Recent content by Compscott

yeah...was hoping to avoid having to buy a new board, but that is what I am leaning towards now. Anyone else have any other input or suggestions? Thanks

I recently upgraded my processor on my ABIT KG7 motherboard. Due to the information posted in this thread: Abit Forums I chose the Athlon XP 2400+. Unfortunately, Now I am having random lockups. Windows XP recognizes it correctly as a 2400+ and when you boot the system the Bios shows it...

Not sure what would be the best forum to post this in, so I will go ahead and post it here. I am in the process of upgrading my current system. When I am done I will have a Athlon XP 2400+, GeForce 4 TI4800se, 2 hard drives, cd-rom, cd-burner and a floppy drive. I am currently running a...

I might have a chance to get a good deal on a R8500 Pro card. Are they worhtwhile? SInce I have never owned a ATi card before I don't know about where teh 8500 rates among the current boards. What would its performace be like compared to say a standard GeForce 4 TI4200? Is the 8500 Pro a...

Wow, thanks everyone for all the great suggestions. I agree completely that I need to upgrade my processor as well, but since there is all this new technology on the horizon, I think I will go for something more low end for right now just to get me by. I have an ABIT KG7 motherboard and as...

Cool. Thanks for all the input guys. I did some looking around and I found a 9700np at www.mwave.com for $199.00. As of right now that is the way that I am leaning. As far as the processor upgrade goes, the highest my board will support is a 2100+ Palamino (although I have read success...

5900 is definately a faster card...its also $200 - $300 more expensive. 4600 is a solid performer for around $200.

Hello all. First time poster, but I have been reading several of your posts for weeks now and I think that you can all help me make my decision. My current system configuration is: Athlon Thunderbird 1.4 512mb 266mhz Ram Geforce 3 TI 200 64mb I have been thinking about making some changes to...