Tell me/us your specs.

My specs Are

• 2x 6600 256mb GT Graphic card
• 2 Gb memory
• AN8 32X Sli Mothrboard from ABIT
• AMD Athlon 64, 3500 939 socket CPU
• And a north q Alien case

So what are yours?

128mb ATI 9700 All In Wonder
1Gig Memory
Intel D845PESV
Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz
And a case-type case.

Happy?

Maybe =D

You got 2 graphic cards built in??? :eeeeeh:

My specs:

AMD Athlon XP3000+ (2091mhz)
nVidia nForce2Ultra
HDD 120GB 7200rpm 8mb
RAM 512MB DUAL (soon to be 1536RAM)
nVidia FX5500 128MB 64bit EDIT
CD-RW 52x32x52 + DVD-RW Combo

P.S. Careful with your posessions, man - never know when I might bust in to steal this beast of a PC of your's man... :whistle:

I dont even lock my front door.

AMD Athlon XP2000+
GF4 MX440 (64 MB RAM)
QDI Mainboard (VIA KT 400 chipset)
HDD Seagate Barracuda 40GB (7200rpm)
256 MB RAM (266mhz)
Lite On DVD - RW combo (52x32x52x)
JLMS DVD
Generic case (400w PSU)

:ot: If I'd be living next to you - guess what would have happened a few secs before? :D :ot:

Athlon 64 3200+ (s939)
Asus A8N-E mainboard with nForce 4 chipset
1 gig RAM
Ati X700 256mb v-card
Samsung 200 GB/7200rpm * IBM 40GB/7200rpm HD's

If only I had some more cash I'd buy myself a sweet SLI-combo just like Stebbi :cry:

AMD 64 X2 4400
2 GBs RAM Corsair (a fracking expensive fast version)
ATI Radeon x1800xt 512mbs
soundblaster xfi fatality
550 w thermaltake psu
2x 300 gb maxtor sata drives (slightly different models)
1 external 160gb
1 external 80gb
1 external 30 gb (laptop drive)
1 dvd (the copying writing everything type of drive)
1 logitech mx laser mouse
eh, I think this is it.

Holy shiiii... :drool:

The older the games I play are, the older my computer is (and I do play old games...)

• Intel Pentium II 266 MHz
• 128 MB RAM
• 3.92 GB Hard Disk
• 2 MB S3 Trio video card
• 10 MB Voodoo 2 chipset
• SoundBlaster Pro sound card (duh...)
• a network card (I can't bother to see how it's named :P )

This doesn't mean that if I'll get a new computer (someday), I'll play only new games...or does it? :whistle:

Currently:

Intel P4 2.80GHz (With HT)
1 gig RAM (can't remember the manufacturer)
Radeon 9250 AGP (temporary replacement after my X800XT blew up :()
Soundblaster Audigy 4
80GB internal HDD
40GB internal HDD (currently where Debian lives)
Thermaltake Shark case
580W Hiper modular PSU
160GB external Iomega HDD
And some nice Logitech speakers.

When my new one arrives:

LEXA Tower 400W Case W/ Side-panel Window
CPU: (939-pin) AMD AthlonT64 X2 4400+ Dual-Core CPU
CD: SONY DWQ-30A DUAL FORMAT 16X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE
CD2: SONY 16X DVD-ROM
FAN: CoolerMaster Liquid CPU Cooling Fan System Kit + 2 EXTRA CASE FANS
HDD: 400GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive
MOTHERBOARD: (Sckt939)ASUS A8N-SLI SE nForce4 SLI Chipset SATA
MEMORY: 1024 MB (512MBx2) PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel DDR MEMORY (Corsair XMS High Performance Memory w/ Heat Spreader
TEMP: THERMAL TEMPERATURE LCD DISPLAY WITH 3X FAN CONTROLLER
VIDEO: NEW! NVIDIA Geforce 7900 GTX 512MB 16X PCI Express Video

The second HDD and the PSU from the current one, plus the sound, external drive and speakers, are going to be moved across, of course. It will eventually get a second 7900 when they're less expensive and there's any point :)

How much would that cost? A million bucks? :blink:

God, nowhere near a million bucks.
But in the region of (or above) ?1000 for all that?

