Post your specs gamers.....

[AoDLiQuiD-M3tH]

So what do you have under the hood of your game machine?....

Machine name: LIQUIDM3TH-PC
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: GATEWA
System Model: GT5408TSX
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.8GHz
Memory: 3070MB RAM
Page File: 1369MB used, 4954MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 7300 GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0393&SUBSYS_0393196E&REV_A1
Display Memory: 744 MB
Dedicated Memory: 248 MB
Shared Memory: 495 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll
Driver Version: 7.15.0011.5818 (English)
DDI Version: 9Ex
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Display Size: 24 Inches

[Izzo]

E6600
EVGA 680i
4gb G-Skill DDR2 800
EVGA 8800GTS 640MB
X-Fi Platinum
Raptor

[YARDofSTUF]

AMD 4400+
7800GTX
2GB RAM
74 gig Raptors

[Sava700]

see sig

[Rivas]

386 SX 40mhz
2mb Ram
512kb videocard
CGA 14" monitor
MS Dos 6.22 and Windows 3.11
oh and 4gb HDD

[64bit]

Amd 3800 X2
Ati 1950xt
2 gig ddr 3200
2x 320 segate hdd (raid 0)
22 acer ws lcd

[Sava700]

386 SX 40mhz
2mb Ram
512kb videocard
CGA 14" monitor
MS Dos 6.22 and Windows 3.11
oh and 4gb HDD

:confused:

[Joel]

See signature.. I need to upgrade the video though.

[Bastid]

Main Rig:
Windows XP PRO
AMD 2600 XP Mobile
1Gig Crucial Ram
BFG Nvidia GeForce 7800 GSOC 256 MB GDDR 3 AGP
2x WD 80 gig SE

Backup Rig:
Windows XP Pro
AMD 64 3000
1 Gig gen ram
BFG NVidia GeForce 7900 GTXOC 512 GDDR 3 PCI Express
74 Gig WD Raptor
150 Gig Raptor

[Roody]

Windows Vista Ultimate (64Bit)
Intel 2.4 ghz Duo Core 2 Processor
eVGA 680i Mobo
2GB RAM
GEForce 8800 GTX
160x2 Raptor drives in Raid 0 config

[Sava700]

Windows Vista Ultimate
Intel 2.4 ghz Duo Core 2 Processor
eVGA 680i Mobo
2GB RAM
GEForce 8800 GTX
160x2 Raptor drives in Raid 0 config

ehh I'm back on XPpro..the driver support for my 8800 and Vista wasn't worth the headache i'm sure you know exactly what i'm talkin about.

[Roody]

ehh I'm back on XPpro..the driver support for my 8800 and Vista wasn't worth the headache i'm sure you know exactly what i'm talkin about.

Actually no. It must be limited to your particular PC. Perhaps a conflict with something else in there? I have had my setup for 2 months now and to this point I haven't had a single issue.

What kind of specific problem are you having?

[RoscoPColtrane]

see sig, pretty dated but gets the job done so far, not sure about when Crysis comes out...gonna cry i bet! :rotfl:

[Rivas]

:confused:

started playing old games (14 years+)
Thats my gaming rig, for everything else I think wife got some dual core low end AMD :thumb:

[Indy]

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[Sava700]

Actually no. It must be limited to your particular PC. Perhaps a conflict with something else in there? I have had my setup for 2 months now and to this point I haven't had a single issue.

What kind of specific problem are you having?

lower FPS in game than on XP, graphics are not as good, I had better chances at winning a 4 ball lottery drawing than getting bf2142 to even load the map to play

not to mention I wasn't happy watching my Ram chips which have led's on them to denote the usage being WIDE open all the time even if desktop is just sitting there. I don't care what ram you have it can't be a good thing and i'm sure they will go bad faster.

[Roody]

hmm that's odd man. I have BF2142 myself and had no issues loading games. In fact it loads very fast.

[Joel]

lower FPS in game than on XP, graphics are not as good, I had better chances at winning a 4 ball lottery drawing than getting bf2142 to even load the map to play

not to mention I wasn't happy watching my Ram chips which have led's on them to denote the usage being WIDE open all the time even if desktop is just sitting there. I don't care what ram you have it can't be a good thing and i'm sure they will go bad faster.

Have you had RAM go bad on you often?

[Unholy]

E6300
Gigabyte DS3
2GB Super Talent DDR2-667
eVGA 7900GS KO 256mb
Creative Audigy 2 ZS
Win XP Pro

Damn northbridge runs burning hot. :crash:

[Sava700]

Have you had RAM go bad on you often?

