My PC sucks, how about you?
Saturday, December 14, 2002 by WolfwoodX | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I have been running my system to its limits for 3 years; Winamp3, Photoshop7, Flash MX, Object Desktop, Swish v2, WMP 9, all of the other resorce hungray apps, I've been pushing it with a:
- Celeron 600 overclocked to 900
- 256Mb sdram
- 133 fsb mainboard with 2pci slots no agp (gag)
- 20gig 7500rpm HDD (runs windows)
- 4gig 5500rpm HDD (runs linux)
- 8mb SiS video card (ouch)
- 17" Korea Data Systems Monitor (pos)
- Labtec speakers
- 10x4x32 HP 9300 CD-RW
- Zip100 parallel external (pos)
- Windows 2000 Pro
- RedHat 8
Try and top that..
- Celeron 600 overclocked to 900
- 256Mb sdram
- 133 fsb mainboard with 2pci slots no agp (gag)
- 20gig 7500rpm HDD (runs windows)
- 4gig 5500rpm HDD (runs linux)
- 8mb SiS video card (ouch)
- 17" Korea Data Systems Monitor (pos)
- Labtec speakers
- 10x4x32 HP 9300 CD-RW
- Zip100 parallel external (pos)
- Windows 2000 Pro
- RedHat 8
Try and top that..
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Fuzzy Logic
Reply #2 Saturday, December 14, 2002 5:23 AM
Reply #2 Saturday, December 14, 2002 5:23 AM
Look on the bight side. With a 600 running at 900 your pc should have no difficulty frying eggs... 
bakerstreet
Reply #3 Saturday, December 14, 2002 5:37 AM
Reply #3 Saturday, December 14, 2002 5:37 AM
I think we should all be prepared for Doom 3. I have a feeling a lot of people's computers are going to suddenly suck.
I bought my 1.8 gig when the 2.2 was coming out, and now there is a 3 gig. No biggy, because the minimum requirements for software hasn't kept up, but I have a feeling there is a fleet of products being produced now that are gonna require >1 gig processors.
The two things I am most often annoyed by are my video card and ram. I got a matrox g450 because of the 2d quality and dual monitor support, but the game play isn't what I would like. It is also hard to find motherboards around here that except more than a gig of ram. At this point I think any of us who create at non-commercially printable resolutions are doing ourselves a disservice. Takes a lot of ram, though.
In the next 6 months I figure I'll be shifting this one to the living room and building another. Now all I have to do is plan what liquor stores I'm gonna knock over.
I bought my 1.8 gig when the 2.2 was coming out, and now there is a 3 gig. No biggy, because the minimum requirements for software hasn't kept up, but I have a feeling there is a fleet of products being produced now that are gonna require >1 gig processors.
The two things I am most often annoyed by are my video card and ram. I got a matrox g450 because of the 2d quality and dual monitor support, but the game play isn't what I would like. It is also hard to find motherboards around here that except more than a gig of ram. At this point I think any of us who create at non-commercially printable resolutions are doing ourselves a disservice. Takes a lot of ram, though.
In the next 6 months I figure I'll be shifting this one to the living room and building another. Now all I have to do is plan what liquor stores I'm gonna knock over.
MarkMcQ
Reply #4 Saturday, December 14, 2002 6:41 AM
Reply #4 Saturday, December 14, 2002 6:41 AM
Top that, ti220?
Easy:
Pentium MMX 200mhz overclocked to 233
32M RAM
TX Pro/2 motherboard (So old it's an AT board)
2Meg Matrox Mystique gfx card.
Awe 32 SoundBlaster sound card. (The original Awe 32, with the 2 meg memory upgrade)
Running Win 2K.
Only notable bits of my setup are my USB hub, optical mouse and my monitor which is only a few months old. Evrything else is crap.
Trust me, your impression that your specs suck is quite misguided.
Try running Photoshop on my setup, and watch it take about 30 seconds just to select and area with the marquee tool....
Easy:
Pentium MMX 200mhz overclocked to 233
32M RAM
TX Pro/2 motherboard (So old it's an AT board)
2Meg Matrox Mystique gfx card.
Awe 32 SoundBlaster sound card. (The original Awe 32, with the 2 meg memory upgrade)
Running Win 2K.
