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I'm running the following setup on a 300W (!) Maxpower psu ... Asus A7N8X (non-deluxe) XP2400+ unlocked and running at 166*12.5 512 DDR400 apacer memory Geforce 3 Ti500 Creative Audigy 2 Maxtor 40Gb 7200 drives. 2 Case fans 2 HD coolers, who have in total 4 small fans Pioneer DVD HP 9200...

Hi all, I've been doing some mild overclocking of my XP2400+ cpu ( unlocked using a wire in the socket :D ) on a plain vanilla Asus A7N8X motherboard, but the temperatures Asus PC Probe are displaying are a bit too optimistic i think. When i hit reset onder full load and hurry to the bios to...

Hi I've got a 3D Prophet Geforce2 MX. All opengl games run fine, but everything that uses Direct 3D is VERY slow. ( 3D Mark score : 600 ) What could cause this? some specs: - P3 550 - MSI 6163 VA (Via chipset) - 196Mb ram I have DirectX8 installed btw ... Any help appreciated Davy

Photoshop doesn't just support 2 cpu's ... it LOVES 2 cpu's =)

Before you buy Via, check this out: Via 133a: http://www.maxforums.org/gfx/memory.jpg Good old BX: http://2cpu.com/Hardware/tyantiger100/rev_f/2x800%20sandra%20mem_2.JPG Quite a difference eh? Those 2 board where also the same brand btw, just another chipset. I bought Via, but am now trading...

I have a Via chipset and you can set the memory to medium, fast, turbo ... Are you talking about the same thing? Davy

That was under heavy load! thanx guys Davy

What are acceptable temperature ranges for a coppermine? I'm asking this because I just had a crash at a cpu temp of 53°C and i'd like to know if heat is the problem. Davy

Is the difference that much? Check out this picture for the memory performance of a Tyan Tiger 133 benchmarked in Sandra. http://www.maxforums.org/gfx/memory.jpg This benchmark was ran with PC133 memory on a single P3-866Mhz (screwed one of the slot1 connectors :( ) I'm assuming that the...