As for the 10fps gained, im quite agree with what Raymond says. Since u did mentioned ur thermal paste is dried and u din apply a new one for ages for ur previous rigs. That probably the main problem of causing ur system got slow down. And also, most P4 has auto throttling features to prevent the processor got burnt and by default the feature is on. Just we dont know the throttling percentage as diff mobo has diff setting.

2nd thing, might probably is the OS. Just wander, which SP are u using for the current system? Im still in SP2 and never intend to go for SP3. So far so good for me. Am going to move into XP x64 once i got my another 2GB ram on hand.

@edmin
Oi brother, ur system how liao? Hahah...

But the 5-10'c does affect the throttling levle on ur P4. Hahah.. Usually the throttling will start when the CPU temp hit 70'c or above. My previous P4P800SE, the auto throttle start when the CPU hit 60'c. 1st level is 25% throttle, 2nd level if temp hit 70'c or above 50% throttling. So.. Can u imaging the horse power cut off on a processor when it were overheat.

@edmin
I smell that something is going to happen tonight..

Hahah.. Finally the announcement made. Even more powaful then mine now. He told he is going to invest a 4870X2 and Corsair HX1000W

LOL.. I dont! Hey guys, i still keep the msn chat log! Haha.. Anyways, edmin sell me ur full P4 @ 300! Tonight 2am go ya house COD also can.

Damn... Just came out from meeting room and i saw ppl is shooting my back. Edmin!!
Haha.. Interested but not so intent to buy lo.. I cant even max out my E6600 power liao.. Still wanna invest 1 more rigs?

@Ray
Haha.. If u grabbed my Patriot which run @ TCCD last time, i think even DDR550 with 1:1 also no problem. Wander hows the ram doing with their new owner..

Hah.. Nop.. Sorry man. It was 512MB * 2. But pre-clocked at DDR550.

Nvidia 78 and above series are all 256bit bro.

Anyways, nice card there kabu. Used to owned 1 before, rocking ass. But the card is quite hot also. Make sure casing air flow is good. Otherwise.. Know la.. Like my GTS idle temp on auto fan control 75'c! Gotta turn the fan spd up to 50% in order to get 55'c.

LOL.. Fatal1ty FS-V7 right? Same same.. Ada satu also last time. But cant fit NV8 series thus sold up. Nice cooler. Mine last time idle only 40-45'c. Full load never goes up to 60'c. Some more i ran the cooler on silent mode.

Hahaha... Maybe when i up to GTX260 then edmin will think about to get my current GTS. But for now, still mobo is my 1st priority. Will going to hunt down a better one during my April trip.

Haha.. No no.. Mobo 1st then think of that. Well, not an urgent and not necessary for changing GC right now. I need a better mobo.

@Ray
Haha.. Yea. Currently on abit Fatal1ty IN-9 as backup mobo where im RMA-ing my UD3R. Planning to lay my hand on Formula 2 Maximus when my UD3R back.

Haha.. Udang di sebalik batu.. Edmin upgrading goes wave by wave. Seems like the next will be dual 6 pin GC.

P/s: Edmin dont tipu me say got chance then upgrade, perhaps i think is got FUND then upgrade. Got chance no fund also useless.

@Edmin
But hor.. Now ur rigs si higher end then mine. Somemore dual 6pin GC coming! My goodness.. U lagi gila then me oh. My stuff mana got high end.. Mobo also using the cheapo punya.

Unfortunately the UD3R sudah balik "tong shang".. That why using the cheapo IN9 lo. U knew that what. Btw, wats ur dream card? HD4970?

Muahaha.. Seems like not only me that "pulling" ur leg edmin.. Kabu also saying the same thing. Lobster la u.. 4870 1GB? RM800 eh... Really kaya.. Diam diam ubi aje.. Later like u buy ur processor aneh.. Suddenly pop out 4970 1GB.. Who knows.. Thing might just happen "magically"..

Haha.. Rich and richer has alot of diff man.. Who knows tomorrow got "ter-silap" / "terpaksa" beli.

This post has been edited by fylon: Mar 16 2009, 10:27 PM

But one thing to be slot in, the throttling can be control by using mobo as well. Diff mobo has diff setting.

P/s: Just finished reading the whole article and found this:


Meaning they disable the auto throttling function on the mobo through bios / use mobo without auto throttling function, so basically the throttling that we saw in the article is purely ran by the process itself. Based on my experience, Asus mobo has the auto throttling function. User can define the throttling level by %.

This post has been edited by fylon: Mar 18 2009, 10:03 AM