about RAM and a graphics card... - Page 4

dscytherulez · 2004-03-05, 02:02 AM

I'd take Kingston HyperX over Corsair.

Edit: They're pretty much the same though, it's just preference. The only reason you would need platinum is if you are going to overclock your ram.

Ait'al · 2004-03-05, 02:10 AM

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=80060-22 Heres the Kingston for 10 dollars less then.

Just remember to check that you can use 2700 or that your current ram is 2700 before you go buying it Squirell.

dscytherulez · 2004-03-05, 02:11 AM

Indeed. That sites search does suck. You can't chose the order of anything. I didn't feel like going through it.

Edit: Squirrel you got those speeds yet? I don't have much more time. It's 2:15 AM here and I have to get up at 6:30.

Ait'al · 2004-03-05, 02:15 AM

ZipZoomFly is really The old Googlewarez.com

They had a lawsuit or something and had to change the name. One day it was GoogleWarez with Google on one side of that nut and Warez on the other,like ZipZoom and Fly are aranges now, and then next thing you know its like it is now. 8)

I was on the site one day and i either hit refresh and it changed or i came back on the next day and, poof. And there was their little news update telling about what happened, back when they had them. Talk about minimizing damage.

Edit: i just ranked

dscytherulez · 2004-03-05, 02:31 AM

Originally Posted by Ait'al

Edit: i just ranked

Nazi.

Anyways, I gotta go. Cya guys later. Ait'al seems to know what hes doing, but I claim no responsibilty for him giving you false information Squirrel.

Go with that 5700 Ultra I showed you (if you're feeling rich you could get the Radeon 9800 Pro

) and either the Kingston or the Corsair memory. I read somewhere that the new Corsair stuff isn't as good as the old, but I don't know that as a fact. It's up to you and you probably wouldn't notice a difference between the two at all, so I'd go for the cheapest at your speed.

One more suggestion before I go. If those 256mb sticks are slow mem, dump em and dual channel Kingston HyperX PC-3200+ ram. You'll get much better results then running 4 sticks of ram if they are all slow. If the 256mb's are fast PC-2700+, then you might wanna keep them in.

Ait'al · 2004-03-05, 03:12 AM

I think when there talking about them not being as good, theyre talking about the new 1 gig chips and 2x1gig are all CAS 3 because of whatever.

Phaelon · 2004-03-05, 08:21 AM

Heh windows Xp can't handle 16 gigs of memory =p, The allocation tables would fail on pre-caching

SquirrelMan · 2004-03-05, 10:36 AM

heh. I'll just get whatever's cheapest.

EDIT: The soonest I'll get the info on my RAM is later than 4:30. Thanks for the help you guys, you rock

EDIT2: I really love this smiley:

dscytherulez · 2004-03-05, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by Phaelon

Heh windows Xp can't handle 16 gigs of memory =p, The allocation tables would fail on pre-caching

Originally Posted by Dscytherulez

Theoretically you could get server ram and go over 16 gigs if you wanted to, but Win XP would have an overload.

Ait'al · 2004-03-05, 04:02 PM

Heh windows Xp can't handle 16 gigs of memory =p, The allocation tables would fail on pre-caching

Where the hell is that coming from

And squirrel. You need to make sure you can use 2700. You probly can but its possible you cant. and get corsair if the price difference is only 10-20 dollars.

dscytherulez · 2004-03-05, 04:16 PM

Stop filling this thread with Corsair bullshit. Kingston and Corsair are pretty much even, so go with the cheapest you can get. I've used both in one of my systems and noticed no difference. The only time I would recommend Corsair is if you are planning on overclocking your ram. The platinum heat spreaders do better then aluminum.

Phaelon · 2004-03-05, 04:22 PM

And I have noticed Physical difference with Kingston versus Corsair in 4 different systems, with a differenc of 1 to 6% increase in FPS.

Man you need to calm down, further more Windows XP would not overload, it wouldn't even function. That much memory will cause Windows XP to not even load, the memory checks the Kernel does in its pre-boot phase will fail.

dscytherulez · 2004-03-05, 04:37 PM

That's interesting. In one post you say you noticed 5-10% increase on 2 systems, now you say 1-6% on 4? Well, im confused. I seriously don't care anymore. You can take these guys under your wings.

Ait'al · 2004-03-05, 04:52 PM

Is phaelon Daelon? Im lost. And if not where did he go. lol

Rbstr · 2004-03-05, 05:31 PM

I don't think to.

Also the platnium Heat speaders is just aluminium, or Copper painted a color.

If those were platinum they would cost a hell of alot more