Tom's Hardware > Forum > Games General > Games General Discussions > In need of some advise X2 Athlon gaming performance

In need of some advise X2 Athlon gaming performance

Forum Games General : Games General Discussions - In need of some advise X2 Athlon gaming performance

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
Kpeters   05-01-2007 at 08:11:37 PM

Hi ppl im new to the forum and wanted to ask you some questions.

Well I just built a system and wanted to know just how well it is performing and if any of the things I configured might be giving me trouble.

Configuration:
-AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (windsor)
-Kingston memory DDR2 533 1gb (2 slots og 512)
-Added another 2 sticks of ram that a friend gave me, they are Kingston and are DDR2 533 also, I wonder if this can give me performance issues.
-Western Digital 160GB Sata hard drive
-Maxtor 40GB IDE slave
-MSI K9N Neo Motherboard
-PNY Geforce 7300GS 256DDR2 (dxdiag says 512MB don't really know why look like it takes some ram of the the system)

I think that is about it now....I suppose my regular games would run 100% with high graphics on this system how true is that? And does anyone of you notice any probable conflicts between my hardware? Does the old ram modules can do any harm?

Some tests:

GTA san andreas:
1024x768 Full Graphics=max fps on limiter 25
1280x1204 Full Graphics= around 20-23 sometimes goes up to 25 or lower than 20 in specific conditions.

Half Life 2 Episode One:
1204x768 Full Graphics -Antialias 4x= 30 avg
1204x768 Full Graphics +Antialias 4x= 25 avg plus some little freezes less than a second short on loas circumstances.

I would really appreciate if anyone can give me some guidance,

Thank you very much!

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
strangestranger   05-02-2007 at 08:02:21 PM
- 0 +

if you are planning any gaming at all i would avoid the 7300. seriously those are bad.

other than that it should be fine. occupying 4 memory slots can sometimes reduce speed and timing but it shouldn't affect performance too much.

still, if you plan on gaming, get a better card if you can.

Reply to strangestranger
Kpeters   05-02-2007 at 08:09:25 PM
- 0 +

Ok thank you very much I will see if i can improve no the gfx card. This one has a turbocache thing so even if its 256 it says its 512. I suppose its completely bogus and that a real 7600 with 256 would perform better right?

Reply to Kpeters
strangestranger   05-02-2007 at 08:17:55 PM
- 0 +

yes, much better. what the turbo chace does is use some of you system memory ubt it is very slow compared to actual onboard ram.

a 7600gt would be a great buy if you could afford it.

if you look oon the main page, there is a best gaming cards for the money article, have a look at it for ideas.

Reply to strangestranger
Kpeters   05-03-2007 at 06:41:31 AM
- 0 +

Thanks im looking forward to buy a 7600 512DDR2, but in the mean time my tech guy said that i can return my 7300GS give a little money and get a 7300GT which is a bit better.

So well i can run this 7300GT in the mean time and then switch to 7600 512 or use SLI and buy another 7300GT.

What do u think about this?

Reply to Kpeters
strangestranger   05-03-2007 at 08:08:16 AM
- 0 +

the 7300gt should be better as i believe it is just a crippled 7600 anyway, still it should do in the meantime and if it offer decent enough performance then you can stick with it. avoid the Sli route with those cards though.

if you can try and find a 7600gt with 256 of DDR3 but if not any 7600 wil be better than the 73000 series.

Reply to strangestranger
Kpeters   05-03-2007 at 08:10:06 AM
- 0 +

Thank you :) lets see if i can squeeze some more performance out of this machine!

Reply to Kpeters
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Games General > Games General Discussions > In need of some advise X2 Athlon gaming performance
Go to:

There are 1081 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.419 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them