The UK Growers Thread!

[tip top toker]

I thought we were talking about a processor :/ And i have a 4850 that i pop into the machine when taking it around with me, other than that it's just crappy GMA950 onboard. The graphics card used has nothing to do with requiring a quad core processor. There is absolutely no need.

And yes, those are the minimum requirements, i play at 1920x1200 with full settings. I haven't bothered trying any newer games because they're all pretty shit although it plays supreme commander 2 just fine which is a fairly cpu intensive game.

The entire point though is that sambo enquired about the difference between cpu's, not graphics cards, and your statement of quad core being a minimum requirement these days, it's a load of rubbish, absolute rubbish, unless you need quad core for a very specific purpose.

And the reason the phenom 2 is so much cheaper is that the i7 kicks the nuts off the amd lineup. Phenom 2 was designed to compete with ore2quad, not the i7's.

 

[UKHG]

I thought we were talking about a processor :/ And i have a 4850 that i pop into the machine when taking it around with me, other than that it's just crappy GMA950 onboard. The graphics card used has nothing to do with requiring a quad core processor. There is absolutely no need.

And yes, those are the minimum requirements, i play at 1920x1200 with full settings. I haven't bothered trying any newer games because they're all pretty shit although it plays supreme commander 2 just fine

The entire point though is that sambo enquired about the difference between cpu's, not graphics cards, and your statement of quad core being a minimum requirement these days, it's a load of rubbish, absolute rubbish, unless you need quad core for a very specific purpose.

actually 8 core is going to be the new thing and one of them cpus he mentioned is a triple core and im not sure if its the one wats a quad what they lock the 4th core wchish is inllockable

windows 8 architecture it base on 4core minimum up to 8 core
but not many programmes are 8 core enabled
the black editioon cpus are best coz u can over clock them i even got a liquid colling system dont use it!lol

the end of the day its all about what u need to use it for

 

[tip top toker]

Irrelevant.. We're talking about a "minimum" and quad core is utter overkill no matter how optimized the software is. You are fully aware right that these are all just manners of getting people to buy new products right? Something being the "new" thing has nothing to do with whether it is required.

 

[UKHG]

Irrelevant.. We're talking about a "minimum" and quad core is utter overkill no matter how optimized the software is. You are fully aware right that these are all just manners of getting people to buy new products right? Something being the "new" thing has nothing to do with whether it is required.

yes but ttt i do a lot of encoding and rendering which uses the full four cores and sumtimes i even have to overclock my cpu to 4ghz!
the most demanding thing u can do is encoing a movie i mean properly not like amateurs with dvd fab!lol

i can encode a dvd from avi to dvd with menus in 6 minutes bet ur piddly little dual core takes ages LOL

but if you happy with what uve got go with it im just lookingg at the 6 core cpus and going up to 16gb 32gb is just far to expensive

 

[tip top toker]

yes but ttt i do a lot of encoding and rendering which uses the full four cores and sumtimes i even have to overclock my cpu to 4ghz!
the most demanding thing u can do is encoing a movie i mean properly not like amateurs with dvd fab!lol

i can encode a dvd from avi to dvd with menus in 6 minutes bet ur piddly little dual core takes ages LOL

but if you happy with what uve got go with it im just lookingg at the 6 core cpus and going up to 16gb 32gb is just far to expensive

So basially your comment about quad being a minimum is based on nothing but your own personal requirements. When you state something as a minimum requirement this is generally meant an average minimum requirement, not an individuals specific high requirement. For the normal user, quad core is pointless.

• nowdayas u need quad core minimum

So i'll say it againn, this statement is false.

 

[mad dog bark]

haha ttt and ukrg at it again i see. if you lot keep waffling cores a cpus???? im gunna have start a football debate to balance things? u in don? good result other day eh?
u been warned chaps haahaahaha

 

[scotia1982]

Whooooaaaa there lads, calm down... This is gettin to be a bit of a habit with you two!!! Lmao

 

[tip top toker]

I have a thing about people being told they have to buy something that they have absolutely no requirement to buy

 

[UKHG]

So basially your comment about quad being a minimum is based on nothing but your own personal requirements. When you state something as a minimum requirement this is generally meant an average minimum requirement, not an individuals specific high requirement. For the normal user, quad core is pointless.

So i'll say it againn, this statement is false.

no not at all its NOT based on my personnal requirements
most new games NEED quad most graphics apps NEED quad dual core are for n00bs cellys LMAO id throw in the bin tbh

so if ur a gamer whichc everyone know is better on a pc the cpu very much so come into it as i said most of the newest games and grphics software need quad minimum my pals got a product he need 6 core and 32gb of ram to even run it so like i said its not my personal nothing

Having said that,
a Quad Core is a smarter buy. The old paradigm of trying to scale performance by scaling CPU clock speed is dead. Applications are now depending on multi-threading, and not increased CPU clock speeds, to get more performance out of the hardware. A quad-core will give you a lot more headroom to multitask and run multi-threaded applications than a highly clocked dual-core CPU.

