vicaner

No problems on the budget thingie. What's a motherboard? Well anyways, I just want a new video card for games, my webcam and movies, nothing more. :heart:

maki the motherboard is that big flat thingie wherein all your other pc parts are connected to (guess you havent peeked into your CPU tower yet! ) I'm assuming that you will get a technician or a friend to help you install the new vid card you'll be purchasing, roxy's recommended vid card should be good enough for most of your applications and compatibility wise, there shouldnt be any issues. As the guy said, your PIII motherboard might not support any of the other high class vid cards out in the market. hope this helps!

uhmmm, whats' ur current vid card anyways? are you having problems with it?

Can I install a 128mb video card on a P-III? Whats the best 128mb video card? Thanks!! :heart:

maki it depends on what video card you want to install and/or the motherboard you currently have. There are lots of good 128 MB vid cards out there but we can advise you better if you could let us know what your needs are i.e. what applications you'll use and your budget.

If your applications are not that intensive, 64MB vid cards by either radeon or Nvidia should be ok. Also PIII motherboards might not support the new AGP8X vid cards out there so we really need to have your computer specs to appropriately advise you.

just wanted to share this piece:

Margaret

Accenture - Caterpillar DBSi 4.0

6th Flr. MSE Building,

Ayala Avenue, Makati City, Philippines

Bunso

by katokz

http://www.peyups.com

Hindi ko na namalayan noon pero unti-unti ng nahulog ang loob ko sa yo. Tinatanong pa ba yun? E ganun naman lagi ang ending. Siyempre, hindi ko naman alam ang nararamdaman mo para sa akin. Babae ako. At kahit may pagkaliberal na ang pag-iisip ng mga tao noon, wala pa rin akong guts to make the first move. Naging kuntento na lang ako sa piling mo habang tinuturing mo akong isang kapatid. Minsan nagseselos ako kapag may girlfriend ka pero wala naman akong magagawa, di ba?

Isa-isa kong binuklat ang mga albums sa lumang bahay. Nakakaaliw rin palang balikan ang nakaraan. Bakit nga ba hindi ko ito isinama sa bagahe ko noon? Yan tuloy, di ako nakapag-"reminisce" ng nakaraan ko sa loob ng halos sampung taon. Naku, madami-dami ka rin palang litrato dito. Simula ba naman pagkapanganak sa akin e, nandun ka na sa tabi ko. Dalawang taon ang tanda mo sa akin kaya itinuring kitang isang kababata, kaibigan at kapatid noon. Pero nagbago ang lahat nang mangimbang bansa kami noong anim na taon pa lang ako.

Ang sayang isipin na kahit mga bata pa lang tao noon ay nagsusulatan na tayo. Naaalala ko pa noon, "bunso" ang tawag mo sa akin at "kuya" ang tawag ko sa yo. Sabi ng Mommy, ulila lang daw tayo pareho sa kapatid. Pareho kasi tayong nag-iisang anak. Siyempre, dumating yung araw na pakonti na ng pakonti ang sagutan natin sa mga sulat. Hanggang sa hindi na tayo nagsusulatan. Tinamad na rin ako noon dahil madami naman akong naging kaibigan sa Tate. Nagulat na lang ako isang araw ng tumawag ka sa bahay. Ibang-iba na ang boses mo kaya malamang marami na ring nagbago sa yo. Labing-apat na taon ka noon at tumawag ka para ibalitang may girlfriend ka na. Sabi mo, gusto mo ako yung unang makaalam kasi ako ang nag-iisang bunso mo. Tuwang-tuwa ako noon para sa yo pero mas natuwa ako dahil naaalala mo pa rin pala ako. Lumipas ang ilan pang taon hanggang sa pagdiriwang ko ng ika-labingwalo kong kaarawan. Nagpasya si Mommy na dito na lang ako sa Pilipinas mag-celebrate at dito na rin daw ako mag-aral ng kolehiyo. Ang saya-saya ko noon dahil makikita na ulit kita. Pakiramdam ko pa'y nagtatalon ka nung ibinalita ko yon sa yo. Sinabi mo pa na ikaw ang escort ko sa gabing yon. Pumayag naman ako.

