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Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Sandwich on July 30, 2002, 11:36:34 am
Figure this'll help the SCP people to have a general idea of how powerful the average person's computer is 'round here.

This is the CPU thread.
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Ryx on July 30, 2002, 12:26:15 pm
AMD 1900+ here :)
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Bri_Dog on July 30, 2002, 12:40:48 pm
Celeron 466MHz here :no:
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 30, 2002, 01:14:11 pm
"Other..." :p

;)
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Orange on July 30, 2002, 01:42:29 pm
I have a 700 MHz Athlon right now, but I just purchased an Abit IT7 Mobo, a 2.26 GHZ Pentium 4, and 512 MB PC2100 DDRRAM last night. :) They'll be here in like two days. Yay.
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: phreak on July 30, 2002, 02:10:28 pm
p4 1.8ghz :yes:
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: penguin on July 30, 2002, 03:00:55 pm
My Win98 machine is a Celeron 333MHz w/ an integrated ATI chipset :doubt:  Nebula missions suck big time, and I can't run hi-res, but it works...

My Linux box is a P3 650 w/ a GeForce3, but it can't run Freespace... yet... ;7
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: JBX-Phoenix on July 30, 2002, 03:04:40 pm
P4 2.53  ;7
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: phreak on July 30, 2002, 03:16:44 pm
Quote
Originally posted by penguin
My Linux box is a P3 650 w/ a GeForce3, but it can't run Freespace... yet... ;7


my linux box is a pentium 200 with an SVGA card :ha:
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Stunaep on July 30, 2002, 03:22:40 pm
300 mhz Celeron. Will be getting a 2Ghz P4 baby soon enough though.
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: aldo_14 on July 30, 2002, 04:17:41 pm
AMD Duron (I think) 1333MHz / 1500+ XP

Isn;t this a bit pointless, though?  cos MHZ / GHZ is a bit redundant as a performance measure, 'spesh with the different AMD/ Intel architectures.  not to mention the motherboards.

What about a 3dmark ratings poll?
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Fineus on July 30, 2002, 04:36:50 pm
Athlon 1.4 underclocked to 1.3 for improved cooling in the heatwave we've got at the moment.

Still runs like a kitten with Photoshop, Freespace and almost everything other than GTA3 or SoF2 on full detail.
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Alikchi on July 30, 2002, 04:39:20 pm
P3 933 mhz. Good enough, but I want to replace it eventually with a nice Athlon.
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Skippy on July 30, 2002, 04:43:34 pm
2 Athlon MP 2100 in a box
or an Athlon XP2200 :p
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Bobboau on July 30, 2002, 05:09:55 pm
p3 450
:ha:
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: vyper on July 30, 2002, 06:32:29 pm
K6-III 450

Freespace is the only thing I can run at full settings!
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Eishtmo on July 30, 2002, 07:12:16 pm
Where does my abacus go on that list?
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Redfang on July 31, 2002, 06:21:36 am
Celeron 466MHz. :sigh:
 
Quote
Originally posted by aldo_14
What about a 3dmark ratings poll?

 
There is one now, but 3Dmark doesn't tell everything...
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Kazashi on July 31, 2002, 09:03:29 am
Duron@1Ghz and Celeron@1116Mhz. Plenty of power for further developments in the Freespace source :)
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: vyper on July 31, 2002, 09:18:57 am
Quote
Originally posted by Kazashi
Duron@1Ghz and Celeron@1116Mhz. Plenty of power for further developments in the Freespace source :)


Parallel? Surely not
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Dranon on July 31, 2002, 11:19:45 am
Quote
Originally posted by vyper
K6-III 450

Freespace is the only thing I can run at full settings!


K6-2 400

Piece of crap.  Hope to get a nice Athlon XP 1800+ or better within the next few months.
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: aldo_14 on July 31, 2002, 04:29:18 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Redfang
Celeron 466MHz. :sigh:
 

 
There is one now, but 3Dmark doesn't tell everything...


Yeah.... 'spesh as it's intended for newer tech.  I'd rather have summat like specbench for CPU's, but that costs money IIRC.
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: vyper on August 01, 2002, 06:49:49 am
I want dual processors... a couple of Athlon XPs would be soooo cool.
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Kazashi on August 01, 2002, 08:09:44 am
Quote
Originally posted by vyper


Parallel? Surely not


Separate boxes. You can't get a pair of Celeron 2's running in SMP, let alone this combo :)
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: vyper on August 01, 2002, 09:22:09 am
Quote
Originally posted by Kazashi


Separate boxes. You can't get a pair of Celeron 2's running in SMP, let alone this combo :)


suddenly I don't feel as inferior any more :D

Hmm, I wonder if two P4s would work? ;7
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Redfang on August 01, 2002, 09:47:27 am
Quote
Originally posted by aldo_14
Yeah.... 'spesh as it's intended for newer tech.  I'd rather have summat like specbench for CPU's, but that costs money IIRC.

 
Yes, and even for new tech it isn't the best way to measure performance, games are.
 
