Post your Computer specs

FFgamer · Post by **FFgamer** » Sat Nov 02, 2002 11:30 am

My Computer:
500mhz celeron
384mb ram
16mb ATI Rage
10gb HDD
3d sound card
40x16x40x cd-rw
40x cdrom
56k modem
Windows 2000/98/ Red Hat Linux 8

Other Computer
1.8ghz celeron
256mb ddr
60gb hdd
24x10x40x cd-rw
16x dvd
64mb intel extreme
56k modem
Windows XP
3d sound card

JellyWarrior · Post by **JellyWarrior** » Sat Nov 02, 2002 7:06 pm

?Sony wrote:you seem to be forgetting that you can't just "upgrade" pc133 to pc2100 . you'd have to get a new motherboard that supports DDR Ram.

Yes i do realise that, the new ram only works on new motherboards.
I only learned reasently that some old motherboards cant take ram with only 4 chips, do research before you get any more ram for your comp.

Rand Campbell · Post by **Rand Campbell** » Sat Nov 02, 2002 7:46 pm

My computer:

Mac Quicksilver - G4 733
640 megs of ram
40 gig hard drive
cd/cdrw

17" apple studio display - crt

running os 10.2.1 and 9.2.1

Great system, does what I need it to do, no problem.

Rand Campbell

Post by **|darc|** » Sat Nov 02, 2002 8:06 pm

Hewlett Packard Pavilion 7850
Here are the specs as bought

Changes I have made...
Upgraded RAM to 512 mb
Removed crappy Winmodem
Changed installed OSs...
- 16 MB XOSL Partition
- 30 GB Windows XP Partition
- 5 GB Windows Me Partition
- 5 GB Red Hat Linux Partition(s)
Installed a new ethernet card and gave old one to sister (the newer one came with drivers for older Windows OSs so I swapped it with her)
Installed an ATI Rage 128Pro
Hewlett Packard Pavilion mx70 monitor

El Dokteer · Post by **El Dokteer** » Sat Nov 02, 2002 11:08 pm

MINE
AV18/e 1.3
Radeon 9000 Pro 64 DDR
Celeron 700
256 RAM
4 and 6 GB HDs
16x DVD
4/2/8 Burner
Win XP (Takes up the entire 4 GB drive)
13" Samtron Monitor (YES, 13")
Tiny Advent Speakers
Onboard AC97 sound (Soon to get a Soundblaster Live 5.1)

My Parent's
G3 400
256 RAM
60 GB HD
8x DVD/12x CD Burner
17" monitor
Sub, with 2 Satellites
Rage 128 16 meg

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My CPU has GOT to be holding MY system back... my 3DMark2001SE was 2370. I can't wait until Christmas

mr. darkness · Post by **mr. darkness** » Sun Nov 03, 2002 8:14 am

El Dokteer wrote:Onboard AC97 sound (Soon to get a Soundblaster Live 5.1)

No! Keep away from the Soundblasters! They produce noise and hiss. I have the same card you "want", and hooked up to my reference audio system, I can hear it sounds like crap.
Get a Turtle beach a Yamaha instead, if you want crystal sound.

sixteen-bit · Post by **sixteen-bit** » Sun Nov 03, 2002 1:14 pm

mr. darkness wrote:
El Dokteer wrote:Onboard AC97 sound (Soon to get a Soundblaster Live 5.1)
No! Keep away from the Soundblasters! They produce noise and hiss. I have the same card you "want", and hooked up to my reference audio system, I can hear it sounds like crap.
Get a Turtle beach a Yamaha instead, if you want crystal sound.

The new, 3rd gen I believe, Live cards don't seem to hiss as much as the older versions (they also seem to get along slightly better with VIA chipsets, yay

) as my friend has got one hooked upto his music studio and it sounds pretty sweet.

NeonGenesis · Post by **NeonGenesis** » Sun Nov 03, 2002 1:45 pm

I've had no problem with the Live 5.1 I just bought, and I'm running 4-speaker surround sound split out to eight speakers. Haven't heard any hiss or anything like that.

mr. darkness · Post by **mr. darkness** » Sun Nov 03, 2002 2:43 pm

sixteen-bit wrote:The new, 3rd gen I believe, Live cards don't seem to hiss as much as the older versions (they also seem to get along slightly better with VIA chipsets, yay ) as my friend has got one hooked upto his music studio and it sounds pretty sweet.

Maybe I got one of the older gen Live! 5.1's

. But they still hiss a bit or what?

sixteen-bit · Post by **sixteen-bit** » Sun Nov 03, 2002 4:10 pm

mr. darkness wrote: Maybe I got one of the older gen Live! 5.1's . But they still hiss a bit or what?

Apparently there is no noticeable hiss on any of his inputs or outputs (using relatively high-end audio equipment) and I cannot hear any noise using my Live and speaker setup either. They still get a bit bitchy / noisy on the PCI interface though

El Dokteer · Post by **El Dokteer** » Sun Nov 03, 2002 4:38 pm

mr. darkness wrote:
El Dokteer wrote:Onboard AC97 sound (Soon to get a Soundblaster Live 5.1)
No! Keep away from the Soundblasters! They produce noise and hiss. I have the same card you "want", and hooked up to my reference audio system, I can hear it sounds like crap.
Get a Turtle beach a Yamaha instead, if you want crystal sound.

My friend still has his 5.1 on his comp, and I can't hear any noise or hiss. Also, I'm buying this card off of him, and I think it'll be better than my AC97, especially considering it's costing me $30 CDN.

mr. darkness · Post by **mr. darkness** » Sun Nov 03, 2002 5:11 pm

El Dokteer wrote:
mr. darkness wrote:
El Dokteer wrote:Onboard AC97 sound (Soon to get a Soundblaster Live 5.1)
No! Keep away from the Soundblasters! They produce noise and hiss. I have the same card you "want", and hooked up to my reference audio system, I can hear it sounds like crap.
Get a Turtle beach a Yamaha instead, if you want crystal sound.
My friend still has his 5.1 on his comp, and I can't hear any noise or hiss. Also, I'm buying this card off of him, and I think it'll be better than my AC97, especially considering it's costing me $30 CDN.

Besides the hiss it's a good card. and dirt cheap.

The thing is you can't hear it with computer speakers or mid-end setups.
And obviously this has been fixed (or something) in the later revisions...