Recent content by DJCooN

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    RADEON 8500 3Dmark score ???

    Now i feel really stupid becuase i can't seem to figure it out. With my old GeForce, i used the nVidia Tweak Utility to change the MHz on the card, but i don't know what the best way to do it fot the ATI is. Excuse my ineptitude, but it's only my first few days with it and VERY limited access...
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    RADEON 8500 3Dmark score ???

    Hey. I was wondering what a decent score for the 3Dmark2001SE was? I have an AthlonXP 1800+ with 512 PC2700 Samsung and an ATI AIW Radeon 8500 128MB video card. Nothing is overclocked right now b/c i want to get a feel for what kind of a difference it makes after unlocking the Athlon. I have...
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    WinXP boot slowdown

    YOu are correct. I'm pretty sure that it's my CDRW...had some problems with it recently. (IOMAGIC) but i figure its no real harm whatsoever so i'm not going to fuss too much about it. Mind you, i will try to fight and get quicker boots. Thanks for the info. Also, thanx MEM for the BootVis...
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    WinXP boot slowdown

    MY SYSTEM: ATHLON XP 1800+ EPOX 8K5A2+ 512MB SAMSUNG PC2700 ATI A-I-W 8500 128MB RADEON THERMALTAKE VOLCANO 7 CPU FAN 6 CASE FANS LIGHT MODS GALORE **Also, for some reason SiSoft Sandra detects my mobo as KT266 instead of KT333. I wonder if i need to get a newer version of it. Does anyone...
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    WinXP boot slowdown

    For some reason, every single time i boot my computer, right before the WindowsXP logo comes up, i get about 3-5 seconds of a really dark (read: dim) logo. It hangs there for that small time lapse and then boots normally. Everything works fine everywhere else so i don't understand where the...
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    createsw.exe

    I keep getting an error message everytime i turn on my computer using WIN2K telling me that it has a problem opening it. It first started when i installed Acrobat Reader but i uninstalled it and the error persists. Does anyone know what to do or can i just remove it from the system.ini? Thanks.