Recent content by ZenMonkey

Ok....Got my system working...sort of. I now have a 2.53 p4, 512 megs of RDRAM and a 9700 Pro.... I managed to squeeze out over 14k 3dmarks last night. Problem is, Unreal Tournament 2003 runs like crap and Battlefield 1942 crashes. I'll troubleshoot those problems...my question is this. I keep...

A followup question...I searched the boards and couldn't really find any advice on Mushkin memory...its the standard 1066 i guess. I got my money back on the OCZ I had bought after I read a lot...hope I'm not too wishywashy :) Also...I couldn't find any 256 meg chips locally so rather than...

Ok....went to Fry's and picked up 4 128meg Mushkin 1066 Rdram. Anyway, the salesguy insisted that I buy some kind of chip called a Terminator and told me that the ram would not work without it. As far as I know, Rambus ram needs to be installed in pairs, and in my system (Gigabyte 8Ihxp) I will...

Bump (I'd like this answered too) Myself, I've tracked down 4x128mb of 1066 Mushkin RDram at a good deal...wonder if having 4 at 128 rather than 2 at 256 will cause a performance hit at all. I'm using the same Gigabyte mobo. ZM

Ok...had a close call there. I had 2 sticks of OCZ Extreme Performance RDRAM 1066 MHz Memory (256MB) from hardcorecooling.com. Anyway, it was a huge fiasco...the guy held onto my order for 2 weeks because I didn't pay the fee to get it out the same day. Sheesh...after 3 more calls, I finally...

High humidity? Well now you're talking. I live in Texas :) Thanks for the reply (and keep em coming if you guys have any more suggestions) ZM

Ok...I will soon be exchanging a motherboard. I've done ram before and the occasional (yeah, right--live every 6 mos.) video card upgrade. I've even attempted installing a new hard drive. I've always been leery of the motherboard. It seems like a tougher job, but I will attempt it. I need to...

Ok...I had posted earlier and got great feedback on how to spend the 1000 or so bucks to upgrade my current system. Anyway, I went with: P4 2.53 Gigabyte HiXP motherboard OCZ Extreme Performance RDRAM 1066 Memory - 256MB x 2 Radeon 9700 Pro My current system, being an AMD 1 gighz has 640...

I'm soon to upgrade and I noticed these two prices at mwave.com: INTEL PENTIUM 4 2.53 GHZ (BX80532PE2533D) W/512K CACHE 533MHZ 478-PIN RETAILED (3 YEARS WARRANTY) for 267.50 INTEL PENTIUM 4 2.5 GHZ (BX80532PC2500D) W/512K CACHE 400FSB 478-PIN RETAILED (3 YEARS WARRANTY) for 280 Why would...

You guys are the greatest... I will probably wait until mid-September to upgrade...maybe prices will drop a bit. I just want to be ready for UT2003. :) ZM

How does this sound? From mwave.com: 1x KINGSTON KVR333X64C25/512 512MB PC2700 333MHZ CL2.5 DDR DIMM 1x EPOX EP-8K5A2+ BUNDLE W/ COOLING FAN & (AMD ATHLON XP 2200+; KINGSTON 512MB NON-ECC PC2700 1x ATI RADEON 9700 PRO 128MB AGP DDR (Retail) All for 928 Bucks at mwave.com. It doesn't say, but...

I hope I don't come across as being too much of a newb. Currently: I am running Windows XP on a 1gighz AMD Thunderbird chip on an Asus A7V with 640 megs of DDR133 RAM. I am using a Geforce2 and a SBLive. I now have 1000 bucks to upgrade my system. Here is what I know: I plan to buy the Radeon...

Well....I drove the 100 miles and the manager wouldn't give me the 25 bucks off. But I did get one with 12#'s on the serial that says Lite-On and shows under WinXP as a Lite-On... I'll send in for the 40 buck rebate...but all and all it's a good deal. (I upgraded my Hp8100, 4x write 2x rewrite...

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I am about to drive 100+ miles for this deal....and am a bit confused...Do I tell the guy at the counter that online I was given a coupon for 25 off a 100 dollar purchase? I have yet (searched for an hour) for a coupon to print....What gives? I really want this deal...please respond soon as to...