Mah Phat Computer Specs

Dyne · 09-19-2003, 05:55 PM

I've got a P3 laptop with 789 or so MHz of juice. 20 gig hard drive, 256 mb of RAM, and it runs on XP. About 4 years ago, it went for $4000... my Dad was a sucker and bought it. It was AWESOME then. It's.... meh now. And it's broken right now.. the power button got disconnected or something. Bleh.

Jason1 · 09-19-2003, 09:13 PM

P4 2.66ghz
512Mb's DDRAM
80Gig HD
Saphire ATI Radeon 9500PRO

You have no Idea how good it feels to have a better computer than everyone else. After suffering on that old AMD K62 400mhz I had just a few months ago.

Null · 09-19-2003, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason1

P4 2.66ghz
512Mb's DDRAM
80Gig HD
Saphire ATI Radeon 9500PRO

You have no Idea how good it feels to have a better computer than everyone else. After suffering on that old AMD K62 400mhz I had just a few months ago.

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

sorry, couldnt resist.

Ace195 · 09-20-2003, 02:05 PM

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

Crono · 09-20-2003, 02:18 PM

My old computer:
450 mhz
32 MB RAM
4.01 GB Hard Drive
ATI Rage Pro 8MB

... now THAT is crappy.

The one I just got yesterday:
2.4 ghz
256 MB RAM
40 GB Hard Drive
Integrated Intel® Extreme 3D Graphics

I don't know much about Intel's Integrated graphics, but I will probably put in an ATI Radeon 9200 128 MB or something (if I decide to keep this PC).

Null · 09-20-2003, 02:50 PM

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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?

Ace195 · 09-21-2003, 02:50 PM

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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

Stonecutter · 09-21-2003, 05:15 PM

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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.

Jason1 · 09-20-2003, 11:45 PM

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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 · 09-21-2003, 12:04 PM

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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 · 09-21-2003, 02:38 PM

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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 · 09-21-2003, 02:41 PM

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 · 09-21-2003, 02:59 PM

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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 ?