Nagkita muli tayo sa gabi na ng kaarawan ko. Kahit dalawang linggo na ko noon sa bansa, sabi mo susurpresahin mo ako sa kaarawan ko kaya hindi ka nagpapakita sa akin. Ibang-iba ka na talaga. Halos hindi nga kita nakilala e. binatang-binata ka na at lalo kang gumuwapo sa kislap ng mga mata mo. Nagulat ka rin noong makita mo ako. Hindi ko pa nga nakakalimutan yung sinabi mo sa akin noon, "Dapat pala bantayan na kita. Masyado kang nagpaganda doon sa Tate ha! Baka mamaya lokohin ka dito ng kung sino diyan." Napangiti lang ako. At simula noon, naging "close" uli tayo.

Pinilit kong makapasok sa unibersidad kung saan ka nag-aaral. Gusto ko kasing lagi kitang makasama dahil natatakot pa akong makiharap sa mga tao dito. Para akong paranoid na ayaw malalapitan ng kahit sino kundi ikaw lang. Iniwan ako ng aking mga magulang dahil marami silang kailangang asikasuhing negosyo doon. Pero ayokong manirahan sa bahay namin na maid lang ang kasama. Kaya napagkasunduan ng Mommy ko at Mommy mo na sa inyo na muna ako tumira hanggang sa pagpasyahan kong tumira sa bahay namin. Sabi mo pa, mas magiging masaya yun dahil parang magiging ganap mo na akong kapatid. Natuwa rin ako dahil mas komportable akong nandiyan ka lang lagi sa tabi ko.

Lalo lang tayong nagkalapitan ng loob. Ayokong bigyang malisya pero minsan, gusto kong isipin na ang paghahawak natin ng kamay, pag-akbay mo sa akin at pagyakap mo sa akin ay hindi lang turing kaibigan o turing kapatid lamang. Madalas pa nga noon idadahilan kong nagtitipid ako ng allowance kaya hindi ako makapagpa-gas. Kaya ayun, ihahatid mo ako at hihintayin sa hapon. Kahit na may girlfriend ka pa noon, ako pa rin ang priority mo. Nakakatuwa di ba? Sabi mo kasi, "bunso" mo ako.

Hindi ko na namalayan noon pero unti-unti ng nahulog ang loob ko sa yo. Tinatanong pa ba yun? E ganun naman lagi ang ending. Siyempre, hindi ko naman alam ang nararamdaman mo para sa akin. Babae ako. At kahit may pagkaliberal na ang pag-iisip ng mga tao noon, wala pa rin akong guts to make the first move. Naging kuntento na lang ako sa piling mo habang tinuturing mo akong isang kapatid. Minsan nagseselos ako kapag may girlfriend ka pero wala naman akong magagawa, di ba?

Noong graduating ka na, junior naman ako. Lumipat ka kasi ng school kaya nahuli ka ng isang taon. Madalas e sa bahay na ako natutulog noon. Siyempre, matagal na rin akong nakapag-"adjust" dito kaya nahihiya na rin ako sa Mommy mo. Pero hindi ko noon makakalimutan nung kumatok ka sa bahay namin ng madaling araw na. Nag-aaral pa ako noon kaya gising na gising pa ako. Hindi ka naman lasing o kahit amoy alak ay hindi rin. Ang bango mo pa nga at nakapantulog ka na. Sabi mo, tutulungan mo akong mag-aral dahil alam mong nahihirapan ako sa subject na yon. Na-"touch" ako sa yo nung gabing yon. Nag-aalala ka pa nga dahil malapit ng mag-alas kuwatro ng umaga pero sabi ko naman ay hapon pa ang pasok ko kaya ayos lang na magdamag akong gising. Nung mapansin mo na inaantok na ako, binuhat mo ako papunta sa kuwarto ko. Nagulat ako pagkagising ko dahil doon ka na pala natulog sa sofa sa loob ng kuwarto ko. Pagkabangon ko sa kama, kinumutan kita at ginawan pa kita ng almusal sa baba. Nagpasalamat ka at hinalikan mo ako sa noo sabay yakap sa kin. Pakiramdam ko noon matutunaw na ako sa pagkakatayo ko. Ang sarap kasi ng pakiramdam.

