Upgrade time....

mickwill · Trainee Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 28

Well I don't think my P4 2Ghz is cutting it any more Crying or Very sad

So it's time or the dreaded upgrade.

I run Win2K and usually have FS2004, UT, AISmooth, and FSPassengers running on a P4 2GHZ, 1GB Ram, AGP nVidia 6600GT 128Mb and to be honest the frame rates are poor to say the least. I upgraded from a FX5700 256Mb to the GT6600GT in an effort to get round the frame rate problem, alas it has not made it go away. So it is time to bit the bullet and do the upgrade thing.

Now here is what I am looking at:

AMD Athlon FX55 939
2 x 1Gb DDR400 RAM Modules
MSI K8N Sli Platinum Motherboard
Leadtek WinFast PCX6600GT-TDH GeForce PCX6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express)
Win XP Pro

So what do you think Question

BR

Mick
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Tailhook · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 1:32 pm Post subject: Re: Upgrade time....

RadarMan · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:36 pm Post subject:

Looks good to me, make sure you have room for more ram when the next version comes out, especially if your going to switch to Windows Vista when it comes out.

Go with XP-Home, It's a better gaming system unless you NEED pro for business use.

Get a good power supply, minimum 450w, best 600w. Antec is one of the best.

Radar

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Greekman72 · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:44 pm Post subject:

Totally agree with Dear TailHook and RadarMan.I only would like to add that if i had to get a new VGA i preffer get one with 256mb of Ram. Wink

Better ,and without strees, performance.
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Tailhook · Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:30 pm Post subject:

RadarMan · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:23 am Post subject:

Tailhook,
My understanding is that they (of course) are built on the same base. Home is just what it say's, Pro has other applications that are used for business purposes and won't have any good or bad effect on "gaming" so why pay twice the price.
You can get (full) Home OEM for $89-$99.
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

Am I wrong, don't know!

Radar

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Tailhook · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:14 am Post subject:

RadarMan · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:14 am Post subject:

There is no way to get back at them, they are always right in their own mind.
I would just avoid the subject with him, I usually let them talk and if I disagree say "OK" and go about my way.

Radar

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Tailhook · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:50 am Post subject:

Again, experience has taught me that you're absolutely right. I'm always wrong- they're always right, and nowadays I like to think that I'm mature enough to just let it all pass for the benefit of all involved. BUT :

I still haven't managed to overcome the irresistable urge to make up my own movies/scenarios in my mind when the TV gets just to pathetic to watch, the concentration is exhausted for the day and you guys are all in bed, at the golf course ore eating dinner at 12 noon - how weird is that!- and everybody else is asleep in El Dorado.

I'll be working on that, though... or should I Question

As undecided as ever,
Rick
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RadarMan · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:06 am Post subject:

Leave it be and concentrate on something worth while, what I don't know but try.

Radar

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Insight · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:03 am Post subject:

on pro you can run the system admin tools

pro comes with IIS installed

XP Home does not have file access control, so all users of the machine have access to all files in the same way as on Windows 98.

XP pro has Access Control – restrict access to selected files, applications, and other resources.

XP Professional has support for multi-processor PCs

XP pro has remote desktop

pro has Encrypting File System - protects sensitive data in files that are stored on disk using the NTFS file system

I am unsure but with AMD dual core processors, as they actually are 2 actual processors in one unit, with intel HT it doesn't have 2 procs.. just the one with multithreading support and Home doesn't support multi processors.... does this mean AMD dual core procs won't work on home?

These are all from:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx

I don't think Home would be any better for gaming as such as a result - but involves less administration

this one might be a valid one for some users,
only pro has this:

Multi-lingual User Interface (MUI) add-on - change the user interface language to get localized dialog boxes, menus, help files, dictionaries, and proofing tools etc.
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mickwill · Trainee Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 28

Also----

I am a network admin and I sometimes have to work from home via VPN, XP home has *most* of the corporate network bits stripped out and as such is no good to me!

Not when I have two Win 2003 servers, two LinuX AS and a bunch of Win2k workstations to manage!

If you do want to stip down the bloatware that is Windows I highly recommend a book called Windows Annoyances by David A Karp. The web site is --> http://www.annoyances.org/

As to performance - XP Home is a little bit faster as it does not have some of the services that Pro has running.

BR

Mick
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Insight · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:59 am Post subject:

if of course those services are running Smile

and that would be a margnial performance increase at best I would say (depending on what is running)
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RadarMan · Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:15 pm Post subject:

Fascinating gentlemen, and also thank you for those two links now in my folder.

Radar

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Tailhook · Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:03 am Post subject: Re: Upgrade time....

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