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An upgrade to the Asus A8N-SLI Premium and BFG 7600 GT OC finally brought me out of the AGP dark ages. The ability to play a game at high resolution without having my machine lockup or reboot was a refreshing change. The main reason I bought this motherboard was for the RAID 5 support, but I soon discovered the parity striping makes the disk access dog slow. I then reloaded using the same SIL 3114 controller in RAID 0 before settling on the nVidia Controller in RAID 0 which blew away the SIL 3114 in the burst category. For anyone else who buys this board the RAID 5 option makes you feel nice and secure about your hard drives, but if you're impatient like me skip it and go directly to nVidia RAID 0. I also added another drive so now it's 3 time more likely my entire array will fail compared to a single drive. Surprisingly my old motherboard RAID beat my new one in average and random access.
VIDEO COMPARE
| RAID COMPARE |
Old SIL3512 RAID 0 |
SIL3114 RAID 0 |
SIL3114 RAID 5 |
NVIDIA RAID 0 |
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| Burst | 122.1 MB/s | 121.4 MB/s | 103.8 MB/s | 226.7 MB/s |
| Average | 113.9 MB/s | 105.2 MB/s | 61.4 MB/s | 111.4 MB/s |
| Random | 7.8ms | 8.1ms | 9.9ms | 8.4ms |
| CPU | 8% | 2% | 0% | 4% |
VIDEO COMPARE
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 | is that light gray bar your old AGP system? If so that's insane Stavos |
| sweet now buy a 8800 Geforce with Direct X 10 like me :) Stavos |
 | Gosh I miss Myrone. Tim |
 | Brad, at least if you lose a drive now you won't be losing all of your data, unlike with that crazy striped drive theory you had. :P E1 |
 | 7169 3DMarks
SM2.0 Score: 3295
HDR/SM3.0 Score: 2809
CPU Score: 2138
(performed at 1280x1024 w/ 8x AA and optimal filtering) Duane |
It's true, the need for me has declined dramatically this year. The server statistics show a definite trend of less desire to click on me. Why have I become less clickable? The blame lies squarely with Myrone, who has been gone for over three years. Without his tomfoolery and shenanigans I'm just not as interesting as I once was.
User Comments for 11-13-2006:
 | seems like all business fails during this month, the radiator business is slow even. enorym |
| Yeah the nuclear radiation business is slow. Stavos |
| Yeah i really miss him. Each day it gets worse. I'm not sure how I'll get by. I guess I have been but i really do miss him. Tim |
| Um Brad, remember that FC was down during a few months there on and off, and that's when yer traffic was spiking. ;)
On a good note, my websites traffic has increased 3-fold over the past few months as I prepare to release my next version to the public. =) E1 |
MorlockPrime decided to rearrange my basement furniture, resulting in a new configuration for the LAN party. Apparently he knew it would suck so he decided to stay in Illinois during this event. We returned the favor by shoving unnecessary furniture into his room. Original Morlock stopped by to say he was too scared and had to hide in Jackson. FEAR Combat was first to be played until everyone had it up and running, at which point we switched to FarCry. A few heated rounds of FarCry was the highlight of the whole event, after which handsome Dan decided to leave, prompting a major exodus of handsome Dan followers. Fortunately the die hard remained for some Battlefield 2142, by far the most involved game of the whole event. If you don't have a copy, get one. The Jeffords found a way to play it on his Mac it's so good (If you play online, post your screen name). Finally, here's the event timelapse.
User Comments for 11-11-2006:
| It was cold in the basement 38.1*F
and BF2142 was da bomb, I joined in via the Interweb from 11pm - 2am Stavos |
The safety rail at the bottom of my shower door has been off for awhile after coming loose and falling into the tub. My procrastination on replacing it finally caught up with me this morning when I bumped the door off it's track and showered myself with shattered safety glass (instead of water). Refreshed, and bleeding from several minor scratches, I tiptoed through the glass to stop the bodily hemorrhaging. Deciding not to risk a trip to the morlock cave for my other shower, I have an enjoyable aroma to share with my coworkers. I also discovered a glass shower door costs $100 and 7 days to replace.
User Comments for 11-08-2006:
| I think I laughed more at this then I did at the Borat movie. Great entertainment! It's niccceceeee Stavos |
| your procrastination brings me humor, your misfortune brings me more laughs. enorym |
Today is Voting day, so I thought I'd provide a guide for anyone who has yet to partake in our democratic process.
- Go here to see your ballot and polling place if you're registered.
- Research your candidates! Most have killed babies and supported terrorism according to the people they are running against.
- Arrive at your polling place with your voting card or drivers licence.
- There will be 4 tables with no directions. Ask one of the tables what to do.
- You'll be directed to the "Voter Application Table." Fill out a voter application (name and address)
- A nice old lady will smile and ask for your application. She'll drop it and you'll see the other people with your last name registered to vote.
- When she recovers she'll put a sticker on your application and refer you to another table
- This table will take your stickered application hand you your actual ballot
- Take your ballot (in it's folder) and proceed to a mega-secure voting booth (table with a pen and three walls)
- Take your ballot out of the folder and Vote! (fill in the circles). The machine will beep and embarrass you if you vote for too many people for any category. You can vote for as many categories as you want (or none at all!)
- Put your ballot back in the folder and go to the table you haven't visited yet.
- A scantily clad teenage girl will smile at you and pop her bubble gum. Hand her the folder with your ballot.
- She'll take your application from the front of the folder and hand it back.
- Go to the VoteMaster 5000 and feed your ballot into the machine. It will beep and show you the number of people that voted today.
- Hand the folder back and scream something in latin, then run like hell.
User Comments for 11-07-2006:
| The Kelley's have done their duty and voted today. We voted YES for proposal 6 which frees morlock slaves from their owners. I also voted to kill the doves Stavos |
 | Morlocks! We strike tonight! MorlockPrime |
| Woowoo, MORLOCK REBELION!!! E1 |
Our good friends from Ohio visited us today for some RC Car and Quake III action. What better way to enjoy a rare 60 degree November day than smashing expensive RC cars into each other. Because Ohio is so flat, most Michigan food has too much elevation to be appetizing to Ohioans, so Lisa cooked some Ohio approved food for us. No doubt a direct result of me sending her this link. Butt the Gnome remains a captive of the Ohoians until I retreive him next weekend.
User Comments for 11-05-2006:
| Are you sure Lisa didn't see this article:
hXXp://chrisrisner.c0m/Images/advice.jpg MorlockPrime |
Senator Kelley stopped by for some wedding planning followed by a game of Warcraft III. Shortly thereafter, he returned with Mrs. Steven Kelly who joined Lisa for some Karaoke Revolution while(st) the senator and I snuck off for yet another Warcraft III game. The last time we played Warcraft was over 4 years ago and it was quickly discovered that we suck equally as much now as we did then. Amazingly, my original copy had somehow escaped my regular eBay cleansing, which was fortunate since equally as amazing the game still costs $30. The games weren't just for entertainment purposes though: as best man, Steve gains valuable experience needed for defending my bride should her family try to take her back.
User Comments for 11-04-2006:
| We went to see Borat. I think you should see it. Its seriously the funniest movie ever! tim |
 | You suck! I suggested we get in a game of Warcraft 3 every lan party and you never wanted to! I still love Warcraft 3, I wanna get in on it next time Excelcier |
| Brad and I as a team can't even beat the computer on normal play. That's why we are closet WC3 players Stavos |
| Well, next Lan Party, I'm postering that we institute a game. Excelcier |
| We will only play depending on how much you suck at it Stavos |
| Fine then... me vs. EVERYONE ELSE... happy? Excelcier |
Despite my all-time record of 3 trick-or-treaters, Lisa decided to purchase excessive amounts of candy in hopes the record would be broken. I live close to a trailer park but apparently my house is not up to the strict trailer park candy standards. That or I'm just really creepy, probably both. Needless to say the record still stands at 3 and I have many sugar highs to look forward to. We also learned that The Grudge is either too artistic or not enough for us to appreciate, and that a real live ghost stopped by for candy. The ghost may have been a side effect of a bad video connection but after watching that movie I'm a believer.
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User Comments for 10-31-2006:
| worst movie ever Stavos |
| Bah, I went out and got candy at the last minute, hoping to enjoy many little ones filling their sacks with goodies. Since I wasn't able to take my girls out (first time in a long time) I wanted parenting by proxy with other peoples kids. Needless to say, I did not have ONE single trick or treater. So, anyone want a few hundred BlowPops? E1 |
 | Wow, when I lived there I always got a few. Probably that jacked up Talon in the driveway. AtomicInternet |
 | I WANT BLOW POPS! Lisa#2 |
| LOL, I hid all my cars on Halloween. Cougar in the garage, Talon parked against the garage door, and Neon behind that. Then gate closed and locked. =)
Wasn't letting anyone mess with my stuff. E1 |
| I only got 2 trick or treaters this year, only 1 that i've witnessed. Last year we had 3. so it looks like next year i'll just buy myself some candy Maya |
| I just spit in people's bags. tim |
 | we had about 40 trick or treaters R1OT |
My escape from Eve Online only 6 months old, I've been sucked into Battlefield 2142 as my new winter game obsession. Fortunately this one has a one-time-fee of $40 instead of the monthly $20 that Eve charged. The blame again lies squarely with John, so if Lisa gets angry she knows who to attack. I recommend everyone purchase this so we can all waste time together. It takes awhile to figure everything out in the game, but once you do it's alot of fun. There's also a bunch of exploits so you can get back at all the 15-year olds playing in their parents basement.User Comments for 10-29-2006:
| What about the 30 year olds playing in their parents basements? Stavos |
| LOL Stavos.
Everyone...
Buy it! Buy it now! I will setup a private TeamSpeak server for us! Go Go Go! Com'on, ya know ya want to. Just do it! :D Seriously tho, the best thing was the text I got from Brad on his first night playing: "Fuck this, I'll let you guys figure it out then I'll play. :)" Great game tho, and plenty of action.
Btw Brad, just found a bug in your comment system. ;) I will explain it later. E1 |
After reviewing todays Gnome Cam I noticed Lisa and I performed a seranade together. We just weren't in the right places at the right time. I quickly corrected it through the power of photoshop and now bring you the dance. I call it "Leaf Vac Phone Love" and if all goes well, you should have an epileptic seizure.
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User Comments for 10-26-2006:
| Oh Blisa! You are so ridiculous. MorlockPrime |
| must. Slow. framerate. down. seizure intimate.....jasdfoasfdllkj call osadjaa 911! 1jdkjsaf Stavos |
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