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Topic: Oh my god... noooo...
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Lindi
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posted 09-13-2000 02:51 AM
   
Now I wonder if any of you could help me here... the other alternative seems like a nightmare.Last night I tried to run "Vampire the masqurade" and "Descent3", but with very little succes. I got Vampire running, but it hung in about 5 mins into the game. "Descent3" got as far as the intro movie. I've tried reinstalling different versions of the detonators and directX. The thing that scares me is that lastnight Win2kpro reported a parity error. System: win98 and win2000Pro
DFI BX Mobo
PII350
128RAM (2x64Mb 100Mhz)
Asus V3800Ultra 32Mb(TNT2)
SB64PCI
6.8 Gb Maxtor
30 Gb Maxtor
Asuscom T128 (internal ISDN) I'm just hoping that my system hasn't gone to shit, 'cause I really can't afford to by a whole new computer at the moment.  ------------------
Si hoc legere scis numium eruditionis habes. - If you can read this, you're overeducated.
Posts: 3036 | From: Turku, Finland | Registered: Jul 1999 | IP: Logged
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Parsout
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posted 09-13-2000 02:56 AM
If this was win2k reporting the parity errors, then yes, the ONLY thing you need to buy is new RAM (or if it was me id take it back to where you bought it and stick it up his ass and ask for yer money back, he he)BUT if win98 reported the errors then it could be just about anything!!! (nightmare), but mainly, RAM, dry circuit on mobo, or hd (the 30 gig). Thats bad news man, lemme now how it works out. Heres a tip, try using someone elses RAM for a few minutes. Parsout
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Lindi
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posted 09-13-2000 04:17 AM
Damn, bought that memory so long ago, and the worst part is it's two different chips, so it could be some incompability thing. How much do you think the mobo could affect this? The thing I'm wondering about is why win2000 only reported it once, not more often. Are there any applications that could perform some memory tests?My rig runs smothly, except for when I try to use OpenGL games... I wonder shouldn't memory errors cause all kinds of problems regardless of the video API being used? Man this sucks, I've been trying hard to save some cash to upgrade my processor, but now I also need to buy new memory/motherboard/videocard... so I will basically buy a new computer then... ------------------
Si hoc legere scis numium eruditionis habes. - If you can read this, you're overeducated. [This message has been edited by Lindi (edited 09-13-2000).]
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Parsout
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posted 09-14-2000 12:01 AM
Yeah, Star Trek game has Q3 engine, never played deus ex yet, he he too much work!Parsout Lindi, your vid cards ok, dont kill that just yet, wait till the end of this year then youll be able to buy an NV20 (card that has 3 gig fillrate and directx 8 texturing engine chips built onto the card (kickass)) The mobo, wait till intel 815 chipsets come out with dma66 on the boards - that should be about 2 weeks The RAM, ram will never change, always expensive, samsung is releasing 400mhz ram soon but no mobo's will be able to support it until 2002 he he he. Parsout, again
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Lindi
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posted 09-14-2000 03:05 AM
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Originally posted by Parsout:
Lindi, your vid cards ok, dont kill that just yet, wait till the end of this year then youll be able to buy an NV20 (card that has 3 gig fillrate and directx 8 texturing engine chips built onto the card (kickass))The mobo, wait till intel 815 chipsets come out with dma66 on the boards - that should be about 2 weeks
I looking at different update options yesterday, and I guess I'll go for 128 PC-133 RAM, some AsusMobo (P3V4X, is that good?) and an Athlon 750. I'm planing to buy the stuff separately, I'll go for the memory first, I'll propably buy it tomorrow. This way I will have some time to familiareise my self with different mobos and the processor prices might come down a bit... Sound reasonable? Deus Ex, now that one I'd like to try... ------------------
Si hoc legere scis numium eruditionis habes. - If you can read this, you're overeducated.
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Snag
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posted 09-15-2000 02:11 PM
RAM will not always be expensive...look at last year before the earthquake in Taiwan...i bought 128MB of PC133 for $130CDN...then all of a sudden that same stick was over $400 then about a year later it is back to about $220 here...as far as RAM being expensive, remember the days when 1MB would run you a couple hundred?? It all depends on how you look at it, but RAM is not always be expensive, as you put it. In fact, memory itself is getting cheaper, it just we need more of it  Because of our societies dependency on silica now, prices will never be stable either, so it would be incorrect to say it will never be cheap, and never be expensive.And Lindi, due to your current situation yes, memory first.....then I would go for a mobo since they typically do not change in price that signifcantly over the timeframe we are dealing with...then go for your processor.
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