Walking the upgrade path

[XMEN Gambit]

Stuff came in today. Mobo from NJ, the rest from CA. *shrug*<br><br>Slapped it together this evening. It works. I started, but canceled, WinXP setup because it is time for bed. It's pretty, even with just the lights on the case and the blue LED fans shining through the window. I won't worry about the cable sleeves or the UV until after I get it running nicely. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>Props to Iceputz for helping me pick out the case.<br><br>The xfx graphics card was humorously packaged. More on that later. But it fits, for an "X"-man... <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.xmenclan.org/xmengambit.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>XMEN member<br>Card-carrying DTM<br>OKL Fish-napper<br><br>Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained.<br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Tao of Programming</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i></i>

[XMEN Iceman]

Well, <br>I upgraded my system to 1gig of PC3200 yesterday. Nice! RTS sims seem to run smoother under a full battle. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br> <p><table border=0><tr><td><embed align=left src=http://www.thzclan.com/avatars/ezice.swf menu=false quality=high bgcolor=#000000 width=217 height=166 type=application/x-shockwave-flash pluginspage=http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/dow ... <td><table border=0 style='Filter: Shadow(Color=#BB1403,Direction=255)'><tr><td><span class='usertitle'>XMEN Iceman [DTM]<br>Founder and Leader of the Base Tribes XMEN Clan<br>Proud member of the Dragon Talon Mercenaries teamplayers Guild<br>Citizen of New Fenecia<br><br>You weren't much of a challenge - T2 bot after killing Iceman<br><br>- click on avatar for links - no, not sausage links!</span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></p><i></i>

[XMEN Gambit]

Fry's was running a sale on that Patriot memory. Happens to be the same kind I got from Newegg. Seems to run really well. I've turned up the timings a little and not had a problem yet; still need to run memtest on it.<br><br>Game reports so far: UT2K4 doesn't seem to burden the system at all. <br>I just played a little Far Cry, which made my old system beg for mercy with everything on low, and it runs fine so far with everything set at "High" and res is, I think, 1280x1024, with AA set medium. There's a little pause when it loads some sounds or textures, which is irritating, but the game itself is running smooth. And purty.<br><br> <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.xmenclan.org/xmengambit.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>XMEN member<br>Card-carrying DTM<br>OKL Fish-napper<br><br>Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained.<br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Tao of Programming</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i></i>

[MegaDeath70]

Gambit you may want to get another 512 of ram, it may resolve whatever issues that you do have. I couldnt ever imagine running a system again with just 512 of ram. Kinda like, i could never go back to dial-up.<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.teamwidowmakers.com/Mega/Sig ... <!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>"MegaDeath //Definition: [n] the death of a million people; "they calibrate the effects of atom bombs in megadeaths" :-)!"</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--></p><i></i>

[XMEN Gambit]

Definitely! That's certainly the first thing I'll do when I start making changes. But 512 will do for now - I did have to make some budget concessions... <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.xmenclan.org/xmengambit.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>XMEN member<br>Card-carrying DTM<br>OKL Fish-napper<br><br>Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained.<br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Tao of Programming</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i></i>