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[abhijit_reddevil]

Re: Old intel heart needs new body!

Hmm.......... MS going to release Vista and all software giants making hardware exhausting Games ,software and this advancement is causing a great problem to my old computer to work with them ..................and forced me to have a transplantation of my old mobo i.e orignal i845 GVSR but there r some queries in my mind:-
Currently my system consist of orignal i845 GVSR mobo with a Intel PGA 468 socket 2.8 processor ,256MB of RAM,40 gb PATA HDD with on board graphics but in today's context I am not able to cop up with new softwares and planning to change my mobo (i know this will only cause a little of performance increase but will be buying a brand new dual core machine after 6 months).Dear frnds plz suggest me a mobo with keeping following features in mind
1.Support's Intel PGA 468 socket 2.8 processor.
2.AGP 8x slot
3.SATA
4.Firewire(optional)
5.Onboard Graphics and LAN

suggest me a gud performance RAM also.

Intel D865GBF will meet your needs. Check the specifications here.

*www.intel.com/products/motherboard/d865gbf/index.htm

For RAM, you can get Corsair/Zion. I overclocked my Zion RAM to 409Mhz from 400Mhz and it has passed all tests in memtest 86. The tests ran for more than 8 hours to test stability. It is running in all stress tests and passing without any problems.

 

[soumen nath]

Thank all of you. Please tell me the authenticate source at KOLKATE, b'cause I am a KOLKATAbasi.
My 256 MB MP3 player is showing 55 MB capacity,after formatting as it was unable to play songs after 5/6 no. What's wrong with it!!!
Soumen Nath

 

[Haresh]

Guys i need a suggestion for a flatscreen (CRT) monitor around 5k , any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[yogissj]

hey can any one suggest me regarding new pc config.

I had selected AMD 64 3200+
mobo ASUS A8N VM CSM / OR ASUS A8N E
here i am confused a bit
see ASUS A8N VM CSM is costing rs. 5100
and ASUS A8N E is costing rs. 5900

the prob is i am little bit confused to which one i should
go for as i had done a research and have selected these
two as best and economic. I am saying as in regard with
ASUS mobos.

ASUS A8N VM CSM has on board graphics so i won't have
to go for graphics card at the buying stage. (nforce 6150/n430 chips)

while in ASUS A8N E i will have to go for atleast 256mb graphics
card. I had inquired about radeon 256mb its around 2700 rs.

I am going for 512 mb (400mhz) kingston for rs. 2450
cab smps iball rs. 1450

I have confusion regarding mobo and will these config give
me good work in gaming, 3d modelling and photoshop.

Please someone advice....

 

[yogissj]

Hey this problem occured with my friend also.
What i can suggest you is there is a flash upgrade system
in these kind of oem mp3 players.
I think formating will not make any effect now as may
be there is some problem in the flashing. I got some problem
in my 256 mb mp3 player and i flashed it.
But it happened as i firstly copied all flash memory on a single
.bin file as i purchased it as new one.
So i used it when i got errors regarding memory and other basic
stuff.
After that flashing thing it got ok...

May be there is some sort of same problem with yours too.

Please do check the whole thing regarding flashing as this
could cause a overall damage to your player and may get even
stop working at all.

 

[abhijit_reddevil]

hey can any one suggest me regarding new pc config.

I had selected AMD 64 3200+
mobo ASUS A8N VM CSM / OR ASUS A8N E
here i am confused a bit
see ASUS A8N VM CSM is costing rs. 5100
and ASUS A8N E is costing rs. 5900

the prob is i am little bit confused to which one i should
go for as i had done a research and have selected these
two as best and economic. I am saying as in regard with
ASUS mobos.

ASUS A8N VM CSM has on board graphics so i won't have
to go for graphics card at the buying stage. (nforce 6150/n430 chips)

while in ASUS A8N E i will have to go for atleast 256mb graphics
card. I had inquired about radeon 256mb its around 2700 rs.

