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Re: New Computer
« Reply #45 on: April 21, 2014, 01:47:40 pm »
Quote from: Streetwalrus on April 20, 2014, 06:15:26 pm
Oh btw your PC is definitely good enough to run Dolphin (GameCube/Wii emu). :P
My laptop is, we play SSBM and SSBB on it sometimes :P
I even have adapters to plug 4 GC controllers :P
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Re: New Computer
« Reply #46 on: April 21, 2014, 01:51:11 pm »
Oh lol I just use a PS3 controller and run Twilight Princess and SSBB like noone can (1680*1050 letterboxed to 16:9). :P I also have a great audio setup (2.0 with a subwoofer).
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Re: New Computer
« Reply #47 on: April 21, 2014, 01:55:23 pm »
Quote from: Streetwalrus on April 21, 2014, 01:51:11 pm
Oh lol I just use a PS3 controller and run Twilight Princess and SSBB like noone can (1680*1050 letterboxed to 16:9). :P I also have a great audio setup (2.0 with a subwoofer).
Like noone ? I play Brawl in 1920x1080 (3 times native résolution) with an AR code to make it run faster than the original game, still displaying 100% when I am plugged on the sector :P
However, it doesn't run that well on battery -.-
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Re: New Computer
« Reply #48 on: April 21, 2014, 02:04:38 pm »
LOL I also have pretty much all settings on accuracy/quality over speed. :P
Also not sector but mains. :P
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Re: New Computer
« Reply #49 on: April 21, 2014, 02:06:02 pm »
Ah yeah, I have the contrary, hence maybe why Fountains Of Dreams has black squares all over the place in SSBM. But since I did not notice any other problem, I let it like that :)
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Re: New Computer
« Reply #50 on: April 21, 2014, 03:34:35 pm »
Oh, right, specs.

CPU:
Intel Xeon 1230v3
http://ark.intel.com/products/75054/intel-xeon-processor-e3-1230-v3-8m-cache-3_30-ghz

GPU:
Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4795#sp

Mobo:
Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4566#sp

HDD:
1TB

SSD:
128GB

PSU:
530W

RAM:
2 x 4GB DDR3


Also, on the bootloader, i heard something about EFI bootloaders being quickers?
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Re: New Computer
« Reply #51 on: April 21, 2014, 03:40:31 pm »
Jup, they are. But the EFI initialization takes a bit longer. Anyway, UEFI is crap.
And why only 8GB RAM? For today's standards that's low-end :P
And you should definitively update your BIOS, the latest version has the following new feature: "Support New 4th Generation Intel Core Processors", your Xeon is one of them.
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Re: New Computer
« Reply #52 on: April 21, 2014, 03:48:17 pm »
IDK, maybe my BIOS is already up-to-date, i'll try anyways :P

Also, only 8GB ram because it is so expensive these days, 8GB for 55€ O.O

EDIT: it said something like invalid bios id on attempting the update
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Re: New Computer
« Reply #53 on: April 21, 2014, 05:49:12 pm »
Not a bad setup Sorunome. :D
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Re: New Computer
« Reply #54 on: April 21, 2014, 05:58:45 pm »
Quote
EDIT: it said something like invalid bios id on attempting the update
You're sure you got the right mainboard? :P
But it might be that your BIOS is already updated, you should see F(checking gigabyte page for version number...
WOW! I got THIS (Rehosted))
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Re: New Computer
« Reply #55 on: April 21, 2014, 06:07:49 pm »
I looked but couldn't find the version number <_<
I guess i'll just leave the bios as it is then atm
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Re: New Computer
« Reply #56 on: April 21, 2014, 06:44:09 pm »
Quote from: Vogtinator on April 21, 2014, 03:40:31 pm
Jup, they are. But the EFI initialization takes a bit longer. Anyway, UEFI is crap.
And why only 8GB RAM? For today's standards that's low-end :P
And you should definitively update your BIOS, the latest version has the following new feature: "Support New 4th Generation Intel Core Processors", your Xeon is one of them.
Xeon != Core. :P
* Streetwalrus runs

Also, UEFI may contain tons of junk, it is still much more modern than using a plain boot sector. Faster boot aside, it is easier to manage (you get user land utilities for that in most OS's) and makes multi booting a breeze (multiple bootloaders yay). I use rEFInd as my boot menu and it can boot Win7 from the ESP boot loader and Linux EFIstub from my btrfs /boot partition too.
So yeah, I'd recommend using it as much as possible. If my GPU supported UEFI GOP, I'd already have CSM completely out of the window. :P
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Re: New Computer
« Reply #57 on: April 21, 2014, 06:50:39 pm »
What is absolute crap is having to dual boot with Win8 (UEFI) and Ubuntu (EFI), because you can't use the Win8 bootloader to boot Ubuntu, so you have to use GRUB as your dual boot bootloader.

Fine, when you install Win8 second, but when installing Ubuntu over Win8, it's a pain.
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Re: New Computer
« Reply #58 on: April 21, 2014, 06:54:09 pm »
 XD I know EXACTLY how you feel! been there done that.
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Re: New Computer
« Reply #59 on: April 21, 2014, 06:55:36 pm »
OK, just before this topic derails or something, i will NOT change my BIOS and bootloader stuff, as it is booting already very quick (within like 3 seconds) and i'm totally fine with waiting 3 seconds :)
Also, please don't turn this into a fighting over bootloader or BIOS vs UEFI or whatever.
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