Quote
Originally posted by vyper
Hmm, I wonder if two P4s would work? ;7


No, not normal ones, I think.
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Fry_Day on August 01, 2002, 01:21:06 pm
I just want to say that I'm sorry for anyone who bought one of the K6 line CPUs, since they're the most horrible CPUs to reach the market since the K5 :)

Edit: Well, I forgot the original celeron with no L2 cache. It sucked big-time too
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: vyper on August 01, 2002, 01:31:51 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Fry_Day
I just want to say that I'm sorry for anyone who bought one of the K6 line CPUs, since they're the most horrible CPUs to reach the market since the K5 :)

Edit: Well, I forgot the original celeron with no L2 cache. It sucked big-time too


Ever heard of a Cyrix? Now that was crap.
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Fry_Day on August 01, 2002, 04:51:41 pm
Yes yes, their MII processors were total crap, but by the P-II time, everyone knew that they were crap, so noone bought their processors, especially those who fell for their marketing campaign (Intel Inside - Cyrix Instead)
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Sandwich on August 01, 2002, 06:59:54 pm
Quote
Originally posted by vyper


Ever heard of a Cyrix? Now that was crap.


I have one. Not on my machine, of course, but in an old box gathering dust. It's a Cyrix P166 (133 MHz). I think I'll use it to play those good old games like Commander Keen, C&C Tib. Dawn, Aces of the Pacific, Future Wars, etc. :D Oh, and with an ancient Cirrus Logic GD5460 on a 14" screen, for authenticities sake. :D
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Dranon on August 01, 2002, 11:40:41 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Fry_Day
I just want to say that I'm sorry for anyone who bought one of the K6 line CPUs, since they're the most horrible CPUs to reach the market since the K5 :)

Edit: Well, I forgot the original celeron with no L2 cache. It sucked big-time too


The K6-2 wasn't too bad, and at the time it was the best i could afford.  I put together a halfway decent machine for about $600 and so far have only had to replace the vid card (was an ati rage 128, now is a GF2 GTS) and add a little memory.  It has served me well, and i've only had performance issues in the last year or so.  Sadly i don't have the money to upgrade yet.
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Kazashi on August 02, 2002, 07:04:54 am
Quote
Originally posted by vyper

Hmm, I wonder if two P4s would work? ;7


I believe VIA have designed and built a working motherboard that supports P4's in SMP. However it's not a production unit, so the closest thing would be the new version of the Xeon CPU's.
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: LAW ENFORCER on August 02, 2002, 07:11:42 pm
Quote
Originally posted by PhReAk


my linux box is a pentium 200 with an SVGA card :ha:


Oh year! Well my linux BOX is a pentium 200MMX, 80RAM with a Matrox Mistique and an original 3dFX card so :ha:

My MEGA BOX is a AMDXP2000+ 512RAM and a 128MB RADEON
My Other Games BOX is an AMD Athlon 1000 256RAm and a 3D Prophet 4500
My Other BOX is an AMD K6-2 450 256RAM with a TNT2 ULTRA
All are linked up through a 100MBps network (well again soon, someone stole my switches!)
If I had 3dmax think of the children... err.. render slaves!


[gloating over, you don't have to feel so inferiour now]
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: demon442 on August 03, 2002, 12:25:05 am
My all arround box: AMD Athalon 1.3 GHz, 358 MB DDR RAM, Integrated NVIDIA 32 MB graphics(will get top of the line GForce4 soon), and a whopping 56K Modem!!!

Leave it to me to have so much unused power...
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: an0n on August 03, 2002, 01:01:50 am
Dial-up sukka.
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: killadonuts on August 03, 2002, 02:42:37 am
Celeron 1.0 GHz here
Not the best CPU out there but not bad either!
I do believe this is the highest-end Celeron available but I'm not sure
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: demon442 on August 03, 2002, 03:01:36 am
Quote
Originally posted by an0n
Dial-up sukka.


Your point?
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Sandwich on August 03, 2002, 05:33:19 am
Quote
Originally posted by demon442


Your point?


Hmmm... I've been playing Renegade too  much; I feeel like telling you to quit the forums so you don't cause it to be laggy for the rest of us. lol - stupid me. :o :p
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Zeronet on August 05, 2002, 10:48:28 am
Quote
Originally posted by killadonuts
Celeron 1.0 GHz here
Not the best CPU out there but not bad either!
I do believe this is the highest-end Celeron available but I'm not sure


1.3GHz is the highest Celeron you can get.
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Doc Oc on August 05, 2002, 10:52:26 am
:) Athlon XP 1700+ / GF4 Ti4200
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Redfang on August 05, 2002, 11:56:09 am
Quote
Originally posted by Zeronet


1.3GHz is the highest Celeron you can get.

 
No, 1.8GHz is the highest one, though it's running at the P4 Willamette core with L2 cache reduced to half. And P4, or at least the Willamette core is slower than PIII core Tualatin clock-per-clock.
 
