over again now :-(
Crap! I was hoping it was some sort of driver issue for your sake. I'm sure they'll get it right this time.
Dang Ice your luck is bad as mine! Hope you get it fixed soon.
Ice you,ll be up and running soon and then then If Kamrooz shows ya,ll can go head to head!!! If he shows otherwise I guess ill have to do battle with you with this RIG!! You need to be Afraid Very Afraid!!! LOL
Ice maybe we could email Kamrooz and get him to come back for a slugfest!!! Huh probably not. When you get going lets seem some pics of the inside and some benchmarks either way have fun.
Grats Ice
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