hi just wanted to know if there is anyone on the forum who has nailed this
http://www.russswift.co.uk/gallery/03gmex05-08.jpg for a long distance ? would love to see a .spr of it thanks in advance

Billeh

:edit: video link http://www.russswift.co.uk/videos/Ramp.WMV

Quote from afastest :

Well, if you're going to play those games besides LFS and want something that will last a while, then it should be x800. I don't know about Scotland, but you can get that in UK or Germany for less than 160£.

would like one that i could overclock alittle

Quote from afastest :

When you put two sticks, say 256x2 or 512x2 and get them working in dual mode you get double transfer speed between processor and memory. This is on 939 socket.

So basicly by putting only one stick you get only half of the speed of memory socket 939 offers.

And by the way, socket 754 is not so much slower than 939. It has less L2 cache and no dual channel. It makes it a bit slower.

Anyway, I recommend you socket 939 because of dual mode memory bus and better upgrade properties (you can put dual core processor for instance).

Take AMD64 3000+ socket 939 (Venice core). It overclocks a lot very easely. It also consumes less power than pentiam4s.

If you buying computer mainly for LFS, there is no point getting the fanciest 3D accelerator. Radeon 9800 pro runs lfs very smoothly even with AA. Take a look at lfs benchmark. http://lfsbench.iron.eu.org/?c=completemax

cheers for the info m8 very handy if i cant find a x800 for around the £160 mark i will be looking at the 9800 256 meg version ..

need something that will last me a little while and will do hl2 dod2 and quake4 some justice

will have a think i love the fox and will need some prakky on tracks other than so classic

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Don't listen to graphics card evangelists! ATI are bringing out cards based on the 520 core in about a week's time, and they'll be much the same, performance-wise, as nVidia's 7800s.

not a real "fan boy" of the geforce cards think i going to stick with a ati x800
if i can get it cheap enough


that nvidia card is $699 dont think i will ever spend that on a gfx card lol

Quote from Rotary :

6600GT is a good GF card and I recommend it, no trouble with mine. Although, from what I've read, the x800 GT out performs the 6600GT in higher screen resolution benchmarking

Athlon all the way if your main use is gaming. You really should try to get one stick of 512 DDR ram now and then another later if you can. In the not so distant future 1Gb ram will be required for gaming as the minimum and not 512... well so I think

Take BF2 for example, it's advertised with a minimum ram needed of 512... my system up until last night had 512 DDR and BF2 struggled. When it first loads a map I was getting so much stuttering for up to 1 minute, even after reducing texture quality which is the main cause of stuttering, and it's so frustrating waiting for the PC to sort itself out while most people are out shooting each other.

Since installing another 512 stick last night I get no stuttering and have been able crank up some decent texture quality So, now the game looks sweet, runs near faultless and frustration is completely removed!

BF2 now uses 905Mb of my ram according to task manager! Some people with 2Gb ram who run the game at the highest GF settings (I use a medium/high GF setting) reported BF2 using up to 1.4Gb. It won't be long till most games will be as ram hungry as BF2. However, LFS isn't ram hungry and 512 is more than enough for it.

as i dont have alot of cash to play with i need to get the cpu motherboard and ram in a bundle meaning i dont get the choice of ram so 2 x 256ddr is fine with me [maybe phone them and see if they can do a deal] till i can afford 2 x 1gb sticks maybe xmas .

main reason is for games such as hl2dm cs:source quake4 and so on

also to get more fps in live for speed but main reason is i dont have MY own computer that i can lock and stop others in the house filiing it with virusus and bull shit poker games.

Quote from steve :

http://www.techpowerup.com/art ... verclocking/vidcard/127/1

will need to find x800 gto2 though

cheers guys think its going to be the athlon 64 stick with 512ram and upgrade later .

also going for the ati x800 gto and clock it a little . Going to steel audigy 2 sc and dvdrw drive out of dads computer and i be set with new 80 gig hdd

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Both are nice specs, but the Athlon chip will be faster. 512Mb of RAM is starting to be on the low side for gaming these days, but you can always get another 512Mb stick for £60-70 later on thus doubling your memory, so I'd go with the Athlon package if I were you.

Edit: I see you're planning on 2x256Mb sticks for dual-channel. I'd get a single 512Mb stick instead so I could pair it up with a matching one later. It seems a lot of people are nervous about non- factory-matched memory pairs not being able to run dual-channel but they've always worked for me in the past.

o forgot to metion they r bundle packs from overclockers.co.uk so i cant pick what i want really also cheaper for me to do this way the gfx card will also be second hand .


ps. how much faster r u taling about noticable?

