What am I missing?

[bla1357]

Hi everyone,

I've been reading this forum for a while and have found a lot of good advice here. Now I have something to which I couldn't find an answer. I have 2 computer systems at home

AMD64 3000+ s939
ASUS a8v Deluxe (what a pain, but after 2 days it finally working)
512mb Kingston CL3 pc3200
2x80Gb Maxtor 7200rpm SATA HHD (Raid 0 config)
Radeon 9550 Gamer Edition 64mb

and a

AMD 2400+ socket A
Gigabyte ???? (not top of the range last year)
512mb Corsair pc2700 (i think)
80gb Maxtor 7200rpm
Geforce 4 MX480

both running Windows XP and I noticed the difference while installing World of Warcraft on both PCs. The startup is also slower.

Now which is supposed to be faster... the wrong one :S

Now according to the BIOS the AMD64 is running at 1800mhz. Isn't this a little bit low! but i can't change it in the BIOS like i can with the 2400+. Also isn't RAID supposed (a lot) faster than the old IDE.

Hope you guys can help me out...

 

[biostud]

1800Mhz is the correct speed, and RAID-0 is not that much faster

Have you installed latest mboard drivers?

 

[PurdueRy]

benchmark each....thats easier than guessing

 

[MisterChief]

That 9550 w/ only 64mb is a pretty big bottleneck as well.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: MisterChief
That 9550 w/ only 64mb is a pretty big bottleneck as well.

exactly, and that's a "fast" gf4mx. Fastest turtle in the clutch anyway.

 

[MisterChief]

I still can't believe that the Doom 3 engine was showcased on a GeForce 3 equipped Mac...