lots more choice of 9600's in USA, only 3 or four makes here that i can find at the moment. http://guru3d.com/article/Videocards/501/1/ been using this review to read up a few bits, some intresting points of diffrent "makes" of the card

Well, the question is in the thread title! Can get both for around the same price, so which one is best to get? From the reviews ive seen the 9600gt is a bit faster, bearing in mind for the next year at least im only going to be able to run 1024x768 resolution, so high res performance isnt a deciding factor, but lower resolution and aa/af will be

Didnt feel a thing here (essex) but my friend in suffolk said his walls were shaking

yeh thats the one thunderhead, checked the credits :P

looks more like an opel manta! they did do my "version" of capri in the states, just with larger bumpers. never seen that capri before. and the pic you posted is the mk1 model 69-70 something, mines a mk3 (well, mk2 series 3 if u want to be picky)

Quote from DHRammstein :

I like that Capri! I had a 1983 Mercury Capri RS Turbo, loved it! It was my first car, got it back in '00, drove it until '05, gave it to a friend when I bought my Mustang, and I regret it!!! I miss that car so much, it was a great sleeper, nobody ever saw it comin.
Yours is a bit different, but better IMO, those are a far superior model. This last summer someone had one just likes yours with a Mach 460 engine, supercharged, at the race track, he was running high 9's in the quarter mile, he actually won first place that day, in race and in show!

Nice to know someone knows the joys of a capri lol yeah, thats the great thing about the engine bay, anything fits! V8 are quite a common changeover.

Glad u guys like the capri, not so much a restoration project, more touching up before i can afford to get it on the road.
Its a 1986 model, only 62,000 on the clock (works out 3,000miles a year) been sat for the last 8 years in a garage till i bought it. then im just sorting out what needs doing for the MOT and getting it on the road. Looking at fitting an EFi and electronic ignition system to it at some point, just hard to get all the parts. needs a tubular exhaust manifold too, the cast one holds back about 3-6bhp minimum! If i changed to a K&N airfilter, tubular manifold, EFi system and head, electric fan (as opposed to viscous) i should be getting about a 10-20% bhp increase
Looking at getting 15" revolution RFX alloys too at some point. it does need a respray as some of the paint is gone down to primer, but one of my uncles is a body specialist and has a compressor, so i shall get that sorted in the summer! With the prices the capri's are making now ive made a profit just by letting it sit there, barely any rust on it, nothing noticeable!
Talking of the freezing, my boot is frozen unlocked and the door wouldnt shut when my friend drove it down the field, she almost took the door off on a trampoline as it swung open

If you got any more questions let me know

Right, got the pics on the pc now! Managed to get he engine going again on saturday. Was a nice suprise to see the field had the grass cut.....by the sheep better then a lawnmower thats for sure! changed the voltage regulator, seems the fuel sender is naff so need to do that next time. Suprisingly it hasnt rusted! So thats another good point. my friend decided to hoover the car out, wouldnt let anyone help, (not that i mind, free clean, no work ) Then replaces the rear lights with some tinted lenses. Washed the car, was so cold by 4PM that the water was freezing as it ran off the car not sure how it is now. made the foam spoiler rock solid though heres a few updated pics.

Right, been to see my car, when i get this spare pc up nd running properly ill get the pics on. Was washing the car at about 4:40pm, was so cold the water was freezing as i washed it was warm water as well

Quote from Gentlefoot :

Yeah mate - to re-kindle the RBR stock cup team would be cool

yay! better get working on skins then, or leave them the same as last year. guess ill see how much time i have after ive built my new pc.

here we go agan, im MR_B's personal translator. if its that much "better" to go to DDR2 and PCI-e then he will, but what would be best bang for buck so to speak. (if u have no DDR2 brad, its not much, and i got a spare 512 stick if you need it ) he was looking at upgrading his GPU anyway so a pci-e board isnt a problem.

made no sense to me either. itd have to be a crazily short ratio diffrence between gears to only need that 750rpm range, guess theres not much of a drop off after 8,000rpm as the limiter is at 9,400.

Built my last one in 2002, still ran most modern games ok. and ive decided on a pc, but im goin to run and hide so i dont get flamed thanks for your help guys! has been good.

and i thought my capri had bad mpg!! lol.

