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New Rig:
CPU: Athlon XP 1800+ t-bred A (Overclocked to 1886MHz, 11.5*164 with Volcano 6Cu HSF @ 3200rpm, idle 43C Full load 53C)
Mobo: ASUS A7V8X
Memory: 2*256MB = 512 MB DDR333 (Transcend make)
Graphics: ASUS GF4 MX440 4X 64MB at 351/526(Desperately waiting to lay hands on a Radeon 9700)
Audio: Creative SB Live! DE 5.1
Speakers: Integrated onto Monitor and Philips HP140 headphones
HDD: IBM Deskstar 80gig 7200rpm 2MB
Optical Drives:
Sony 40X/12X/48X CR-RW
Sony 16X DVD-ROM
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 750ST (17")
OS: Win XP Home
Printer: Epson Stylus Color 480
Keyboard: Samsung Multimedia
Mouse: Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical

Misc:
UPS: APC Back-UPS AVR500 (500VA/300W)
Power Supply Unit: 500W (true power = 422W)
Video: Pinnacle PCTV Plus TV-Tuner

<b> 3D Mark 2001se score: 7552</b>
<A HREF="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6325250" target="_new"> My score </A>

Old Rig:
CPU: Athlon Thunderbird 900MHz
Mobo: DFI AM-35EC
RAM: 256MB PC133 SDRAM
Graphics: ASUS RivaTNT2 32MB
Audio: On-board
HDD: Seagate 40gig 5400rpm
Optical Drive:
LG 52X CD-ROM
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 750ST (17")
OS: Win98SE
Printer: Epson Stylus Color 480
Keyboard: Samsung Multimedia
Mouse: Logitech Scroll Mouse

Misc:
UPS: APC Back-UPS AVR500 (500VA/300W)
Power Suppy Unit: 250W

<b> 3D Mark 2001se score: 3798 with the GF4 MX440 card</b>
 
Mobo: Epox 8RDA
CPU: AMD XP2000+ with speeze volcano HSF (24db!)
Ram: 1x256 DDR 2100 Kingston
Video: ATI Radeon 8500
Sound: SB Audigy, Logitech z-640 5.1 speakers
Storage: C:\ 40G Maxtor, D:\ 10G WD
Opt: Toshiba 16x DVD
Network: Linksys Etherfast
Mouse: Microsoft Optical Blue
Case: Antec Solution, Antec Speed Sensing exhaust fan
PowerSupply: Antec 300W
Keyboard: Logitech Internet keyboard
Monitor: KDS X flat 17e
TV tuner: Hauppauge WinTV PCI
Modem: Lucent Winmodem 56k

I love my discount working at Best Buy 😉

3Dmark2001 8115
3dMark2003 1076

"Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my drive?"
 
I used Radeonator, because I couldn't get rage3d to work. You can oc the vpu like a mother but the ram is pretty limited unless you put heatsinks on it.

If its not broken, you're not trying hard enough.