Simula noon, paminsan-minsan ay sa bahay ka na natutulog. Lalo na kapag madaling araw ka na nakakauwi. Ayos lang naman sa akin yun na kahit may dalawa pang bakanteng kuwarto e doon ka pa nakikitulog sa sofa sa kuwarto ko. Siyempre, mas masayang matulog habang pinagmamasdan kita. Para na akong nasa langit noon. Ang babaw ko pero totoo.

Pagka-graduate mo, hindi ka pa rin nagbabago. Di mo pa rin nakakalimutang dumalaw sa akin at lagi ka pang may dala-dalang pasalubong. Lagi akong inaasar noon ng mga kabarkada ko. Nagtampo pa nga sila minsan dahil akala nila may boyfriend na ko at ikaw ang tinutukoy nila. Ang "sweet" daw kasi natin kapag magkasama tayo. "PDA" pa nga daw kung minsan e. Sa totoo lang, I've been keeping myself constantly available for you. Lahat na ng suitors ko e binasted ko dahil gusto ko, kapag nanligaw ka sa kin e libreng-libre ako. Pero sa tinagal-tagal, hindi mo naman ako nililigawan. Kaya nagtatampo ako sa yo pero wala naman akong magagawa e.

Nagulat ako isang araw ng makita ko sina Mommy at Daddy sa bahay. Oo nga, bumibisita sila tuwing Christmas, tuwing summer vacation at tuwing birthday ko pero wala namang okasyon non kundi ang papalapit kong graduation. Ang sabi kasi nila, hindi sila makakauwi para sa graduation ko pero nakakatuwang isiping naroon sila tatlong araw bago ang pagtatapos ko. Parehong maaliwalas ang mga mukha nila dahil may dala daw silang magandang balita para sa akin. Pero naiyak ako pagkasabi nila sa balita. Nagdahilan na lang akong "tears of joy" ang mga luhang tumulo mula sa mga mata ko. Sabi kasi nila, may sigurado na akong mapapasukang kumpanya sa tate. Malaki kaagad ang starting salary ko pero hindi ko gusto ang ideyang yon. Malalayo kasi ulit ako sa yo.

Kinabukasan, halos buong araw akong naghihintay sa bahay niyo. Hindi ka daw kasi umuwi nung gabing yon. Nag-aalala na nga ang Mommy mo pati na rin ako, pinag-alala mo. Nakatulog ako noon sa sa salas niyo at nang nagising ako ng madaling araw ay may kumot na ako at nakita kitang natutulog sa lapag, may hawak-hawak pang bote ng beer. Dali-dali kitang ginising noon at kumuha pa nga ako ng palanggana na may maligamgam na tubig at pamunas para punasan ka.

Tinabig mo ang palanggana at niyakap mo ako. Sinabi mong galit ka sa akin kaya naglasing ka lang buong araw. Sinabi mong hindi mo alam ang gagawin mo kapag nawala pa ako sa piling mo. Sinabi mo rin na nawala ka sa wisyo nung oras na pagkasabi ng Mommy na aalis ako pagka-graduate ko. Sinabi mo rin na mahal mo na kasi ako. Umiiyak ka pa nga habang sinasabi mo ang mga iyon. Hindi ko noon alam kung ano ang gagawin ko. Naramdaman ko nang nakatulog ka na sa balikat ko pero nanatili akong gising.

