haha, so true. Companie pretty stingy when it comes to memory & GFX cards. I think certainly its useful to have companies make em as it saves u the hassle but less fun than making it. I just couldnt be bothered or rather have the time to assemble another system....but for value for money suppose i will have to. Which decent mobo's are out there for C2D? Is it woth goinh for the 6400 or 6600?
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Unsure upgrade to AMD X2 or Intel
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gt_junkie said:Interesting result geeza!
Pretty satisfying - nice to see AMD can still do it!
Was the x1800 a 512 or 256 version and was it clocked?
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256mb version clocked at 700core 800mem under arctic cooling accelero 2. Even im suprised at the higher fps results like 190. I thought it was the cpu's job when not much graphics stuff was going on?
Fear isnt a duel core game though is it? But the results of the Intel was clocked at 3ghz anyway so they should be higher
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I've found my C2D to be extremely laggy in Windows compared to my A64.
The start menu programs open instantly with the AMD, but takes a couple of secs on the C2D, and sometimes it can take up to 30 secs to get the contents of a folder to show.
The system just locks, then eventually reads the files.
No such problems with the AMD.
Its very annoying!
All diagnostics have found nothing wrong too.
Anyone else finding this on their C2D?
BTW. Its a E6600, DS3 and 2Gb OCZ PC6400
The start menu programs open instantly with the AMD, but takes a couple of secs on the C2D, and sometimes it can take up to 30 secs to get the contents of a folder to show.
The system just locks, then eventually reads the files.
No such problems with the AMD.
Its very annoying!
All diagnostics have found nothing wrong too.
Anyone else finding this on their C2D?
BTW. Its a E6600, DS3 and 2Gb OCZ PC6400
I've heard a couple (but only a couple compared to the tidal wave of happy C2D owners!) of reports saying that some users found the AMD dual cores better at dealing with more than 2 processed threads at a time and that windows was a little snappier! It doesn't make sense looking at performance figures so it would be anybodys guess as to what's causing it!Digital Punk said:I've found my C2D to be extremely laggy in Windows compared to my A64.
The start menu programs open instantly with the AMD, but takes a couple of secs on the C2D, and sometimes it can take up to 30 secs to get the contents of a folder to show.
The system just locks, then eventually reads the files.
No such problems with the AMD.
Its very annoying!
All diagnostics have found nothing wrong too.
Anyone else finding this on their C2D?
BTW. Its a E6600, DS3 and 2Gb OCZ PC6400
gt
Hello, i'm new to the forum (1st post) in the process of 'upgrading' from FX62 to a QX6700, just reading about the 'lag' in windows...i've allways been an AMD fan and enjoyed quite a responsive system (still got a 3500+, 4200x2 & FX62) but reading different reviews the current C2D just wipes the floor and the up and coming FX74 still can't touch the QX6700.
I'm hoping this 'lag' is not a widespread problem!!!
I'm hoping this 'lag' is not a widespread problem!!!
Nope, Mine opens everythings as close to instantly as could possibly be measuredDigital Punk said:I've found my C2D to be extremely laggy in Windows compared to my A64.
The start menu programs open instantly with the AMD, but takes a couple of secs on the C2D, and sometimes it can take up to 30 secs to get the contents of a folder to show.
The system just locks, then eventually reads the files.
No such problems with the AMD.
Its very annoying!
All diagnostics have found nothing wrong too.
Anyone else finding this on their C2D?
BTW. Its a E6600, DS3 and 2Gb OCZ PC6400
. Miles faster at anything my [email protected] could ever do.