Recent content by sinensis

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    AMD or Intel for DUAL CORE technology?

    I primarily play computer games, BF2, FEAR, AoE3, NWN, etc etc. No benefit from extra cache?
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    AMD or Intel for DUAL CORE technology?

    Question, I am thinking of picking up an X2, but I was wondering was the 4400+ worth the $100 over then 4200+ just because of the 1Mb x2 lv2 Cache vs the 512Kb x2 lv2 cache?
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    *** Official MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (nForce4 Ultra chipset) Thread ***

    I am using an MSI Neo4/Platinum and the (San Diego) Athlon64 3700+ It came with Bios 1.3, recognized the processor. But I cannot run any memory in dual channel mode without it crashing randomly. I have upgraded to Bios 1.4 but the problem persisted. I've tried paired 3-3-3-8 Kingstons and...
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    booting dos without floppy!

    www.bootdisk.com has instructionson maknig a w98 boot CD, that will let you access MS DOS Prompt, if you aren't running NTFS, there are also boot CDs for XP/2k and others.
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    Will xp pro run on a pentium 2?

    I ran it on a PII 300 Mhz, 64 Mb ram.. I went for a coffee break when booting the machine.
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    Monitor quality?

    I'm using a 6 year old or so Compaq V75 0.28 dot pitch max res 1280x1024 @60 Hz :)
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    GeForce 3 Ti200 faster than an FX 5200?

    Here are some benches I got between a GeForce 3 Ti200 128 Mb and a FX5200 128 Mb core/memory Gainward GeForce 3 Ti200 128 Mb 175/400: Flyby, 48.99 Botmatch, 34.58 6475 3D marks 200/450: Flyby, 55.96 Botmatch, 38.54 6721 3D marks 210/480: Flyby, 58.96 Botmatch, 39.90 6991 3D marks...
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    Radeon 9500/9700 Qs

    As far as I know, 9500s or above are DX9 compatible. Here are some benchs I got with a XP1800+ 1.0 Gb PC2100 using UT2003 and 3DMark2001SE core/memory Gainward GeForce 3 Ti200 128 Mb 175/400: Flyby, 48.99 Botmatch, 34.58 6475 3D marks 200/450: Flyby, 55.96 Botmatch, 38.54 6721 3D marks...
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    Is a Geforce3 still viable for today's games?

    your penchant :P I had XP 1800+ w/ GeForce 3 Ti200 overclocked to Ti500 speeds, running those games fine.. highest detail on C&C Generals and UT2003. and Unreal 2 had medium shadow levels
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    overclocking Sapphire Radeon 9500 PRO OEM

    I had to flash the bios on mine to do it.. Warranty Void apparently when you do it.
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    overclocking Sapphire Radeon 9500 PRO OEM

    I have the same card, clock setting set to 330.75/315 and it seems to run fine.
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    Fast processors kinna suck......

    I have an AMD K6-2 400 Mhz and a AMD Athlon 2400+ in my room on 24/7... this combination works great in the winter :)
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    Wondering if anyone had the same set up.

    Woah, dejavu.. I upgraded from a GeForce 3 Ti200 128 Mb to a Radeon 9500 Pro 128 Mb I had an Athlon XP 1800+ 1.0 Gb PC2100 ram WinXP Here are some benchmarks I got using video cards and 3DMark2001SE core/memory Gainward GeForce 3 Ti200 128 Mb 175/400: Flyby, 48.99 Botmatch, 34.58 6475 3D...
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    Installed DX9.0a and updated 9500 Pro's bios with Warp11's

    I just updated with that bios. I fixed the line problem at POST. It seemed after a few reboots it went away (same with the wrong bios). But uninstalled the drivers and computer still thinks I have a 9700 Pro. That shouldn't cause a problem should it? My computer seems to run games and...
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    Installed DX9.0a and updated 9500 Pro's bios with Warp11's

    I fixed the problem with 3DMark, I just reinstalled it. I checked my memory is it is Infineon memory at 3.3 I'll try one of those.