Computer Problems.....

Valcrist · October 3rd, 2003, 20:12

Ok, tell me this. I looked at a profile for someone with these computer specs:

AMD Atholon XP: 1400 MHZ
RAM 256 SD
Geforce3 TI 500
FSB: 133 MHZ
Windows 98

3D Mark2001 SE Score: 7586

My specs:

Pentium 4: 1500 MHZ
RAM 768 SD
Radeon 9500np
FSB: 166 MHZ
Windows XP

3D Mark2001 SE Score: 7482

Now tell me this, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE!
I don't understand, also my opengl plugins for epsxe are kinda screwy and my d3d is kinda slow as well as peops soft gpu is kinda slow. Is there something that I'm missing. Cuz all of my pc games run great....so far my most intense game right now is Warcraft III. So um....does anybody have any kind of idea what could be wrong or what I could check to see if I can change anything to fix this cuz I know that it should be higher than that......so does anybody have any ideas? Plz help me.

Oh and I'm back....only while ii'm at school...cuz my internet is gone

Chinoz · October 3rd, 2003, 20:30

SDRam dude. My 9500pro gets no more then 8000 and i'm on a 1.8
Btw your FSB is 100mhz, not 166

Andrew Hruska · October 3rd, 2003, 20:31

Valcrist's back ^___^
It's probably your current drivers or the settings you are using.
OR maybe it's that damn SDram.

Valcrist · October 6th, 2003, 19:02

ok i'll look for some ddr rame. i'm looking to get a new mobo and processor too? and recommendations? Which is best for price/preformace ratio?

Chinoz · October 6th, 2003, 19:06

A P4 2.4c and the abit IC7

james.miller · October 6th, 2003, 19:59

1.5gh z p4's are absolutly crap. even the p3's were outbenching them.

anyway yes, if you upgrade either the cpu or motherboard, then you need to upgrade the other as well the 1.5ghz pf is a socket 423 cpu and they have long been discontinued.

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Monkeybrains · October 7th, 2003, 04:05

Quote:

SDRam dude.

Quote:

maybe it's that damn SDram

You mean SDR SDRAM.
DDR is still SDRAM.

SDR = Single Data Rate
DDR = Double Data Rate
SDRAM = Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

October 7th, 2003, 04:51

Isnt that a willington pentium 4 1.5 Ghz? I believe Only Willington cores made the odd numbers (1.5 1.7 1.9 ect)

If thats a Willington Pentium 4. Your numbers are "right" where they should be. Unfortunately for you. The Willington Pentium 4 isnt That fast compared tyo the Athlon XP or Northwood Pentium 4s.

Chinoz · October 7th, 2003, 13:36

Willington..? I thought its the Williamette??

>>Monkeybrains
Yeah I meant SDR Sdram

op3n_skill · October 7th, 2003, 16:29

Motherboard Selections:

Price and Stability:
Asus A7N266-VM and a XP 1700+

Pros: Price, Very stable chipset, 5.1 DD
Cons: 266 FSB, DDR 2100, Nforce 220D(Nforce 1), etc..

Power and Stability:
Abit IC7-Max and a P4 2.4 C

Pros: Fast, DDR400?, USB2.0 etc....
Cons: Damned Price.......

>>Willington..? I thought its the Williamette??

I also thought it was willamette?

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October 7th, 2003, 17:49

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Originally Posted by Chinoz

Willington..? I thought its the Williamette??

>>Monkeybrains
Yeah I meant SDR Sdram

Thats probably right. I've always called it the willy core

Valcrist · October 8th, 2003, 18:59

Ok I think I'm gonna get the P4 2.4c and that abit-17max cuz it is at new egg for 305 for both of them! good deal. I'll get the DDR SDRam on my next pay check in about 3 weeks...should be two but i need this next one for my car...

op3n_skill · October 8th, 2003, 19:26

>>I'll get the DDR SDRam on my next pay check in about 3 weeks...

Get two 512mb DDR400 from crucial or corsair, you'll benefit from the lifetime warranty they have...

