DAZED AND CONFUSED- HELP!!!

[kafele01]

I just built my 2d system last month and I am saddened to find that it is just slightly faster than the first one I built 3 years ago (P4 3.2E vs Athlon 1.2T-Bird).
I use this system primarily for video rendering and downloading, uh- movies...  All I have done to the system is plug and play. Any help that anyone can offer is greatly appreciated.

WinXP Pro SP2
ASUS P4C800E Deluxe
P4 3.2 Prescott w/ Zalman 7000A-Cu
Micron 1GB PC3200 (x1)
Dell 18" LCD
Riva TNT2 64MB VidCard (very embarrassing)
Maxtor 40GB PATA (system)
Seagate 200GB SATA (storage)
Maxtor 140GB PATA (storage)
NEC 3500A DVD+/- R (16x)
Sony DVD/CD-R (16/52X)
Lite-On CD-R (32x)

[Scottler]

I use this system primarily for video rendering and downloading, uh- movies...

Is this really a good thing to be so vocal about?

[bm]

All I have done to the system is plug and play

What do you mean by that - presumeably you've installed the drivers for the Mobo/chipset. If not that may be half of the battle.

Riva TNT2 64MB VidCard (very embarrassing)

What on earth are you doing with that old thing in there! Wip it out NOW!.......Utter maddness.....

PS: May I ask how quiet the Zalman 7000A-Cu heatsink is!

Birdman.

[Dan]

Riva TNT2 64MB VidCard (very embarrassing)

Thats whats in my simming PC (This one) and it is cr@p, but it does work. Have you got the newest (July 04) drivers for it?

If not, http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_61.76.

DX9.0C? Give it a go.
Dan

[Dan]

Riva TNT2 64MB VidCard (very embarrassing)

Thats whats in my simming PC (This one) and it is cr@p, but it does work. Have you got the newest (July 04) drivers for it?

If not, http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_61.76.

DX9.0C? Give it a go.
Dan

[bm]

You've got a really bad bottleneck. At the moment you've got your big guns way behind the frontline being transported to the frontier by a mouse.

Hang on - just seen its your 2d system! May I ask the specs of your 3d machine

[Mozz]

I think thats meant to be 2nd...

[bm]

I think thats meant to be 2nd...

Thanks for pointing that out  ;D

I go back to the bottleneck: However fast the cpu you put behind that TNT2 your going to get no improvement in graphics quality or speed. I recomend getting one of the newer cards - not too often you can say its a waste of money not to!