Hi guys,

I am over at the datacenter finishing a CPU and GPU upgrade to the dedicated server. Going to a Core i7 4790K and an nVidia GTX 760. Hopefully we'll see a bit of improvement in performance and stability. The server should be back online within the next 15-20 minutes or so (11:30am MDT)

dabomb

Cool, wondered where it went.

Thanks dabomb...Your doing a great service to the 229th so I promise not to delete you...for now...lol...all kidding aside, thank you for your contribution. Having a dedicated server adds to the validity of our organization...and for that we can all say thank you.

Thanks a lot Dabomb. We all owe you a case of beer m8.

This would be why we call him Dabomb. Thank you for hookin 229th up sir!

Phantom_499

So... hardware upgrade is done, new drivers installed for the 760 and... DCS is being a pain in the ass. Standby for further updates.

Good luck and thanks

Awesome Dabomb!

Hey guys.  Is the server still up on the lift or am I just missin it?

Still on the lift. Probably won't be up until tomorrow.

Thanks for the update and your efforts.

Thanks Dabomb! Just out of curiosity what kinda CPU and GPU was in it before? Also did you OC the new i7?

Thank you very much Dabomb

Thank you vert much Dabomb!

Server is up. Can someone please hop on and fly around a bit and let me know if all is well? Thanks.

yep logging in now.

Server works perfectly and loading time was really fast!

(B/229) Nemax wrote:Thanks Dabomb! Just out of curiosity what kinda CPU and GPU was in it before? Also did you OC the new i7?

It was running an Intel G3420 dual-core 3.2Ghz proc and a GTX 470 GPU.  It is still running 16GB of RAM and a Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD drive.

It is now running the i7 4790K with a GTX 960 (changes were made in the past 24 hours...)  Remember that even if DCS is acting as a dedicated server and it's set to not even render anything on-screen, as ours is, it still requires a DX9-compatible GPU. Madness. Anyway, I figured a decent GPU could only help, even if it DCS isn't currently using much of it. Come 1.5, we should be in a pretty good place.

It was also running on a server-class motherboard (Supermicro X10SLL-F) because I wanted to use ECC RAM and really, really liked the suite of remote management tools it had onboard -- I could power the server on and off remotely, so even a hard crash wouldn't require me to drive to the datacenter.  Unfortunately, that board really didn't care for the more advanced nVidia GPUs.  At all.  Which make sense , since it was never designed to run as a gaming rig.  So now it's running on a more "consumer-friendly" Gigabyte board.  Hopefully it will remain stable and free of any crash that requires the use of my car...

Anyway, I will need to take it down and get it buttoned up and back in the rack in a little bit, but after that, it should definitely be running again from this afternoon on, barring any unforeseen unpleasantness (again).

(B/229) NeF wrote:Server works perfectly and loading time was really fast!

Do you remember what your ping to the server was? I'm just curious.

160 being in Belgium with basic connexion.

(B/229) NeF wrote:160 being in Belgium with basic connexion.

Sub-200 from Belgium. I'll take that.

Me too ;]

Awesome. Just out if curiosity, did you OC the 4790k?

No O/C on the new i7.  I want to baseline how it performs as-is for now.

Cool, that's what I figured, nice to get the K if you ever need to bump it up. You're the man.