I used crucial ballistix ram once but the rest of the setup didn't like it and I wasn't too happy with the performance..so I went better with this Corsair high dollar stuff..but regardless of what ram you use Vista cranks the usage up idle way too high if you ask me regardless of read times and accessablity. Its something they need to tone down a bit.

[YARDofSTUF]

I used crucial ballistix ram once but the rest of the setup didn't like it and I wasn't too happy with the performance..so I went better with this Corsair high dollar stuff..but regardless of what ram you use Vista cranks the usage up idle way too high if you ask me regardless of read times and accessablity. Its something they need to tone down a bit.

No its not. :rotfl:

[Roody]

I still think it must be your setup. Not to be argumentative because there is no point in that, but I just don't have those issues. My usage is minimal when idling and for that matter isn't to bad when I am cranking out games either. Almost makes me think there is some other issue going on there with your setup. :(

*shrugs*

[Roody]

hmm I just realized you are running Vista on 32 bit. Hard to say if that is it or not, but I am running mine on 64.

[Sava700]

yeah 32bit, but I bet you your not getting no where near the FPS in game as you would on XP..the drivers are just not there yet. As for loading 2142 well might be just something in there when I loaded the game that didn't take very well but I'll wait and figure that out later maybe but Vista isn't going back on my gaming rig till Crysis comes out then I may end up building a whole new one.

[Roody]

yeah 32bit, but I bet you your not getting no where near the FPS in game as you would on XP..the drivers are just not there yet. As for loading 2142 well might be just something in there when I loaded the game that didn't take very well but I'll wait and figure that out later maybe but Vista isn't going back on my gaming rig till Crysis comes out then I may end up building a whole new one.

Hard to say what my computer would do with XP. I built this thing specifically to time it with the release of Vista (Shortly thereafter actually). I won't argue that it might perform better on XP since XP has been out longer, but I just don't have the handling problems you do. :nope:

[Sava700]

Hard to say what my computer would do with XP. I built this thing specifically to time it with the release of Vista (Shortly thereafter actually). I won't argue that it might perform better on XP since XP has been out longer, but I just don't have the handling problems you do. :nope:

yeah its not as big of a problem anymore since vista will just sit on my shelf for a few more months perhaps when SP1 and Crysis comes out which prob about the same time It will get loaded back on.

[Roody]

yeah its not as big of a problem anymore since vista will just sit on my shelf for a few more months perhaps when SP1 and Crysis comes out which prob about the same time It will get loaded back on.

:thumb:

[Joel]

hmm I just realized you are running Vista on 32 bit. Hard to say if that is it or not, but I am running mine on 64.

There is really no difference in RAM usage on 32-bit versus 64-bit, as I recently made the transition from 2GB of RAM to 4GB and had to upgrade the OS to use it.

[Roody]

There is really no difference in RAM usage on 32-bit versus 64-bit, as I recently made the transition from 2GB of RAM to 4GB and had to upgrade the OS to use it.

Any guesses where Sava is having performance degradation at then?

[YARDofSTUF]

Any guesses where Sava is having performance degradation at then?

Not fully stable overclock, memory errors, drivers, mobo, mobo firmware, ...

[Roody]

Is your PC overclocked Sava?

[Sava700]

Not fully stable overclock, memory errors, drivers, mobo, mobo firmware, ...

I didn't OC any of the system when I moved to vista, memory errors were from Graphics drivers since other than the 7series or other cards the 8800GTX seems to be the hardest for nvidia to nail down..the mobo was fully updated along with everything else.

[YARDofSTUF]

No I mean memory memory errors, like if you tested with memtest86+

[Sava700]

No I mean memory memory errors, like if you tested with memtest86+

not a one out this set i've had.. the ballistix were awful though just a bad batch all around. These corsair chips are great but after Vista is run on them for a month it sucks the life out of them.

[loop2kil]

Asus P5b-E
e6300 @ 3.2 Ghz with Zalman 9500
2 x 1 gb Crucial ballistix
Asus 7950 GT
Vista / XP pro ( use xp mostly...semi older games suck ass on vista)
1 x 150 gb Raptor
2 x 300 GB storage
Antec P180 with Ultra 600w PSU
Klipsch 4.1 promedia's ( about time to upgrade these ~5 years old)
HP LP2065 20" LCD