how would you classify this pc

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:52 pm

Athlon 64(socket 939) 3800+, 1gb kingston ddr400 ram, 2*200 8mb cache Western Digital hdd's, Creative Audigy 2 ZS, Radeon 9600XT 256mbyte ram..

currently i have a athlon xp 2000+ with 768 mbyte ram.
However i get the new motherboard (asus. supports dual core too) and the new ram (2*512 mbyte) and the new cpu for putting my old 2000+ and 768mbyte ram in my lil-bro's computer

And installing windows on it.
Good trade i think

Nik · Post by **Nik** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:09 pm

I want to vote for middle^^

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:23 pm

true its not a dual 3 ghz or anything.. more like middle yeh

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:43 pm

I was wondering, do i need a special edition of windows xp to utilize that the processor is 64 bit?

Joakim Christiansen · Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:53 pm

thefool wrote:I was wondering, do i need a special edition of windows xp to utilize that the processor is 64 bit?

You only need a special edition of windows if you want the advantage of a 64 bit processor.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/default.mspx

Edit:
I actually downloaded the free trial version of WindowsXP Pro x64 Edition.
I didn't notice any speed difference, and I didn't like it much, so I went back to the 32 bit version.

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:05 am

Okay.
I also asked @IRC both in pure channel and in hardware help channels, and both places they adviced not to get it.

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:11 am

see how good we are?

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:16 am

hehe

Well i asked in #windows forum first, however it took too long time so i asked and whops i got an answer

dagcrack · Post by **dagcrack** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:07 am

for AMD 64 yes you need xp 64.... INTEL does have a REAL 64 bits processor .. its on my brother's motherboard at the moment .... you dont require any special OS build for using its 64 bits (intel claims...............................). I'm an AMD guy though... My brother diserves to die for being such a gay (moving to INTEL since he didnt like the amd 64 he bought a month ago).

By the way why do I always see some lame questions coming from that fool?

ts-soft · Post by **ts-soft** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 10:48 am

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If GetSystemMetrics_(#SM_SLOWMACHINE)
  Debug "Slower"
Else
  Debug "Higher"
EndIf

Trond · Post by **Trond** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:37 pm

Funny but not very useable I think. If I'm not wrong it return slow if the processor doesn't meet the Windows 95 system requirements.

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 3:59 pm

heh

dagcrack i didnt critisize intel, however it has been proven that their 64bit processor doesnt compare to amd's athlon 64.
Btw my processor is running great! I have tried all new games i could find, hl2, painkiller, doom3 etc all with full gfx and they run great!
and the processor keeps under 39 degrees C after playing 3d games for 5 hours in a very hot room.. with the standard cooler

GeoTrail · Post by **GeoTrail** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 4:07 pm

I voted Higher, since my machine is just a AMD Athlon XP 2400+ with 1 GB of ram

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 4:38 pm

"just".. many people still uses much slower computers. As long as it suit your needs, its ok

GeoTrail · Post by **GeoTrail** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 6:08 pm

Yeah I know. I do have an old laptop here. The harddrive crashed on it, a 4 GB drive so I had to replace it with a 520 MB drive

It was upgraded to 95 MB ram in it's day and has a 266 MHz CPU. And I've got NT 4 installed on it, but can't install any browser newer then IE3

So I can't really use it for anything else then testing some simple programs.

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