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Deleximus, check in your bios to see if you have "Cool and Quiet" enabled. If you do, that's probably why your system is running slower. It underclocks when "quiet". Disable it and try again.

Someone mentioned to me that there will probably be a "next generation card" coming around May or so. The chip that was on the 9700 pro is still the prime design on the latest and greatest 9800xt. I was told there should be a new design coming out sometime in the near future. Anyone have any...

I got about 5400 on my new Athlong64, with a gig of Corsair XMS3200 LL Ram, audigy 2, and Radeon 9700 pro. I'm not much of an overclocker. Anyone know what I should tweak to get better performance? I have no idea how much I can push the video card, which is a year old (ATI version). Is...

Are there any other files/drivers that I should have for my new system, other than the obvious bios update and VIA drivers. I've got the MSI K8T and it has the MSI LIve feature to grab the latest stuff. But I never would have known about this AMD driver if I hadn't caught this thread. Thanks!

I bumped the voltage up to 2.65 and it seems to work now, I also moved the dimms to the slots closest to the CPU. Ran memtest overnight (24 times) and it worked ok. Ran a benchmarks this morning and no probs. I'm doing the "torture test" program (somthing95, I can't remember) while I'm at...

Is this a safe and "sanctioned" driver? You mention for "the mobile guys". Is it good for desktop systems too?

someone I know mentioned I need to change the voltage on the Ram. It's Corsair XMS3200 Low Latency 2x512. Anyone know what I should set it at?

Alright, I've got my new rig set up and now would like to test it out using some benchmarks. I'm a big game player so which programs should I use? Where do I get them? And how do I see how I stack up?

It is the latest bios.

It seems to be the Ram. i took out one of the 512 dimms and it seems stable (so far). Guess it doesn't like the 2x512 Corsair LL. Someone said to try it in diffenent slots. I'll give that a go I guess.

Now I have new problems. THe system locks up every once in a while. I'm trying to install XP service pack 1 and get constant lock ups. In fact the last one was so bad the system just started booting over and over again, never able to get to windows. I wonder if its the twin 512 corsair Low...

I just installed XP on my new system and have a couple questions. First it made my new SATA drive F: isntead of C:. Is this going to cause problems? Can it be fixed? Also if I wanted to access my old system and I use the same install disk and serial number of WindowXP is it going to cause...

I just installed XP on my new system and have a couple questions. First it made my new SATA drive F: isntead of C:. Is this going to cause problems? Can it be fixed? Also if I wanted to access my old system and I use the same install disk and serial number of WindowXP is it going to cause...

Never mind. Figured out the problem. The fricken floppy cable was flipped. I thought these only fit one way! Doh!

I've got the files on a floppy now, but when I hit f6, then s, it asks to insert disk into A drive. I do this, but the A drive doesn't spin! I've tried a combination of things and files on the disk, but it never seems to access it. Also, in the BIOS is see that it sees the floppy as A drive...

I just put together my new athlon64 system with the MSI K8T MB and set up the cmos so it reads the SATA. In fact, the promise driver at startup sees it. I also have a cdrom and dvdrom hooked up using the PATA. Now, when I put the windows xp disk in the cd drive it runs until it wants to know...

Why do you say only 64?

I just got a new Athlon64 3200 and have a Radeon 9700 pro 128. I have a gig of low latency ram. What should I set the AGP apeture at? What is this exactly?

I was in a very similar boat. I've been researching forever and have been getting frustrated reading all these posts saying to wait. But I finally broke down and ordered the Athlon64 with the MSI MB and a gig of Corsair low latency XMS RAM. From what I've read, the PCI express won't be...

I'm looking for a reasonably priced sound card for an Athlon 64 system. Don't need all the bells and whistles of the more pricey cards. The Audigy 2 looks good, but I've heard issues about install and whatnot. Their drivers suck too. What are the alternatives?

When are PCI express cards supposed to come out? And how about DDR2? How much of a performance difference are these changes going to make? Anyone have any links to more info?

After researching for MONTHs I'm finally going to get the Athlon64 3200+. The price now is good (just dropped 130 bucks). I think it's be better than the Barton for the little bit more. Also, I'm going to get Dual Channel Corsair memory (low latency), so that in a year or 8 months or whenever...

In search for the best RAM, I came across a few variations. I'm looking at the Twin set of Low Latency 3200 XMS by Corsair. I see there is the "regular" kind with a black heatspreader and also a "platinum Heatspreader" . Is there a performance difference between the different kinds...

are there any definitive dates on when the MB's will be out or on the new socket?

An interesting article just went up at Tomshardware (http://www.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20040112/index.html). It's a big vague actually. Is this saying that the MSI Neo doesn't like 2 dimms? Or perhaps he was mistaken in trying to put in 2 Corsair 4000's instead of 3200s. I'm thinking...

how much of a performance difference is the new socket going to make? April is a long time to wait for. :( I've got a fricken AMD xp 1900 and I'm dyin!

When do you think boards with the nforce3 250 will show up on the market?

I'm jonzing to put together an Athlon 64 3200 system. I'm probably going to get the MSI VIA MB, but am considering waiting until the Nforce3 250 MB's hit the market. What at re these going to offer that the VIA doesn't have? I know about the 1 GB hyperthreading, but that's not going to make a...

does the nforce3 250 allow pci or agp lock or OCing?

Is the Nforce3 250 going to have anything the VIA does not already have? Or are they just fixing the 150's shortcomings?

When replacing a motherboard I've heard it's best to have a clean HD. If I replace a motherboard on an Athlon 64 system in 6 months, do I have to reformat? What are the options?

No, I do not believe you can both an PATA drive and a SATA at the same time. I'm assuming though (someone correct me if I'm wrong) you can your DVD/CD drives as PATA, but not your HD. Also, I'm looking at the Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 SATA. Seems to be the best SATA drive out there. You might...

I go back and forth between the MSI and the Asus. I'm staying away from the nforce chipset as it's not the best for gaming. The Asus, I think, is a good one if you use onboard sound. I like the MSI's auto OC function though. Interesting to read different reviews at different places. Hardocp...

what did you do to get it?

I'm looking to get a new system too with the 3200, but the shuttle has the nforce 150 chipset which is not supposed to be the best for gaming. Funny, but I've been looking at Motherboard reviews for months and most boards get some bad reviews somewhere. the Asus K8V is my leading choice for...

I'm relatively new to OCing and configuring my own system, so I'm curious what you meant by timings being a big factor. Do you mean RAM timings? How do you adjust this? in the Bios?

I've noticed at newegg.com that there are quite a few flavors of Corsair XMS. -with platinum heatspreader, with silver/platinum heat spreader. 3700 with same. Anyone know if the 3700 set to run at 3200 (non-overclocked on Asus K8V) runs any slower than 3200 RAM at 3200? I'd like to have the...

I know of Monarch (http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=M&Category_Code=AMDBarebones) that will put a barebones sytem together for you and test it out. Anyone know of any good others with competitive prices? Seems like no one place (but newegg) has all...

Where, pray tell!