It’s been a while since I’ve last updated my .plan. That’s what happens when you’re putting together a new computer. Yup, that’s right, a new computer. For those interested in the specs, here they are. And for those who don’t care, too bad ’cause here are the specs anyway:
– Asus P4S8X motherboard
– Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz CPU
– 512MB DDR PC2700 RAM
– nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4400 (from my previous computer)
– Maxtor DiamondMax 60GB 7200 RPM hard drive (from my previous computer)
– Maxtor DiamondMax 30GB 7200 RPM hard drive
– Pioneer 16X DVD-ROM drive
– MSI 40X CD-RW drive
– CreativeLabs SoundBlaster Audigy Gamer sound card
– 3Com 3C905C-TX network card (from my previous computer)
So far, it rawks. The motherboard is great. It supports DDR333 memory AND unofficially supports DDR400. So when DDR400 is widely avaialble, I’ll be ready. Rambus is way too expensive anyway. I also like the fact that the mobo supports 8X AGP and has 6 USB 2.0 ports as well as 2 Firewire ports. Thanks to the other Firewire port on the Audigy, I have a total of three Firewire ports. I, unfortunately, have no Firewire devices whatsoever. It also has an on-board Promise RAID controller that I’m not using yet.
Performance is outstanding. Using the benchmark utility that ships with UT2K3, I get 137 FPS for flyby and 56 FPS for botmatch at 1024×768….and that’s without any tweaking 🙂 When the tweaking is done, look out.
Now that UT2K3 has been officially released, I can start modding for it. They just released the first version UDE (Unreal Development Environment; the tool for UnrealScript programming), so I still need to find time to check it out. Stay tuned…
