HP Blackbird 002 Upgrade = 300 fps in CoD4

Upgrading an HP Blackbird 002 gaming PC with Dan Robideaux from the team that brought us the award-winning Blackbird 002. A serious gaming PC for serious PC gamers, the Blackbird was built for super easy upgrading and Dan shows how quickly and easily an upgrade can take you from ~60 fps in Call of Duty 4 all the way up to over 300 fps! You have to see this upgrade to believe it -- the Blackbird's "tool-less architecture" doesn't mean a thing until you see it in action.

Original config:
- Dual Core - Intel Core2 Duo 2.66GHz E6750
- 2 GB 667 MHz PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM
- NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT with 512 MB of GDDR3 SDRAM

Upgraded to:
- Quad Core - Intel Core2 Extreme Quad-Core 3.0GHz QX6850 performance enhanced
- 2 GB 1066MHz CORSAIR PC2-8500 DDR2 SDRAM SLI Ready
- Dual NVIDIA GeForce 8800 ULTRA with 768MB of GDDR3 SDRAM

http://www.hp.com/blackbird/

If you want more details, visit:
http://www.voodoopc.com/
http://www.hp.com/voodoodna/

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• hp
• blackbird
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• blackbird002
• voodoo
• pc
• gaming
• call
• duty
• cod
• cod4
• upgrade
• upgrading
• noscrews
• overclocking
• quad
• core

[xXWwe4EverXx]

how can i see my FPS? :P

[HPVoodooPC]

Hey xXWwe4EverXx, VoodooDan from HP here: To display your FPS in COD4, you need to bring down the console with the tilde key (~) and type the following: /cg_drawfps 1

[SasukeXChidori]

Is 300 FPS really necessary for CoD4? I'm fine on 80 -.-"

[Peetah16]

2 8800 ultra's are realy expensive, i would stay with the 8800 gt, cause 80 fps is good enough for me o.O

[ardadora93]

that was coool.

[Sticky1254]

Why not just build it for 2 grand cheaper. Sure the case is nice but the price is way out of line. Also, just stick a motherboard with dual quad-core xeons clocked to 4.00 GHz each.

[TheWallOfYawn]

I am officially saving for the retail version of this PC.

[sudo18]

very huuuuge difference... good video.. 5*

[richardwillem]

im getting issues with adding the sli cable... i put it in but he cant find the two videocards....

[firestormcomputers]

I want that case sooooooooo bad!

best case ever!

I have an old alienware case, when I say old I mean old, the original computer (before gaming rig transformation) was a ME system . . .

[Basemonkey17]

sweet.. umm... anyone got 6000$ to loan me??

[OtreblaGuapsy]

ive got a question.. doesnt play on xtremely high fps like gives a headache or gets too "soft"?