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  1. Posted

    @Wicked101

     

    i'm Greek and I am fluent in German, so I know what Geil means, hehe. The ram is running perfectly fine, I was using some generic Samsung PC3200 memory which was hitting a wall at 244MHZ FSB onwards. With this Geil memory it runs at 274MHz, this is quite an unexpected improvement....

  3. Posted

    Recenly got some Geil PC4200 memory, been able to run at 274MHz FSB, that is 3.84GHz for my poor 2.8 Northwood P4. Since it's been stock aircooled, I am planning on getting some decent cooling for it and the northbridge.

     

    Hell, this is an endless race of cash being thrown at my box......

  4. Posted

    An old Hyundai Super 16TE for me, that is 8bit 8088 cpu (10Mhz, yeah!!!), 640k of ram, EGA (16 color) graphics at 320x240 and color 14' monitor, sound courtesy of soundblaster 1 (16 similtaneous voices), seagate 40mb hdd, 5.25 and 3.5 low density floppy (360k and 720k respectively). Software-side, there was MS-DOS 5 and Windows 3.0, with Wordperfect some drawing apps, MS Basic 3, Pascal and C.

     

    That was a killer machine at the time, *awesome* graphics, huge hdd and a price tag of iirc, around €1400..... that was a nice time, where you didn't upgrade every 3months or so......

  5. Posted

    Shed some light here people...

     

    I've got two sticks of PC3200 512MB RAM. My cpu is a P4 2.8 Northwood and runs stable at 245FSB (on a Gigabyte 8IK1100 rev2). The RAM works with a multiplier of 1.66.

     

    245 is the maximum stable overclock with 2 sticks of RAM. With only one stick it goes (stable) to 256, and it POSTs at 266, but hangs before I see the desktop.

     

    I am thinking of getting some PC4000 or PC4400 RAM (which have the headroom for FSB speed up to 280-290) and I am asking is my cpu going to run at more than 245FS or not? If the cpu/mobo will be helped by the faster memory then it is worth it.

     

    If not, I do not want to fork out the cash only to run my memory at 1:1.

     

    Any ideas/experiences much appreciated smile

     

  8. Posted

    Are there any fans in your case to take the air in/out? Also, what graphics card do you have? For example a Radeon 9800 runs VERY hot on stock cooling.

    So, combine that with the trapped air in the case having nowhere to go and you have a very hot case. Which in turn does not help the processor cool down. Add a couple of fans (even standard 8cm fans help) and tell us if temps drop.

  12. Posted

    Please do ask your friend, this is really frustrating.... I have tried copying files one by one, but when i get a file as big as 200mb, it starts copying and then the timer goes, 1 minute left, 2 minutes left, 3 minutes left and then it says 'delayed write yadayada.....'.

     

    Beer is on me if your friend has a solution for this problem!

  13. Posted

    Hi people, I could really use your insight on this!

     

    Here is the story: I bought a usb2 enclosure, to put a spare HDD I had lying around, so that i could use it for file transfers, instead of burning cds and dvds all the time. So I hook it up to my pc (which is usb2 capable), do some tests, plug it unplug it, nothing broken, everything's ok. I go to the office, hook it up to my pc (only usb1 capable), thinking that it's only gonna be slower. But no, whenever i wanted a file over 50Mb to be copied to the external hdd, it would start copying and then at some poing say that a delayed write could not be performed on this disk, please try to save elsewhere. Any file under 50Mb was ok. So I started downloading chipset drivers, up[censored] almost everything, even tried other pcs. The same happened, unless i hooked the drive to a usb2 capable pc.

     

    So, any ideas, workarounds....I really cannot be zipping and spanning files with a 50Mb limit..... Anything is much appreciated!!!

  14. Posted

    This is Intel's alleged Hyperthreading technology at work. It creates a second logical processor, and tells you that its resources are whatever cpu cycles are not used by processor no1 (the actual one).

     

    Your memory speed is 200Mhz and DDR means that it's doubled (that is 400MHz) - much like a P4's FSB is 200MHz quadpumped = 800MHz.

  16. Posted

    Hi everyone,

     

    I have a problem with Call Of Duty - United Offensive. I start the game, select New Game, the 1st mission loads at about 20% and then it says Script Compile Error. I've googled around and are zillions of people with this problem. And noone seems to have found a workaround for this. I was wondering if anyone here has a solution!

     

    Any suggestion is welcome,

    thanks

     

     

  17. Posted

    I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the GFMX4000 is not a speed demon. You need more serious power in your graphics division. That card is very very weak, not to mention the 64MB of ram it has. Honestly, this graphics card can run need for speed underground fine, but doom3 is another story.

     

    For example, I am running an overclocked P4 @ 3.55, an overclocked FX5600 and 1GB of ram, and there are places in doom3 that the game says 10-15fps. In 800x600, high detail.

  19. Posted

    So, you want to get

    1. a Radeon X300 PCI-Express 128MB (first link)

    2. a Radeon 9200 PCI SE 128MB (second link)

    3. a GF5200 PCI 256MB (third link)

     

    Performance wise (and if you have a PCI Express port) the X300 is a Ferrari, compared to the capped version of (2) you are looking, and the vanilla (3). To be more exact, the X300 will play Doom3 very well (I imagine, I only have a GF5600), while the other two will quit on you.

     

    But, what I am puzzled about is why would you even consider looking at PCI cards, when you have a PCI Express port....

  21. Posted

    there are a couple of things that you can try.....

     

    1. update your bios to the latest (also what's your motherboard?)

    2. update the sound card drivers (i had problems with mine and my wintv)

    3. is your cpu overclocked? if yes, return it to stock speed and try to configure the channels then.........

  23. Posted

    thatsteveguy is right. The second piece of RAM that you describe is SDR, not DDR.

     

    Apart from the working incompatibility of the two pieces of memory you have, i believe there is hardly a MB in the market that has slots to put them in at the same time. They may look the same physically, but they are not - take a close look at where the middle notch is situated.....

     

     

  25. Posted

    As far as Doom III is concerned, check the 'How's Doom III treating you?' thread, and follow a link towards the last posts. Some people have put up a page, showing computer specs and fps in Doom III. With a 5600 you would play it in 1024x786, high details (not ultra), vsync off, at around 20-22 fps..... draw your own conclusions.

     

    As for the 150$, that would probably get you a GF5700/GF5750 (brand depending) here in Greece. For about 15$ more you can get a Radeon X600, or maybe a cheap GF5900. You MB has (I am guessing) the Intel Extreme Graphics, and compared to that the GF5200 is a speed demon. Bare in mind that if you want to get a PCI-Express card, you'll need to get a newer MB as well...

     

    Happy hunting!

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