I can only afford a 1000$ for a pc (no monitor), cause if I spend more - it's not worth it.

Does anyone know some good online pc store's?

@Danny, troop: ?1300 or thereabouts with VAT and delivery. There's some other bits I didn't mention (like a free copy of Nero 7) but those're the important ones. I got annoyed with this PC crashing the other week (and wasn't entirely sober) and spent a bit more than I meant to. Oh well :) At least I'll actually be able to play this copy of Oblivion that's sitting in my room.

Wow, talk about drunkeness taking over ^^
?1300 from getting pissed off with your compy because you were a bit drunk.. *hugs coke can*

Well, I hadn't been drinking...

its not taht much, i remember buyng my first celeron 400mhz (with monitor) for 900$

My multimedia machine (photos, movies, music, DVD):

1,5GHz PowerPC G4 processor
512MB DDR RAM
ATI Radeon 9200 - 64MB RAM
DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo drive
80GB HDD

2 inches tall, 6.5 square inches wide,
aluminium case and a grey Apple on top.

Yep, I'm a mac user. Sue me.

My SYS
AMD Semperon 2400+ 256kb cache @ 1666mhz
768mb ram with 64mb of it allocated to onboard graphics.
40gb hdd
16X DVD RW
ASUS motherboard
Onboard sound.
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edtion with Service Pack2
6X USB2.0
Thats about it.
EDIT: A 17" LCD and I forgot the case brand. Since it was built for me.

Main PC:
AMD Sempron 2500+
1 GB RAM (DDR400)
Radeon 9600
Onboard LAN
Onboard sound
USB 2.0
DVD recorder
FDD
2x 80 GB HDD
250 GB HDD
5,25" USB external drive enclosure with a HDD rack mounted in it
USB/PS2 combo optical mouse (A4tech 4D++ - I love these mice, but at the same time it's a bloody pain in the backside to get it working right)
Normal PS/2 keyboard without any multimedia functions (I bloody hate all those stupid extra buttons!!!)
Crummy old monitor that doesn't display resolutions above 1024x768 and has 60 hz as its maximum refresh rate.

Runs under WinXP, but I'm going to use my 2.1 GB spare HDD to run Windows 98 SE on it as a second system, for compatibility purposes.


DOS PC:
Pentium 120
32 MB RAM (EDO SIMM)
ESS soundcard (I think 1887)
1 MB graphics card
1 GB HDD
CD
FDD
Ethernet card
USB 1.0

Runs under Win98SE, also DOS 7.1, but the HDD that had DOS on it started breaking down.


Work PC
Celeron 400
128 MB RAM (DIMM SDR)
ATI Rage XL (8 MB)
Onboard LAN
Onboard sound
HDD rack
40 GB HDD (inside the rack)
80 GB HDD
FDD
CD (I'll replace it shortly with DVD and CD-R drives removed from my home PC when I got the DVD recorder)

Runs under Win98SE

I Will!

Does anyone know of powerful video card for games like Doom3 to handle? It should not cost over 200$. Or is this a dream? Cause with the ram I'm gettin' soon, a vcard would hit the spot.
I bet this would be a GeForce 6600 or 6800, huh?
P.S. Or would ATI be a better choise for this? I don't really know much about it... :tomato:

over 200? :blink:
man you can get good graphic card for 200$ (maybe we in slovakia have cheap components or something, i dont know)
and there is always discussion about what graphic cards are better- nvidia or ati some people say nvidia some people say ati.. so its up to you
see some test in pc magazines or on net

in my opinion, it doesnt matter much, both developers are good, they are well knows in whole world and have lots of costomers with great support

I think I won't care for any expense next year, when I buy my new pc. It'll be like:
- Money is no object. :D (just waitin' for the day I can say this freely).
Wonder if a laptop is worth buying... hmmm... :ph34r:

that depends on what do you use your computer. if you are student on university then it might be useful. but if you use it as home pc for fun and browsing sites then its not worth of course. notebooks cost more becouse all the different/minimised parts and good cooling system etc used for mobility

Nvidia is better! There was sometesting and stuff......and stuff.....But hey i got my Graphic cards to 65° that's hot, only a little hotter and the the alarm would have started.

nvidia is more commerce, not better :bleh:
by the way, buy new cooler :rolleyes:

Nahh they good ther was just something blocking it and i was playing quake 4 in ultra mode that take 500 video mb so i was kinda...yeah over doing it.

