I got a P 4 1.6 Ghz, 512 Ram, and 128 MB radeaon 9700 tx card. I know there is a way to juice out more speed with the cpu and the gfx card but I donno how. Anyone have any suggestions??
Do you have a prebuilt system, or was it custom built? If it's prebuilt (like by Dell, HP, Gateway, etc) you can't OC your CPU. You can download ATi Tool, and use that to overclock your video card.
why not, it's northwood, NW runs cool. just remember: Overclocking early stepping Northwood cores yielded a startling phenomenon. When VCore was increased past 1.7 V, the processor would slowly become more unstable over time, before dying and becoming totally unusable. This is believed to have been caused by the physical phenomenon known as Electromigration, where the internal pathways of the CPU become degraded over time due to excessive electron energy. This was also known as Sudden Northwood Death Syndrome.
still, i dont see how it would help that much, plus it makes it last less... my old system was a 2.0 and OCing it made it not really run at all, well..moving a window made it freeze instantly.. i either did something wrong or it just sucked too much to OC.. and thats my 100% pointless story
The processor is what is killing you ... on newegg, they have alot of processors on sale right now ... also, you should be able to OC your GFX card from the Catalyst control center software that comes with your graphics card and clicking on the ATI overdrive tab. Another 512 MB stick will also help your performance ... you can buy a 512 MB stick of ram for about $35 on newegg now. Defraging your hardrive can also increase performance. Sorry for the pic being so big :lol:
