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Paul wrote in message ...
In article <40c03815$0$184$edfadb0f@dread11.news.tele.dk>, "Henrik B."
<saab@_NOSPAM_tdcadsl.dk> wrote:
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>It does pay to do a little research into the company you are
>dealing with.
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One reason I'm a great admirer of yours is the generous and valuable tech infos
you provide.. I do more than my part of research because I know how wicked the
salesman around here can be.... One tries to sell me a P4P800 SE telling me it
was virtually the same as de -E deluxe, but Firewire added.. I soon noticed the
SE was limited to ATA100 (means different controler), also noticed it had
digital 6channel instead of my now 8 channel ready.. I made tons of research
for Linux compatibility too, and Windows98 for that matter since I'm still a Linux+
Win98 dual boot guy.
I went back to all 2003 great posts in this forum to read infos, and realized how
delicate it was to pick a good DDR... Stuff like CH5 chips Winbond are not available
anymore, so the later slower CAS3 RAM eventually made sense to me as a good pick.
I'm an older engineer, remembering the great stability of a Pentium on a BX440 chipset,
but it's past history.. Yet even back then, I could Burn a CDR, download stuff and record
music 44Khz stereo, while playing a DvD on a DXR4 **all at once**; While without problem.
Young computer salesman think only XP a P4 can do this right.
Later VIA chipset would give me pain, as it would glitch the recording AUDIO as soon
as I used a simple USB modem... I found workarounds but upgrading is never an
easy thing if you want to do it right.... The quality of people here reflect the quality of
the technology ASUS is providing, as long as we stick to the 'better models of course.'
I've been shopping like mad to upgrade my trusty old Celeron900Mhz ASUS CUVL somth'n..
This machine can still do everything... But is a pain for DvD editing and I'm going there.
For the PSU, I plan on having lots of devices, and read about people who would not
post using 420Watts ANTEC, while a 480Watts Thermaltake would do the job..
I did a full research but your single post earlier made it all clear to me. Thanks again.
I do read french.. Here is the link to this issue.
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/18608/?o=20
I was going to go with the Powercolor Radeon 9600Pro following many reviews and
awards, but then the 9800Pro made more sense to me for the little extra.
Current support for Win98 is a joy for me at this time as I'm still using nifty old tools.
All in all, this card is hot... OpenGL 2.0 support... DirectX9 also works fine under Win98.
Even Catalyst 4.1.
http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/S&V/atiradeon9800pro.shtml
http://www.opendrivers.com/company/120/ATI-Technology.html
I expected to follow some of the experts in the Overclocking area for the RAM, but
stuff like this is no longer available.
http://jackpote2.free.fr/Informatique/Hardware.fr/OC%20P4C/rekap_mem.htm 300KB table.
This is obsolete as I understand now for their RAM is now only matched by Crucial Black
2-2-2-5 expensive model.
My P4 2.8C is a D1 core stepping.. SL6WT... So I read if it was stable enough for a
little overclocking..
http://processorfinder.intel.com/scripts/details.asp?sSpec=SL6WT
http://forum.hardware.fr/hardwarefr/Hardware/sujet-617054-1.htm (French)
I found some with no problems with this stepping, so I cross my fingers hoping for
a rock solid 3Ghz.
I skipped de P4 with 1MB cache even though it's only a few bucks more It's not
that much better in tests, and it's extremely hot... With almost double transistors.
If you cam't read french, you still can check the bencharks.. But everything in this
article is excellent and even english speaking only people can figure what it's all about.
http://www.materiel.be/cpu/2004cpu/page1.php
So I do not only upgrade my puter.. I upgrade my understanding of recent tech with
the help of fine people like in this forum and more.. You are just a genius accoding to
my standards Paul. I must tell you that at least once in my lifetime... Bless you !
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There is STILL one thing worrying me about my ASUS Mobo..
ASUS P4P800-E deluxe rev 1.2 .. Now I thought I was stuck with older hardware since
I'm not living in the states.. I'm used to see shops offering 1 y/o tech compared to the US.
On the other hand, the great reviews of this board also dates back to my revision number..
And I confirmed at least a few happy customers with a rev 1.2. Using PAP and all..
Yet.. I wonder what's the difference with a rev 2.0.
Can you enlighten me.. Still paranoid a bit.
I finally got two sticks of these... One ANTEC Purepower 480 and one of these Chinese
copy of ANTEC design casing at half the ANTEC price. (Best choice 6A series)
PO: 4A015... I strongly recommend it.
Looks like it pays to shop around and take the time to learn about the hardware before.
Soon I'll be posting a short review... Cross my fingers it'll work fine.
Thanks anyway Paul and all great forumers here.
Ben
"akh tI akh gAyi ka:h."
- One plus one make eleven. In unity there is strength.
- Two heads we better than one.
http://www.iils.org/pdf/DictionaryProverbs.pdf
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