I have decided to go Dothan

[Drec]

So whens your Dothan going to be up and running, very anxious to see the gigahertz.

 

[Sjaak]

So whens your Dothan going to be up and running, very anxious to see the gigahertz.

Working on that right now. Mailing webshops, humiliating people etc. Will keep you updated.

 

[Evilsizer]

wow when did sjaak get white stars? im speechless/jelous.

 

[Drec]

wow when did sjaak get white stars? im speechless/jelous.

ah well you still have 2 years on him

 

[Sjaak]

wow when did sjaak get white stars? im speechless/jelous.

Just this morning with my 4000th post lol....if i had a dime for every....

Ok this is getting RIDICULOUS. In the past 30 minutes i have called 6 webshops. None of them had the dothan in stock while their website claimed so. Common excuse? 'uhh yeah the page must be outdated then' ^&%@(&*(@%^(@#$*%#$

 

[Drec]

Sjaak,

Can eWiz.com ship internationally?
eWiz.com currently DOES ship internationally via FedEx International Economy or FedEx International Priority.

edit- Doh! they only have the 1.8ghz one,

 

[Sjaak]

Shipping anything larger then a peanut from the US to here costs a fortune. Plus it would take at least a week and requires me to beg for my dads credit card to pay for it - so, no go

 

[Drec]

that sucks! but i found the 730

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MPM-730JBX

wonder why it didn't show up on my search but the other one did.


Shipping Weight: 0.37 lbs.(0.17 kg) its just a big peanut.

 

[Sjaak]

Okay i found a shop that has them. Should be here monday.

*wipes forehead*

i'll go into town now, i need a workout

 

[Drec]

requires me to beg for my dads credit card to pay for it

Should be here monday.

Just curious how you ordered it without a credit card?

 

[Sjaak]

I'm going to have to pay the mailman.

 

[Drec]

really, never heard of anything like that.

 

[Sjaak]

It's called 'rembours'

The shop packs it and includes a bill, the mailman collects the money and the mail company transfers it to the shop's account.

It costs about 10€ more then conventional shipping but it defies the hassle of a credit card and it's very fast.

 

[Drec]

I see, they should implement somthing like that over here, even though it's not to hard to get a prepaid credit card so

BACK TO THE DOTHANS

we needs pics. postman with box, you taking box, just the box, being pulled out of box, PICS!

 

[Sjaak]

I am going to put my camera standby at the door monday monring.

 

[Gautam]

Hmz, sounds likely. Gautam, what were the memory timings on both systems?

3-2-2-1.5 on the A64 and 5-2-2-2 on the Dothan. But no, the real reason Nature is lower is because the video clock was slightly lower with the Dothan. 670/600 on the A64, 650/590 with the Dothan. Combination of summertime, but also I think the Dothan is inherently hurting the video clocks. Nature is 95%+ GPU test, not CPU/memory. Lobby likes memory bandwidth, but lower latency above that. The Dothan destroys the A64 in that test anyways.

Since my board died, I didn't have much opportunity for testing, but a new one should arrive shortly. Already have another brand new 730 sitting here waiting to be fired up.

 

[Sjaak]

Ah ok that explains it thanks for clearing.


BH5 and HDD's (another two of seagate 7200.7 200GB) have been ordered. I spent 700€ today

*but* i can make up for part of that...selling my current chip and ram should get me at least 175

 

[pik4chu]

I am a happy man. I just got my tax returns from last year. Totals: 897 euro's. Yes that's right, nearly 900.

Call that alot of money when you're eighteen

Gonna order the BH5 right now and maybe the extra S-ata drives...i am getting sooo happy today.

my tax return was $8 USD

this is an awsome thread, wish I could join in but no funds atm =\. Still anxious to see what everyone is pushing these chips to, keep it up!

 

[Sjaak]

Start posts updated

this is an awsome thread, wish I could join in but no funds atm =\. Still anxious to see what everyone is pushing these chips to, keep it up!

Just start saving like i did in the beginning..20 here, 50 there

Good to see this is attracting more people. Was one of my goals when writing the start of the thread.

 

[Drec]

lol, by the end of this Sjaak with have a whole Dothan cult following.