| ace3 |
I was just wondering what kind of computers you all have.
I have a custom built P4 3.06 ghz with a Radeon 9500. |
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| Wazowski |
| I have both Intel and Mac, but I voted Mac since I could only select one. |
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| Warzau |
| You should change you poll, when you mean computer you should have said PC or MAC, you are refering to CPU, which are AMD, INTEL and (different Manufatures) MAC CPUs. |
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| BaldEagle |
| My computer is a Toshiba laptop (intel) that we use as our second computer and take on trips for downloading photo's and watching DVD's. |
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| Captain MDX |
| How about adding custom or other on the list? My computer are those custom built ones (2.4 GHz, Oh yeah!). |
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| Captain MDX |
quote:
Originally posted by ace3
I have a custom built P4 3.06 ghz with a Radeon 9500.
Oh, guess mine isn't that fast after all :D |
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| xcel |
Hi Ace3:
___I have a personal built 1.4 GHz Celeron at 1.5 GHz on a Tualatin based Soyo TISU and a Radeon 9500. Custom T&R’s ala PowerStrip as well as an M-Audio card for extremely clean 44.1 KHz MP3/CD-Audio playback as well as “good as it gets - DD/DTS”. TheaterTek as the player of choice but no DirectShow post processing filters however. The second HTPC is the same with a GeForce 4 for my sons gaming needs. The Third is a 1.6 GHz P4 running at 2.4 GHz w/ the S/PDIF output from an Asus P4S533X. The fourth is a 1.3 GHz at 1.5 GHz Tualatin on an Asus TUSL2 … At just 60 - 70W in total (entire HTPC, not just the chip), the Tualatin’s rip up on the P4’s all the way up to 2.4 – 2.5 GHz. Most bang for the buck anyway. Not only do the Tualatin’s save power, (just 34 W chips vs. an 81 W 3.06 P4 or the 60W P4B at 2.4) but their processing of Cancer conformers clearly beat the P4’s on a MHz to MHz race to death. Well, a 3.06 will finally take the cake but at a huge waste and expense.
___Good Luck
___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net |
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| ace3 |
quote:
Originally posted by Warzau
You should change you poll, when you mean computer you should have said PC or MAC, you are refering to CPU, which are AMD, INTEL and (different Manufatures) MAC CPUs.
Sorry once i made it i thought of that. I am not a moderator so i cant change it can you? |
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| Skewbeedeaux |
Here's my dinosaur that I've had for several months.
• CPU: 3.06 Intel P4, Hyperthread technology (parallel processing, acts like dual processors)
• RAM: 2 GB Kingston 400Mhz HyperX DDR running in Dual Channel mode
• Mobo: MSI 655 HT Max mobo. 533 MHz FSB
• VID: ATI Radeon 9700, AGP 8X
• Ports: 6 USB 2.0, 2 IEEE 1394 (Firewire)
• HDs: 40GB boot, 200GB data on dual UDMA133 IDE controllers
• Serial ATA-RAID (currently unpopulated)
• Gigabit LAN (1000mbps capacity running over 3Gbps fractional T3. WHOOP-DE-FRIGGIN-DOO)
• TDK VeloCD 48/16/48 CDburner (fast RIPs)
• Pioneer A05 4X DVDburner (movies anyone?)
All housed in a clear lexan case with neon accents, glow-in-the-dark cables, blacklight, and clear fans with LEDs that blink with HD activity.
I'd say it's about time for an 800Mhz FSB system.:2: |
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| xcel |
Hi All:
___ I forgot to mention that the Celeron based HTPC’s and P4 are literally silent. All include 80 GB SeaGate Barracuda ATA IV’s, an Alpha PAL 8942 w/ a Panaflow L1 on the P4 and SVC GoldenGate all copper CPU HS’s w/ 60 to 80 mm funnels and Panaflow L1’s on the Tualatin’s. For the PSU’s, 330 W Antec True Powers all the way around. Case fans include Sunon TB-4’s modded for 7-Volt ops as well as Panaflows. All video card fans were removed and replaced w/ fanless Zalman Copper sinks … For OTA HDTV recording and viewing, a MyHD card was used in the main HTPC.