Gusto kong sabihin sa yo na mahal din kita pero naduwag ako. Buong buhay ko kasi, lagi lang nakasunod sa kagustuhan ng aking mga magulang. Nasanay siguro ako ng hindi nagdedesisyon para sa sarili ko. Nasanay ako na iasa sa iba ang karapatan kong magdesisyon para sa kagustuhan ko. Siguro nga, kahit malapit na akong mag-22 years old noon, hindi pa rin ako gaanong ka-mature para panindigan ang mga desisyon ko. Habang nakatulala ako sa kawalan at habang natutulog ka sa balikat ko, iniisip ko kung paano ko sasabihin sa mga magulang ko na hindi ako tutuloy. Na kaya kong magtagumpay dito sa Pilipinas. Na hindi ko gugustuhin pang umalis dahil alam kong magiging masaya na ako sa piling mo. Ang hindi ko maintindihan e kung bakit bigla akong tumayo at tumakbo pauwi sa amin. At sa kuwarto ko, nag-iiyak, nagbasag ng ilang mga bagay, nagtatapon ng mga libro at sinira ang mga tinago kong sulat mo. Siguro natakot lang ako. Siguro duwag lang talaga ako.

Mula nung hapong iyon ay hindi na ulit kita nakita. Pinilit kong iwasan ang pagdaan sa harap ng bahay ninyo para hindi rin kita maalala. Kailangan ko kasing ngumiti sa araw ng pagtatapos ko. Sa totoo lang, para akong windang na nakatunganga sa mga speakers at honor students habang inaalala ko pa rin ang mga sinabi mo. Hindi ko alam kung ano ang gagawin ko kinabukasan. Nakaimpake na lahat ng gamit ko. Ayos na lahat ng papeles ko. Pagkatapos ng maikling salu-salo mamayang gabi, matutulog na lang ako at gigising kinabukasan at maghahanda para sa flight ko. O, di ba, planado na lahat. Pero masaya ba ako?

Napakalaking pagkakamali ng nagawa kong pag-alis noon. Kahit na pinupuri nila akong lahat dahil sa tagumpay ko, umiiyak naman ako dahil hindi lubos ang kaligayahan na nadarama ko. Sampung taon kong tiniis na huwag umuwi ng Pilipinas. Lagi ko na lang sinasabi kina Mommy na marami akong ginagawa o di kaya'y wala akong panahon para sa bakasyon. Sampung taon din akong gumigising araw-araw ng luhaan o di kaya'y nakasimangot pagharap sa salamin. Sampung taon akong nagdusa dahil sa pagmamahal ko sa yo. Sampung taon akong umasang isang araw ay masasabi ko sa yo na mahal din kita. Pero sampung taon mo pala akong pinilit kalimutan. Sampung taon kang naghinanakit dahil akala mo iniwan kita. Akala mo... hindi kita mahal.

Kaya lang ako ngayon napauwi ng bansa dahil sa sulat mo. Unang sulat mo ito sa sampung taong pagtira ko sa ibang bansa. Pero hindi lang basta sulat ito, imbitasyon sa kasal mo.

Ngayon, basang-basa na ang mga litrato sa lumang photo album dito sa lumang bahay. Napaiyak kasi ako sa mga ala-alang ibinalik ng mga litratong ito. Ngayon ko lang naiiyak yung sakit na nadama ko nung natanggap ko ang imbitasyon mo. Hindi ko nga alam kung dapat ba akong magpakita sa kasal mo. Hindi ko alam kung bakit pa ako umuwi ng bansa. Sana pala nanatili na lang ako doon. At least, kung nandoon ako, hindi mo makikita ang mga luhang ito. Hindi mo malalamang minsan, at magpahanggang ngayon e minamahal kita. Hindi mo na nga siguro dapat malaman pa. Mananatili na lang akong nakababatang kapatid mo. Tutal, yun naman ang nakalagay sa sulat mo di ba? "To my Bunso"... habang buhay na lang akong "Bunso" mo.

I edited out the surname and phone number above as well as the font size. -Lipstick-

For Mina

Imagine this. In your hand is a very precious creation, so fragile, so

valuable that if you keep on holding, it would either stay or fall apart.

But you loved this creature so much, so much that letting it go would be

like letting go of your life as well. So much that sometimes you wished it

would be there forever. So much that you tend to be selfish at times so as

you could make it stay for as long as you like.

Don't we all wish something "so good" could be forever? Don't we all hope

that happiness is there to stay?

There comes a time in our lives when we chance upon someone "so nice"and

"almost perfect" and we just find ourselves getting so intensely attracted

to that person (sometimes without even realizing it). This feeling soon

become a part of our everyday lives and eventually guzzles our thoughts and

actions to the extent that we tagged it as one of those "too good to be

true" thing.