 

[mad dog bark]

ttt on a misssion off truth and no gimmics. u woodnt do well in an advertisement company or banking. " na no need buy this shite its all bollocks but looks pretty" or " no sir the insurance being sold with this loan isnt needed at all and is just a big scam and wen u do need to use the insurance the booklet sent to b filed in is to much hassle and made to pput people off persueing matters". haha p45 is in the post

 

[tip top toker]

battlefield 3
Minimum requirements.
Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz



There is no requirement. Quad core can make things run better, but there is no requirement, it'll still run just fine without.

 

[UKHG]

ok agreed on the games thing ther are no games actually optimized for quad core yet its that new!
im a mans man i admit wen i slip on summet but u can be a annoyin fucker sumtimes lmao

There is no requirement. Quad core can make things run better, but there is no requirement, it'll still run just fine without.[/QUOTE]

so ur pc wouldnt be able to play battle field then coz uve only got a 2ghz cpu?

 

[PUKKA BUD]

Why dont you 2 meet up an have a geek vs geek mud wrestle or somethin an film it. would be a lot more entertainin for us lot!!! lol

 

[Griffta]

I hope you 2 are making a killing as programmers - massive waste of geek knowledge if your not

 

[mad dog bark]

Why dont you 2 meet up an have a geek vs geek mud wrestle or somethin an film it. would be a lot more entertainin for us lot!!! lol

hear theres high demand for that in japan. geek erotica haahaa

 

[UKHG]

na im no programmer im a compuer engineer and i fukin hate soldering!
programming i aint got a clue i just know im a full time pirate and im running 8gb with quad 3.2ghz and that makesme able to do a dvd from a downloaded in aprox 5 mins AND im 3d enabled so i plug into the hdmi and i can go 3d how cool is that!
but tttt is correct my statement wasent well thought out and il let him win this one and to think i had a netbook for you too.

 

[tip top toker]

Haha S'all good, i'm just funny about inacuracies, you'll see me arguing all over the forum about this or that

Bargain, southern fried chicken wrap, reduced from £2.65 to 65p!

I could quite possbily make money as a computer busybody, but istead i opted to piss away my education and become a fish monger I decided "fuck university" very early on, the social aspect could have been cool but other than that no regrets, if i'd gone off and become a lawyer as was initially the plan, then hey, i wouldn't get to grow cannabis without potentially jepodizing an entire career Nope, i'll cook up some grub in the kitchn, earn pittence and try and enjoy life. A mercades does not justify the level of stress required to earn enough to buy insure and maintain it

 

[UKHG]

Haha S'all good, i'm just funny about inacuracies, you'll see me arguing all over the forum about this or that

Bargain, southern fried chicken wrap, reduced from £2.65 to 65p!

I could quite possbily make money as a computer busybody, but istead i opted to piss away my education and become a fish monger I decided "fuck university" very early on, the social aspect could have been cool but other than that no regrets, if i'd gone off and become a lawyer as was initially the plan, then hey, i wouldn't get to grow cannabis without potentially jepodizing an entire career Nope, i'll cook up some grub in the kitchn, earn pittence and try and enjoy life. A mercades does not justify the level of stress required to earn enough to buy insure and maintain it

you really have no tv in your house?
thats mental what do you do? listen to radio 5 live?

tbh i got a 50 but hardley watch it only for ufc ect i pay 3o per month vir virgin tv i dont use but the kids gotta hve certain cartoons and ofc ther on premium channels and she dont pay interest most the time anyways,,,,,,,,cant believe shes preggz again wtf wow

 

[newuserlol]

i3 370,6gb ram and 750gb hdd, 15.6'' hd led lcd £389 hopefully i wont be dropping this 1 anytime soon fucking had enough with spending out on computers.

 

[tip top toker]

I have a 42" that is used for my main moputer, and a 32" that is used for the computer in my bedroom, when i say i don't have tv i mean i refuse to plug aerials in and become a zombie, i'll download and watch something because i want to watch it, not just leave a tv on in the background making noise and broadcasting bollocks I have a fancy 24" h-ips tft but it just wasn't big enough

Sounds like a good buy sambo, these days a "high end" netbook will set you back almost that much and it's still just a shitty netbook in comparisson. Only reason i want a netbook over a laptop is that a laptop can get mighty expensive if you're buying based on battery life, there are some sub-£300 netbooks to be had which offer upto 10 hours

Haha, say good by to any spare income you thought you'd managed to tuck away I can't udnerstand the idea of paying £30 a month for some tv, everytime i'm somewhere and i get given the sky remote, i swear it's just 75 channels of crap, 75 channels of shopping and 75 channels of old repeating tv shows