• 18Sep 07

  Intel Core 2 family follow up !

  I am planning on upgrading some time soon , so I decided to collect all information about IntelCPUs first ...

  Intel Extreme edition "Quad Core" .

  -@1066 MHZ / 8Mb cache -

  QX6850

  QX6800

  Q6700

  Q6600

  Pros: 4 cores in one processor !
  Cons:very high prices !
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  Dual Core Extreme with maximum FSB speed .

  -@1333MHZ / 4MB Cache-

  E6550 2.0

  E6650 2.4

  E6750 2.6

  E6850 3.0 GHZ

  Pros: Very good performers and overclockers !
  Cons: NONE
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  Intel E6000 series "Mainstream" .

  -@ 1066 MHZ / 4 or 2 MB Cache-

  E6300 2MB 1.8 GHz
  E6320 4MB

  
  E6400 2MB 2.2 GHz
  E6420 4MB

  
  E6600 4MB 2.4
  E6700 4MB 2.6
  X6800 4MB 2.9 GHz

  Pros: prices are beautiful , performance is even more beautiful and above all excellent overclockers .
  Cons: NONE
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  Intel E4000 series "budget" .

  -@800 MHZ / 2MB Cache-

  E4300 1.8

  E4400 2.0

  E4500 2.2

  E4600 2.4 GHZ

  Pros: low prices , very good performance , excellent overclockers .
  Cons: only 2 MB cache however this isn't too bad as the difference between 2 and 4 is slightly insignificant .
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  Intel re-modified Pentium E2000 series " Entry level "

  -@800 MHZ / 1MB Cache-

  Pentium E2140 1.6

  Pentium E2160 1.8
  
  Pentium E2180 2.0 GHZ

  
  Pros: Very good entry level processors ... they pretty much outperform all previous Pentium 4 and D(Dual Core) processors in almost all categories , they can overclock to an amazing 3.2 GHZ speed and compete with the most powerful unoverclocked Conore processor available (ie , X6800 ) .
  Cons: 1MB cache is very low for hardcore gamers who own a very powerful GPU .
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  so far Dual Core Extreme (E6650 , E6750 )and E6000 series (specially E6700 and E6600 ) look attractive , I will be seeking one of those .

  • Posted Sep 18, 2007 12:49 pm GMT
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• 6Apr 07

  Finally , I can calm down !

  For 2 days I exhausted myself to complete the guides for 6600GT union ... and thank god the're finally done .

  All I need now is a little comfort ... I am thinking of playing more of C&C3 , I am thinking of getting S.T.A.L.K.E.R. too !

  but will I be able to do the guide for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. within a reasonable period of time ? I really hope to !

  I have some plans for the future of 6600GT union ... we can expand it to involve reasonable DX10 hardware like 8600GT (when it is released ) ... but this is an early talk .

  From now on , I will be more available on gamespot ... and I can start some serious depates on the main PC forums , just to make my blood boil , the amount of biased opinions there is enough to make the water of the oceans instantly vaburate ! 

  let's set back , and enjoy the view !

  • Posted Apr 6, 2007 12:45 pm GMT
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• 12Jan 07

  Over a dead body !

  It was a very stupid moment .. I stood there in front of this lunatic professor and he asked me one thing : could you please tell me about the branches of the trigeminal nerve ?

  I stood like a dumb wall .. I didn't have a clue ..as I always study those Anatomy craps 2 weeks later .. so my answer was : ehm ,  actually sir I didn't study those yet .. I was busy with other subjects ..and there was a physiology exam last week so ..

  He interrupted me by a ridiculous smile and said : but I explained that part in this week's lecture .. can't you just remember anything from it ?

  I didn't want to tell him about his useless lectures and how I always ignore them like they aren't even exist .. he didn't give me the chance anyway ..  did you attend yesterday's lecture ..? your face isn't familiar to me Mr. Muhammad  ?

  Yeah like he knows every one in the damn college .. he doesn't even know 2 names .. and I guess he has such a solid memory that he can remember the faces of 250 students !

  I am not used to be asked so much .. I spent  the last year totally ignored .. no one asked me about anything .. and I don't need to tell you , that didn't bother me a bit !

  now it's certainly a bad luck that this lovely man decided to ruin a practical section by testing students knowledge !