The sad part there is when we begin to realize that, this particular person

feels totally nothing but friendship. A "thing" that would be forever a

"thing" nothing more, nothing less... just a thing! You're just a friend,

and that's the fact! Then in our desperate attempt to get closer (or at

least be noticed), our efforts are still futile and we end up sorry for

ourselves.

One person said, never ever let your heart run your life, as much as you

can, always be sensible and let your mind speak for itself. Try to listen

not merely on what your feelings are invoking on you as a person but more

importantly listen to reason as well.

Letting go of someone doesn't necessarily mean you have to stop loving,it

only means that you allow that person to find his own happiness without

expecting him to come back. Letting go is not just setting the other person

free (in the real sense of it), but it is also setting yourself free from

all animosity, revulsion, and resentment that was long kept in your

heart.You have to let go because the bitterness often puts away the

strengths and weakens the littlest hope, making our lives more miserable

than ever.Worst, presenting yourself as the "most affected one" sets the

nastiest impression of all time-whatta a loser!

The trick there is...always remember that if you lose someone today, it

means that someone better is coming tomorrow. If you lose love that doesn't

mean that you failed in love...right? Just regard it as another mismatch of

heaven! Well, you can cry of course, or whine or shout (growl even) if you

have to, but make sure that after those outbursts you have washed away the

hurt and the bitterness that the past has left with you (easy said than done

I know!).

We can all survive with just beautiful memories of the past but real peace

and happiness come only with open acceptance of what reality is today. You

really don't have to forget someone you love ('cause it's hard). What we

need to learn is how to accept the verdict of reality without being bitter

or sorry for what we have become. I think it's better that we give off that

dedication and love to someone more deserving. Hmmm..."Who could it be" is

the next interesting question to ponder.

Let go of yesterday and love will find its way back to you. And when it

does, pray hard that it may be the love that will stay and last a lifetime.

I appreciate all the tech help you guys give,

jupiter got it, thanks for elaborating a bit for me.

sago bro, thanks for the heads up with regards to the +R and -R thingie! my DVD-rom is past it's warranty but still has 3 more changes to it so i'm taking extreme's advise to not flash the firmware just yet, going to use some of the softwares you guys reccomended.

mats many thanks bro, siyempre ang plan is to back up my DVD's, iba na ang maingat! ang mahal ng bili ko no! your right about the current media only having 4.7GB capacity, how did you do it then? choose just the movie to back I mean?

flash it to the newest firmware para reset ulit. then use DVD Region Free.

 

effective to kase nagamit ko na.

 

im not familiar with DVD writers at this time, pero Its not that wise to buy one now, kalalabas lang ng 4x, may 8X na agad. sayang investment. kakainin lang ng depreciation.

jupiter thanks dude but perhaps you can elaborate a bit on that? what do you mean flash it? install new drivers? firmware?

DVD region Free is a software then or a player? pardon my ignorance please, di na ako updated eh, thanks for the heads up, will wait a bit before I buy then.

jupiter bro, any idea on the query I posted on the previous page re: DVD region and DVD writers? also ano yung +R and -R ?

mats ano yung ginagamit mo na DVD writer? should i also be concerned about what DVD-R disc i use? HELP!

peeps! i have a concern, I currently have an ASUS DVD-rom that has regional coding (tama ba yon? ) it had a window wherein you can check how many changes left before it finally settles into a fixed region. is there a way around this? I've tried the DVD region killer software but apparently it works only on softwares i.e. players not on the DVD rom itself. any ideas? also which brand and type of DVD-rom has no regional crap? I am also thinking of getting a DVD writer, any ideas which one should I get? is it worth it at this time and will there be any problems i.e. copyright protection stuff? thanks guys!

thanks for the updates bro cyber, i've just downloaded the latest definitions for my antivirus program.

Vicaner,

She is a goddess. No questions asked

I'll send you the pic, since you asked oh-so-nicely.

