have 2 probs, trying to tweak new pc.

Dragon13

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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
 

LouPoir

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Two video cards in device manager is correct - your video card has dual video out.

Lou
 

Dragon13

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Thanks, 1 problem down, anyone else have any ideas for my memory problem. Or any kind of Overclocking ideas for the CPU, to get the most out of this system. Like the memory mhz I wil need and voltage, ect, ect.