Mah Phat Computer Specs

[Null]

Originally Posted by Ace195

AMD 2500+ Barton
MSI K7N2 400Mhz with 400mhz ram
1024 Dual Channel DDR Ram
80 Gig Hard Drive
crappy pci vid card until I get my new one

until you get your new crappy pic vid card or untill you get a good AGP one?

[Jason1]

Originally Posted by Null

P4 2.66ghz (overclocked to a 3.0)
1024MB DDR RAM
80gig + 120gig HD's
GeForce4 Ti 4200 (128mb ddr)


sorry, couldnt resist.

My graphics card is better...Since we have similar Processors, Im going to have to ask you a few things about overclocking...how risky is it? Does it overheat the processor or anything like that? My system does have 3 fans, 2 side and 1 back, if that means anything...

[Null]

Originally Posted by Jason1

My graphics card is better...Since we have similar Processors, Im going to have to ask you a few things about overclocking...how risky is it? Does it overheat the processor or anything like that? My system does have 3 fans, 2 side and 1 back, if that means anything...

9500pro is a DX8 card also isnt it? i dont think its a DX9, so they're pretty much about the same level there.

im not the best at overclocking. theres websites that list processors and how good they are to overclock. it also depends on your motherboard,
some like mine just have a simple little option in the bios of what speed you want the processor to run at.

P4's are 'usually' from what i hear better to overclock the the AMD's the AMD's run hotter to begin with. Not sure about AMD's but from what i hear P4's will autmaticall lower themselves when they get warmer, or shut themselves down if they get too hot. Keeps them from overheating or burning up.
I personally have 4 case fans, (then the processor fan and the GFX card fan), but i soddered them all to a switch panel on the front of the computer that i made. so i only turn on that fans i want. i usually have one fan sucking air in frrom the front or top. and the other blow it out.


I mean there are risks. and its not really needed when you already have a 2.66. I did it out a curiosity really. and will prolly lower it back down so i can feel better about shutting down another fan. really its so later on I'll know how when i actually do need the upgrade in speed.

I'll have to look up the websites again that talk about it

[Jason1]

Originally Posted by Null

9500pro is a DX8 card also isnt it? i dont think its a DX9, so they're pretty much about the same level there.

Im not sure, but I was thinking along the lines of benchmarks. 9500pro outperforms Geforce 4 ti4200, im quite sure of that....

[Null]

eh, many things affect that tho. different drivers for one. each new set of drivers, they perform differently. Then CPU effects more then that. Ahead or behind, they're in the same area as each other in terms of effects

[Ace195]

Originally Posted by Null

until you get your new crappy pic vid card or untill you get a good AGP one?

Umm.. I'm going to get an agp one I want the ATI 9800 pro with 256 mb ram.. But, for the time being my supervisor is going to sell me a 8500 pro for $40 so I'll settle without the pci at all and just go straight to agp

[Ace195]

Originally Posted by Null

9500pro is a DX8 card also isnt it? i dont think its a DX9, so they're pretty much about the same level there.

im not the best at overclocking. theres websites that list processors and how good they are to overclock. it also depends on your motherboard,
some like mine just have a simple little option in the bios of what speed you want the processor to run at.

P4's are 'usually' from what i hear better to overclock the the AMD's the AMD's run hotter to begin with. Not sure about AMD's but from what i hear P4's will autmaticall lower themselves when they get warmer, or shut themselves down if they get too hot. Keeps them from overheating or burning up.
I personally have 4 case fans, (then the processor fan and the GFX card fan), but i soddered them all to a switch panel on the front of the computer that i made. so i only turn on that fans i want. i usually have one fan sucking air in frrom the front or top. and the other blow it out.


I mean there are risks. and its not really needed when you already have a 2.66. I did it out a curiosity really. and will prolly lower it back down so i can feel better about shutting down another fan. really its so later on I'll know how when i actually do need the upgrade in speed.

I'll have to look up the websites again that talk about it

My amd chipset and MB had a heat sensor built in so if it starts getting to hot it lowers processing functions.. or something like that. but do you know how to overclock the AMD chipsets too ?

[Stonecutter]

Originally Posted by Ace195

Umm.. I'm going to get an agp one I want the ATI 9800 pro with 256 mb ram.. But, for the time being my supervisor is going to sell me a 8500 pro for $40 so I'll settle without the pci at all and just go straight to agp

Just get the 9800 pro 128, you're really not getting much for that extra 100$ or however much it is.

[Ace195]

True, But I still want the bigger and badder version of it.. But when I finally get the money to buy it I'll have dropped in price

[Jonbo298]

I forgot to mention my current specs.

Gigabyte GA-7VAX Mobo
Athlon 1.0 Ghz
256 MB DDR Ram
6 Gig HD
Some POS video card. Its only 4 megs But at least it can run Red Alert 2 at a good rate.

A few things came from my old comps. (video card and HD)

On the subject of overclocking. My mobo came with overclocking software that allows me to do it directly through Windows. (But I can still do it from Bios if I need to for some reason). And the mobo has an auto-shutoff if I go too high and I tried to OC it to see how much I could go to before it shut off and I think I oc'ed to 1.15 then it shut off. So I keep it at whatever rate I feel like. Name of the software I use/got is EasyTune 4 if anyone feels like trying it or whatever

[Stonecutter]

566 Mhz Celeron
254 megs of ram PC100 (yeah, 254, for some reason my comp wont recognize one meg on each stick, when I only had a 64 in there it read as 63)
32 Meg ATI Radeon PCI
19 gig HDD