My specs, nothing too fancy but still pretty descent:

Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz
1024 Mb RAM
80Gb maxtor HDD (could've been bigger)
Radeon 9800 pro
(the rest isn't really interesting)

ME

ACER TravelMate LAPTOP

Pentium 4 2.0Ghz

100 gb hdd(3 drives)

DVD/DVD-RW/CD-RW

512 mb ddr

802.11 b/g wirless lan

For the one asking about doom3 requirements. Nvidia cards are better using the doom3 engine than ATI cards. But the difference is a joke. I have an ATI card (as you can see from my previous post here), and I run the game at ultra detail without any any slowdowns. Now, if you want to play the game at 1600x1200 you might have a speed problem (relative) with using a previous generation ATI card, but if you are using newer cards (because you said you will buy a new good pc soon), then of course you will not have a problem with doom3. BTW, Quake 4 is a much better game than Doom3 is, and I was never a follower of Quake games.

Nice systems people well I am saving for my own brand new system.

My system is a bit old i guess for today's standards...

AthlonXP 2600+
Geforce4 Ti4200
256 RAM
80GB HD
Soundblaster Live 5.1

and Windows XP with service pack 2 :crazy:

Athlon 2000+ overclocked to 2600+
MSI-K7N2 Delta motherboard , nForce2 chipset (was hot stuff when i bought it=))
crappy geeforce4 mx 420
128+512 RAM ()
160 hitachi 7200rpm HDD
built-in sound card, network adapter (lan thingy i mean) and other stuff
internet connection- ADSL 1024/256, usb modem
+few neons in case :w00t:
operational system winXP proffesional, service pack1

My case but mine has green light's...http://northq.com/img/pics/nq2100_01_640.jpg

What's overclocking?
And what does it do to an advantage + how to enable it?

overclock means to run processor at higher clock rate than default
if you have good motherboard for it (mine's o k) you can't make any harm (actually you can, so you have to be careful :D )

you can change it in BIOS, BUT you have know that by increasing cycles you have to increase voltage in power supply and be aware of temperature. monitor it so you can see if you need some new cooler or just opening the case, you know what i mean
if you overcock your cpu too much, you can experience freezes and sometimes you have to restart CMOS by putting away batterie on MB, or on some mother boards there is little jumper for it

oh and that "+" you can find in AMD processors, becouse they define processor speed somehow differently and 2600 is not real speed of it (iam not expert on this)

That much I figured, but where in BIOS :blink: ? Through Windows or smth :blink: ? A little bit more detailed please... :angel:

My motherboard is able to handle a 3200mhz processor or smth so it should be able to do that, but what good does this do anyway?

from question you gave me i can figure out that this overclocking won't have good affect on your computer=P

acces bios before boot of course and look for "cpu frequency" and operating speed or something (maybe in your bios it will be different)
then increase multiplier, volts in power supply but...
i give you advice, ask someone experienced when are you doing this for the first time, realy

By "Overclocking" ( literally means "over the clock" - over the specs of the hardware ) a piece of hardware in your machine - most of the times that piece of hardware either is the CPU or the Graphics card - you raise a bit its performance, but you risking damaging the hardware. Depending on your hardware, and how much you "stress" it, that risk might be high or insignifcant

But What you need to do in order to overclock the CPU or the GFX differs from system to system. Generally speaking, it is easier to overclock the GFX card, since this, in most cases ( depending and on your GFX card of course ), can be done from inside the windows. You must find where are the options for the Mhz that the GPU and graphics memory run ( recent driver releases i believe have this option in some tab inside them ), and simply raise their clock numbers. For example if your card's GPU runs, say, on 450Mhz, you can try to raise it to 470-480mhz.

