Recent content by Steaksauce

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    Anyone ever use more than 2 GBs of RAM on their XP 32-bit Machine?

    Really? On Quake 4? I wouldn't think Q4 is that RAM intense compared to, say, Crysis. How are you measuring the RAM usage during game play? I usually play the game on one screen and the other screen would display the task manager.
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    Anyone ever use more than 2 GBs of RAM on their XP 32-bit Machine?

    The most RAM usage I've seen on my system BEING USED is like 1.2GBs when I was playing the game, Prey. I've tried to open up few dozens of Photoshop and firefox pages, but that really doesn't budge the RAM usage. Nothinman, please explain further.
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    Anyone ever use more than 2 GBs of RAM on their XP 32-bit Machine?

    My computer guy and I are having a duel about this subject on whether or not we ever use more than 2 gigs of RAM. If any of you ever use more than 2 gigs on a XP system, please tell me what set of program(s) you are using to get over that hump. Quick Way to check: Task Manager> Performance>...
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    Better to upgrade my core2duo to quad core or my x1900xtx to 8800gt/s?

    For Crysis, go with the better video card. The quad will have no or very little effect on your gaming experience.
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    EVGA 590 SLI aaaaaaarggggg

    lol turn off cool and quiet if you're messing with stuff.
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    Got new mobo/chip..Must I reformat HDD?

    do a repair install. You want to d/l the drive to the NIC (ethernet port) on your mobo if you don't have the mobo driver disc. If you have that, you'll be able to d/l everything else later. Repair works well and you don't have to reinstall all of the apps and such other than the service packs...
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    *** Official Gigabyte P965-DS3 Thread ***

    Temp1 is not the NB temp... it's more like the chipset temp.
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    *** Official Gigabyte P965-DS3 Thread ***

    The e4300 has reached its limit, yo.
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    What is the cheapest LGA775 Dual Core 64-bit CPU currently?

    Here is the new e2140 with 1MB Cache: http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=E2140BOX
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    CPU or Mobo?

    Not that kind of isolation. You drop the cpu multi and then the memory divider low so you are testing the FSB. Once you get the FSB, up your memory divider, increase FSB to get the max RAM. Then you can increase cpu multi to max and find the max on the cpu.
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    CPU or Mobo?

    What are your memory defaults? 800 5-5-5-15? I would lower the PCIe to 100- 102. Try upping the cpu voltage (Max 1.5V) to see if that helps. If you don't know how to isolate each of the components to test each of the limits, you are not a overclocker.
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    DS3P/E6600 overclock issues

    You turn off all of the other unneeded settings within the BIOS? Are you sure your memory is fine? How much voltages are you giving each component?
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    PC4200 DDR2 Ram

    Make and model number would help. Lower the CAS the better. I'd say pretty much all of them are doable to 600MHz.
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    Core 2 Duo vs. Pentium D

    No comparison between the two. C2D>AMD X2>Pent D