Have a good one.

irshes amen to that, and thanks!

psyche more cookies!

mga pare whats the difference between these Radeons aside fron their price?

patulong naman po, im planning to buy a radeon and i dont know what VidCard to choose. thanx!

 

SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9200 ATLANTIS 128MB DDR TV-DVI 8X

SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9200SE ATLANTIS 128MB DDR TV-DVI 8X

SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9200SE ATLANTIS 128MB DDR TV-OUT 8X

warz dude, someone posted here that the cards with "SE" or special edition etc seems to be cards that have been disabled or have some performance ratios lowered. anyways, ur better off buying the ones without the "SE". what do the other guys say?

mats ian! hangkulet mo ah! beer na beer na! ooops! san mig pala!

irshes,

there's someone who evidently brings out the devil in you sis!

i have always thought that angelina jolie was a cut above the rest, your current avatar makes that an understatement. can I ask the big favor of you sending me that as an attachment in an e-mail? (neriv@ngha.med.sa) many thanks and happy holidays!

psyche hi baby sis! where's the cookie?

i am an amd zealot(the way their processors perform for the price... it rocks!!! :cool: ) not because im an idiot but becoz of my reasons. ok lets go to computing power... can you give me an intel processor that can beat an AMD 2500+ Barton processor? easy - get a P4 2.4GHz HT. nice. how much? P9.5K - very nice. my Barton? P5K - what the hell? thats just the price of a P4 compatible mobo?

 

but mind you, an AMD processor is not for the faint of heart. you should have better cooling solution and good friends to spend with ur extra cash : )

well said bro, it's always bang for the buck as much as possible. All things being equal I'll go for AMD but that is not the case (coz of the short sightedness in my side of the ocean) but I still support AMD coz with them in the business, we get more for our money, Intel has to be competitive in price and performance like AMD is.

Ain't ur avatar from the chaos space marine legion ?

actually it's the ATLAS assault mech from the Mech commander game in Xbox. FYI bro

I was reminded the other day that we always have a

choice – we can choose to handle our life challenges

and relationships with love or with fear. I tried

recently to resolve a delicate relationship challenge,

but fear was my guide. The result was conflict. I felt

myself spiralling down into sadness and anger. I experienced

an escalating loss of control, and the less I felt in control

the more afraid I became. The more afraid I became, the more

I tried to fix things - but from a place of fear, which made

things worse. After a few days of this, I stopped – it wasn’t

working. I was withdrawing and risking the permanent damage of

a dear friendship and love.

I was reminded that there was another way to deal with things,

a way that felt to my ego like losing or giving in, but to my

heart felt like relief and opening. I learned that it is more

painful to try to hold back love, than to love even with the

risk of hurt. Sometimes in an attempt to protect ourselves from

pain, we create an even deeper pain, the pain of closing our hearts.

I went back to my friend but this time without holding back my love.

I let the love I felt for this dear person flow, even though it hurt

to care so much and despite my fears of risking it all by opening so

much. And what occurred was magical. Everything changed. The results

I had failed to create using fear and pushing now emerged with

gentleness

and care. The relationship was taken to a new level of trust and

sharing.

Sometimes we do the most damage to our valued relationships by holding

back our love out of fear – ironically we then create the thing we are

the most afraid of, conflict and even the loss of the relationship.

Don’t push the ones you love out of your heart. Risk it all by loving

most.

During this festive season, consider who it is in your life that you

have pushed out of your heart? You cannot change others, you cannot

make them love you or like you. But you can keep them in your hearts

and love them. This truly would be a year-end gift worth giving, and

not to them but to yourself.

Wishing you and yours a peace filled 2004, and a time of gratitude,

love and joy.

pre go FSB overclocking. increment ur FSB (166MHz yata ang default ng P4 2.4GHz C) from 166MHz to 170MHz.boot to windows,test some apps.kung ok,congrats.pero siyempre mbaba ang 170MHz :evil: reboot ur pc increment FSB to 173MHz,boot to windows,test some apps.kung ok,congrats.subalit gusto mo pang itaas ang 173MHz FSB :evil:.reboot ur pc increment FSB to 176MHz,boot to windows,test some apps.kung ok,congrats.continue incrementing ur FSB hangang mgblue screen or umusok ang P4 mo! which ever comes first . for starters hangang 176MHz k lang muna,pgmedyo meron k nang pera pangbili ng bagong P4 then try incrementing FSB again.

