Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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I was wondering, is the performance difference between the 6600GT and the 9800 Pro enough the warrent the higher price? I'm having a tough time deciding between the two.

Thanks.

  • 03.06.2005 6:13 PM PDT
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40 frames is solid. I'm happy with anything above 30.

[Edited on 3/6/2005 6:54:03 PM]

  • 03.06.2005 6:52 PM PDT
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get the geforce 6600 gt its a TON better. (up to 40 fps on doom 3)

  • 03.06.2005 6:53 PM PDT
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Posted by: dEEp_FrYeD
i cant find the x700XT anywhere! i want it instead of pro 256mb


Doesn't exist lol.

  • 03.06.2005 6:53 PM PDT
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we know that panda. oh how do i make a sticky thread?

[Edited on 3/6/2005 7:03:42 PM]

  • 03.06.2005 6:56 PM PDT
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u sure???????
ive heard of it in the pc gamer forums and saw it on a webdite linked to pcgamer price finder but it was out of stock now im confused!!!!!!?????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!

oh and its in the charts at tomshardware they say its better than the 6600gt on some games
its the x700xt
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041222/vga_charts-0 4.html
oh did you mean it dont exists in 256mb?

[Edited on 3/6/2005 8:06:38 PM]

  • 03.06.2005 8:02 PM PDT
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Well, I don't think there is such thing as an X700 XT.

  • 03.06.2005 8:08 PM PDT
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A thread gets stickied by a mod.

X700XT - um, maybe? I doubt 256MB, though, but maybe it does exist...?

  • 03.06.2005 8:23 PM PDT
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of course it does m8, i mean ati want their money.
heres a link 4 the guy who thinks it doesn't
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjY2#
but dude,if ur gona get somin that expensive get a x800pro or xt

  • 03.07.2005 12:51 PM PDT
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hey sexy legs, i have an athlon 64 3000. its at 200mghertz. how far u think i can get it. i've never overclocked a cpu , but i know how to. just tell me a good frequency i'll be able to get it to. oh by the way is the fan that came with cpu good enough to stand the heat?

[Edited on 3/7/2005 1:39:20 PM]

  • 03.07.2005 1:35 PM PDT
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Look i just figured this a few months ago, if you want the best Halo pc experiance, wouldnt you just buy the same graphics card Xbox uses? which i believe is an Nvidia Geforce something...i cant remember

  • 03.07.2005 4:46 PM PDT
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Helghan - no, theirs is optimized for the system, you need at least a 9600XT.

AMD 3000? 2GHz? I'd say on stock cooling maybe 2.2GHz or more.

What type of RAM do you have? That is what will really limit you, because if you can't adjust your CPU multiplier, you can only make the FSB faster, and that can cause instability with the RAM.

Stock cooling for AMD's is actually pretty good, for stock. However, they can't beat a Zalman cooler or any copper cooler, for that matter. I got my 2GHz up to 2.25GHz on stock cooling without many problems.

If you are serious about overclocking, your best friend is good performance RAM, like PQI Turbo or OCZ, cheap but very overclockable. I believe the PQI Turbo can get up to 275 on the FSB without even a change from stock voltage - incredible.

  • 03.07.2005 7:59 PM PDT
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How do you replace the fan from a processor, doesn't it come with it on it when you buy it?

  • 03.07.2005 8:03 PM PDT
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I have a intel intergrated graphics, but I am getting a new computer soon. Is there anything I can do in the mean time?


  • 03.07.2005 11:04 PM PDT
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guess what ya'll. i've found the x700XT on zipzoomfly.com its only 128nb thoughits the 52nd card on the list. but im not donna get it or the x700 pro instead im just gonna stick with a 6600GT i got licky too because its $20 cheaper!

  • 03.07.2005 11:07 PM PDT
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I have currently
pentium 1.8ghz
64mb graphics memory interfface
256memory

  • 03.07.2005 11:10 PM PDT
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98% of the teenage population does or has tried smoking pot. If you're one of the 2% who hasn't, copy & paste this into your signature.

  • 03.07.2005 11:11 PM PDT
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....

Oh yeah, the processor heatsink and fan is removable. With stock A64's, it just unclips. The Zalman one I have screw onto the motherboard directly.

  • 03.07.2005 11:18 PM PDT
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ye it depends on the cpu, i have amd 64 and the stock cooling is from thermaltake so its quite and keeps it generally cool, also i duno if u know that amd 64s hav ' coola and quite technolgy built in, but i hav yet to c the performance increase.

btw every1 im finally 15!!!! hapy bday to me hapy b day 2 me.
(wow that was -blam!-)

  • 03.08.2005 9:55 AM PDT
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i have a Nvidia GeForce2 MX200 with

256-bit 2D/3D graphics accelerator
350MHz RAMDAC
64-bit Memory architecture
2 Rendering Pipelines
NVIDIA Shading Rasterizer
Integrated transform and lighting engines
4 Texels per clock
32-bit color with 32-bit Z/stencil buffer
Digital vibrance control
Cube environment mapping
DirectX and S3 texture compression

thats off the back of the box
and i was wondering if it is a good card and would run halo well



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  • 03.08.2005 11:17 AM PDT
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thanks sexy legs but do i have to upgrade my fan? can i just stick with my company made fan? i overclocked it to 2 gigahertz now, but soemtimes my computer doesn't start right. sometimes only. anyone like ma new signature?

[Edited on 3/8/2005 12:19:26 PM]

  • 03.08.2005 12:18 PM PDT
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where can i get the the pc building bible???

  • 03.08.2005 1:28 PM PDT
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the pc building bible?

im sure a google search would get that 4 u, there prolly a site 4 that.

also i never used iunstructions or books, i just went on forums wen i was 13 and and now i know quite a bit, my 1st i built was simple and luckly i had no problems. the 2nd was tougher as i has a few problems, but they were sorted soon. from then on its easy, i never need one as i though it was common sense. i mean u can tell by the size of the slots but then again u allways need background info.
if u go on many forums and also hav a look at a few pcs insides ull get the jist, then ull understand wat people say in forums better and then ull understand it all.

  • 03.08.2005 1:35 PM PDT
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now im not bragging, but guess what i did an IQ test an i ahve an IQ of 149, now i think thast gd. only like 1%get that high.

  • 03.08.2005 1:36 PM PDT
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actually thats what ive been doing!!!!! and dont care what you're iq is. google search does nothing i already tried that and yahoo and msn search engines its by pc gamer nothing on websites and i feel like getting a book because i dont wanna keep posting in the forums everytime i run into a problem because that takes too long!!!!!!!!!

  • 03.08.2005 1:58 PM PDT