___Good Luck
___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net |
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| paul123 |
Just a run of the mill system:
1. Gateway 486 pentium 4 - 1.3 GHz Performance system
2. 40 GB Hard-drive
3. 386 RAM
4. 18.1" Flat panel for viewing pic's
5. Windows XP operating system
6. HP Deskjet 952C printer
7. 32MB ATI Video Card
I had recently upgraded the Ram from 128 RAM to 384 RAM and what a difference!!!
Next I have to upgrade my video card to get clearer streaming video's on the Flat Panel Monitor.
Next computer will be a Dell for sure, not that happy with Gateway.
Hey DUDE, gotta get a DELL!!!! |
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| xcel |
Hi Paul123:
___You mean a PIII or Tualatin based Celeron, right?
___Good Luck
___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net |
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| paul123 |
quote:
Originally posted by xcel
Hi Paul123:
___You mean a PIII or Tualatin based Celeron, right?
___Good Luck
___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net
Yes you are correct, thanks for the correction. |
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| xcel |
Hi Paul123:
___Your welcome.
___And the RAM to 384?
___Good Luck
___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net |
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| greatscot |
quote:
Originally posted by paul123
Just a run of the mill system:
1. Gateway 486 pentium III 1.3 GHz Performance system
2. 40 GB Hard-drive
3. 386 RAM
4. 18.1" Flat panel for viewing pic's
5. Windows XP operating system
6. HP Deskjet 952C pinter
I had recently upgraded the Ram from 128 RAM to 386 RAM and what a difference!!!
Next I have to upgrade my video card to get clearer streaming video's on the Flat Panel Monitor.
Next computer will be a Dell for sure, not that happy with Gateway.
Hey DUDE, gotta get a DELL!!!!
That's weird. I just dumped my similar Gateway and bought a Dell, Love it. Do it, you won't be sorry. They have great deals going right now at Dell.com |
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| ace3 |
quote:
Originally posted by Skewbeedeaux
Here's my dinosaur that I've had for several months.
• Gigabit LAN (1000mbps capacity running over 3Gbps fractional T3. WHOOP-DE-FRIGGIN-DOO)
All housed in a clear lexan case with neon accents, glow-in-the-dark cables, blacklight, and clear fans with LEDs that blink with HD activity.
I'd say it's about time for an 800Mhz FSB system.:2:
Isnt gigabit kind of useless now if its in a pci card, isnt the bus of PCi only like 133 MB's. The best gigabit ethernet would be in the new intel 875p boards and 865 (800 fsb ones) And in server motherboards with PCI-X i cant wait until PCI Express comes out, PCI is finally gettting an upgrade. |
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| mdxxxx |
Desktop...
Intel based p4, 1.3ghz, 512RAM, twin 80gig hard drives, 17" monitor
Laptop...
Intel based p4 2.4ghz, 512RAM 60gig hard drive, 4 usb2 ports 16" screen. |
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| laborlitigator |
| Dell 5100 - 2.0 ghz, CDRW, 15" active matrix |
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| darkhelmet |
Dell 2.4ghz 512mg 60g HD 18" flat panel
Sony 2 ghz 512mg 80g HD DVD-R 18"flat panel
IBM 1.4ghz Celeron 384mg 20g HD 15" flat panel
3 Gateway 3450 laptop @ 750mhz 384mg 20g HD
1 Colbalt Raq3
and hopefully an IBook soon. |
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| paul123 |
quote:
Originally posted by xcel
Hi Paul123:
___Your welcome.
___And the RAM to 384?
___Good Luck
___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net
Thanks again, I did make another error after checking my control panel and going into system info???? Also just realized it's a Pentium 4 instead of the Pentium III, I thought I had???
:banghead: :1pat: |
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| DaleB |
Workhorse:
Dell XST
PIII 750 Mhz
384 mb ram
2/ 20 g Maxtor drives
HP CD-RW 9110
32mb Nvidia AGP card
Soundblaster 5.1
19" Sony Trin flat-screen
older Dell PIII 700 mhz laptop...
Have my eye on a Sony laptop..P4 2.66mhz 60g 512, 15" SXGTA, DVD-RW, 802.11g, etc. etc... |
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| evoge |
PII 300, Win98SE. Anyone think I should do my part for the tech economy and upgrade sometime?