 

note:

use a good heatsink for ur P4.im not familiar with P4 heatsinks kaya try jupiters suggestion.

sago bro, the C chips are already 800 MHZ FSB (200MHZ quad pumped) although the Core Center of MSI lets me pump this up a bit, one MHZ at a time. running it at 202 right now, tomorrow 203, so on and so forth! although it's performing well already, just wanted to know if I could squeeze any more juice out of it.

MSI is overclockable kung 2.4GHz and speed mo with proper fan aver will be 2.8Ghz to 3.0GHz.

 

Turn-off system restore this will definitely slow down your pc.

 

you can also overclock your video card.

samsung monitor is a right choice maganda yan, DFx ba model mo?

thanks bro, yes DFX yung samsung monitor that I got, di ko nga lang nakuha yung black model, same price din kasi but not available at that time.

w/c should I use when overclocking? the FSB or the vcore of ther chip? same goes for the vid card.

killa & nonie- thanks bros' for the input. just wondering if there's anything I can do to boost the performance of my pc. I always do defragmenting and virus scanning so i got that part covered. The MSI board actually has a tweaking utlity that's a program so I can adjust the specs from there. I should have been more specific with my query. will post again tomorrow, uwian na!

okie guys, final verdict on my PC:

Processor: Pentium IV 2.4 GHz "C"

Motherboard :MSI 865Neo2

Memory: 512 MB DDRAM 400MHz (Twinmoss) running in dual channel mode

Video Card: MSI Nvidia GeForce FX 5600 128MB

Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live!

Asus 16X DVD ROM

Asus CD-RW (forgot the speeds!)

Monitor: 17" Samsung CRT Flat

Speakers: 5.1 Creative Soundblaster

Hard drive: 80GB 7200rpm Western Digital

Operating System: Windows XP Pro

Any tips on how to optimize my pc? how do i go around overclocking the bastard? The weather is pretty cool nowadays and i've a lot of fans running inside my tower so at the moment my CPU is at 34C and system is around 40C. stable siya but i'd like to squeeze in more power if I could. how do I go around doing this?

Disappointed ako sa video card ko coz i wanted to get a radeon 9600 pro, unfortunately my brother got me the MSI FX 5600 instead . no point crying over spilled milk though, any tips on how to get the best out of this card? and my system as well?

CHERISH YOUR CHOSEN ONE

By Bo Sanchez

Getting married is the greatest mistake anyone can ever make.

Being wed is the height of insanity, the most ludicrous commitment,

the most totally illogical decision any human being can fall into.

Tell me. Why should I commit myself to be with one woman for the

rest of my life - and thereby reject 3.2 billion other females in the

world?

Along the way, I'll meet a girl who'll be more beautiful, or more

intelligent, or more charming, or sexier, or holier. So why nail

myself down to one choice, permanently -- and suffer the agony of

simply watching beauties pass me by?

And in western countries, one out of two marriages end up in

divorce. That blows my mind. That's a pathetic 50% failure rate! I

would never buy a car, a stereo, a shaver, or even a nail clipper if there was a

50%chance that it would conk out on me.I simply wouldn't.

And why stay with one person "in sickness or in health, in riches or

in poverty, till death do us part"? Is my mind fried? If my shirt

shrinks on me because I eat too many pizzas, don't I just throw it away and buy an

XL? (That will be the day.) And if I outgrow my ancient computer,

don't I just look for an updated version?

And then there's the catastrophe some call kids. I mean, I don't

really want to wake up in the middle of the night to entertain a

self-centered, bald, toothless tyrant in diapers? Do I really want

little rampaging monsters to break the most expensive furniture in my

house? Do I really want juvenile creatures to stay on the phone for

six hours straight, listen to noise they call music that you believe came directly from hell, and

mope around uncommunicative, catatonic, and depressed because another

demented juvenile creature (a.k.a.boyfriend) hasn't called in the

passed thirty minutes?

