Yes, I do apolgize all. I should have taken more shots from more angles and I regret not doing it, or looking in the box for that matter.
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As in the post above, the box was labed JOBOX.
Hopefully someone on the hardforums here from the seattle area will return there to shed light on the...
ok, i am the idiot.
it came to mind( not sure why sooner ), to check the default aa/af settings.....turned out the default AA was at 8xS. Once set back to application-controled, well nuff said....
3dMark03 now give me 14166
so again i am the idiot
and the bashing may begin now...
I just downloaded and reinstalled the newest drivers from nvidia, not sure the exact version, but i did just DL them the otehr day and installed
i am using an Ultra X2 550W power supply
like i said i manually set the vcore/memspeed to 450/1050 with nTune
what should a normal 3dmark03...
I think i may have a bunk card
I am running the following
XFX 7800gt(pci-e)
AMD FX55
512x2 ram running in dual channel
xfi elite pro
I am only getting 6700+ on the score. This to me seems low.
Being a I saw a 6600gt getting 8000+ with a amd64 3200+
also the i had to manually...
all i know is these drivers raised my bass lvl significantly. Had to drop it down to 45% in the THX Setup Console just to keep the sub from blowing possibly.
Well the real reason for the upgrade is, i am currently running the 3500+ on a MSI Neo4 Plat. Which was an upgrade from a Neo2 Plat (went pci -e on vidcard). So pretty much just trying to part together anotehr 939 system and the fx55 was a good purchase at newegg with a free 250gig hd...
Upgrading from a 3500+(Newcastle) to a FX-55(San Diego) and have 2 questions
1) Should i be able to pop in the new cpu and boot right into windows, or would it be better to reinstall?
2) Also how big a increase (if any really) should i be expecting?
thanks for any input in advance
Currently running 2x512mb of micron (3-3-3-8) on the system
Going to soon buy a 2x1gig ram set
However, the limit number of compatible ram listed in the mobo book can't be found for sale any more....
My question is to those running this board, what 1gig ram chips are you running ...
true, but i seem to average 20fps or less in wow at 1280x1024
just trying to find a better solution until i can afford a real card
cpu is a 3500+ with 1gig (512x2 dual channel)