Just added a $29 30gb HD from Staples earlier this week as storage for photos, and I'll install a cheapo CD-RW sometime soon. That'll be about all it can handle. |
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| A2MDXer |
| Dell 2.4 GHZ P4 notebook with new 15.4 widescreen and DVD player, 60 Gig HD. Also have an external Sony DVD burner. |
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| JTM |
Here are the PCs in my home:
Primary : Personal Built P4-1.7Ghz, 512MB ram, Sony Exterior DVD+/-R/RW, CD-Rom, ATI 7500 64MB video card with S-Video (out) Digital and Analog in, Sound Blaster Live sound card, with zip drive and 2 - 20GB HDD.
Secondary : Personal Built P3-450mhz, 256MB ram, ATI video card, 2 -10GB HDD.
Second Secondary : Packard Bell Pentium 150 mhz with 64MB ram, runs Windows 98 SE.
Third Secondary : Compaq Pentium 90mhz with 64 mb ram, runs on Solaris. :p |
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| catzx6 |
Main: Homebuilt PIII 733 w/40 Gig HD, 512 RAM, GeForce 4200Ti, Yamaha burner, 17" monitor, SB 128PCI, D-Link wireless AP, DSL, WinXP.
Laptop: Vaio PII 400, 192 RAM, wireless card, Win 2K.
Kids: AMD K6 250, old guts, Win 98.
Old, but reliable. ;)
"If it ain't broke..." |
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| JayPogi |
I hav a Dell Desktop P4 1.7Ghz 256ram 64mbvideocard
and a Gateway laptop P4 1.6Ghz 384ram 32mbvideocard
Both of them are great. |
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| Pauls MDX |
Just a quick question for any computer experts, I have a 32mb ATI video card with a 18.1 flat panel monitor. Considering to upgrade my video card? What will it do for my images on the screen? Will streaming be much clearer if I blow up to full size? Advantages? Worth the cost? How much to increase 64mb or higher? Thanks for any input that you give.
Paul |
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| DaleB |
quote:
Originally posted by Pauls MDX
Just a quick question for any computer experts, I have a 32mb ATI video card with a 18.1 flat panel monitor. Considering to upgrade my video card? What will it do for my images on the screen? Will streaming be much clearer if I blow up to full size? Advantages? Worth the cost? How much to increase 64mb or higher? Thanks for any input that you give.
Paul
I am no gaming expert Paul, but your display has a fixed maximum resolution property.
But a hotter card should give you better resolution within that limit as the games will have faster resovling rates (frames).
It's hard to say how much improvement you will see, but doubling to 64 should be noticeable. Going to 128mb might bring out the best of the best games. Whether the resolution of your particular display is good enough to see that, is hard to say.
The ATI 9000 series seem to be the best cards now. |
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| Jon |
PC1
Lian-Li PC60 full ATX aluminum case
SOYO KT-400 DDR400
(4)un-buffered 512MB Corsair PC3200
AMD 3.0 XP w/400FSB
Maxtor 120GB @7,200rpm
(2)PlexWriter 32/20/40A
Soundblaster Audigy2 Z5
Matrox Parhelia 256MB DDR AGP Graphic Card w/ Triple-RGB, Dual-DVI, TV output
(2)19" Sony 420GS Multiscan Trinitron CRT
(1)21" Sony CPD-G520P totally flat Multiscan Trinitron CRT
(4)CoolerMaster 2" fans
Bose LifeStyle cube speakers 5.1
PC2
Lian-Li PC60 full ATX aluminum case
GigaByte GA-7DXR PC2100
(2)512MB Corsair PC2100
AMD T-Bird K7 1.3mhz overclocked to 1.5mhz
Maxtor 40GB @7,200rpm
PlexWriter 16/10/40A
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro ALL-IN-WONDER 256mb DDR DVi/TV out
SoundBlaster Live X-Gamer 5.1
Sony SDM-X73/B 17inch LCD w/native resolution of 1280x1024
Logitech Z-640 5.1 speakers
Belkin FireWire PCI card
10GB i-Pod
My friend and I are thinking about buying a QPower Water-cooling Case and running some hydrofluoroether through it. 3M sells it for $220 per gallon. If I replace the regular pastic tubes with some brass ones, I think it would work. Only problem is how to keep the condensation from building up on the vital components. |
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| Jon |
quote:
Originally posted by Pauls MDX
Just a quick question for any computer experts, I have a 32mb ATI video card with a 18.1 flat panel monitor. Considering to upgrade my video card? What will it do for my images on the screen? Will streaming be much clearer if I blow up to full size? Advantages? Worth the cost? How much to increase 64mb or higher? Thanks for any input that you give.
