Cranking up the media center...

[ClownMajik]

Hello everyone! I'm currently upgrading my media center and I need some assistance. First let me post my specifics. I have replaced my 8800 with a new GTX260.

Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7057 RC1

Q6600 Intel Quad-Core 2.43Ghz (3.2 overclocked) 256 FSB (333 overclocked) Manually set to 1.3v

4GB RAM (2.94 Usable) clocked at 633Mhz (I think...), 2.175v overclocked, 4-4-4-42-12 manual speed settings.

PNY GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

Product Specifications

Bus Technology: PCI Express 2.0
Shader Cores: 192
Core Clock (MHz): 576 MHz
Shader Clock (MHz): 1242 MHz
Memory Amount: 896MB DDR3
Memory Interface: 448-bit
Memory Frequency (effective): 2000 MHz
Memory Bandwidth: 111.9 GB/s
Outputs: DVI + DVI + HDTV/SDTV

Key Features

•2nd Generation NVIDIA® Unified Architecture
•Full Microsoft DirectX 10 support
•NVIDIA SLI® technology
•NVIDIA PureVideo® HD technology
•NVIDIA PhysX™ Ready
•NVIDIA CUDA™ technology
•PCI Express 2.0 support
•Two dual-link DVI and one HDTV output
•Dual-link HDCP Capable
•OpenGL 2.1 support
•NVIDIA® ForceWare® Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
•Outputs: DVI+VGA+HDTV/S-Video

46" Samsung 750 1080p HDTV via HDMI to DVI.

My queestions are pretty basic. First with the GPU and RAM. So far everything is stable with the overclocking. But I want to make sure my RAM speeds are correct in the bios. Second is setting up the proper video settings with the new card. PhysX is already enabled as is all the HD settings. I'm looking for assistance on setting up the Global 3d settings tab like filtering and anti-aliasing.


Also I warn you if you are looking to purchase GTX 200 series cards. They are HUGE. I had to take my entire power supply out and a piece of my front cooling unit to get it and all the wires to fit properly.

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[Sideous Prime]

this is why my phone rang! sorry man...overclocking is out of my league. to much risk involved. i guess with a q6600 i just don't see the need. however, you would know if there was a problem. your machine wouldn't boot, would randomly restart, stuff like that. be careful, push it too far and you'll fry your hardware.

[Rom]

hi man

i also have a gtx260

In 3d panel my sething are

antialising 2 to 8x depend on the game i play
Aniso is set to 16x (always this sething w/e the game i play)
Enable tripple buffering (helps to keep a good frame rated whit v sink enable)
Enable Tranparency antialaising to multisampling (Will clean up the screen on detail object)
All the rest stay default

For the Mem

I always trying to keep a ratio 1/1
My cpu is overclock to 3.33 my fsb is at 1481,so if i keep 1/1 ration my memories should be at 370.4 mhz x 4=1481 so equal the cpu fsb

If you need more info let it know

Rom

[law.of.averages]

Unless you're gaming on the media center why bother with all that power.

My sage.tv box is an MSI Media Live:

CPU = AMD 4200+
GPU = integrated GeForce 6150 LE (yes, I said integrated)
RAM = 1G
HD = 500G SATA II
TV = Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1600

Does the job of recording and playing High Def TV (from the 3 channels that Bright House doesn't scramble) just fine. Is/Was great for DVD's and Netflix online too, though now I use my blue-ray player for those things.