Why should I go through the torture? Marriage is insanity.

But few years ago, on my 32nd birthday, I gave myself a special

birthday gift: I got married to a lovely woman -- and committed myself to insane living.

Marowe is her name, the person I chose - out of 3.2 billion females.

Yes, we now have a tiny tyrant that wakes us up at night, and in the

near future, we will most likely have little monsters that will destroy our

house during playtime, and creatures from outer space that we will

call teenagers.

Why?

For three reasons.

FAITH. We believe that God calls us into marriage. And if HE called

us there, that means He'll be there to meet us. We will suffer all

things-just let us be with our God.

HOPE. We confidently expect the best blessings -- immeasurably much

more than all the hardship. God will bless us beyond our wildest

dreams.

LOVE. Oh yes, there will be other females who'll be more beautiful,

or more intelligent, or more this and more that. But they'll only be

just that - females - like flowers in the field of a million hectares of flower

fields.

But not this woman - my Marowe - the one beautiful flower I have

personally chosen, personally picked from her roots, personally planted in my own

clay pot, personally watered everyday, personally watched every day, and

personally loved every day. Because of my love for her, there will be

no one like her.

In my heart, she will eternally be the most beautiful flower of them

all. Because in the end, there will be only be faith, hope, and love.

And the greatest of these is LOVE.

bro buti kapa... try developing applications using forte(java) or the JDE of blackberry... and u will see the difference of a 512mb memory and 1gb memory...

i'm not into those applications, pure gaming and some basic applications lang ako. everybody, cept bro matsutsu says that 512 is good enough. what do you recommend? will there be a significant enhancement of my games if I go to 1G ram?

HI GUY'S! thanks for all the input re: memory from 512mb to 1GB, i'm staying put with 512mb for now as the consensus is, overkill lang at walang masyadong gain (sorry bro matsutsu!) i'm largely into games only and not much technical thingies so okie na siguro yon!

Just to clear up some things though, tama yung pinost before that populating all the slots of your motherboard with modules will actually slow it down (as the posted link to an article from tom's hardware described it) but as Dual channel DDR is now fast becoming a norm this is no longer the case for after benchmarking (see tom's hardware article "search for the holy grail" of ram) the fastest configuration of Dual channel DDR is 4 double sided modules, second is 4 single sided modules. just to let you guys know.

dudes! pahabol lang na question, i'm considering upgrading my memory to 1GB, i have 512mb of 400MHz memory right now na naka dual channel. will there be a significant performance boost if I do upgrade? i'd like to invest the money only if i'll see a performance advantage, sayang lang kung gagastos ako tapos kaya naman na ng system ko ang lahat ng applications. although i'm sure it wouldnt hurt to have it, as the adage is, the more memory the better pero siyempre concerned din tayo sa bang for the buck. i'm really leaning on the upgrade side of things coz parang future investment ko na rin kasi baka mahirapan akong makahanap ng same memory modules like the ones i'm using now, and i have to have the same ones to fully take advantage of the dual channel capability of my motherboard. can you give me the final word on this? a final nudge/nod will be my signal for a go ahead. thanks!

leinad i'll appreciate the DLL crack as well bro if you could possibly let me know how to do it. About the tutorials, the good thing about the downloaded program from macromedia, it already has 5 manuals inluded in it, i'm gonna sit down and read through them, plus as I'm using the trial version i'm ok to do the online tutorials they have. I needed the serial coz i wanted to use it even after the 30 day trial period expires.

extreme thanks mate, appreciate that! na unlock ko na siya as I said before at pareho ata ang nakuhaan natin na source! full version na ang nag sho-show up sa license menu. no need to connect to the net! anyways, practice lang naman ako eh

roxy thanks dude! i'll check them out. hopefully di blocked ang sites

sago thanks for the info bro, i've tried using kazaa lite before but I was having trouble navigating the controls, nasanay ako dati sa audio galaxy eh and havent tried anything else. will check it out again.

nyemas! site blocked dude! oh well, back to old self cracking drawing board!