Only notable bits of my setup are my USB hub, optical mouse and my monitor which is only a few months old. Evrything else is crap.
Trust me, your impression that your specs suck is quite misguided.
Try running Photoshop on my setup, and watch it take about 30 seconds just to select and area with the marquee tool....
wombat_1
Reply #5 Saturday, December 14, 2002 7:01 AM
Reply #5 Saturday, December 14, 2002 7:01 AM
Keep running it at the o/c spec and it won't suck, it will probably blow! 
TheFlyingFinn
Reply #7 Saturday, December 14, 2002 8:22 AM
Reply #7 Saturday, December 14, 2002 8:22 AM
My dad's pc is the most shittiest pc I know:
233 mhz
3Gb hdd
4mb graphics card
17" monitor
no speakers
48x Cd
3,5" floppy
233 mhz
3Gb hdd
4mb graphics card
17" monitor
no speakers
48x Cd
3,5" floppy
bakerstreet
Reply #8 Saturday, December 14, 2002 8:29 AM
Reply #8 Saturday, December 14, 2002 8:29 AM
heh, if we are talking sucks, I have a timez/sinclair here in a drawer...
my laptop:
p90 IBM thinkpad
48megs of ram
2 meg video, 256 colors
800 meg hard drive.
I use the lappy for ebooks and as a stereo in my bedroom.
I use a 200mgz IBM pizzabox for a file/web server here at the house, and it faithfully handles access from 2 or 3 machines at once for mp3s, ebooks, etc. DOn't toss those old machines, put them to work for you.
my laptop:
p90 IBM thinkpad
48megs of ram
2 meg video, 256 colors
800 meg hard drive.
I use the lappy for ebooks and as a stereo in my bedroom.
I use a 200mgz IBM pizzabox for a file/web server here at the house, and it faithfully handles access from 2 or 3 machines at once for mp3s, ebooks, etc. DOn't toss those old machines, put them to work for you.
SkinneRyan
Reply #10 Saturday, December 14, 2002 10:30 AM
Reply #10 Saturday, December 14, 2002 10:30 AM
hehe, i can beat that baker
p70 laptop
8 meg ram
2 meg video, max 16 bit colour in 640*480, 256 in 1024*768, which dosen't fit on the screen
500 meg hard drive
I use it as a paperweight
p70 laptop
8 meg ram
2 meg video, max 16 bit colour in 640*480, 256 in 1024*768, which dosen't fit on the screen
500 meg hard drive
I use it as a paperweight
Snowman
Reply #11 Saturday, December 14, 2002 10:47 AM
Reply #11 Saturday, December 14, 2002 10:47 AM
Then:
CPU 486 100mhz DX4
RAM: 4 meg
HD 1.2 gig
GFX: blah..
CD: 2x speed
SOUND: SB 16 (best ever made)
Top of the range back in 94 when I bought it. Set me back around $2000....
Now:
CPU: Athlon XP 1600+
RAM: 512 mg
HD: 8.4 and 30 gig (almost filled up) :/
CD(/RW) 8X4X30 speed
Sound: blah...
GFX: GeForce 3 TI200 w/64DDR
Upgraded to this config a years ago (not from the 486 though). Set me back $1000....
CPU 486 100mhz DX4
RAM: 4 meg
HD 1.2 gig
GFX: blah..
CD: 2x speed
SOUND: SB 16 (best ever made)
Top of the range back in 94 when I bought it. Set me back around $2000....
Now:
CPU: Athlon XP 1600+
RAM: 512 mg
HD: 8.4 and 30 gig (almost filled up) :/
CD(/RW) 8X4X30 speed
Sound: blah...
GFX: GeForce 3 TI200 w/64DDR
Upgraded to this config a years ago (not from the 486 though). Set me back $1000....
SkinneRyan
Reply #12 Saturday, December 14, 2002 11:05 AM
Reply #12 Saturday, December 14, 2002 11:05 AM
Now I've got:
CPU: P3 700MHz
RAM: 256mb ram
HD: 12 gig and 40 gig
cd/rw: 10x16x40
sound: SB 64
GFX: GeForce 3 (dunno specs)
Beats the hell out of the old one.
CPU: P3 700MHz
RAM: 256mb ram
HD: 12 gig and 40 gig
cd/rw: 10x16x40
sound: SB 64
GFX: GeForce 3 (dunno specs)
Beats the hell out of the old one.