Paul
If you are a gamer it would definately be benificial to buy a better video card. You have to remember though...........that LCD monitor is limited by it's native resoultion. So eventhough your new videocard might be pumping out a butt-load of framerates, you are limited by the LCD's refresh rate and native resolution. If your not a gamer I wouldn't suggest buying another videocard. It's not worth it. I totally regret buying my LCD because I prefer looking at my monitors at atleast 1600x1200. |
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| RonH |
Main System
Lian-Li PC-65B Aluminum Case
VanTec 520W Aluminum P/S
P4 3.06GHz Processor
Asus P4PE Mainboard
1GB Crucial DDR RAM
Asus V8460 GeForce 4 Ti Video Board
Promise SuperTrack RAID5 Controller
4 Seagate Barracuda 160GB Drives (480GB RAID5 Array)
Maxtor 250GB External Firewire HDD
Teac 40x CD-ROM
Teac 40x/12x/48x CD-RW Drive
HP StorageWorks 40/80GB DLT Tape Drive
SoundBlaster Audigy2 Platinum
Broadcom Gigibit NIC
Adaptec 2906 SCSI Card
MAG-Innovision 800V 19" Monitor
Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 Audio
Hauppauge WinTV-FM USB Tuner
3Com HomeConnect WebCam
250MB USB ZIP Drive
Sony & SanDisk Memory Card Readers
GemPlus Smart Card Reader
HP LaserJet 4+ and OfficeJet d145
APC Back-UPS Pro 1400
Current OS: WinXP Pro
Office System
Enlight Case
P3 1GHz Processor
Asus P3B-F/5P2I Mainboard
512 PC100 RAM
Two Seagate Barracuda 60GB Hard Drives
VisionTek GeForce3 Ultra Video
HP 8x/4x/32x CD-RW
3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100 NIC
Soundblaster Live MP3+
Dell M771 17" Monitor
HP Deskjet 660Cse
APC Back-UPS Pro 650
Current OS: WinXP Pro
Laptop
Dell Inspiron 8200
P4-M 2.2GHz Processor
256 DDR RAM
GeForce4-Go 440 Video
15" UXGA+ TFT Display
40GB Hard Drive
24X CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive
Current OS: WinXP Pro
MP3 Server (idea from Yoshi on Tech-TV)
Custom Built Cabinet
VanTec 300W P/S removed from it's case
VIA EPIA-M Mini-ITM Mainboard
VIA C3/EDEN EBGA 900MHz Processor
256MB DDR RAM
Integrated VIA CastleRock AGP Video
Integrated VIA VT1622 SVideo/RCA Out TV
Integrated VIA VT6103 10/100 NIC
Integrated VIA VT6307S Firewire
Integrated VIA VT1616 6 Channel AC'97 Audio
200GB Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive
Sony CDU571 Slot Loading CDROM
Interlink VP6241 RemotePoint Combo Wireless Keyboard w/ RemoteMouse
APC Back-UPS 500
Current OS: Stripped Down Win98SE
File Server
Compaq Proliant 3000-G3
512MB RAM
Compaq SmartArray4 RAID Controller
7 9.1GB Ultra-SCSI2 10k Hard Drives
Compaq 20/40/GB DDS3 Tape Drive
APC Back-UPS Pro 1400
Current OS: NetWare 6.0 SP3 |
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| Pauls MDX |
| Thanks Jon and DaleB for the information. I not a gamer only use for digital pictures and video streaming which I think like you guys said may not be worth the upgrade. I'll stick with my 32MB ATI card for now. |
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