I recently purchased a bunch of new parts and built a new pc. This is the first Intel I have ever owned. I ran it stock and got a aquamark03 bench of 31,981. After doing the benchmark I noticed in device manager that it is reading I have 2 video cards. What can I do about that? Just uninstall one from the device manager? Or is there another way of doing it that will not hurt anything that has been done to this point? I also noticed that my memory is only running at about 80%. How can I get that running around 95% or so. I have a couple of friends that have their systems that high but have no idea how they did it, so I would rather they didnt touch my PC. I also want to OC the processor as far as safely possible but I am new to this so I am not sure how to go about it. I read the Overclocking how to, but I am such a noob at this I was wondering if anyone could help out. Here are the specs of my system. Those are the only problems I noticed, but there may be more. :/
Case:X-Blade Deluxe Pre-Mod Medium tower
pics:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...WN:IT#ebayphotohosting
CPU: Pentium 4 Northwood 2.53GHz w/533MHz FSB
Motherboard:Soyo P4X400 Dragon Platinum Edition
Vidcard:ATI Radeon 9800XT 256MB
Memory:
OCZ Performance Series 184-Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 Rev 3
Speed: DDR400(PC3200)
Type: 184-Pin DDR SDRAM
Error Checking: Non-ECC
Registered/Unbuffered: Unbuffered
Cas Latency: 2.5-3-3-6 on AMD systems and 2-3-3-6 on the Intel systems
Support Voltage: 2.6V
Bandwidth: 3.2GB/s
Organization: 64M x 64-Bit
Floppy Drive: SONY Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive
HD: OS runs on Western Digital 36.7GB 10,000RPM Raptor
Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive for storage
CD-rom-burner:
Sony Black 52x32x52x16 Combo Drive, dvd +cdrom
I updated the drivers, slightly OCed the vid card, and changed 2 or 3 bios settings, but that really all I can do from what I know. I was able to raise the benchmark on Aquamark03 to 41,075. But I know this PC has alot more potential, I just need someone to help me bring it out. Any help is greatly appreciated, if you need more info, let me know. Thank you a bunch in advance.
Dragon13
Case:X-Blade Deluxe Pre-Mod Medium tower
pics:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...WN:IT#ebayphotohosting
CPU: Pentium 4 Northwood 2.53GHz w/533MHz FSB
Motherboard:Soyo P4X400 Dragon Platinum Edition
Vidcard:ATI Radeon 9800XT 256MB
Memory:
OCZ Performance Series 184-Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 Rev 3
Speed: DDR400(PC3200)
Type: 184-Pin DDR SDRAM
Error Checking: Non-ECC
Registered/Unbuffered: Unbuffered
Cas Latency: 2.5-3-3-6 on AMD systems and 2-3-3-6 on the Intel systems
Support Voltage: 2.6V
Bandwidth: 3.2GB/s
Organization: 64M x 64-Bit
Floppy Drive: SONY Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive
HD: OS runs on Western Digital 36.7GB 10,000RPM Raptor
Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive for storage
CD-rom-burner:
Sony Black 52x32x52x16 Combo Drive, dvd +cdrom
I updated the drivers, slightly OCed the vid card, and changed 2 or 3 bios settings, but that really all I can do from what I know. I was able to raise the benchmark on Aquamark03 to 41,075. But I know this PC has alot more potential, I just need someone to help me bring it out. Any help is greatly appreciated, if you need more info, let me know. Thank you a bunch in advance.
Dragon13