Computer Show-off

weedman173 · Post by **weedman173** » 01 Jul 2007, 21:07

Sorry to break it to you ImJ, but you won't be able to get much with that much money. You could build a computer with that much, but it won't be all that great.

ImJ · Post by **ImJ** » 01 Jul 2007, 21:30

i dun wana spend that much on it lol... cba.... but i saw an awsome packard bell one for Â£399
Specs:
3.2GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2MB Cache
1024MB RAM Memory
170GB Hard Drive
Dual Layer DVD ReWriter Drive
6 USB connections
Intel Pentium 4 641 Processor ( dont normally use intel but who knows )
and
384MB nVidia GeForce 6100 Graphics
any good?

t3ice · Post by **t3ice** » 01 Jul 2007, 21:56

nvidia 6100 ?? ....

That is seriously crap. Change that gpx card, and u might have a decent enough Pc, for under Â£400.

ImJ · Post by **ImJ** » 01 Jul 2007, 22:03

ever heard of tuning it after i buy it lol

t3ice · Post by **t3ice** » 01 Jul 2007, 22:11

Even then, overclocking a 6100 or any other card, is still not advised. And what sort of performance due u plan to achieve with your tuning

I can guarantee that it wont even achieve performance lvls of a 6800 Ultra or a 6800 GT. Dont even think abt acheiving 8800 performance lvls with overclocking

LOL!!

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 02 Jul 2007, 00:43

6100 ? damn i didnt know they went that low. ^ agree with t3ice its gotta go
take a look at this comparison with a 6600 GT http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=a ... =457&num=2
the 6600 walks all over the 6100

S2000_Skyline12 · Post by **S2000_Skyline12** » 02 Jul 2007, 00:56

Intel Celeron D 64 3.33GHz
160GB HDD
2GB RAM (only 1 without Vista's Readyboost)
ATi Radeon Xpress 200 (133MB)
Dual Boot: XP Pro 64x and Vista Home Premium

And before you say something like "wtf celeron", this rig is good enough to run F.E.A.R. to my suprise and some other games nicely

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 02 Jul 2007, 01:00

BTW what is ready boost

weedman173 · Post by **weedman173** » 02 Jul 2007, 01:02

It's new in Vista, you can use USB memory sticks as RAM, not as fast as regular RAM, but it does help. I wonder how a 16GB memory stick would work with it?

S2000_Skyline12 · Post by **S2000_Skyline12** » 02 Jul 2007, 01:03

It's a feature that speeds up your computer like RAM but using a USB stick, but it has to have specific specs like over 3.5kb write speed ect...

darknight788 · Post by **darknight788** » 02 Jul 2007, 01:06

so like what weedman said you could theoretically have like 16+ GB of memory ? how would it compare to a system that has like 2gb of actual ram ?

S2000_Skyline12 · Post by **S2000_Skyline12** » 02 Jul 2007, 01:08

weedman173 wrote:It's new in Vista, you can use USB memory sticks as RAM, not as fast as regular RAM, but it does help. I wonder how a 16GB memory stick would work with it?

Nope, thats not gonna fly

4GB stick is the max

weedman173 · Post by **weedman173** » 02 Jul 2007, 01:09

I'm not even sure if that much would even work with it.

S2000_Skyline12 · Post by **S2000_Skyline12** » 02 Jul 2007, 01:10

Yeah it would, I read it on the M$ site

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 02 Jul 2007, 01:46

Hmm, I need to upgrade my 16MB Flash Stick then!

S2000_Skyline12 · Post by **S2000_Skyline12** » 02 Jul 2007, 02:07

16MB? if you mean GB then you have no chance, I told you, 4GB is the max

and it has to have these following specs:

-The device must be able to do 3.5 MB/s for 4 KB random reads uniformly across the entire device and 2.5 MB/s for 512 KB random writes uniformly across the device.
-The USB Key has to have at least 64mb of free space

weedman173 · Post by **weedman173** » 02 Jul 2007, 02:14

I think we should be getting back to the topic now, I'll get some pictures of my computer tomorrow.

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 14 Jul 2007, 08:49

Gots me an Acer Aspire T2080 with a 2GB memory upgrade. $\:D/$ I'll be picking it up, tomorrow.

2furio · Post by **2furio** » 15 Jul 2007, 00:07

xHaZxMaTx wrote:Gots me an Acer Aspire T2080 with a 2GB memory upgrade. $\:D/$ I'll be picking it up, tomorrow.

Decent laptop. Not a fan of the video card though. I am literally almost crying these days when I see what kind of good laptops you can get at a fraction of the price I paid for my c***box 4 years ago.

xHaZxMaTx · Post by **xHaZxMaTx** » 15 Jul 2007, 05:07

Okay, so, went to Best Buy, picked up the laptop after the tech assured us everything was in working order, brought it home, turned it on, and... Blue screen. Begins a physical memory dump, but freezes at 60%, so I do a hard restart and hope it was a fluke. So Vista loads, and everything's working fine for about 1-2 minutes, then the blue error screen comes up again, and does another physical memory dump, but reached 100%, this time. I figure it's done its business and everything should be sorted out, now, so I restart, again, but it doesn't even load, this time; the screen is just going crazy. I restart it once more and the same thing happens. So we end up taking it back to Best Buy, where they have a look at it and figure that the problem lies in the video adapter. Fortunately, this was covered under warranty, and I walked out with a new laptop, but not after spending another hour at the store waiting for the RAM upgrade to be applied to the new laptop and having the exchange all sorted out.

Everything's working now - typed this post on the new laptop.

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 15 Jul 2007, 12:00

Wow, that's a pretty nice Vista effect there? What's it called?

taz947 · Post by **taz947** » 19 Jul 2007, 19:44

A Virus??

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 20 Jul 2007, 09:21

A broken LCD...

BrontoX · Post by **BrontoX** » 20 Jul 2007, 09:29

Actually it's none of the above if you took your time to read you would see that he actually said what happened.
Here:

So Vista loads, and everything's working fine for about 1-2 minutes, then the blue error screen comes up again, and does another physical memory dump, but reached 100%, this time. I figure it's done its business and everything should be sorted out, now, so I restart, again, but it doesn't even load, this time; the screen is just going crazy.

Carcrazy · Post by **Carcrazy** » 20 Jul 2007, 09:32

Hey I read it... a week ago. Plus my ADHD kicks in at night because I get tired and board.

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