Recent content by azeari

Does it come to anyone's mind that the oblivion test seems more CPU limited than graphics? Ok its true that the fps drops when we switch from a indoor scene to a outdoor one, but taking a 2nd look at the results shows something interesting, there's only a 3 fps difference between the 1024x768...

Try for a duo core if you're willing to push your budget abit. It will open up room for simultanious recording/encoding to divx or something else while watching content off the box. If not, the coolermaster will most definately work. Also, i'd disagree with rammedstein on having a discrete...

alrighty, if u dun wanna OC the setup is more or less perfect. though, OCing the 4300 on that board is a simple matter of increasing the FSB speeds. increasing voltages isn't even necessary if you aren't planning to hit 3ghz and above. to give you an idea, i spent 5min OCing my friend's e4300...

get a e4300 and OC.. saves you quite abit, and u could use the extra cash for another hdd possibly for storage purposes

I didn't dig out a reference to check the specific heat values, but I think it should be pointed out that the vast majority of water's specific-heat advantage is due to it's density rather than it's specific (by mass) heat capacity. Even if water had half the specific heat capacity of air, it's...

Firstly, running at 400FSB with stock multipliers would mean ur e4300 is running at 3.6ghz, which you may or may not be able to hit. I'd give my 5cents worth of advice here. If you're trying for a maximum overclock: Do it one at a time. Underrun ur memory and push the processor to the limit...

if its not about money, the 2x512 modules will definately be faster. Brands don't really matter unless you're overclocking them, since both will run at the rated DDR667 speeds. You might wanna consider the 1gb stick though, since 2x1gb leaves room for further upgrades as opposed to 4x512...

Actually its more than a simple 1:2 ratio in certain applications Just for comparison Netburst Horribly inefficient super long pipeline with high clockspeeds Double-cycle SSE execution Core2Duo Shorter, more efficient pipeline Single-cycle SSE execution Micro/Macro fusion ops Supposing your...

i had to register to say this :P ha ha!