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Greetings all @ Universal Exports, i did'nt originally buy my Laptop to play games but its got an unimpressive sounding 32mb NVIDIA Geforce fx 5100 go graphics card incorporated in it. its a Toshiba Satellite P10-304 with Pentium 4, 2.66GHz processor plus hyper threading technology, 512mb DDR ram, so i was chuffed to bits when i found out i could play Doom 3 albeit in down graded to 800x600 resolution but with every thing turned up high quality (with a couple of exceptions) now i'm playing in AMAZING!!! Half Life 2 still only in 800x600 res, as 16:10 widescreen mode wont even start up! its a bit stuttery at times but plays so much better than Doom 3 with the settings turned up to high, so to all you guys with the mega graphics cards your gaming experiences must be awesome. cya This message was posted from a P910
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Posted: 2004-11-19 17:18:14
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On 2004-11-19 14:49:05, ThreeX wrote:
Right now: ATI 9800 Pro (P4 3,0 HT, 1Gb RAM)
severe lags sometimes in NFS UG-2


I have an 9700 (AMD 3000+, 1 Gb RAM ) and don't have any lags with graphics at full so there is a problem with the graphic card or the drivers
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Posted: 2004-11-19 17:21:49
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They release new drivers all the time, therefor it's smart to make sure you've always got the latest...
I think you can find ATI drivers at www.ati.com

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More precisely from www.ati.com/support/driver.html

(hl2 automatically told me that my drivers were out of date and sent me to the update )

[ This Message was edited by: Universal Exports on 2004-11-19 17:24 ]
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Posted: 2004-11-19 17:36:58
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On 2004-11-19 14:43:06, nickorooster wrote:
Hell yes. And it worked rather nicely. But got a bit hot . SO being the cheap-arse I am I reset it and everything is cool again. I love my mobo .

Actually, I have a question. I want to upgrade a component, but I'm not sure what my system's bottleneck is at the moment. Any advice? My PC is currently as follows:

Asus A7V8X-X
AMD XP2400+
512 DDR 2700 (333)
ATI RADEON 9500PRO
17" Generic CRT
80Gb Seagate Barracuda
CD-RW Drive
DVD Drive

So what should I upgrade? I was thinking another 512 meg stick of RAM (DDR 400 this time) or a processor upgrade? Ignore the crappy monitor 'cause that would be the most expensive to upgrade .

As a follow-up, where do you guys get your components? I was thinkng http://www.aria.co.uk, they sell OEM parts for cheap. Any experience with these guys? ANy better deals?

Nick



You should do the Ram, thats whats slowing you down. I have a 2400+ and have overclocked it to Xp 3200+ specs.

As for components. http://www.ebuyer.co.uk | http://www.dabs.com | http://www.overclockers.co.uk | an' good 'ole ebay|

How much would i give for an SLi enabled motherboard and 2 x Geforce 680 GT's

Dream RIg:

AMD Athlon FX55 ( £580 )
2 x 74GB 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache GDD (£232)
Gigabyte K8NXP-9 nForce4 Ultra PCI-E (£150)
Watercooling RIg
Leadtek GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) (£710)
OCZ 1GB (2x512MB) PC4400 Dual Channel Gold Series Limited Edition EL-DDR CAS3.0 (£264)
Tagan TG420-UO2 420W I-XEYE PSU (£65)


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Posted: 2004-11-19 22:30:05
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this is my computer, bought it six months ago... works fine with all games i played...


Dimension 8300 Standard Features: Intel® 875 P chipset
Uitgerust met Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system
Intel® Pentium® 4 processors met 800MHz system bus
Geïntegreerd Intel 10/100 Pro Netwerk kaart
Dual Channel 400MHz DDR geheugen
Midnight grey mini-tower: 8 USB 2.0 ports, 4 PCI slots , AGP 8x slot
Dimension Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home (NL)
Services: 1 jaar European Collect and Return (-EUR - 180,29 EUR)
Dimension Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor HT Technologie 3.0GHz/ 800MHz FSB & 1MB cache
Dimension Geheugen: 512MB Dual Channel DDR [2x256MB]
Dimension Harde Schijven: 120GB Serial ATA [7200rpm met 8MB DataBurstTM cache]
Floppy disk drive / USB Memory Key: 3.5" 1.44MB floppy drive (+ EUR 30,25 EUR)
Dimension Grafische Kaart: 128MB ATI Radeon 9800 Pro DVI, TV-Out via S-Video & Dual monitor support
Dimension Monitor: Dell 172FPB 17" Entry FlatPanel (no DVI) Dell Recommended (+ EUR 121,00 EUR)
Dimension Optical drives: 8x DVD+R/RW (DVD Rewriter) & 16x DVD-ROM
Dimension Speakers: Dell ADA 425 Stereo Speakers (2 Speakers + 1 subwoofer)
Dimension Geluidskaart: Geïntegreerde geluidskaart
Dell Picture studio: Paint Shop Pro 7.06 (trial version) & Image Expert (trial version)
Dimension Modem: Geen
Dimension Keyboards: Slimline BE PS/2 Keyboard (Azerty België)
Dimension Muis: Dell Optical Wheel USB muis (+ EUR 12,10 EUR)
Systeemdocumentatie: Engelstalige systeemdocumentatie
Dimension Software: Microsoft® Works 7.0

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Posted: 2004-11-19 23:00:51
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RAM eh? Well ill give it a go. What kind of cooling do you have on that HUGE overclock? So you suggest another 512 of DDR 3000 (400) RAM? Ill check out those sites as soon as im on a non-mobile device. Thanks very much!!

Nick
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Posted: 2004-11-20 01:17:00
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Do anyone of you guys know if there is about to be a price drop on the Leadtek 6800 GT?
Apperantly the place I'm gonna buy it from has a very cheap price (but none in stock) and a seller in another store speculated that they may have gotten info about a big price drop of these cards.
Does anyone know anything?
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Posted: 2004-11-22 16:05:26
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Newer 6800s are based on nv41 which is cheaper than nv40 , so its cheaper :-) This message was posted from a T610
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Posted: 2004-11-22 16:35:28
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Ahh, so that's why!
Same prestanda I hope?
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Posted: 2004-11-22 16:43:30
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Btw You buying agp or pci ? This message was posted from a T610
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Posted: 2004-11-22 16:52:13
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