The main CPU of the system most of the times can be overclocked from inside the BIOS, and if you dont have much experience with technical matters on PC's i advice you to not consider touching that.

Modern games rely more on a fast GFX card, so if you consider doing some overclocking on your machine, in order to play games better. i suggest you try first the GFX card approach.

But consider also this. Overclocking is stressing the hardware over its factory limits so a overclocked machine most of the times will run hotter than normal. Even by raising the performance by 10% you will notice a noticable raise in temperature. Temperature is a serious danger for PC's. "Proffesional" overclockers often look first to improve their machine's cooling

If overclocking is done in small steps, with great care, and not hastely, can really improve your machine, and give you a performance gain. To be careful is all that matters.

Oh, ok - I'll look into this a bit...

P.S. My M7NCD Pro mainboard can handle AMD Athlon XP up to 3200+ (mine is 3000+, so I'm ok I guess).

Just for the record the "clocking" in "overclocking" refers to the internal clock speed (for instance of the CPU) expressed in Hrz. Letting this run faster (over) means the process the clock speed regulates runs faster.

Be very carefull with overclocking. You need to know what you are doing before you try or you run a very real risk of damaging your computer. I would advise you not to even try if you just heard what overclocking means. The gains you can achieve with overclocking are also insubstantial (an increase of 10% is HUGE and most of the time you will get no more then 2-5%), you will likely not notice any increase in speed.

Over clocking is somthing I am not able to do on my sys bios I want to be able to though I need to use the motherboard or mabey it does it automatically.
Well whe I get a new sys I will overclock it.

BIOS. Basic Input-Output System. You can enter BIOS when you turn on or reset your machine before the OS boots.

No-no-no. How fast CPU your motherboard can handle and how far your CPU can be overclocked are two different things.

Honestly, I've been thinking to overclock my current rig, but decided against it...
I'll be doing some 486 overclocking experiments shortly, though, and when I'll be getting a new computer meant for gaming (the current "new" machine was a hasty purchase to replace the old one that I stupidly fried - next one will be custom-built from bottom up) I'll probably invest in some powerful liquid coolant system (cause I hate the noise fans keep making) and then do some overclocking.

The general gist.

OS: WinXP Professional SP2
Pentium thing: 4
CPU: 3GHz
RAM: 512MB
Grphics card level: 64MB

memory is not the only important thing in graphic card.. it affects speed
some cards for example dont support shaders, direct x components and other things

Mh-kay guys!

Currently working machine:

CPU: 1Ghz
RAM: 512 MB
WIN XP
NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64
Creative SB PCI
On-board LAN
Internet: 64K ISDN
and most importantly:
ON-BOARD SPEAKER

Ey Bobbin so you got a new comp. :D (I've must have missed it)

Mine is :
processor :AMD 1.6 Ghz
graphic card = ATI radeon 9600 I think. (No, 9250, me and numbers..)
512Mg ram.

I'm suprprised to see some people comps. Do you really someting this powerfull ?

Mine runs everything I want to run, so, fine with me, when it works, don't fix it :D

We had just munntted my windows install by mistake so I am currently thinking of an over the top install in the weekend of windows xp. This is our family pc dan another error.

try running Oblivion =P

I will shock you now!

This box: AMD cpu 500 MHz, 128 MB RAM, voodoo 5 graphics 32 MB ...

15 other boxes (including an IBM PS/1 with 12" Monitor (80286 cpu, 2 MB RAM)
3 Laptops (Compaq)

All of them connected to local area network, which is connected to the internet via router. Any DOS box has access to internet also.

If I add my Mhz(es) I might have more cpu power than any of you ... :bleh:

i have heard about dual core processors, but 19 core! that would be great :D
btw why do you have so many computers? we had simmilar in school few years ago..=)

You why do you need so many computers.

My AMD64 3400+ alone can rip anything you have to screds :yawn: .

