-SZ-Vladimir 0 Posted January 18, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (theavonlady @ Jan. 18 2003,19:43)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote ([sZ]Vladimir @ Jan. 18 2003,20:36)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I wait for AMD Hammer to uprade my config<span id='postcolor'> I can't wait for Intel's campaign! <span id='postcolor'> Intel... for 3GHz... no I haven't money for that and I do prefer AMD CPU And Intel's campaign ? Never see that in Switzerland Vladimir Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Schweitzer 10 Posted January 18, 2003 Switzerland, realy.. That country was still missing in this forum (if I am not mistaken). Ca va au chalet ou bien? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-SZ-Vladimir 0 Posted January 19, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Albert Schweizer @ Jan. 18 2003,22:36)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Switzerland, realy.. That country was still missing in this forum (if I am not mistaken). Ca va au chalet ou bien?<span id='postcolor'> Vous parlez français ? STS_SolidSnake is too from Switzerland Vladimir Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Schweitzer 10 Posted January 19, 2003 I only speak french if I try to hide that I am a german spy chasing after the secret recipe of Toblerone! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
der bastler 0 Posted January 19, 2003 AMD Athlon A 700 256 MB PC-133 Geforce 2GTS SB Live Player 1024 20GB HDD DVD-drive (I want DVD-Games; I am not a DJ! ) MS Windows 98SE (migration to "Woody" prepared) ADSL internet access (I've to thank Telekom for my rather high ping >100 ) My MP3-Jukebox (under construction): Intel P90, 64 MB RAM, 500 MB HDD, 40x CDROM drive, quadspeed CDROM drive, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 My compatibility machine: Intel 486DX2 50, 16MB RAM, Trident VGA, 3.5" + 5.25" FDD, 105MB + 80MB HDD, doublespeed CDROM drive, MS-DOS 6.something Next topic on my IT investment list: Notebook (portable office/presentation machine, MATLAB/SIMULINK-calculator). Problem: I sweared "No new Microsoft-OS on my PCs!" due to MS's activities (e.g. TCPA). But to find a notebook without an OS here in Germany is nearly impossible. (Resistance is futile, your PC will be added to our collective...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Schweitzer 10 Posted January 19, 2003 Actually there is an excellent program out there that summarises you entire system specs into a pdf file..neat and clean.. I used it when I recently sold an old Laptop of mine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevbaz 0 Posted January 20, 2003 amd athlon 1.4 (soon to be 2400xp) 512 ddr 40gig hdd soundblaster 5.1 live Nforce2 mobo ATI Radeon 9700PRO WIN2k pro 17" flatscreen 512k broadband Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bordoy 0 Posted January 20, 2003 just ordered a new PC. Here are the specs: AMD XP 2600+ 512mb RAM 120gb hard drive 48x 12x 48x CDRW Drive 16x DVD Drive 128mb ATI Radeon 9000 15 inch TFT monitor XP home edition Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Schweitzer 10 Posted January 20, 2003 urgh, I dont like those people still insisting on Athlon. Those are the people that rarely give tips during their hollidays and are nitpicking about every penny. Pentium is the Bentley of processors and I like nice cars! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
der bastler 0 Posted January 20, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"> Pentium is the Bentley of processors and I like nice cars! <span id='postcolor'> It's your money, you can buy whatever you want... Better: PPC. Or one of these "still-in-the-lab-and-not-for-sell" asynchronic processors. But be aware of TCPA -intel's on the list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nolips71 0 Posted January 20, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (KEVBAZ @ Jan. 20 2003,18:51)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">amd athlon 1.4 (soon to be 2400xp) 512 ddr 40gig hdd soundblaster 5.1 live Nforce2 mobo ATI Radeon 9700PRO WIN2k pro 17" flatscreen 512k broadband<span id='postcolor'> kev, if you have an nforce 2 board wouldnt it be better to use the onboard sound? cous thats loads better then a sb live Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Necromancer- 0 Posted January 21, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (nolips71 @ Jan. 21 2003,00:01)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (KEVBAZ @ Jan. 20 2003,18:51)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">amd athlon 1.4 (soon to be 2400xp) 512 ddr 40gig hdd soundblaster 5.1 live Nforce2 mobo ATI Radeon 9700PRO WIN2k pro 17" flatscreen 512k broadband<span id='postcolor'> kev, if you have an nforce 2 board wouldnt it be better to use the onboard sound? cous thats loads better then a sb live<span id='postcolor'> Sshh Its a n00bie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dayglow 2 Posted January 21, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Albert Schweizer @ Jan. 20 2003,13:09)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">urgh, I dont like those people still insisting on Athlon. Those are the people that rarely give tips during their hollidays and are nitpicking about every penny. Pentium is the Bentley of processors and I like nice cars! <span id='postcolor'> because my o/c duron that cost $80Cdn and out-performs $200 P4s. This way I could afford that swanky GF4 card in my computer and 512mb of 2700 DDR. All for the price of a P4 and mb COLINMAN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ale2999 0 Posted January 21, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (DayGlow @ Jan. 21 2003,09:10)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">9--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Albert Schweizer @ Jan. 20 2003,139)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">urgh, I dont like those people still insisting on Athlon. Those are the people that rarely give tips during their hollidays and are nitpicking about every penny. Pentium is the Bentley of processors and I like nice cars! <span id='postcolor'> because my o/c duron that cost $80Cdn and out-performs $200 P4s. This way I could afford that swanky GF4 card in my computer and 512mb of 2700 DDR. All for the price of a P4 and mb COLINMAN<span id='postcolor'> if it was true we would all be using AMD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Major Fubar 0 Posted January 21, 2003 I just upgraded my video card from an Asus V7100 64mb Geforce 2 to a kickass Asus V8460 128mb Geforce 4 (TI 4600). Much to my dismay, this seemed to make very little difference to the visual quality of my OFP. Have I not tweaked the right settings? My screenshots still don't look as nice as many I see here on the forums. The next step is more RAM (I have 256mb PC800 RDRAM, going to double it to 512mb). I am also going to upgrade my OS to either Windows 2000 or Windows XP (currently 98). Anyone got any advice for me? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted January 21, 2003 Get RivaTuner, lower the LOD Bias to about -1.0, enable anisotropic filtering, and turn on FSAA (Quincuncx is fine). Then max out all of the OFP visual details, but keep the terrain detail at the minimum. Set the view distance to >2000. Edit: Duh! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Major Fubar 0 Posted January 21, 2003 Thanks Frag, I'm doing a reinstall and overhaul of my PC later in the week (adding a new CD burner, second HDD and new LAN card). Once I have a fresh install I will give what you said a try. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted January 21, 2003 And I should have mentioned earlier but forgot -- get Windows XP instead of Windows 2000. There is nothing wrong with 2000, but XP is nicer if you are going to play games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
der bastler 0 Posted January 21, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Major Fubar @ Jan. 21 2003,09:31)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I am also going to upgrade my OS to either Windows 2000 or Windows XP (currently 98). Anyone got any advice for me?<span id='postcolor'> Keep Win98 and try "Woody"! one of many gaming sites Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dayglow 2 Posted January 22, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (ale2999 @ Jan. 21 2003,01:13)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (DayGlow @ Jan. 21 2003,09:10)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Albert Schweizer @ Jan. 20 2003,13)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">urgh, I dont like those people still insisting on Athlon. Those are the people that rarely give tips during their hollidays and are nitpicking about every penny. Pentium is the Bentley of processors and I like nice cars! <!