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Update your BIOS if there is a new one available.
Only run on the 256 to see if you don't crash - if you still do it's not the RAM>
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Strange and unexplained crashes are often RAM. Games that require a lot of RAM will use more and more until it reaches the "end" of your second (third, etc.) stick and this is often where the problem lies - a sector deep into the last stick. So Klaus is right, take out the second stick and see if the problem goes away. Also, you can run with the second stick only (in the first slot) and see if you crash more often. Related to this then, are bad Hard Drive sectors in the Swap File section. Run a full scan disk, thorough setting.
Posts: 559 | From: Blaine, MN | Registered: Oct 2000
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Got an aquamark 3 score of 53,000 on first attempt. I am downloading the new bios revision and drivers for my mobo. They are supposed to improve my video card quality
-------------------- Gisel, I was looking at the picture page and I do have to admit, you look pretty good for a gaming female. Having said that, don't expect any sympathy when we meet on the battlefield. I am a fighter first, lover second. Posts: 2220 | From: Prescott, WI, USA | Registered: Apr 2001
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CSS video stress test 1024x768 (default gpu/all high settings) 120.17fps
World of Warcraft: 1280x1024 all settings maxed out. 50-90fps outside 40-80fps during battles 20-50 Iron Forge near AH.
It's nice to play at 1280x1024 so multiple chat windows can be moved around the screen.
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Upgraded to BFG GFX6800 GT - OC System: AMD 3200 Barton, 1GB PC2700 Crucial Drivers 77.77 AM3: 49,813 Stock settings, no OC other than the BFG stock setting OC which is card default. This is mostly a dead thread but I like to come back to compare my numbers when I upgrade hardware, thus this post.
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That score alone should make anyone buy one of those laptops.... 49k score in a laptop for under 1200 bucks WOW!
Posts: 486 | From: Eagan, MN | Registered: Oct 2000
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You will get good results with that combo. At least you didn't need to get new memory. I didn't think I did either until I tried my DDR into the new MB and it didn't fit. That sucked.
Play anything else? Be sure to pick up your trial version of WOW at BB for $1.99.........first fix is free.
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Battlefield 2 is my fix at this point, and I start up online college again today, so that shoots my play time right in the ass. I would be worthless in WoW as I cannot commit any decent block of time to raid, so I need games where I can just jump in, slaughter the innocent, and get out.
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Have you tried 2142 yet? I have it but forgot my EZ login and password. I really want to try it on the new system but need to call EA or something. I guess I could load BF2 and try that.
WOW has really changed from the way it started. ALOT of content has been added in the last two years. It's actually a very solo friendly game now. With the introduction of Battlegrounds last year it is easy to jump on join a few games - kill some people and log. I just always though you would make a good warlock or something.
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Actually I prefer to Tank, rather than sit back and toss the pretty lights. Time is always what is against me, and since we've been using Ventrilo, we haven't had the itch for a LAN party. I bought a new truck Saturday and spent more than I should have, so that just killed my gaming budget. That means I'll be sticking to what I have for some time. Haven't tried BF 2142, not sure if I ever will. There is someone from our BF2 clan on almost every night, so if I need a fix, I usually have help. I know I'd enjoy WoW, but the monthly payment is where it gets me - I think there are many games in that genre that don't require a fee and I won't have to deal with little pimples bothering me. My 2 cents,
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The fee is well worth it. I felt the same way back in 2004 when I made the decision to try wow. Now I don't even think about it. A game that is supported well (most of the time) with new content added constantly is worth 50 cents a day. Oh, and we have extra accounts you could play for free - a priest and a rogue.
I need to find my BF2 disks because I do want to play that on my new computer. I liked the game play but I had some graphics issues that I never figured out. Same with 2142 - I had crashes to desktop and I got tired of rebooting.... Now I can't figure out my user name....
Computer is running well about 15C in windows and 25C while playing WOW with everything cranked to max. Average FPS is 60 in IF with a low of 30 during the Nef Zerg.
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Purchased a Nvidia 8800GT OC and a Athlon 6400 so that I could play Call of Duty 4 and Crysis. The rest of my system stayed the same.
I tried several bench marks and was able to get 120,000 in AM3 and did decent in 3D Mark06 compared to systems like mine.
I ran the 8800GT with my 5200 for a week and was surprised how much the bump from 2.7g to 3.3g helped not only my CPU scores in benchmarks but my GPU ones too.
I also changed my memory timing to what my memory was rated for last night and noticed a nice performance increase in benchmarks. Nvidia chipsets seem to default to pretty high memory setting when set to auto.
I will post my other benchmarks when I get home.
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