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5. July 2009 @ 14:34 |
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yah...usually I dont either. This was an optional update too. I figured since this is their working prototype, why not help them in every way possible. Im enjoying it believe it or not LOL! :D The occasional bug is welcome on my computers LOL LOL! Keeps me on my toes and teaches me more things.
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5. July 2009 @ 14:39 |
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I forget to mention before. Are you sure it's not your router ?.
I personally use Static DHCP so that i get the same IP assigned to PC's and game consoles each time. I mention it because my Gigabyte mobo has twin ethernet ports, and when i first moved in here i couldn't connect as i'd plugged into the wrong port unknowingly, and DD-WRT was blissfully unawhere that i was plugged into the wrong port. Will have to watch out for that again as am moving house again in a few weeks, it's going to be a mammoth task in making sure everything is connected up properly.
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5. July 2009 @ 14:43 |
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That would be an EXTREME coincidence. Every time I screwed with the drivers, it effected it. Doesn't seem to be hardware related at the moment. But, last night still remains a mystery...
Also note, that my secondary has virtually no trouble with the router/modem. if its hardware, its the ethernet port.
I'll be watching it like a hawk!!!
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5. July 2009 @ 14:47 |
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I see. Just edited my previous reply.
'Note to Kevin' - stop bloody messing :) :) - things work better when they're left alone. Main router has a measly 46 days uptime at the moment which will be disrupted when i move, i have got to the stage where it no longer needs any tweaks, all settings are perfect so it just stays up permanently now.
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5. July 2009 @ 14:53 |
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Originally posted by creaky:
'Note to Kevin' - stop bloody messing :) :) - things work better when they're left alone..
LOL! Isn't that the truth :D
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8. July 2009 @ 11:44 |
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Haha messing with drivers and settings is never a good idea. I usually find it best to just look for a working driver and leave it at that. The programmers know far better what is wrong and what is causing the problem. Be patient and let them figure it out for you before you mess something up good.
Haha one idiot friend messing with firmware and BIOS flashes. 1 bricked DVD-RW drive, 2 bricked mobos, and a bricked 9600GSO all in a week. Then he gets PO'd and bitches at me to fix it all because I taught him how to flash :S Man I gotta stop helping my friends do stuff. They never actually listen. They just wait for me to write down the procedure and then proceed to wreak havok on innocent PC hardware :(
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8. July 2009 @ 13:12 |
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This is why I don't update BIOSes and firmware for the sake of it.
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17. July 2009 @ 12:56 |
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Hey guys, new to these forums but I love the information you have. I'm currently looking to upgrade my system and looking for some help.vista, amd 9500 phenom quad core, 3gb ram, nvidia 8500gt and looking for some cost effective solutions to upgrade my gaming experience. I've already researched video cards, but decided making a post here couldn't hurt =p. yes my pc is about 2yrs old and in dire need of an upgrade. I have about $900to play with and have been debating scrapping this motherboard for a higher-end board or just seeing if added memory and a high end video card can be supported on what I have. I'd hate to spend the money and kill my pc..so any help is largely appreciated! =D
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17. July 2009 @ 13:09 |
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Whats your current board?
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17. July 2009 @ 13:27 |
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Well the CPU you have is pretty dire, so you would want to upgrade that, and the video card isn't great either. Assuming your motherboard only supports older Phenoms (I'd imagine that probably is the case) you're best off scrapping the board. CPU and GPU for some more up to date components. Of course by scrapping I mean selling on ebay but I doubt you'd make a great deal.
For $900 you can get some pretty reasonable parts these days, that's ample for a major upgrade. Something like a Phenom II X4 940, MA790X-UD4P and Radeon HD4890 will only sum about $500. You could use that extra money to upgrade storage, get some more RAM perhaps, do all sorts of things. Or you could go a little higher end still and go for an Intel Q9650, EP45-UD3R and a Radeon HD4870X2 for $800 - you may very well need a new PSU for any upgrade at all though, you will need to state which one you currently have - you will also need to state which case you have, as it may not be sufficient for cooling top-grade components.
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17. July 2009 @ 14:58 |
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Sammy wouldn't he be better off just starting from scratch, hell with 900 bucks I would, I know I'm no where near in knowledge as you guys bur starting from scratch wouldn't that avoid possible compatability issues with hardware and possibly software he already has.
He would also get nothing in selling parts from his old PC, but if he sold his whole old unit you know he could get something.
