still based on the old 90nm process, and as hot as an netburst-based Pentium D extreme. http://my.ocworkbench.com/bbs/showthread.php?p=419043#post419043

Ok, my gut feeling was that installing a copper shim was a mod that could provide measurable benefits. My reasoning was as follows: Presently my Maze3 waterblock is only slightly warm at the edges of the block, indicating a large thermal gradient between the center water channel and the...

First off, I realize this is not a hard drive newsgroup. However, I never visit any hard drive groups, and I know the folks here know what's going on so I'll ask here...plus I have an AMD system :) I just upgraded to a Chaintech motherboard with the Promise SATA controller. I WAS excited about...

I don't know if this is well known or not but AMD has used different criteria in giving the Sempron line of cpu's its PR numbers. So don't buy a Sempron 3100+ expecting it to be faster than an Athlon 64 3000+. Because it's nowhere close to as fast. AMD ommitted a bunch of the benchmarks used for...

I still hear people talking about Intel (MHZ) and AMD (+) ratings. The bottom line is AMD processors run faster (get more work done) at a given MHZ than Intel and that is a advantage. Especially when it costs less. I have a 5.0L '87 Mustang. Back then I use to beat the crap out of 5.0L Camaros and...

Hi all, I plan on ordering either the AMD X2 4200 or the 4400. There is about a 100 dollar difference in the price at Newegg, obviously due to the 4400 having the larger L2 cache ( 1mb per core versus 512 kb per core on the 4200). Both are listed as 2.2 ghz processors. I use my computer mainly...

The immediate successor to Prescott after it tops out at 5.20GHz will be the "Tejas" core, also produced on a 90 nanometer process and delivering 5.60GHz using a 1066MHz system bus. That's slated to start appearing towards the end of 2004. The first Nehalem is supposed to appear at 9.60GHz before...

Hello. I have just upgraded my MSI KT3 Ultra with a Barton XP2500+ and Thermaltake Silentboost 7. I have found instructions to change the FSB, but it says "make sure if your running at 133 that you dissable hostclk+33 first " Where do I find hostclk+33 in my BIOS (v5.7)? I can't find it....

~misfit~ wrote: I have recently changed my FSB/multiplier on my CPU. It used to run at 133FSB X 16 multi, 1.825vcore for 2.13GHz. Athlon XP1800+ Tbred-B. I had no choice as one of my memory modules (Dual-channel mode) was PC2100 (2 X 256MB). I now have two PC3200 modules and have changed ...

Being an average computer user and not a heavy gamer (only MS Flight Sim 2004 and soon X-Plane), will I be able to notice much of a difference between my current Athlon 64 3700 (1gb CAS2 RAM) and 3800 machines (2gb CAS2 RAM)?

Has anyone ordered from these guys before? I have and am regretting it. Beware! Dan

This is a copy and paste of an email I sent to ATI (which has gotten no response so far, big surprise there), NOT!! Anyone have any ideas or suggestions? thanks ====================================================== Hi, Last week or so I was having to turn the computer off then back on again 2...

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7880262 here is my lowly score of 8815, only a 200 point gain from 166fsb. I did this taking ozone's advice and locking the agp to 66mhz. and I set my settings to aggressive. I did do a second bench with timings at "optimum" with no difference in score. I...

Don't get me wrong, been using Athlons forever.....I love them....here is my issue: I just started messing around with Pinnacle Studio 8 to create some DVDs from old VHS tapes as well as some AVI's and MPGs. It takes **forever** to render the DVD. I have heard that P4s are better at this than...

I want to upgrade my cpu to an XP2800+. I've double checked and found that I can't use my current board MSI KT3 Ultra. I want a new motherboard then, still an MSI. I figure although most of my other components aren't bang up to date, I may as well get the most advanced I can. (I have 4x AGP card,...

I'm running an AMD steady at 2300MHz. What is this equivalent to in AMD terms and P4? I would guess an AMD3400+ or P4 3.4GHz? Was I close? ;) gARY

Ever said, "my CPU's hot enough to fry an egg on"? Well, here's someone who tried: http://www.phys.ncku.edu.tw/~htsu/humor/fry_egg.html

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 04:51:09 +0000, Alex wrote: I saw an add on a web page that I had printed that seemed to be saying that it was selling an AMD-baed mobo that had a 400MHz DDR FSB. Does this mean that the FSB is 200MHz, and runs effectively at 400, or does it mean that the FSB is 400,...

I cant believe u dickheads r still exchanging mobile!!!!!! numbers.Anyone of u read the latest HL2 benchmark.........OK........Got a news 4 u ....nVidia (5600,5800,5900 Ultra)been kicked in the ass so bad .five days after the test they still jumping around... So called 5900Ultra :-))) cant even...

Hi, I was just curious as to your thoughts on the subject of system memory. I currently have 2 x 256MB (512MB total) in my AMD system, but I am quite tempted to swap-out these sticks for 2 x 512MB versions. I am running windows XP Pro, and I intend to start learning Video-Editing where I will...