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**Demigod** · October 8th, 2003, 21:48

AMD Atholon XP: 1400 MHZ
Pentium 4: 1500 MHZ

A Pentium 4 doesn't run nearly as fast as an Athlon at the same clock speed. Even though yours is clocked 100 Mhz more it's actually a lot slower. The Athlon XP 1400 Mhz is anywhere from 20% - 30% faster than your processor. I assume you have a Willamette from the clock speed, which makes thing worse. In short, your CPU is your primary bottleneck.

RAM 256 SD
RAM 768 SD

You're both using SDRAM. Although you have a lot more it won't make much of a difference in 3DMark2K1. The Pentium 4 suffers horribly with SDRAM (more than the Athlon). Getting DDR SDRAM or RDRAM would boost your score significantly. This would be your secondary bottleneck.

Geforce3 TI 500
Radeon 9500np

Your R9500 is faster than the GF3 but any advantages you have here is nullified by your CPU and RAM.

FSB: 133 MHZ
FSB: 166 MHZ

The Pentium 4 Willamette runs at 100 Mhz FSB, which is what I suspect you have. Even Northwoods at low clock speeds use a 100 Mhz FSB.

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Originally Posted by Valcrist

Ok I think I'm gonna get the P4 2.4c and that abit-17max cuz it is at new egg for 305 for both of them! good deal. I'll get the DDR SDRam on my next pay check in about 3 weeks...should be two but i need this next one for my car...

That would be an awesome upgrade for your system. If you're getting the P4 2.4C you might want to consider overclocking. Most P4s of that speed and model overclock very well; anywhere from 2.8 to 3.3 Ghz on stock air cooling. Free performance at absolutely no additional costs

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October 3rd, 2003, 20:12	#1
Valcrist Resident Mac User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: (Hicksville Florida) Posts: 1,447	Computer Problems..... Ok, tell me this. I looked at a profile for someone with these computer specs: AMD Atholon XP: 1400 MHZ RAM 256 SD Geforce3 TI 500 FSB: 133 MHZ Windows 98 3D Mark2001 SE Score: 7586 My specs: Pentium 4: 1500 MHZ RAM 768 SD Radeon 9500np FSB: 166 MHZ Windows XP 3D Mark2001 SE Score: 7482 Now tell me this, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE! I don't understand, also my opengl plugins for epsxe are kinda screwy and my d3d is kinda slow as well as peops soft gpu is kinda slow. Is there something that I'm missing. Cuz all of my pc games run great....so far my most intense game right now is Warcraft III. So um....does anybody have any kind of idea what could be wrong or what I could check to see if I can change anything to fix this cuz I know that it should be higher than that......so does anybody have any ideas? Plz help me. Oh and I'm back....only while ii'm at school...cuz my internet is gone __________________ \| Athlon 64 3200+ \| ASUS 6600GT \| 1 GB Dual Channel \| 20 GB Windows XP \| 100 GB Ubuntu \| 120 GB Storage \| \|14" iBook G4 1.33Ghz\|512 MB\|Radeon 9200\|60GB OSX Tiger\| >--Visit my blog--< http://blog.efx2.com/user/Tim

October 3rd, 2003, 20:30	#2
Chinoz ... Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Desa Park, Key Ell, Malaysia Posts: 2,307	Re: Computer Problems..... SDRam dude. My 9500pro gets no more then 8000 and i'm on a 1.8 Btw your FSB is 100mhz, not 166 __________________ System specs P4 2.6c \| Abit AI7 \| Radeon 9800pro \| 1024mb kingston ddr400 \| 120gb seagate sata \| 40mb wd \| And all the minor bits and pieces 3dMark2001SE

October 3rd, 2003, 20:31	#3
Andrew Hruska Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: somewhere Posts: 1,121	Re: Computer Problems..... Valcrist's back ^___^ It's probably your current drivers or the settings you are using. OR maybe it's that damn SDram.

