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Duke
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PC Hardware
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Sat Jun 07, 2003 10:06 pm |
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Satis
Felix Rex
Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16662 Location: On a slope
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Sat Jun 07, 2003 10:11 pm |
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Pig
Duke
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Inquisitor
Super Moderator
Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:48 pm Posts: 892 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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Satis
Felix Rex
Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16662 Location: On a slope
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Sun Jun 08, 2003 9:29 pm |
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Pig
Duke
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Sun Jun 08, 2003 9:42 pm |
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Pig
Duke
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 8:59 am Posts: 1358 Location: right behind you
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Manufacturer Intel Pentium III processor
Clock Speed 800MHz
L2 Cache Size 256
Processor
Clock Speed 800MHz
Memory
Memory Slot 1 Description [J6J1]: 128Mb
Memory Slot 2 Description [J6J2]: 128Mb
Memory Slot 3 Description [J7J1]: 256Mb
Available Memory 62.02 %
Page File Size 1504.0Mb
Available Page File 82.16 %
Virtual Memory 2015.5Mb
Available Virtual Memory 77.05 %
Memory
Memory Slot 1 Description [J6J1]: 128Mb
Memory Slot 2 Description [J6J2]: 128Mb
Memory Slot 3 Description [J7J1]: 256Mb
Memory
Memory
Network Card
Adapters 3Com 3C460B 10/100 Mbps USB Ethernet Network Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport
10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Storage
Drive Type Drive Size Total Available Space User Available Space
C: FAT32 19.00Gb 2.195Gb 16.80Gb
Storage
Hardware
Type Description
DVD/CD-ROM Drives SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-612
SONY CD-RW CRX140E
Disk Drives WDC WD204BA 19.01Gb
Display Adapters NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro 32Mb
Floppy Disk Drives (Standard floppy disk drives) Floppy disk drive
IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers Intel(r) 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
Primary IDE Channel
Secondary IDE Channel
Keyboards Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mice and Other Pointing Devices PS/2 Compatible Mouse
Monitors Dell E770s - Dell Computer Corp.
Sound Devices Aureal Vortex 8830 Audio (WDM)
Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
USB Controllers Intel(r) 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
Software
Name Version
MySQL Control Center 0.9.2
WebFldrs XP 9.50.5318
McAfee Firewall 4.01.6000
Paint Shop Pro 7 Anniversary Edition 7.0.4.0000
MSN Messenger 5.0 5.0.0544
McAfee VirusScan Home Edition 7.01.6000
Software
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Sun Jun 08, 2003 9:44 pm |
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Pig
Duke
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 8:59 am Posts: 1358 Location: right behind you
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Microprocessor type Intel® Pentium® III microprocessor that runs at 100 MHz externally
Microprocessor speeds 450 MHz internal/100 MHz external
500 MHz internal/100 MHz external
550 MHz internal/100 MHz external
600 MHz internal/100 MHz external
650 MHz internal/100 MHz external
700 MHz internal/100 MHz external
750 MHz internal/100 MHz external
800 MHz internal/100 MHz external
850 MHz internal/100 MHz external
L1 cache 32 KB SRAM (16-KB data cache; 16-KB instruction cache)
L2 cache
Dimension XPS Txxx
512-KB pipelined write-back SRAM on a separate chip on the processor card. The L2 cache runs at half the processor's internal clock speed.
Dimension XPS Txxxr
256-KB Advanced Transfer Cache that resides in the processor's core. The L2 cache runs at the processor's internal clock speed.
Microprocessor mounting SECC2 package connected to the system board contains microprocessor and cache circuitry
Math coprocessor internal to microprocessor
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Sun Jun 08, 2003 9:50 pm |
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Satis
Felix Rex
Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16662 Location: On a slope
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welp, from that it would appear that you could upgrade your processor to 850mhz. Not really a major jump, though...I dunno if you'd wanna drop the $$ to do that or not. Holy crap, just looked it up on pricewatch.com, $86. Not worth it, IMO. Damn Intel is overpriced...according to pricewatch, you can get an xp 2400+ (what I just built) for less. heh. 2ghz, or 850mhz? heh. Anyway...blah...
Looks like a vid card will be about the only thing that's really going to speed up your system. Unless you get a new motherboard. A 100mhz FSB is pretty crappy nowadays, especially considering Intel is unveiling an 800mhz FSB in the near future. Bleh, anyway, I'd recommend checking into the GeForce2 / Geforce4 MX lines, maybe do some price comparisons, check out some benchmarks, make up your own mind. I'm not an ATI person, but you may want to go that route instead if the price/performance ratio is worth it. And even if your current computer can't push the hardware properly, there's always the NEXT computer, eh?
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Mon Jun 09, 2003 12:07 am |
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tyranus
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Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2003 3:42 am Posts: 2005 Location: Under my wife AND son's thumbs.. in essex! chavs! everywhere!!
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how about a geforce 3 ti-500? their supposed to be good for the money. def better than a geforce 4 mx.
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Mon Jun 09, 2003 5:34 am |
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Rinox
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Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:23 am Posts: 14892 Location: behind a good glass of Duvel
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According to my mate who just put together a monster pc, ATI cards kick the living crap outta Nvidia atm. So i'm with Satis, mebbe go that way.
Other than that, i don't have useful info.
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Mon Jun 09, 2003 6:12 am |
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Pig
Duke
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Mon Jun 09, 2003 7:34 am |
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Satis
Felix Rex
Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16662 Location: On a slope
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ermmm...is your computer a normal-sized case? If you hit the power button while windows is on, does it shut down? If yes to both, you have a standard ATX mobo, which is basically every motherboard out there. Well, mostly. Aynway...a really good mobo will run you about $150. You can find some for less, of course, but you really need to be careful what you buy. IMO, the mobo is the most important part of the computer, if you cheap out your computer will suck (speaking from personal experience).
Some good motherboards:
Any Dragon board
most nforce2 chipset boards http://www6.tomshardware.com/motherboar ... index.html
I went with Asus's nforce 2 board, but I think they're about all equally high performance...you could probably find a stripped-down version for around $100. The Dragon is a damn good series, but uses a slower chipset (VIA KT333 I believe). I forget who builds it.
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Mon Jun 09, 2003 3:49 pm |
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Peltz
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Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6362 Location: Estonia
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derf
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