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DAZED AND CONFUSED- HELP!!! (Read 721 times)

Oct 30^th, 2004 at 4:38am

kafele01 Offline
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I just built my 2d system last month and I am saddened to find that it is just slightly faster than the first one I built 3 years ago (P4 3.2E vs Athlon 1.2T-Bird).
I use this system primarily for video rendering and downloading, uh- movies... All I have done to the system is plug and play. Any help that anyone can offer is greatly appreciated.

WinXP Pro SP2
ASUS P4C800E Deluxe
P4 3.2 Prescott w/ Zalman 7000A-Cu
Micron 1GB PC3200 (x1)
Dell 18" LCD
Riva TNT2 64MB VidCard (very embarrassing)
Maxtor 40GB PATA (system)
Seagate 200GB SATA (storage)
Maxtor 140GB PATA (storage)
NEC 3500A DVD+/- R (16x)
Sony DVD/CD-R (16/52X)
Lite-On CD-R (32x)

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Reply #1 - Oct 30^th, 2004 at 11:04am

Scottler Offline
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I use this system primarily for video rendering and downloading, uh- movies...

Is this really a good thing to be so vocal about?

Great edit, Bob.&&&&&&Google it. &&&&www.google.com

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Reply #2 - Nov 1^st, 2004 at 4:16am

bm Offline
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All I have done to the system is plug and play

What do you mean by that - presumeably you've installed the drivers for the Mobo/chipset. If not that may be half of the battle.

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Riva TNT2 64MB VidCard (very embarrassing)

What on earth are you doing with that old thing in there! Wip it out NOW!.......Utter maddness.....

PS: May I ask how quiet the Zalman 7000A-Cu heatsink is!

Birdman.

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Reply #3 - Nov 1^st, 2004 at 8:22am

Dan Offline
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Riva TNT2 64MB VidCard (very embarrassing)

Thats whats in my simming PC (This one) and it is cr@p, but it does work. Have you got the newest (July 04) drivers for it?

If not, http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_61.76.

DX9.0C? Give it a go.
Dan

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Reply #4 - Nov 1^st, 2004 at 8:22am

Dan Offline
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Riva TNT2 64MB VidCard (very embarrassing)

&&3DMark01 || OCUK - The best UK shop

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Reply #5 - Nov 1^st, 2004 at 11:15am

bm Offline
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You've got a really bad bottleneck. At the moment you've got your big guns way behind the frontline being transported to the frontier by a mouse.

Hang on - just seen its your 2d system! May I ask the specs of your 3d machine Shocked

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Reply #6 - Nov 2^nd, 2004 at 9:59am

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I think thats meant to be 2nd...

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Reply #7 - Nov 2^nd, 2004 at 5:19pm

bm Offline
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I think thats meant to be 2nd...

Thanks for pointing that out Grin

I go back to the bottleneck: However fast the cpu you put behind that TNT2 your going to get no improvement in graphics quality or speed. I recomend getting one of the newer cards - not too often you can say its a waste of money not to!

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