My machine pretty much sux and CoD runs fine at 1024x768 with pretty much everything turned up. I never really notice slowdown unless it is a ping issue. It has got to be something else, my system is much slower!
I use my PC as a HTPC and it is really annoying that I have to go into the advanced display properties, go to the adapter, list all modes, then choose 640x480 so that I can read all of the song and movie names and navigate windows. 800x600 is almost enough but I cannot read most things. In the...
I have two sound cards....well one built into the motherboard and a soundblaster live. One is for my HTPC setup for playing DVDs, mpegs, avis, mp3s and the like. THe other is for the PC sound. My problem is that I have to switch sound cards through the control panel every time instead of just...
I live in NJ, USA.......it is like 9 degress and we can't see lawns, dern right its winter :)
I do not mow lawns anyway, 60 hours of my time a week is taken up between work and school......and I just got engaged a few months ago. I think every day about the type of rig(s) I could have built...
Thanks for the suggestions. I have decided to wait for the P4 prices to drop and get a 2.66 533 bus chip or faster and overclock it. When the newer chips start to come out I assume the lower speeds can do nothing but fall in price more and more.
I currently have a 1.7 celeron running at ~2.1. It is slow compared to the 2.4-3Ghz p4s I have used so I really want to upgrade sooner than later. I have a P4PE motherboard, I saw on the roadmap that 3Ghz celerons are coming out with 256k cache instead of 128.....since I am on a budget should...