Quote from dUmAsS :

the amd64 will be better then the sempron.

grab a socket 939 if you can

i would grab a x800 as well

these r the 2 i looking at

GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Valu ... E1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
Abit NV8 nForce4 4X (Socket 75 ... s Motherboard (MB-080-AB)
AMD Sempron 64 3000+ 1.8GHz (S ... CPU - Retail (CP-137-AM)

or the athlon

GeIL 512MB (2x256MB) PC3200 Va ... E5123200BHDC) (MY-004-GL)
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90n ... ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
Abit UL8 ULi M1689 (Socket 939) Motherboard (MB-079-AB)

going to be building a computer for myself [not one that my 2 brothers and dad can do what the **** they want with hehe] , what i need to know is what cpu is better . can get board chip and memory in both but the athlon is £5 more with 512meg ddr ram less .


what i really want to know is the athlon 3000 + £5 - 512ddr better than sepron 3000 with 1gig ram ???


and on a side note which out the following would u people go for [all 256ddr] radeon 9800 / radeon x800 / gforce 6600gt ???

everything will be slightly overclocked also just to get a little more out of them but all i need is some advice please

hello there welcome to racer heaven

welcome to your new home for the forseable future

you could be here for a while

well for me zonealarm has been fine till i flashed the cmos/bios so i think i just stick with that for now

Quote from Gunn :

Zone Alarm Pro works just fine. So does Sygate, Kerio.....many to choose from, just stay away from anything with "Norton" in the title unless you really hate your PC.

i work in a internet cafe / computer shop lol we know all about norton and macafee both no go area as far as we r concerned.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

I can't stop looking at it. I've become so obsessed with knowing exactly how fast I'm going that I'm not getting any faster, because I'm so busy looking at the speedo I can't get my line into the corners right.

Should I just quit, cold-turkey, and force myself to judge my speed until I can do it properly, or is there something else you lot do that I don't do that makes this whole slowing the car down lark a bit more straightforward?

use yah ears m8 dont worry about the speedo should be able to tell speed by rev noise and gear u r in

Quote from Pabs(Sco) :

Thanks to http://castlecops.com/t99980-c ... or_and_how_to_fix_it.html

thanks m8 your a star only time will tell if it has sorted the internet problem but it looks good .

also will look into Kerio Personal Firewall and see what it has to offer.

once again thanks comunity for your help

Quote from Gizz :

why carnt you uninstall it? what is it doing?/saying?


conection loss..

are you on dial up or DSL/CABLE, if your on DSL/CABLE sounds like a USB problem to me if your modem/router is hooked up via USB...

so if your inet conectin is USB check the bios and make sure there are know silly options set.....

if you really want to to make sure you have RESET the board, power of from the mains but still pluged in , open her up and remove the battery, then remove the power lead from the pc, leaver for about 30 mins to be sure pop your lead back in then pop the battery back in and start up....

as for the ZA not uninstaling we need to know what its doing or saying

http://img85.imageshack.us/my.php?image=error8pd.jpg thats the mesages on start up

and thats what i get when i try and install it and uninstall it http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/1267/error25co.jpg

please help i really stuck

used to be able to drift all day in s1 but not really got any further than the fox on SOclassic so far lolo

after flashing cmos i now have duffed install of zone alarm that i cant uninsstall and cant instal over the top. Also my internet conecti9on keeps droping out after ten mins and i have to reboot computer to get it back.

really amd stuck now and i dont know what to do any help please would be nice

done and now working fine , but one thing that has happend is zonealarm has stoped working now and i cant uninstal it any ideas how i can sort this maybe registry edits but i dont know what to look for

Quote from pb32000 :

I actually had to replace my cpu as it refused to boot after ocing a 2700+ 333fsb to 400fsb with 2v core. The cooling was fine, I guess the voltage killed it. Needless to say I was very angry with myself and the need to spend £80 or so for a new cpu. Got a 3200+ now though and its smooth.

hmmm think mine should be fine didnt do any volt modding thankfully going to crack on wiht it in a min anyway hope to be racing soon

u have to replace the cpu or just the settings???

and cheers think i should be able to manage it

just fiddled with some settings in bois trying to get a bit more out cpu and it locks up on memory check.

Is it just straight forward to clear cmos set from pin #1 and #2 to pins #2 and #3 for 30 seconds then put them back to #1 and #2??

ta in advance need my live for speed fix back as soon as possable

Quote from mrodgers :

That's because your "wheel came through the door today at 11AM." Remember this thread 6 months from now when you are only getting 80% throttle, or you get 50% throttle when you hit the brakes like I did.

if thats the case then i will use the 20 months left on the warranty send them back and get new ones complaining that they r faulty dont bother me if i have to w8 a little

my wheel came threw the door today at 11AM . switched computer on pluged them in xp found thh wheel , went to logitech web site downloaded 9.1 meg driver for momo wheel installed that , double clicked lfs.exe and it works great no pissing about