EDIT: off to see my capri tomorrow phoned my uncle to check, asked if i can get electric to the car, i was told theres "electric, water, anything u want! cars, guitars, workshops, girls, booze, take your pic" sounds like a good afternoon out!

Last edited by robt, Fri 15 Feb 2008, 20:30.

that powerband seems a bit short, 750rpm from peak torque to peak power

then i shall have to go for intel and feel dirty lol. i managed to make this pc in 2002 for £250
amd 2400+ xp
512mb DDR 400
Geforce Fx5700le
80gb maxtor IDE drive
52x32x52 cdrw drive
Asrock ks78x motherboard
450W PSU
keyboard, mouse, floppy drive, speakers.

So i dont think im really asking too much as it would stil be running ok if it hadnt been for the psu going funny!


BTW: also found 512MB of giel DDRII 667mhz ram in a pc i got lying about which is broken. might use that for a bit and get a better mobo like yours garph. should HOPEFULLY be getting a job at the end of march. but that moneys going on the capri, but does mean i can probably upgrade sooner then i thought.

*sigh* RIGHT!!

Which processor make leaves me the most window for upgrades. and Will i "need" to overclock the cpu's in the next 5 years to keep it running at a reasonable speed for newer games? those are the only two answers i need now. then il start asking overclocking questions

yeah, and looking at benchmarks if i leave the CPU's at stock speeds the amd 500+black thrashes the E2200, its only when they are both overclocked to 3.0ghz that the E2200 becomes faster. so what sould i choose

oh, ok then.

*slaps garph round the head* pay attention lol
that CPU is double the price and youve put me about £70 over budget. Just wanted to know if that E2200 would run everything, and if not, how/what should i overclock it to?

so the base E2200 is going to run everything fine is it? and i need £150 card to run.......lfs? lol. there may be a few other games but *shrugs* from what ive heard (which is where most of what im saying is coming from) a "normal" E2200 wont be the best to run games.....
So from what you're all saying, get the E2200, itll run anything. and if i do need to overclock i just come back and nag you all? thanks again guys, but just clarify im not talking rubbish for me.

yeah, youve changed my mind guys. that and using tomshardware to look up both CPU's clocked to 3.0 ghz and seen how much faster the intel is.
Few problems now though.....:
amd overclock was a simple matter of bumping up the multiplyers, no heat or voltage or fsb difference.
Intel chip is fsb up to 3.0ghz, and it seems lots more heat too, i dont like heat seems a more "dangerous" overclock for someone who cant afford extra fans etc, also, this thing has gotta last 6 years like my last one. will it do that while overclocked? also the overclocked review seemed to keep mentioning how the ram speed was changed with the fsb. seems the intel overclock is much more technical and confusing so can someone put it simple and in a bit of a "how to" speech WITHOUT just linking me to a site and saying "read here" as i know what im like and ill need to ask questions as i go along lol.

mmm just a 2.6 gig intel is about £90 and the 3,0 amd is £60. oh i dunno just either want a simple overclock (like the multiplyers) which doesnt affect other parts (higher heat, FSB, voltage) or a faster stock CPU. i really dont want to start fiddling with things that arent point and click. cant change my budget either, isnt my money, loaning from my sister. and i think im gonna be spending £30 of the budget on networking stuff so that she will be happy and give me the money.

pentium/intel just makes me think of microsoft and pc world :vomit: id rather buy a slower AMD and have a clean conscience :P
Also, the AMD cpu with the multiplyers increased sits at E6xxx range on most benchmarks, id rather just click the multiplyers up then fiddle with fsb's and voltages. seems "safer" and doesnt make a diffrence to heat and voltage use it seems.
so help me with what i would like rather then what you think i should have i mean it in the nicest way possible. just struggling to find a few bits, i havnt kept up with technology since i built my last pc. Thanks for all the help so far guys

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139890 any good for an AMD mobo? doesnt seem too bad.maybe im missing something.

Last edited by robt, Wed 13 Feb 2008, 23:38.

well im sticking to AMD lol. i dont care :P only had one pentium n the pc was crap (ok it was a 266mhz pentium 2 but shush lol) the "mighty jakg" drives a moped, who of any respect has a moped?! :P nobody can answer my unclocked multiplyers question? and im guessing you get what you pay for with motherboards? and that grphics card is expensive! ah well. ill see, any sub-£100 options?