New PC

I get my new pc tomorrow with the following specs :

P4 3.0ghz 800mhz FSB
Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000 (i865SPE Springdale chipset) M/B
1Gig DDR 400 PC3200 ram
ATI 128mb Radeon 9800Pro video card

I would like some feedback from anyone who has similar spec'ed machine.

mick



P4 3.2ghz/800mhzFSB; XFX 7800GS; 2Gig PC3200(400mhz) DDR; Seagate SATA 10krpm HD x2 ;SB AudigyLS .

AYRTON SENNA: F1's Undying Legend.

Mate, this is very bad, couldn't you find yourself a better machine?



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Bojan Tarticchio

swank

Ask NASA

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REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS

how much that seting you back...... i was about to lookk for something similar...... worked hard for the money this summer!

wow,, that is a jet

that pc sucks. wot u need is a 284 with 16k RAM!!!
seriously THAT'S THE FERRARI OF THE PC'S
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well as a compaison you may see if you have a good deal:

this is mine:

athlon xp 2600+
kt400 motherboard
1024 ddr ram
radeon 9200se 256 mb agp 8x
160gb hdd
dvd writer
dvd rom
5 usb2 ports
6 firwwire ports
and some ports which i have never seen before!!!
various memory card readers
digifire 7.1 sound card
all other stuff like modem, mouse keyboard, etc.

£799

I've got:

P4 2.4 GB
512MB Ram
120GB HDD
Radeon 9700 Pro
Creative Sound card 5.1 live

That runs grand prix 4 dam quick! you better strap your self in when you play i on yours mate!!

You can buy my system for a special price?

486 DX2 66Mhz
4 MB EDO
170MB Quantum Bigfoot
S3 Virge 4MB



showoff

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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy

i'll give u 10 bucks 4 it :p




Andrew. Australia.

that is probably the best pc out on market - enjoy it (cos in 2 wks it will go from the "hall of fame" to "hall of shame" in modern days pc market!!)



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Beardless2

AMD XP 2700+ | Asus A7N8X nForce 2 Deluxe | 1 GB PC2700 RAM DC | ATI RADEON 9800 | WD 120GB 8MB | NEC 16x DVD | Lite-on 48x24x48 | XP

No Beardless, I KNOW there are higher spec'ed machines out there. I didn't want to go over $Aus3000 but opted to get a 17" lcd monitor too. Total cost I think(don't have the quote in front of me) is $Aus3380. It will be the last upgrade for a long time(2yrs?). My current pc is 800mhz/256mb ram/GeForce 2GTS. Runs gp4 with with most thngs on high or max at 23fps @1024x768 and around 90%(dry tracks). I was just interested to know what does it take to get this sim to run at 60fps with ALL the eye candy maxed out and still be below %100 in all circumstances. Maybe beyond any pc at the moment.......

I will post figures when i'm able.



Post Edited (07-09-03 23:37)

P4 3.2ghz/800mhzFSB; XFX 7800GS; 2Gig PC3200(400mhz) DDR; Seagate SATA 10krpm HD x2 ;SB AudigyLS .

AYRTON SENNA: F1's Undying Legend.

way to make everyone feel ****



Post Edited (07-09-03 22:57)

I have pretty much the same spec and U will have no problems running everything super quick and most importantly GP4 will just fly, whatever settings u set it to use!

Once u get it, sit back and watch the world whizz past!

Little bit of an update...the shop where i had this pc built put the wrong cpu chip in(3.04ghz with a 533mhz fsb instead of a 3.0ghz with the 800mhz fsb which is faster) The chip should be here next week...I have set everything to highest detail(of course) and all options on ie bumpmap, etc, resolution to 1280x1024. Let gp4 run and tell me what average frames it would use.
Must admit to being disappointed at first...it suggested 35 frames. Reran and got to 40fps. So started the game at that level and noticed cpu occupancy never got past %60. Looking good! So I manually changed fps to 60fps(max) and restarted. This time cpu occupancy varied between 70 and %130 all tracks, (dry, haven't done wet yet) and oh so smooooooth! I wanted to keep cpu occupancy around %100 so I have set frames to 50. This is very smoooth and fast and you get the sense of speed. By the way OS is XP....too much hassle trying to use ME which would probably run it faster(less overheads). So there you have it...this is the machine to run gp4 at its maximum settings and not much over %100 at 60fps. The new cpu chip will probably run it at 60fps and around %100 and less.

mick

btw ZaZ...love you sig!


I have just found out that intel are not going past 3.2ghz(800mhz FSB)with Pentium4 so have told the computer shop to get the 3.2 instead of the 3ghz.



Post Edited (07-13-03 06:57)

P4 3.2ghz/800mhzFSB; XFX 7800GS; 2Gig PC3200(400mhz) DDR; Seagate SATA 10krpm HD x2 ;SB AudigyLS .

AYRTON SENNA: F1's Undying Legend.

Errr... Watabout the Pentium 4 4ghz sitting at my m8s place. Now thats what you call a sweet ride

I have the following spec - NOt showing off but I have a problem so please read on:

Pentium 4 3.06 running at 3.4ghz
1gb Dual Channel DDR
Gigabyte sinxp1394
Radeon 9700 Pro 128mb
Serial ATA HDD
Soundblaster Audigy

Basically the system works fine with ALL games EXCEPT GP4. Can play the game for up to 3 four mins and it will either crash to the desktop or freeze totally requiring a restart. NOT AN OVERHEATING PROBLEM. Anyone got any suggestions? I have tried most things.

I have a good spec PC.

2.8 Ghz P4
512 mb ram (bit low)
Geforce 4 MX440 (must admit, lets me down)
Win XP

I run at around 28 fps, it suggests that, with everything on, so I guess I could go to somewhere like 35, I think its my graphics card that is holding me back.

I havent experienced a crash yet!

Im currently weighing up my options on buying a new PC. Just wondering whether to go with the P4 or go to get an athlon 2800, a GeForce or Radeon? I havent got an endless supply of money, but i do want the performance any helpful suggestions?

On a fresh install I get recommended frames of 60 on my rig and it does indeed look smooth. Occupancy seems to shade over 100 at start of races but soon settles down and goes as low as about 50% on some tracks... rain does push it up a bit.

With my updated 2003 cars and anim.wad I get recommendations of about 53-55 fps.

I recently cleaned out my registry and re-installed my sblive plus drivers and now things seem much faster.

I just installed the absolutely fabu-tastic-agorical 1995 mod (love those pointy cars and fat slicks !) and the cars.wad is about 85 meg so I expected to get a huge hit in frames..... much to my amazement and delight it get a solid 56-57 fps.....

sorry to sound like a brag-ass but it really made me smile and I like to know if others are having similar results...... btw the Omega drivers I installed over the top of the original Cat3.5 drivers maybe the difference ?



P4 2.85gig Albatron mobo 512mb Corsair3200LL Ram 19"Auriga Mon. SBLive! + 4point surround spkrs. Thrustmaster F1 FF Wheel. Radeon9500pro Cat3.4 drivers. GP4 55fps 1024*768 - No VideoWalls/HeatHaze - Mirrors On.