Duron 800!!

Jazzbow · 20th May 2003, 7:19 PM

Im looking to upgrade my Duron 80 to somthing with a bit more grunt. Anyone got any suggestions???

blinkme · 20th May 2003, 7:25 PM

What's your budget..?

Entrepreneur · 20th May 2003, 8:51 PM

More importantly, what's your motherboard? Because that will determine what you should be looking at

.

eg. need new motherboard? that will probably mean ram etc

dj_Pain · 21st May 2003, 3:08 PM

before i got my cpu and epox mboard i was running a duron 800 on a gigabyte ga-7ixe4 i then got a t-bird 1333 and was still able to use it ont he board every site i went to even the gigabyte one said it wasnt supported but it still ran, at a pretty good speed of 1100. 233 under but still good enough so i am about to say get a tbird there pretty cheap now day around 100 for a desent speed and u dont have to worry about getting a new board and stuff

Jazzbow · 21st May 2003, 5:35 PM

Hm...........
Im pretty much a newb when it comes to comps.........
Is there anyway of finding the name of my mobo without looking at the hardware?????

ywn · 21st May 2003, 10:02 PM

get 1300 duron it has more grunt then a 1.2 athlon t-bird
and it has moregrunt then the p4 1.7ghz and i have tested it in real life

blinkme · 21st May 2003, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ywn
get 1300 duron it has more grunt then a 1.2 athlon t-bird
and it has moregrunt then the p4 1.7ghz and i have tested it in real life

Yeah, I had a 1.3Ghz Duron and it did perform quite well for a dirt cheap chip

Stubish · 30th June 2003, 11:02 PM

Hey all,
I also got a ga-7ixe4 and hoping to do something like this...

up the processor to 1.3 duron
up the ram to 512
up the vid card to ???

some questions I have is

what ram will this card support up 2? and what would be the cheapest option?

and what vid card would be good for this. Hopefully to get resonable perf (800x600 is resonable for me on my budget) with NLF 2.

suggestions?

ta
Stuart

LINUX · 30th June 2003, 11:34 PM

go to the gigabyte website and look up the board, that will tell you all you want to know. and if not, the manual will.

Stubish · 1st July 2003, 12:13 AM

ok sorted the mem stuff. no probs there. only prob will be finding the right ram at a swap meet

still awaitng suggestions on the vid card??

hoping to get into a little Jedi Knight 3 action as well. What do you recon?

cya
stu

LINUX · 1st July 2003, 12:19 AM

i used to play JK3 fairly well with my GF2 MX200...it's probably as low as you would want to go though. definetly get a 64MB version if you decide to go with one.

20th May 2003, 7:19 PM	#1
Jazzbow Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Brisbane Posts: 5	Duron 800!! Im looking to upgrade my Duron 80 to somthing with a bit more grunt. Anyone got any suggestions??? __________________ .::LoWRiDeR::.

21st May 2003, 5:35 PM	#5
Jazzbow Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Brisbane Posts: 5	Hm........... Im pretty much a newb when it comes to comps......... Is there anyway of finding the name of my mobo without looking at the hardware????? __________________ .::LoWRiDeR::.

21st May 2003, 10:02 PM	#6
ywn Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: port macquarie {nsw} Posts: 813	get 1300 duron it has more grunt then a 1.2 athlon t-bird and it has moregrunt then the p4 1.7ghz and i have tested it in real life __________________ -ABIT- Ownage #52 ATi Owners Club Member [#??] AMD Phenom Owners club # [ Intel Owners Club Member #38 ls1 v8

30th June 2003, 11:02 PM	#8
Stubish Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 98	some more suggestions on the ga-7ixe4?? Hey all, I also got a ga-7ixe4 and hoping to do something like this... up the processor to 1.3 duron up the ram to 512 up the vid card to ??? some questions I have is what ram will this card support up 2? and what would be the cheapest option? and what vid card would be good for this. Hopefully to get resonable perf (800x600 is resonable for me on my budget) with NLF 2. suggestions? ta Stuart

30th June 2003, 11:34 PM	#9
LINUX Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Dudley, Newcastle Posts: 3,027	go to the gigabyte website and look up the board, that will tell you all you want to know. and if not, the manual will. __________________ www.vk2mev.net - Electronics & Amateur Radio blog

20th May 2003, 7:25 PM	#2
blinkme Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 625	What's your budget..?

20th May 2003, 8:51 PM	#3
Entrepreneur Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Brisbane, Westside Posts: 378	More importantly, what's your motherboard? Because that will determine what you should be looking at . eg. need new motherboard? that will probably mean ram etc

21st May 2003, 3:08 PM	#4
dj_Pain Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Edensor Park Posts: 425	before i got my cpu and epox mboard i was running a duron 800 on a gigabyte ga-7ixe4 i then got a t-bird 1333 and was still able to use it ont he board every site i went to even the gigabyte one said it wasnt supported but it still ran, at a pretty good speed of 1100. 233 under but still good enough so i am about to say get a tbird there pretty cheap now day around 100 for a desent speed and u dont have to worry about getting a new board and stuff

1st July 2003, 12:13 AM	#10
Stubish Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 98	ok sorted the mem stuff. no probs there. only prob will be finding the right ram at a swap meet still awaitng suggestions on the vid card?? hoping to get into a little Jedi Knight 3 action as well. What do you recon? cya stu

1st July 2003, 12:19 AM	#11
LINUX Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Dudley, Newcastle Posts: 3,027	i used to play JK3 fairly well with my GF2 MX200...it's probably as low as you would want to go though. definetly get a 64MB version if you decide to go with one. __________________ www.vk2mev.net - Electronics & Amateur Radio blog Last edited by LINUX; 1st July 2003 at 12:20 AM.