I also have a nice collection of old junk lying around but only some are hooked up.

Well, it's fun.

I can run many different operating systems at the same time.
I can have small lan parties at any time.
I can chat with my wife and my daughter ... (disturb them in their doing, hehe).
I can run every oldie game without any problem.

I could sure find some more reasons, but the main reason is simply fun and fascination for what you are able to do with some chips and software.

you should make photo or something=P

Wow. Now that's a collection.

Natas, I think that you really deserve a custom title for that. Hardware God or something like it.

Agreeed.

Oh, I can follow your wish, but it doesn't look that great as you might think. The computers are spread over 3 rooms and there's nothing special (like modding) about them. My work room looks terrible disordered. Instead of pictures I have cables, mainboards and other computer parts hanging on the walls. I have enough parts flying around to build about 3 or 4 more running computers and lots of software and manuals. It looks a little like a computer shop, but it isn't.

For taking a picture Im would have to clean up before that and this is not done in 5 minutes.

Quote:

Originally posted by The Niles@Apr 28 2006, 10:55 AM Quote: Originally posted by natas@Apr 27 2006, 08:16 PM If I add my Mhz(es) I might have more cpu power than any of you ...* :bleh: My AMD64 3400+ alone can rip anything you have to screds :yawn: .

This was some sort of joke ... But if I had to choose between your deep flying power machine and five 500 MHz boxes, I would choose the 5.

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I also have a nice collection of old junk lying around but only some are hooked up.[/quote]
How can you call that old junk? Due to the problems most of you have getting the old goodies to run, many of you would be glad for having at least one old junk computer ...

I guess there is a reason you still have that junk. Do you eventually need it for playing old games?

Old computers are not junk they are special and antiques.

I know you were joking and so was I. In all seriousness though, one AMD64 3400+ IS more powerfull then five P3 500's.

I call it old junk because it is, it is not worth anything anymore and most of it is here because it would cost me money to get rid of it. Sure you can still use it but only for things from the past. I am able to run most everything in DOSBox so I don't need an old computer besides my current one.

Not that I'm lamenting you. If you are as happy with your setup as I am with mine that is great.

damn no more pic!

Hey your image is not showing up make it a thumb nail.

Voodoo 5 ? I suppose you mean Voodoo 5000. Whatever you do with your computer, dont throw this piece away. One day it may became collectable :max:

I just rebooted (for you) to have a look at the BIOS display of the card, it says:

3dfx voodoo 5 5500, 64 MB.

It has two 3D chips, I think it was the biggest card 3dfx build before they were bought by ATI.

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Whatever you do with your computer, dont throw this piece away. One day it may became collectable
[/quote]
Yes, I know that ...

Cool that must be rare then.

Ey Bobbin so you got a new comp. :D (I've must have missed it) [/b][/quote]
Bobbin gets a new PC]

Okay, I'll post my modern gaming rig and my DOS gaming rig - but some people are going to kill me for my modern one, and for my DOS one :D

Modern rig:

AMD FX-55 ClawHammer @ 2.6GHZ
MSI Neo4 Platinum nForce 4 Ultra
2GB PC3200 DDR RAM (4x 512MB)
ATI X850XT PE
Creative Audigy 2 ZS

DOS gaming rig:

Intel Pentium 2 @ 450MHZ
Intel based motherboard with Yamaha XG onboard
128MB SDRAM
ATI Rage 128 Fury MAXX
Sound Blaster AWE32 IDE
Gravis Ultrasound MAX with expanded RAM

I'll let you know, I'm willing to rip tunes off my AWE32 and GUS MAX if people request them :ok:

:drool:

For me, that sounds like a dream come true. LOL

CPU
700 mhz

memory
256mb slot 0
128mb slot 1

sound card
Aopen Cobra AW840

graphic cards
nVidia MX 4000
stock graphic card (I dont know what it is except crapy)

Hard Drives
1. 30 GB
2. 20 GB
3. 15 GB

DVD combo cd rw

OS
KANOTIX 32bit
Windows "To manny patches"

Cool.