I am going for 512 mb (400mhz) kingston for rs. 2450
cab smps iball rs. 1450

I have confusion regarding mobo and will these config give
me good work in gaming, 3d modelling and photoshop.

Please someone advice....

Apology for late reply. Actually if you indeed install a graphics card, then pl choose A8N-E. It has tons of regular and advanced features. Looking at your choice of graphics card, it seems that the budget allocated is not that high. I think you should get a geforce 6200 256MB with 128-bit memory and without turbocache. This will be far better than the radeon you have chosen in your gaming, 3d modelling and photoshop tasks.

 

[yogissj]

Thanx digitized !!
you really post great ..

just one thing more i had inquired about evga 256 mb nvidia geforce
7300 LE with turbo cache... for rs. 3400

Is this one good than radeon 256 mb that i mentioned earlier.

 

[abhijit_reddevil]

Thanx digitized !!
you really post great ..

just one thing more i had inquired about evga 256 mb nvidia geforce
7300 LE with turbo cache... for rs. 3400

Is this one good than radeon 256 mb that i mentioned earlier.

Do not go for any LE versions of the card, and that too with turbocache memory. They share memory with the main system memory.

If it is a 9800pro you are talking about, then it is definitely better, inspite of being the older generation card. Also around Rs.3500, another option would be a geforce 6200 256MB with 128-bit memory.

 

[yogissj]

Do not go for any LE versions of the card, and that too with turbocache memory. They share memory with the main system memory.

If it is a 9800pro you are talking about, then it is definitely better, inspite of being the older generation card. Also around Rs.3500, another option would be a geforce 6200 256MB with 128-bit memory.

Now i am little bit confused here ...

I wanted pci express x 16 video card so that the processing
speed is enhanced.
I had found one more card

"XFX GeForce 7300 GS 256MB DVI/TV-out PCI-Express Video Card"
-Chipset: GeForce 7300 GS
-Engine Clock: 550 MHz
-Video Memory: 256MB DDR2
-Fill Rate: 2.2 Pixels/sec.
-Vertices Per Second: 413 Million
-Memory Interface: 64 bit
-Bus: PCI Express x16
-RAMDAC: 400 MHz
-Pixel Pipelines: 4
-Max. Resolution: 2048x1536 @85Hz
-Connectors: DVI; TV-out
-Thermal: Fansink
-Low Profile Design: Yes
-Support 512MB in 1GB System
-Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0 Opt Support
-nVidia TurboCache Technology

its around 3300 rs.

is this card good for my 3d gaming, application 3d max photoshop.....

regarding you said about geforce 9200 pro i didn't find it.

And the one i said evga geforce 7300 LE 256 mb is also pci exp x 16.

I am now in hurry in deciding as i had waited long for my upgrade....
others selected are
amd 64 3200+ , asus A8N E, 512 mb ddr2 ram, iball cabinet
cabinet i had not seen or selected yet....

but i am just confused in selecting better graphics card i.e economic.

 

[TechMogul]

@yogissj

- DDR2 in AMD rig??thats not possible as none of the AMD mobo at this point of time support DDR2..but will surely soon.so get 400MHz DDR ram.and use it in dual channel mode.(A8NE support DDR)
- Dont go for Ibal cabinet it is all crap instead get a decent company cabinet.
- 7300GS,7300LE..both are not at all good for 3d gaming by any means,especially 7300LE version is awful.

 

[ashfame]

Now i am little bit confused here ...
"XFX GeForce 7300 GS 256MB DVI/TV-out PCI-Express Video Card"
-Fill Rate: 2.2 Pixels/sec.

LOL..............
2.2Pixels/sec. as the fill rate
it should be 2.2BillionPixels/sec.

