CaptainRAVE Posted September 20, 2001 Posted September 20, 2001 1.5Ghz Athlon 512Mb DDR Ram Geforce 2 32Mb 5 Speaker Surround Sound Creative Live 1024 soundcard = ENVIROMENTAL AUDIO....Raven always support that Probably forgotten the rest, but it should run JK2 .....actually im only upgrading it for JK2, but dont tell ym parents cause they think its for second year A level and university
OnlyOneCanoli Posted September 20, 2001 Posted September 20, 2001 Looking good. What motherboard do you have in there. I'm really pissed with my A7A266 on my gaming rig. That mobo sucks and all of you need to avoid it like the plague.
CaptainRAVE Posted September 20, 2001 Author Posted September 20, 2001 I havent decided yet. Im building it myself so this weekend when i go into town i'll decide then . I would get a Pentium 4 2Ghz, but Athlons are better and MUCH MUCH cheaper
StormHammer Posted September 20, 2001 Posted September 20, 2001 Looks like a nice rig u r building there. Personally, I'd go for a GeForce 3 Titanium (think Ultra) when they come out - or maybe an ATI Radeon 8500 (which is technically an improvement over the GeForce 3), if they can sort out the driver problems by the time it ships. That would give your system a lot more elbow room when all the new games come out next year. That's going to be my next upgrade, anyway.
CaptainRAVE Posted September 20, 2001 Author Posted September 20, 2001 I would get a Geforce 3, but at the moment its still really expensive and my GeForce 2 is amazing anyway. When the 3 gets cheaper I will indeed upgrade to that.
OnlyOneCanoli Posted September 20, 2001 Posted September 20, 2001 Hey, the GF3 MX's are coming out this month I think. That may be worth waiting for and looking into.
Darth Simpson Posted September 21, 2001 Posted September 21, 2001 Sweet-looking rig! But yeah, I would try to get a GF3. I'm really happy with mine!
OnlyOneCanoli Posted September 21, 2001 Posted September 21, 2001 Are you still having lock up problems?
Jedi Howell1587246488 Posted September 21, 2001 Posted September 21, 2001 /me hates u I'm runnin': Athlon 750 30 gb 7200 rpm(about 8 gb free) 128 mb RAM crappy Viper 2 I think I'll manage...anyways, gettin' a new comp this next June(i hope), and hopefully the RAM $$ will be <= current $$ (for u none-math-geeks: the RAM price will be less than or equal to the current price) jh
Guest Kurgan Posted September 21, 2001 Posted September 21, 2001 Etch-A-Sketch "MAGIC" Screen (15") Typewriter (with both black AND red ink!) tin can phone (with extra long cord) 4 "AA" batteries hand-held paddle (stolen from nearby frat house) tin foil helmut suction cups fort built from couch cushions chicken wire & good intentions
Guest Krayt Tion Posted September 21, 2001 Posted September 21, 2001 If this is primarily a JK2 upgrade, I would hold out till closer to the Spring when the game will be released. Save some money, and get yourself the latest graphics card on top of all that instead of a GeForce 2. I probably will not be upgrading anything on my computer which is now a little over 1 year old for JO. It was top of the line though at that time and my goal is to still have her run in 1024x768x32 rez with 50+ fps. I will be formating my HD and doing a fresh install of windows before the game arrives but that is about it, aside from a little OCing which won't get me too many extra mhz anyways. I don't upgrade, I buy new systems, basically. I'm thinking of buying a new rig sometime after JO and before Galaxies. My current rig is getting old, but she'll hold.
Darth Simpson Posted September 21, 2001 Posted September 21, 2001 No, no more lock-up problems Canoli. I uninstalled the AMD miniport driver as a last desparate attempt, and to my surprise it worked. My 3DMark 2001 scores are back to beyond crap, but my games are running great, so I really don't give a rats ass about 3DMark.
CaptainRAVE Posted September 22, 2001 Author Posted September 22, 2001 I just got the RAM this morning....512Mb, not bad for £60 ...next weekend i'll be getteing the 1.5Ghz Athlon, i'll probably put 7 fans on it to get it to 5 degrees like my friends So...the computer I now will have in two weeks as I have changed it a bit... Athlon 1.5Ghz 512Mb Ram 64Mb GeForce 2 Soundblaster Live 1024 40Gb HDD 52x CD-Rom .....not bad I think.....should run JK2 easily [ September 23, 2001: Message edited by: CaptainRAVE ]
ed_silvergun Posted September 23, 2001 Posted September 23, 2001 I should be upgrading in about a fortnight. This rig has definitely had its day. Has anyone here got experience of overclocking DDR RAM? What sort of bus speeds do you think I can realistically hit with (good quality) Corsair PC2100? Is it worth the extra outlay to get some PC2400?
Guest Krayt Tion Posted September 24, 2001 Posted September 24, 2001 I've never considered overclocking my ram, but PC2400 is not an industry standard, it's just PC2100 that has been overclocked and tested to do 2400 MB/sec data rate at 150 FSB (double-pumped to 300mhz of course). So it would make sense to me to snag the ram that has already been proven to go at least a certain bit higher. However, PC2100 ram from quality places like Crucial has been known to overclock quite nicely past 150 even though Crucial refuses to sell PC2400. Beyond that, I don't know.
access_flux Posted September 25, 2001 Posted September 25, 2001 hey Kurgan i want your setup nah my parents are computer illit. so they go for factory boxes but still we are running P3 733 tnt2 i think 64mb 10 gig HD plus others i cant remember. i just play games.
CaptainRAVE Posted September 25, 2001 Author Posted September 25, 2001 Im going to get it all tommorow. Hopefully they'll have it all in stock. Yesterday they didnt and I could only get my 52x CD ROM. If they do have it in stock I should be up and running again by the weekend. Unfortunatly the 1.5Ghz has been delayed until January, too far away to wait im afraid (just for an extra 100Mhz anyway), so i'll have to settle for the 1.4Ghz
nykel007 Posted September 25, 2001 Posted September 25, 2001 RAVE, you lucky,you. First time I'm reading this post. If it was up to me I too would buy a Alton.
CaptainRAVE Posted September 25, 2001 Author Posted September 25, 2001 Im just really gutted the 1.5Ghz is going to take soooo long. But at least i'll be able to run JK2 max graphics NO PROBLEM. Did I mention my Hard Disk Drive was so expensive for a 40GB because it has twin processors which is pretty cool
CaptainRAVE Posted September 29, 2001 Author Posted September 29, 2001 I've just gotta get the HDD Cooler and the 1.4Ghz processor now . In total my system will have 8 fans which aint bad .
matt-- Posted September 29, 2001 Posted September 29, 2001 What has dual processors now? The harddrive
CaptainRAVE Posted September 29, 2001 Author Posted September 29, 2001 Yea, the hard drive has twin processors aswell, which relay to the main processor quicker.
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