Recent content by rno

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    which 4850?

    It looks like it runs cool, because temps never get over 65 under load with my card. And it's not noisy card, I can hear its fan, but it's not that loud to be disturbing.
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    My Vista x64 works great!

    I have also used Vista x64 since the release of SP1. Before that this OS was pretty unusable for me, but now I never wouldnt change it back to XP.
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    which 4850?

    I got Sapphire HD 4850 and it's working really well.
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    It should work fine. Just be sure to download latest BIOS (v 2.0) to avoid possible compatibility problems. More powerful PSU doesn't hurt either.
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    Hey folks, I got a chance to try an Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 with this board and I can say it works great with official BIOS 2.0 so I do not see any need for unofficial bios. Games and 3D apps work fine, only be sure do disable PCIE downstream in BIOS before installing drivers since I've...
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    CPU or GPU upgrade?

    Thanks for all your replies so far. So Q6600 would be better option? I thought myself that I won't benefit so much from GPU upgrade. I guess going to quad will be more "future proof" because for example there's lot of UE3 games out there today that can utilize four cores.
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    CPU or GPU upgrade?

    I was wondering which upgrade one will give me better results, mostly in gaming. CURRENT SPECIFICATIONS: ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 R2.0 mobo Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU @ 2,4 2 x 2 GB DDR2 Kingston @ 667 ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP My current motherboard allows both AGP and PCI-E (however...
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    Interesting to know, thanks for that info.
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    Thanks for reply, I do not intend to overclock anyway, just want to be sure I'm able to run with original clock speeds.
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    How well this board handles Q6600? I remember that manual mentions performance may be reduced by 5% with quad core CPU installed (was that reduced FSB speed and can it be manually restored)?
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    Yeah, my system seems stable now. I had to set RAM votage "Low" in BIOS and memtest is clear now. Hope it stays that way.
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    I had several issues with 2.02 BIOS, PC started to BSOD, memtest86 threw errors and BIOS lost one 2GB stick occasionally after Windows displayed MEMORY_MANAGEMENT stop error. So I flashed my MB again with 2.0 official BIOS and now the system seems stable. I've been running memtest for a while...
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    I don't know exactly what do you mean by "low voltage", but on the chip it reads 1,8V. I'll try your settings if I get chance.
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    VIA HyperionPro v5.18A but I don't think it does matter much because POST already reports 3072 (3 GB) as avalible memory.
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    Asrock 4CoreDual-SATA2

    Hi, Now I'm using Kingston DDR2 800 4 GB memory kit (2 x 2 GB). POST reports 3072 MB, if I enter BIOS utility, it shows 4096 MB installed, running Dual Channel mode and under Windows Vista x64 it reports as follows: http://img195.imagevenue.com/i...1_memory_122_247lo.jpg As you can see...