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rallymaster · Nov 02, 2006, 4:09 AM

hanson, do you have both those vid cards installed or something?

RiCkT · Nov 02, 2006, 8:28 AM

agp and pci-e at once??

rallymaster · Nov 02, 2006, 2:42 PM

hmm...that's interesting...yes...very interesting.

Mike · Nov 02, 2006, 2:49 PM

Quote from: RiCkTagp and pci-e at once??

That motherboard does support both, which is handy.. I guess. Or you could just get one really good PCI-e one :p

Necrology · Nov 02, 2006, 3:42 PM

Biostar nForce4U
AMD Athlon64 3200+
Asus GeForce4 ti4200se
1gb Corsair DDR400
250gb SATA3.0 WD hdd
Dual 21" CRTs.

ric3rboy91 · Nov 03, 2006, 10:03 AM

Based off a Gateway 300X from December 2002:
Intel Celeron 2.0GHz socket 478
768MB DDR 266 (PC2100)
40GB Maxtor 5400rpm IDE
CDRW/DVD Combo Drive
VisionTek Radeon 9250 PCI
Intel GME 855
Sony SDM-HS95 19" LCD on the 9250
MAG 14" LCD on the 855GME
The mods I made were the Radeon graphics and the extra 512MB of memory lsat christmas. I will be getting a used P4 soon (less that $50) for the heck of it to extend the life of the computer a bit more. New desktop coming next summer, so I guess its ok.

I use my laptop more: Sony VAIO FJ270/B
PenM 750 1.86GHz | 1GB DDR2 533MHz | 100GB 5400RPM | DVD-RW | GMA 900 | 14.1" X-Brite Eco | MotionEye Webcam | XPH SP2/ Vista RC1
Next upgrade is coming in Summer '07 for this as well.

Robbie Hanson · Nov 03, 2006, 12:11 PM

Quote from: Mike
Quote from: RiCkTagp and pci-e at once??
That motherboard does support both, which is handy.. I guess. Or you could just get one really good PCI-e one :p

But then how could I do triple monitors? :p

stinge · Nov 03, 2006, 12:57 PM

And here are my specs:

Dell Dimension 2400
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600)
Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A05
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz
254 MB RAM
323 MB used on page file, 417 MB available
DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Intel(R) 82845G Graphics Controller (version 6.14.0010.4342)
SoundMAX Digital Audio (version 5.12.0001.3910)
Windows XP Service Pack 2
37.2 GB Hard Drive
mouse, keyboard, blah blah blah....

I bought this computer 2 years ago and it already is considered outdated by newer games' system requirements (such as NFS Carbon).

zetakung · Nov 03, 2006, 10:36 PM

My com
CPU: AMD Sempron 2800+ 1.6 Ghz
RAM: kingston 1GB bus400
VGA:Nvidia Ge-Force N6600LE 256Mb
HDD:Seagate 80GB
:Seagate 20GB
CD-Drive:Lite-On combo drive

With this spec Can I play NFS:Carbon?

I'm not good at English language sorry

HiFi · Nov 04, 2006, 11:56 AM

Quote from: zetakungMy com
CPU: AMD Sempron 2800+ 1.6 Ghz
RAM: kingston 1GB bus400
VGA:Nvidia Ge-Force N6600LE 256Mb
HDD:Seagate 80GB
:Seagate 20GB
CD-Drive:Lite-On combo drive

With this spec Can I play NFS:Carbon?

I'm not good at English language sorry

Yeah...but it wouldn't run very well.
Get a 7600GS for about 80 bucks on newegg and an athlon 64.

SLP Firehawk · Nov 04, 2006, 8:03 PM

AMD Athlon XP overclocked to 2.0GHz (whatever the hell that is in ****+ ratings)
ABIT NF7-S2 nForce2 Ultra400 MB
256MB DDR 333 clocked at 400MHz with 2.5-2-2-7 settings
Visiontek Xstacy 9600XT running at 100MHz over on both ram and gpu w/ aftermarket cooler
Western Digital 120MB ATA-100 Hard Disk
Sony 52x32x52x CD-RW

making a purchase of a 7600GS with a Zalman Fata1ty Cooler clocked at 50MHz over GT speeds (AGP, otherwise itd be a ATi Radeon X1950 Pro)
1 GB of Kensington HyperX DDR400 Ram to be overclocked at DDR500 speeds
New thermaltake CPU cooler, to push my old 2400+ even higher

will uprage the whole thing once dx10 technology is availible, and prices of core2 duo come down

edit: os is nLite XP Pro SP2, and my garbage machine still runs carbon on full settings possible for it at 30fps max

Revolution · Nov 04, 2006, 10:11 PM

Why not go for an AGP 7600GT? There are models on the market by Leadtek, XFX and Galaxy. I can vouch for the performance of the Leadtek card, a massive performance boost over my old Radeon 9550.

Or you could go all out and purchase an x1950 PRO AGP later this month. :p

SLP Firehawk · Nov 05, 2006, 10:57 AM

yeah, i want the 1950, but powercolors taking forever to get their card out

im getting the GS for $50, had my eye on the 7600GT XXX by XFX, but that's $150 more and I could just spend another $40 on cooling to get the GS up to faster speeds

ric3rboy91 · Nov 05, 2006, 12:40 PM

For some reason, I feel envious of the people with AGP slots, and even more so of the people with PCI-E slots..... damn PCI graphics....

rallymaster · Nov 05, 2006, 12:58 PM

liek, u shud toally jump on teh PCI-e bandwagon....it's lyk teh way o the futar!!!

On a serious note, if you haven't upgraded by now, you should definitely wait for the onslaught of DX10 cards by first quarter of next year....

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