x1950xtx are in at newegg $460
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HeavyMetal wrote:I'm more of an Amazon fan, but eBay is nice for some things even if is kind of a world wide garage sale.
Not bad Joe88, I always thought you had format to install a HDD. Windows is full of loop holes though. Impressive system. Is it running an atomic telescope?
Any truth to AMD overheating more than Intel? (Though I've heard AMD to be more stable.)
I had seen a post a lil while back with someone that was wanting to move there HDD with XP installed from one PC to there new Rig. As Windows XP will not boot if you make a drastic hardware change you have to use the following method to move the HDD to its new home. I knew how to do this but I wanted to make absolutly sure so I contacted a good friend of mine who is the owner of a rather big Computer Repair Shop who confirmed this method to be a good way to make a HDD move with WinXp installed. I am posting this as advice to anyone needing to make such a move. This is simply one method of doing this and may not even be the best but it works and does not seem to have any adverse affects on the
performance of the Operating System.
To perform this method you WILL have to edit your registry if you do not feel comfortable in the Registry of your PC stop here.
This is a simple regedit to perform simply open regedit by clicking on Start > Run > type REGEDIT click ok
In regedit find this key :
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG > SYSTEM > CURRENTCONTROLSET > ENUM
You simply Delete the entire ENUM key close regedit and shutdown your PC right there and move it to you new Rig. Boot the system. When Windows begins to load it will start detecting your new hardware and build your new hardware profiles ( this may take more than one restart of the OS) I have provided a small screen shot of what key to delete for referance.



HeavyMetal wrote:First Part:
Pentium 4, Pentium D, Core 2, and Athlon.
First I know nothing of Athlon chips so I would have no clue as to whether I should chose one. Seriously no clue at all, but I have no reason not choose Athlon over Intel.
Is this due to the Memory Wall speed issue? I don't know if a Core 2 with lower GHz will out perform the speed of a higher GHz P4 or PD???
Does FSB and other processor to part connections on newer chips make up for a lower GHz clockspeed so greatly???
Second Part:
Memory slots on the motherboard are the second complication. I see things like 2GB or 4GB limit. Does that mean if a single slot 2GB RAM chip comes out I cannot use it since the board was to house two to four 1GB RAM chips?
Plus I have no idea about the pin numbers for RAM 240 or 185 I think. Not sure if that means one is faster or not.
It would appear getting the fastest RAM possible makes a difference since clockspeed went past the speed of memory access.
Third Part:
PCI and PCIE are limited on motherboards. Is there a way to expand that? I mean cases can have a ton of expansion slots, but that doesn't mean much if you have too few slots on the board.
I would hate to buy a PCI part only to have to unplug another part.
Fourth Part:
Would it be better to buy a 256MB GeForce Vid Card and add a TV tuner or just get an 256MB ATI All in Wonder?
Yeah that part is sort of off topic, but I heard GeForce have higher performance. Plus I don't mind things being separate parts, makes future upgrades easier in a way.
Basically I am looking for a way to compare processors on an equal field to know which to choose. I just have no Athlon knowledge and Intel chips now have varied strengths in different areas.
I like the advances, but it was easier when high Hz meant the better chip.
Sorry for such a mangled question. I guess I was out of the Tech loop for too long.
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