October 6th, 2003, 19:02	#4
Valcrist Resident Mac User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: (Hicksville Florida) Posts: 1,447	Re: Computer Problems..... ok i'll look for some ddr rame. i'm looking to get a new mobo and processor too? and recommendations? Which is best for price/preformace ratio? __________________ \| Athlon 64 3200+ \| ASUS 6600GT \| 1 GB Dual Channel \| 20 GB Windows XP \| 100 GB Ubuntu \| 120 GB Storage \| \|14" iBook G4 1.33Ghz\|512 MB\|Radeon 9200\|60GB OSX Tiger\| >--Visit my blog--< http://blog.efx2.com/user/Tim

October 6th, 2003, 19:06	#5
Chinoz ... Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Desa Park, Key Ell, Malaysia Posts: 2,307	Re: Computer Problems..... A P4 2.4c and the abit IC7 __________________ System specs P4 2.6c \| Abit AI7 \| Radeon 9800pro \| 1024mb kingston ddr400 \| 120gb seagate sata \| 40mb wd \| And all the minor bits and pieces 3dMark2001SE

October 6th, 2003, 19:59	#6
james.miller Mr. Stupendous Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Here, There and Everywhere. Posts: 1,138	Re: Computer Problems..... 1.5gh z p4's are absolutly crap. even the p3's were outbenching them. anyway yes, if you upgrade either the cpu or motherboard, then you need to upgrade the other as well the 1.5ghz pf is a socket 423 cpu and they have long been discontinued. __________________ Lives for the chase.

October 7th, 2003, 04:51	#8
ChrisRay Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Computer Problems..... Isnt that a willington pentium 4 1.5 Ghz? I believe Only Willington cores made the odd numbers (1.5 1.7 1.9 ect) If thats a Willington Pentium 4. Your numbers are "right" where they should be. Unfortunately for you. The Willington Pentium 4 isnt That fast compared tyo the Athlon XP or Northwood Pentium 4s.

October 7th, 2003, 13:36	#9
Chinoz ... Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Desa Park, Key Ell, Malaysia Posts: 2,307	Re: Computer Problems..... Willington..? I thought its the Williamette?? >>Monkeybrains Yeah I meant SDR Sdram __________________ System specs P4 2.6c \| Abit AI7 \| Radeon 9800pro \| 1024mb kingston ddr400 \| 120gb seagate sata \| 40mb wd \| And all the minor bits and pieces 3dMark2001SE

October 7th, 2003, 16:29	#10
op3n_skill Finally!! :D Join Date: May 2003 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 1,842	Re: Computer Problems..... Motherboard Selections: Price and Stability: Asus A7N266-VM and a XP 1700+ Pros: Price, Very stable chipset, 5.1 DD Cons: 266 FSB, DDR 2100, Nforce 220D(Nforce 1), etc.. Power and Stability: Abit IC7-Max and a P4 2.4 C Pros: Fast, DDR400?, USB2.0 etc.... Cons: Damned Price....... >>Willington..? I thought its the Williamette?? I also thought it was willamette? __________________ Member of "The Pessimistics Club"

October 8th, 2003, 18:59	#12
Valcrist Resident Mac User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: (Hicksville Florida) Posts: 1,447	Re: Computer Problems..... Ok I think I'm gonna get the P4 2.4c and that abit-17max cuz it is at new egg for 305 for both of them! good deal. I'll get the DDR SDRam on my next pay check in about 3 weeks...should be two but i need this next one for my car... __________________ \| Athlon 64 3200+ \| ASUS 6600GT \| 1 GB Dual Channel \| 20 GB Windows XP \| 100 GB Ubuntu \| 120 GB Storage \| \|14" iBook G4 1.33Ghz\|512 MB\|Radeon 9200\|60GB OSX Tiger\| >--Visit my blog--< http://blog.efx2.com/user/Tim

October 8th, 2003, 19:26	#13
op3n_skill Finally!! :D Join Date: May 2003 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 1,842	Re: Computer Problems..... >>I'll get the DDR SDRam on my next pay check in about 3 weeks... Get two 512mb DDR400 from crucial or corsair, you'll benefit from the lifetime warranty they have... __________________ Member of "The Pessimistics Club"

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