Recent content by CombatWombat

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    why!?! why must I give up my precious fast writes!

    hello again , I have recently purchased an Evga Geforce 6800 ultra from newegg.com to go along with my nice new happy box containing splinter cell Chaos theory. first things first however, before running the game I do a few benchmarks to see if everything is kosher. Confirmed, 75,000 in aqua 3...
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    horrible time to upgrade =( but can wait no longer

    midnight bump also , thanks for the responses , and cleeve . your statement about the memory is correct , i misstated my sentence. memory is a limiting factor when pushing environments in the 1600x1200 and up resolution range, which , regrettably i have a nak for doing :P keep em comming pls
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    horrible time to upgrade =( but can wait no longer

    titles in the foreseable future include . F.E.A.R , splinter cell chaos MP, battlefield 2 (yay) , elder scrolls - oblivion, matrix-online, and quake 4 . these titles are gonne need some heavy video card(s) to produce acceptable frame-rates for me =) i cry if it gets under 60ish
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    horrible time to upgrade =( but can wait no longer

    sup guys . i have waited to the last minute yet again (story of my life) to upgrade my video-card from its previous stature. However the problem here is that i have a recently built system(which i will describe below) designed around AGP and do not wish to upgrade M/B at this time. This...
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    Patriot ddr400xbl: Versus Ocz platinum.rev2 ddr400

    good idea, and thanks for the post, but do u know if the numbers in the link u posted are pulled from athlon machines or intels ? memory OCs diffrently between the two platforms =( keepem comming guys !
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    Identifying RAM

    indeed , cpuz is what u are looking for, it was also recently updated to properly identify newer athlon chips as well =) so grab the new version
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    Patriot ddr400xbl: Versus Ocz platinum.rev2 ddr400

    what do my esteemed colleagues think ? Patriot memory systems ddr400 xbl modules running sammy tccd chips on brainpower pcb rated by the manufacturer to do ddr 533 (2.5-3-3-8) for an avg price $225. OR ocz's ddr400 plaatinum ed. rev2 (it uses the same chips ,however does not use brainpower pcb)...
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    k8n neo 2 plat problem... any suggestions

    just purchased a new system for christmas, specs are as follows m/b: k8n neo 2 plat bois vers. 1.3 athlon 64 winchester 3000+ 500W [-peep-] PS 5900 ultra video 1gig patriot ram (tccd chips on brianpwr pcb)ddr 400 .built system about an hour ago boots and posts perfectly , however when i try to...
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    holiday decision help !!

    thanks for the responses guys , but im looking for some more =) pls give me ur opinions on what a should do as far as upgrades go, thanks !
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    holiday decision help !!

    hey guys, my current setup is as follows Cpu: athlon xp 2600(mild OC) Ram: 1.5 gigs corsair xms 2-2-2-6(pc2700 =( @174mhz, soyo pos m/b Video: geforce fx 5900. ive been trying to hold out for building a new system till the summer but im not sure i can last what should i do ?(keep in mind my...
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    need some feedback on m/b and memory purchase

    hi im about to purchase a few upgrades to get me through the college year( im trying not to buy another graphix card b4 (sli) my current setup is as folllows. soyo kt400 dragon ultra an athlon 2600+(360 fsb @2.25 ghz non barton) and 1gig of pc2700 corsair 2-2-2-6@ 360mhz ddr.a geforce fx 5900...