 

[yogissj]

@yogissj

- DDR2 in AMD rig??thats not possible as none of the AMD mobo at this point of time support DDR2..but will surely soon.so get 400MHz DDR ram.and use it in dual channel mode.(A8NE support DDR)
- Dont go for Ibal cabinet it is all crap instead get a decent company cabinet.
- 7300GS,7300LE..both are not at all good for 3d gaming by any means,especially 7300LE version is awful.

yaa i came to know this that ddr2 is not supporte in amd thanks for telling.
I saw the same thing all over the net.
so what should i do now for my graphics card.
As this is the major problem for me and i need good and economic
256 mb graphics card.

I saw lots of test regarding 7300 LE and 7300 GS, yaa they were really awful
so what now....

if you can advice any

 

[TechMogul]

whats ur budget for the gpu?that will be much easier for us to guide u.

 

[samrulez]

yaa i came to know this that ddr2 is not supporte in amd thanks for telling.
I saw the same thing all over the net.
so what should i do now for my graphics card.
As this is the major problem for me and i need good and economic
256 mb graphics card.

I saw lots of test regarding 7300 LE and 7300 GS, yaa they were really awful
so what now....

if you can advice any

U can go for 6600/6600GT 256 MB both are descent..

 

[upneetshah]

Hi,
I am planning to buy a new comp for around 35K. I would like it to be Vista ready. I want to optical drives with one DVD writer.
Which is the best configuration for me?
I play lots of games so i would like a mid range graphics card.
If possible can you please send a reply at upneetshah@yahoo.com!
Thanks in advance,

 

[samrulez]

Hi,
I am planning to buy a new comp for around 35K. I would like it to be Vista ready. I want to optical drives with one DVD writer.
Which is the best configuration for me?
I play lots of games so i would like a mid range graphics card.
If possible can you please send a reply at upneetshah@yahoo.com!
Thanks in advance,

The configuration will not differ much from digitized's confiiguration...

AMD Athlon64 socket 939 (Venice) 3200+
ASUS A8N-E
6600/6600 GT (128 MB)
512*2 ram
Sony/Lite-on DvD writter
etc etc.....

And this will be fully Vista ready...

 

[dOm1naTOr]

@samrulez
the graphics is 6 series, then how come it be vista ready?? Vista needs 7 series or 1xxx series from ATI for full compatibility. So I sugged a 7600GS(performs better than 6600gt) or a 7600GT. Its lot better tha 1600 from ATI.
If u are a serious gamer then go for a 3000+ and spent dat amount on the gcard... its seems better for a gamer nd will get better results than 3200+.

 

[samrulez]

@samrulez
the graphics is 6 series, then how come it be vista ready?? Vista needs 7 series or 1xxx series from ATI for full compatibility. So I sugged a 7600GS(performs better than 6600gt) or a 7600GT. Its lot better tha 1600 from ATI.
If u are a serious gamer then go for a 3000+ and spent dat amount on the gcard... its seems better for a gamer nd will get better results than 3200+.

If he can get a 7600 its good

@aravind_n20: Any card above 6200 is capable of running Vista......
To run Vista u need 128 MB of V-ram,Direct X 9 support,Support for Pixel Shader 2.0 etc....
With all this u can easily run vista with aero enable...

And there is no difference between 3000+ and 3200+ except for the 200 MHZ....

So its wise to get a 3000+ and overclock it to 2 Ghz or above to make it perform better than the 3200+.....

 

[thetopcyborg]

HEy u all,
my vendor is saying that an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ and an ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe combined will cost me Rs 16000 and an AMD 3000+ with the same mobo will cost Rs 14000

and a geforce 6600GT will cost Rs 6000

Are the prices correct?

If not, what shud be the price as im doubtful with the price of the processoor and mobo combined

 

[samrulez]

A8N-E SLI mobo costs around 8000

3200+ costs around 7500
3000+ costs around 5500

6600 GT 128 MB costs 7.5k...are u sure he is giving u a 6600 GT and not 6600......
send us the exact model number and brand to check.....