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Posted by Crono on Thu Apr 15th at 8:44pm 2004

If anything, you'd probably only want to upgrade the processor and not the mother board. Try maxing out the CPU, BUS, and RAM speeds first. [addsig]



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Posted by Leperous on Thu Apr 15th at 9:00pm 2004

That's a bit hard seeing as I have an 'early' Pentium 4, and it's pretty difficult/pointless getting a 1.7Ghz processor off eBay :/



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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Thu Apr 15th at 9:03pm 2004

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That's a bit hard seeing as I have an 'early' Pentium 4, and it's pretty difficult/pointless getting a 1.7Ghz processor off eBay :/


I had the same problem, a socket 423 instead of the more modern 428 (I think they're the numbers). Meh, I just bought a whole new computer. I wanted a processor type that could handle anything above 2.0Ghz. [addsig]



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Posted by Wild Card on Thu Apr 15th at 9:55pm 2004

In hick voice:

My friend owns a dell.

[addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Thu Apr 15th at 9:56pm 2004

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That's a bit hard seeing as I have an 'early' Pentium 4, and it's pretty difficult/pointless getting a 1.7Ghz processor off eBay :/


Ah, nevermind then. I assumed you might of had a newer board, not that I have any clue as to what you currently have ... besides your video card, obviously. ~assumes, you have a 1.4 Ghz P4 or close to it~

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I had the same problem, a socket 423 instead of the more modern 428 (I think they're the numbers). Meh, I just bought a whole new computer. I wanted a processor type that could handle anything above 2.0Ghz.


Such as Socket A? (most every 32-bit processor AMD has made to date) [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Fri Apr 16th at 12:40am 2004

*slides in a bit of info that could be correct, but should be taken with caution*

i have heard, it is very easy to flash the bios of a normal card, with the XT bios of the same model.. in essence, you will be overclocking it... and would need to deal with the heating issues.

in most cases, so i have read, the only real differences between the models, is the bios.

[addsig]



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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Fri Apr 16th at 12:42am 2004

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Such as Socket A? (most every 32-bit processor AMD has made to date)


Yup, that's what I have now. [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Fri Apr 16th at 5:32am 2004

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Yup, that's what I have now.


Congratulations on finally coming to your senses (In that Intel chips are just too damn expensive for what they do and their lifespan) [addsig]



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Posted by Gorbachev on Fri Apr 16th at 5:52am 2004

*pets Socket A* [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Sat Apr 17th at 5:18am 2004

In a few years you'll be petting Socket 940 [addsig]



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Posted by $loth on Sat Apr 17th at 6:03am 2004

? posted by Crono
In a few years you'll be petting Socket 940

Yay FX-53's!!!!!

(Scripts are not allowed!) [addsig]



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Posted by scary_jeff on Sat Apr 17th at 10:27am 2004

Yes Orph, you can do that in some cases, but not all.



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Posted by Leperous on Sat Apr 17th at 10:40am 2004

So here's a questions... we all know that graphics cards can cause 'artifacts' to appear on screen if they're too hot, but what if they're too cold? I'm getting small green and blue dots appearing on programs with black backgrounds (e.g. on this website) for about half an hour, then they seem to disappear...

*edit* okay the bloody fan doesn't work on this one either, which is the same reason I got rid of the old one!





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Posted by Crono on Sat Apr 17th at 7:06pm 2004

Lep, you might want to check to see if anything in your computer is constricting the card itself. Such as maybe you should move some of your PCI cards around (if you can). Or maybe the IDE cables are getting in the way.

However, if this card is manufactured by ASUS, as your last one was, maybe you shouldn't get ASUS anymore. Maybe your computer isn't supplying enough power for everything you have in it, however, that's pretty unlikely. [addsig]



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Posted by Gorbachev on Sat Apr 17th at 9:44pm 2004

"And the lord said: 'Why didn't you get ATI?'" I think it's a sign to steer away from Nvidia for a bit [addsig]



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Posted by Tracer Bullet on Sat Apr 17th at 10:09pm 2004

And man said unto the Lord "because ATI has s**tty drivers and worse technical support"



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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Apr 17th at 10:12pm 2004

i thought he said "Let there be light" and eve hit adam behind the ear for getting off first.

/runs

[addsig]



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Posted by Tracer Bullet on Sat Apr 17th at 10:16pm 2004

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Posted by Crono on Sun Apr 18th at 4:27am 2004

Gorb, there's nothing wrong with nVidia cards. It just depends on who you get as a manufacturer. Same thing with Radeons. Obviously, people only get ATI Radeons (mostly),but other companies make them as well: ASUS and Diamond included. The point is, If whatever company made his GeForce had instead made a Radeon (or such) It would be just as s**tty. Does that make sense? However, it is easier to find poorly made nvidia cards then it is to find poorly made ati cards, simply because more companies produce nvidia cards. I personally stick with MSI, because I've never had any problems, nor has anyone I know. I've had immense problems with: ASUS and PNY, oh God, PNY ... so bad. Anyway. [addsig]



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Posted by Gorbachev on Sun Apr 18th at 5:34am 2004

And I've had no problems with ASUS stuff. For the most part unless a part has a serious problem it's all local issues. [addsig]




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