WolfwoodX
Reply #13 Saturday, December 14, 2002 12:12 PM
Reply #13 Saturday, December 14, 2002 12:12 PM
I have a good cooling fan to handel the Celeron, It has been cooling it for 2years with out a problem.
Aqua.
Reply #14 Sunday, December 15, 2002 2:27 PM
Reply #14 Sunday, December 15, 2002 2:27 PM
Laptop
286 4.57mhz, 10mhz with turbo
1mb RAM
20mb HD
LD FD
Doesn't run windowblinds, but I still use it
286 4.57mhz, 10mhz with turbo
1mb RAM
20mb HD
LD FD
Doesn't run windowblinds, but I still use it
Divine_Dvd
Reply #15 Sunday, December 15, 2002 5:51 PM
Reply #15 Sunday, December 15, 2002 5:51 PM
My garage is a museum of antique computers dating back to about 1980 including a Timex Sinclair, an original IBM PC, a Commodore 64...and an array of 286's, 386's 486's C=128's Amigas etc..they all still work! Come and get 'em Bakerstreet...free to a good home!
I did just get another new puter, a 2ghz P4, 1 gig mem, GeForce4, SB-Live, 80 gigs of storage, XP Pro..etc..
I did just get another new puter, a 2ghz P4, 1 gig mem, GeForce4, SB-Live, 80 gigs of storage, XP Pro..etc..
SuperheroCanadian
Reply #16 Sunday, December 15, 2002 6:00 PM
Reply #16 Sunday, December 15, 2002 6:00 PM
well the laptop i take to skewl for typing and stuff is pretty bad
386 33 mhz
12in lcd
8mb ram =D
100mb harddrive
runs linux
external floppy, no cd rom
386 33 mhz
12in lcd
8mb ram =D
100mb harddrive
runs linux
external floppy, no cd rom
Jafo
Reply #17 Sunday, December 15, 2002 6:26 PM
Reply #17 Sunday, December 15, 2002 6:26 PM
Just threw out a 386 sx and a 486 66 and a 486 dx2 100.
I was given a pair of P100 boards and CPUs so an upgrade of the bookends was in order...
I was given a pair of P100 boards and CPUs so an upgrade of the bookends was in order...
BoXXi
Reply #18 Sunday, December 15, 2002 6:31 PM
Reply #18 Sunday, December 15, 2002 6:31 PM
90% of my 217 uploads to this site were made on my old PC. It was a PII 233Mhz, 64Mb ram, 4Mb videocard, and 3Gb hard drive with a 14" monitor. I thought it was great for a long time, I even made a few 1600x1200 wallpapers on that!
A couple of months ago, I finally got a top of the range Dell system with a huge monitor and I LOVE it! I gave the old one to my father in law, and when I was round there last week, I took a look at it, and I couldn't believe I used to create anything on it, it looked so small and weedy.
BoXXi licks his big monitor..............
(As Jark would say)
A couple of months ago, I finally got a top of the range Dell system with a huge monitor and I LOVE it! I gave the old one to my father in law, and when I was round there last week, I took a look at it, and I couldn't believe I used to create anything on it, it looked so small and weedy.
BoXXi licks his big monitor..............
(As Jark would say)
Xerraire
Reply #19 Sunday, December 15, 2002 7:00 PM
Reply #19 Sunday, December 15, 2002 7:00 PM
I just got a brand new computer....suddenly I feel guilty!
Wendy Huang
Reply #20 Sunday, December 15, 2002 11:16 PM
Reply #20 Sunday, December 15, 2002 11:16 PM
i bult my own computer here's the spec
P4 2.54ghz not overclock
120gb WD 8mb buffer
1gb ddr ram
Radeon 9700 Pro
16x dvd-rom
48x TDK Burner
All of that in a totally acylic case
with
Samsung 171p(the one design by porsche)
oh yea
P4 2.54ghz not overclock
120gb WD 8mb buffer
1gb ddr ram
Radeon 9700 Pro
16x dvd-rom
48x TDK Burner
All of that in a totally acylic case
with
Samsung 171p(the one design by porsche)
oh yea
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Reply #1 Saturday, December 14, 2002 3:14 AM