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17. July 2009 @ 15:01 |
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He could start from scratch, but there's not always need to throw away good disk drives, power supply and RAM if you don't need to. It depends what spec the original PC was built to.
As it stands he could well actually make more from selling the old bits than selling the old PC as a whole.
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17. July 2009 @ 15:27 |
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I'm currently looking to upgrade my system and looking for some help.vista, amd 9500 phenom quad core, 3gb ram, nvidia 8500gt and looking for some cost effective solutions to upgrade my gaming experience.
Just drop about $150-200 and upgrade your graphics card for the lowest cost solution.
You didn't say what your mother board is but if you are intending to upgrade it then you might as well go for a new processor, motherboard, and graphics card providing the rest can be recycled.
List all your system parts for a better answer.
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17. July 2009 @ 15:46 |
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A phenom 9500 is really weak though, there's not much point in having a cutting edge GPU with a CPU like that.
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17. July 2009 @ 16:05 |
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in games the biggest differnce int he GPU, so if he can only upgrade one thing, its the GPU id say.
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17. July 2009 @ 16:10 |
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A phenom 9500 is really weak though, there's not much point in having a cutting edge GPU with a CPU like that.
If the one desireable task outside of surfing the net and word processing is gaming then a decent GPU will fit the bill even with a Phenom 9500. A fast processor helps stretch out those extra frames but in the end most of the work is still being done by the graphics processor. I feel comfortable recommending a decent graphics card with that setup because I used an 8800 GTS (G92)in the old Opteron 170 dual core system which my son now has and it played Oblivion with no video issues whatsoever and the Phenom 9500 is a faster processor. Now if he wants to get into transcoding, encoding, or reencoding then that's another issue.
My druthers is always to go for faster stuff but my experience and common sense tells me that more often than not it's to have a car that can do 175 even though I intend to do the speed limit.
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17. July 2009 @ 16:11 |
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You say the 9500 phenom is week. Whats weeker, the athlon 5200, or the 9500 phenom. Cause the dual core 5200 continues to impress me. But then, I have an unnatural amount of patience. Perhaps obtained by my having dial-up internet for a time. Ahh memories *wipes a tear away* lol.
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17. July 2009 @ 16:31 |
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Well perhaps, but there are limits to the CPU's ability as well. Were it a 9850 or so it wouldn't be such an issue, but slower CPUs like that can still drag down reasonably priced GPUs in some games, the processing power required for many is quite substantial these days. If you can only afford to replace one component, make it the graphics card, but when someone is willing to perform a complete system upgrade, I see no reason to deny them it, when they have an outdated CPU like that.
Omega: The X2 5200+ is much stronger per-core. The Phenom 9500 is a quad core 4200+, and it's not an xx50 series either, so suffers from the TLB issues that plagued the first Phenoms, cutting its performance down to the level of a pair of 3800+s, if not worse.
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17. July 2009 @ 16:33 |
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Wow. Glad I never purchased one of those then.
The current problem with afterdawn is, the words don't wrap when changing the window size. I need it maximized so I don't have to scroll for every sentence! Rather unusual.
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17. July 2009 @ 16:34 |
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Ah yeah, mine's doing that as well. I didn't notice as the window was big enough not to be an issue :)
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17. July 2009 @ 16:36 |
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MAN I want a 30" monitor!!! LOL
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17. July 2009 @ 16:38 |
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even my 24" is getting stretched acros... (albe it by 1cm)
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17. July 2009 @ 16:48 |
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Near the top left column of the forum there is a "Browse by topic" menu. Close it and since the page is not fixed (fluid)it will expand.
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17. July 2009 @ 17:00 |
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
You say the 9500 phenom is week. Whats weeker, the athlon 5200, or the 9500 phenom. Cause the dual core 5200 continues to impress me. But then, I have an unnatural amount of patience. Perhaps obtained by my having dial-up internet for a time. Ahh memories *wipes a tear away* lol.
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Yes! I hate having to scroll back and forth. I think it's Hybride's post. Looks like it was done on Notepad and copied here. He needs to turn on Word Wrap! There's no huge graphics, so after looking at all the posts on the page, his is the likely culprit! I'll send him a PM and ask him to edit it! The last page is fine!
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17. July 2009 @ 17:02 |
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No, using word wrap in notepad
makes your posts come out
like this, with line spacing.
I write most of my posts in notepad without word wrap, and it doesn't usually cause this.
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