--emo&<span id='postcolor'> because my o/c duron that cost $80Cdn and out-performs $200 P4s. This way I could afford that swanky GF4 card in my computer and 512mb of 2700 DDR. All for the price of a P4 and mb COLINMAN<span id='postcolor'> if it was true we would all be using AMD Â <span id='postcolor'> comparision between my $80 duron vs $240 P4 1.8 with same video card, memory, driver version etc: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=5305874 I'd say I've got a good deal COLINMAN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackdog~ 0 Posted January 22, 2003 CPU: AMD Athlon XP +1700 // 1.33 GHZ GFX: Visiontek GeForce 3 Ti500 // 64MB RAM RAM: 768MB PC2100 HD1: Western Digital 80GB HD // 7200RPM HD2: IBM 40GB HD // 7200RPM S/C: Soundblaster Audigy MP3+ // 5.1 Surround MON: NEC MultiSync FE700+ // 19IN O/S: Windows XP Home Edition K/B: Logitech Cordless Freedom // Black MSE: Logitech Cordless Freedom Optical // Black/Silver NET: Earthlink ADSL INP: 6 USB // 3 Firewire DRV: Creative 52X CD-ROM CSE: Antec Charcoal Grey Case 1X Blinking Red Light 1X Red Cold Cathode 4X Lighted Blue Fans @ 2100RPM 1X Generic 120MM Fan // Biohazard Grille Rounded Cables ------------------------------------------------------ Operation Flashpoint Operation Flashpoint: Red Hammer Operation Flashpoint: Resistance Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 Battlefield 1942 Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 ElastoMania Vietcong MP Beta ------------------------------------------------------ Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 Jasc Animation Shop Pro Adobe Photoshop 7 Adobe Image Ready Adobe Premiere Macromedia Flash MX Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Macromedia Fireworks MX Macromedia Freehand MX Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Microsoft Frontpage Microsoft Powerpoint Rand McNally Mapping 2003 ------------------------------------------------------ I'd say 3/4 of my software is 'borrowed'. I must say though, OFP is definitley not one of them! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Assault (CAN) 1 Posted January 22, 2003 Question: I want to upgrade my RAM, I currently have 261,616KB of DDR ram. My motherboard is a K7AMA which supports a RAM bus of both 100MHz or 133MHz: Can I get a DDR RAM chip that uses a higher bus, say 266MHz? Will it work? Which is better? One gig of SDRAM or 512Mb of DDRRAM? Some RAM stuff for sale, what should I get? One last question: Is there a site where I can go that will answer any questions I have? A good FAQ or forum would really help out alot. Thanks. Tyler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nolips71 0 Posted January 22, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Question: I want to upgrade my RAM, I currently have 261,616KB of DDR ram. My motherboard is a K7AMA which supports a RAM bus of both 100MHz or 133MHz: Can I get a DDR RAM chip that uses a higher bus, say 266MHz? Will it work?<span id='postcolor'> i think you should be shot at dawn for that. you have allready got 266 ddr cous that is 133ddr 2x 133= 266 so that is the fastest ram you can get Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nathanz 0 Posted January 22, 2003 CPU - AMD Athlon XP +1600 // 1.40 GHZ Mobo - Asus A7N8X[Agp 8x, USP 2.0 others] GFXCRD - Gainward GeForce 4 Ti4200 Golden Sample 64MB RAM RAM - 256MB PC2100[getting another slot next week] Hd - Maxtor 40Gb rpm 5400 Cd1 - HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE -8160B Cd2 - Liteon DVD Ltd163 Monit - Sony 16IN CPD-L200/M151 Keyb - Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard Web Mse - Logitech Cordless Freedom Optical Net - 512k ADSL Bt internet   ---------Games--------- Ofp/r[3gb of addons] Half life+Mods[over 10gb of mods:)] Bf 1942[Few mods] Vietcong Beta Msfs 2000 Theres lots more but cant be bothed to put them down Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom_48_97 523 Posted January 22, 2003 Processor: Athlon Xp 2400+ Graphics card: GeForce 4 Ti 4600 Asus (128 Mo DDR) Sound Card: Creative audio digy 2 RAM: 1536 mo DDR (3 x 512 mo) HDD: 2x 80 Go + 1 x 100 Go western digital 7200 tpm Mouse: Logitech optical OS: WinXP pro Monitor: 21" Connection: adsl resolution desk : 2048x1536 Benchmark : around 12 000 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