Other higher than 1.3GHz (Tualatin) Celerons are 1.4 (Tualatin) and 1.7GHz (Willamette) models.
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Kazashi on August 06, 2002, 07:25:24 am
To contribute to the Celeron debate, the Cumine Celerons finished at 1Ghz, which is where the Tualatin Celerons began (1.0A). These have continued up to 1.4Ghz, and currently are up with the fastest CPU's available for the socket370 platform. Intel recently introduced the 1.7Ghz and 1.8Ghz Celerons based on the Willamette core - a crippled version of a crippled CPU.
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: EdrickV on August 09, 2002, 08:56:44 pm
P3 933 Mhz with Voodoo 3 2000 PCI here. (Though I started FS2 on a non-MMX P1 166 Mhz thanks to my V3 which I got for FS2.)

And my Linux box is a MIPSEL R5900 with two VPUs, MIPS R3000 IOP, Integrated Graphics Synthesizer, built in DVD-ROM/CD-ROM drive, and a Dual Shock Analog 2. (In other words, my PS2.) ;) Must remember to update my CVS copy of fs2_open and see if it'll actually run now.
Title: Comp...
Post by: Star Dragon on August 28, 2002, 03:16:55 am
My new computer (for total of $850.00)
   P4 1.8Ghz
   512DDR Ram
   32MB Nvida
   70Gig HD
   16DVD
   ?CDRW
   DSL connection...

Replaces:
   PII400MHZ
   360MB Ram
   12GigHD
   32MB ATI Rage Fury tv/out
   8DVD
   4x4x4CDRW
(Built by me for $1500.00 4 years ago) at least it had a good run. I will install the video card in the new comp for VCR captures, TV gaming, ect...
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: LtNarol on August 28, 2002, 12:36:50 pm
AMD 550, although I can only run it at 475 for long periods safely...it feels like a 200 though, school comps are 300 and they're running twice as fast in application.
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Fozzy on August 28, 2002, 01:19:58 pm
two computers here.

PIII 666mhz
Athlon 900mhz

i might swap one for my brothers inheritence

an old server 5000mhz (5 athlon processors)

that is if he does not figure out how valuable it is, hehe :D
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: CP5670 on August 28, 2002, 01:45:11 pm
Nothing, at the moment. :p I am on my dad's really slow office laptop at the moment since my main computer is out for repairs. That is an Athlon 1400, but I might have them upgrade some of the stuff in it depending on my options, so I might nothave the same configuration much longer. This leads me to something else I wanted to ask BTW: they said earlier that I could trade in the existing standard (non-Ti) GF3 for a GF4 Ti4600 for $200; do you all think that this might be a good idea? (since the normal price for the 4600 is double that)
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: penguin on August 28, 2002, 07:31:05 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Fozzy
an old server 5000mhz (5 athlon processors)
:doubt:
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Taristin on August 28, 2002, 07:33:42 pm
My box is a:

Duron 600mhz
128Mb
32Mb GeForce2 Mx200
with a 75% full 20 gig HDD
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Razor on September 28, 2002, 03:53:05 pm
Pathetic AMD k6-3 450 Mhz (laugh at me)

I cant even run Freespace 2 at the best settings :(
Jedi Outcast...come on :doubt:
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Sandwich on September 29, 2002, 07:03:33 am
Quote
Originally posted by Razor
(laugh at me)


:lol: @ Razor
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Redfang on September 29, 2002, 08:12:42 am
:lol:@Redfang's BS computer.
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: RandomTiger on September 29, 2002, 09:38:07 am
Ive only got a P3 450 but Im OK
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: Darkage on October 03, 2002, 07:13:05 am
AMD Duron 800
512 SDRam PC-133 ( sucks ! )
40GB Maxtor HDD ATA -100
GForce 2 mx100/200 32mb
8x4x32 Creavtive CDRW
48 Philips CDrom player.
A crapy 15"inch monitor
Wireless mouse and keyboard.

My old system.

P 166MMX clocked to 210
48mb EDO ram ( used some goodies from work to upgrade to 100mb )
24x CDrom drive.
ATI-rage pro 2 mb
Voodoo2


Bah, i think this is enough, i am hungry so screw writing:D
Title: System Specs - CPU
Post by: <<ERROR>> on October 08, 2002, 03:52:07 pm
AMD Duron 1200
640MB RAM, @133MHz
ATI Radeon 7200, with 32MB DDR
SB Live 1024
Iiyama Vision Master Pro 17
1 * 60Gb HDD @ ATA100 (40 Gb for WinXP Pro - 14Gb Free, 20Gb for Mandrake (not installed yet))
1 * 40Gb HDD @ ATA100 (All for Win98 SE - 13Gb Free)
8/40 speed DVD/CD-ROM drive
16*12*40 speed  Cyber-Drive CD-RW drive (don't dis - it's good!)
MS Force Feedback Pro
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.
.
Why won't GTA3 run nicely??????????
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.
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Not even at 800x600x16?
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Even on Win98?