i recently upgraded the motherboard to the ASUS M4A785-M so i could keep the DDR2 800 ram, i upgraded the RAM to 8GB's installed a Bigfoot Networks Killer Xeno Pro Gaming NIC (increased online FPS by minimal 9 frames)... total run down is as follows...
original parts:
lame OEM Mobo 89w CPU max
onboard 6150se noobvidia
6GB's DDR2 800
Athlon II 2.4Ghz x2
standard Realtek HD audio
standard noobforce ethernet
750GB HDD
DVD Combo Drive
current setup:
ASUS M4A785-M mobo 125w CPU max (mobo has built in Radeon HD 4200 - max shared is 512MB)
Visiontek ATI Radeon HD 5670
8GB's AMPx DDR2-800
Phenom II x2 555 - core unlocked and OC'd to equal Phenom II x4 970
Via HD audio *is onboard audio* (running at 192Khz)
Bigfoot Networks Killer Xeno Pro Gaming NIC
added 1TB HDD
would like to know how to safely determine how much extra voltage i should add to the CPU to squeeze even more out of this CPU, i can run at 4.1Ghz for about 30 minutes before that lovely blue screen shows itself.
upon reviewing the Dxdiag read out i have found that the video cards RAM is now at 754MB when it should be 1GB now my issue is reversed, i no longer have more video ram, i have less. i've probably cooked it a bit
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but with the games i play its to be expected. (Bad Company 2, Black Ops, Battlefield 3 Beta, Doom 3, NFSWorld, Jade Dynasty... Bejeweled?)
i also just figured out that this mobo's specs say its for DirectX 10.1 and the DirectX i have is 11... i haven't had any issues, i hope that after saying this i don't get any now.