Report in if you are still running Skt A chip

[rudder]

My son has an XP1800 on a shuttle nforce mobo. He just plays his kid games on it ... most of which require a p2 233mhz so it doesn't need much. After my wife kept stealing my machine, I jsut threw some more ram in there and now have it boot off a SATA controller card with a fast drive.. its a smoking machine and is fast enough for me to play DoD.

 

[deadseasquirrel]

My son's machine is a 1700+ Pally (oc'ed to 2.2ghz) with a 6600gt AGP. It is mainly his gaming machine and it seems to run just about everything well enough for him. And we're not talking kiddie games here. Oblivion, UT2k4, WC3, SWBF2, BFME2, Flat Out, and, soon-to-be NWN2. I usually set him up to run 1024x768 or so and it handles everything fine on med settings (low for Oblivion).

Though, once I upgrade (6-12 mo.), he'll get my 3000+ A64 machine and pass his down to his little sister (who's still using a 1.2ghz Tualatin with a 5900ultra).

 

[Ninjaneer]

I'm still running an AthlonXP 2600+ Barton. With an X800XL and 2GB of RAM, it's been quite the workhorse, especially for BF2 and Quake 4. I just picked up BF2142 and it's starting to choke a good bit. I'm really wanting to upgrade now, but I can't figure out what to get, considering I need to still be able to use my old RAM and video card.

Any suggestions? I'd like to stay under $200 if possible. I was looking at a Pentium D 915 and that ASrock dual-something board. The one with DDR/DDR2 and AGP/PCIe slots. Does anyone have any experience with that board?

 

[deadseasquirrel]

What resolution do you play at? Firing Squad did a review on 2142 for mid-range cards. http://firingsquad.com/hardware/battlefield_2142_mainstream/page3.asp

 

[chef24]

Slot A AMD K7 850Mhz Processor
Shuttle Mobo
GF3 Ti200

 

[xbassman]

They don't make em like this anymore.....

Main rig (soon to be replaced) is a Barton 2500+ @2.2ghz. (3 1/2 yrs. and going)
Abit board + Barton was $185. Of course my 1G ram cost me $260 (Kingston 2-3-2-6 DDR400)

Also have a mobile Barton @ 2.2
2 2500+'s stock
2 TBred 1800+'s @ 2.3 and 2.1 ghz. ($50 ea.)

Just retired an old Celeron 500. (Last Intel chip I bought until my upcoming upgrade)

 

[BassBomb]

I have a Socket A setup but it currently just sits in the basement.. my other Socket A setup has gone to my sister

Sisters:
Asus A7VX-X (or something like that) VIA chipset
2500+ Barton (stock)
GF2 MX400 64mb

Sitting Still:

KT266 something something MSI board with VIA chipset
AMD Thunderbird 1400mhz
Some random AGP 1x/2x video card

 

[SparkyJJO]

I have a duron 1.2 system running, the mobo is a bit strange sometimes (crappy ECS board) but it still runs. I have it under 100% load 24/7 as well (distributed computing, folding at home)

 

[Ninjaneer]

Originally posted by: deadseasquirrel
What resolution do you play at? Firing Squad did a review on 2142 for mid-range cards. http://firingsquad.com/hardware/battlefield_2142_mainstream/page3.asp

I play at 1024x768. It's really only the Titan maps that really kill me. The Conquest mode isn't too bad. I'm really not sure what route I should take.

 

[fluffmonster]

still got a Barton XP 3200+ with an Asus A7N8X that the wife uses now. I could stick a good AGP card in there (currently with a 5900XT) and run near any game presently released and have it playable for sure. Only bad thing could say about it is that it runs hotter than more recent procs.

I upgraded to a A64 3700 San Diego last xmas, and the performance upgrade was noticeable. Not tremendous but noticeable.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Still have a XP-M 2000+ t-bred A Compaq notebook I bought through hot deals 4yrs ago. Still use it quite often too.

 

[Ninjaneer]

...but mine at least scores a 3.3. in Windows Vista, hehe.

 

[hytek369]

i am, well, not i, but my sister is