  "Do you often attend Anatomy lectures ? " he asked again .. this time I didn't know what to say .. eventually I replied with No .. he asked again " why ? are you from another town ? "

  "No I am from here " .. I replied and knew that I lost every reasonable excuse that I could present !

  "then why you don't attend my lectures ? I suppose you can easily make your way to the university since you're in the same town ..and you don't seem to be weak or sick .. what's your reason for not coming today or any other day ? "

  I thought : it's a war a then .. he is deliberately trying to make fun out of me or to make me look like an idiot .. I just wanted to say : why do you care so much .. it's a personal freedom .

  of coures I dare not to say so .. instead I said " frankly I always thought that I can figure those stuff my own " !

  Well , if I ever had a time machine .. I'll certainly go back to that moment and just shut my stupid mouth up completely before I say the former statement .. or at least I shall say any thing .. any thing like " I am sorry but I always sleep till 10 AM " -true !- or " I always study till 4 PM so I wake up very late " -unture ! - anything people .. anything other than this unbelievably out of sense statement .

  He was like a beast that just found his prey .. and he asked jeeringly " Well , then can you figure this your own Mr. Muhammad ? "

  I felt uncomfortable as he moved away toward the long table and stood in front of the new cadaver that just came out a few days ago .. -We're in the morgue ! haven't you guessed that ? - "Please come here .. " I followed him knowing that I'll probably  get out of this situation with a very bad mood or at worst a very bad depression .. I stood beside him .. he was pointing toward the head which was cut in two halves .. and the brain was missing !

  you can literally see the inside of the face , the mouth and the nose .. disgusting ? no it's not all of those dead bodies are drowned in a substance called "Formalin " which preserve them from rotting and decay or decomposition .. the down side is that the body will appear like it's made of wood .. the skin will be hard .. and every thing will have a brown color .

  in this case it was different .. the body just came in a few days ago .. it was a fresh body if you liked to say so .. there wasn't any sign of a fresh blood .. which is a very good thing if you don't like blood !

  it wasn't disgusting .. but it's not a pleasant view either .. and the smell .. I don't mean the smell of the body (Cadavers don't have  any smell ) what I was referring to is the smell of "Formalin" it was very strong and penetrating .. it really hurt my nose !

  he picked up "tongs" and asked me to locate the trigeminal nerve in the head .. of course I couldn't do that .. such a thing will require days of practical studying ..I had to see it at least two times before I would be able to recognize it from the mess inside !

  what really gets me about this matter is the professor .. he was trying to convince me that his academic lectures in which he just read from a written book is more valuable than the most important practical sections in which we really get to practice every thing ourselves .. and he just ruined a good section by his unwanted presence . 

  my replay was " we didn't practice on that .. yet ! "
  " how surprising .. I just heard you saying that you can figure every thing by your own "

  " I didn't say that you ridiculous fulsome pile of arrogance .. I meant by any mean other than your useless cackles so called lectures "
   of course I didn't say that .. what do you think of me ? out of my mind ? that was what I was hoping to say before my courage fell apart !

  
  I decided to close my buccal cavity (AKA mouth ) before I get my self into another dumb situation .. I kept staring at the body without making any moves .. if he wanted to play a game .. I will be nothing but a still statue .. watching him thinking that he is smart while secretly laughing at him !

  Suddenly it came to me .. I remember what the trigeminal nerve is ! I read about it long time ago .. I also remembered it's major 
  branches in the face .. one of them was the ophthalmic division which supplies the eye .. still I can't differentiate between anything in this mess .

  sadly I had to admit it .. I can't see that annoying nerve ..it would have been nice if I could find it to show this man how I figure things by my own .. but you can't always have what you want .

  and just before I was ready to get flamed .. some one got in and told the prof about an important phone call .. he went to 
  answer it and guess what ? he NEVER came back ! .. must have been a hell of a phone call ! it saved my neck that day .. god bless phones every where !

  I came home just to catch a good cold .. may be because of that "Formalin" smell ..  I can't bear that smell anymore .

  Taught lessons :
  1- stay away from cadavers .. at least till the cold is gone !
  2- stay away from that arrogant doctor .

  I just felt the need to write something to break the routine .. so pardon me if I sounded silly .
  

  • Posted Jan 12, 2007 8:59 pm GMT
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