Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas should be considered a lost cause with multi-core systems, even if they are running Windows XP (and I would assume Grand Theft Auto: Vice City will have similar issues). I got San Andreas working on an Athlon 64 X2 by running it in Windows 98 compatibility mode. (It …

I prefer more memory over memory speed if I am not benching :) Fair enough. :happy: Honestly this thread is making me wish my X38 and X48 systems were more similar, so I could compare this in more detail. It's kind of bugging me - "I have the technology; I can test this" but...not quite. :dead: …

What an awesome thread! :happy: I'll spare the boredom of listing all of my gears though. :dead: Make me wonder: what manufacturers have tried similar design? Is it hard to build? Right now I'm more interested in scalpel-accurate sound of exotic tweeters, but who knows someday I'll be more …

There is no gain at all using DDR3 vs DDR2 on a Core 2 Duo platform. But you do need fast enough memory. For 333 mhz FSB you need 667 mhz memory 400 FSB needs 800 mhz memory and so on. An E8400 3 GHz Core 2 Duo (FSB 333) with the memory @ 667 MHZ with 3 3 3 8 timings will be just as fast as using …

Within a laptop's casing it may very well overheat, but I run a Pentium 3 1GHZ (29W TDP - little bit more than a K6-2; specs I found are 12W typ and 20W max) under a Thermalright SI-97 with no fan, with no issues. The fins don't really get warm in that setup. I guess the bigger question is how do …

I think those applications still require registration thats not provided within the installation. From what I remember of my Audigy 2 ZS (has almost identical CD package) it doesn't require any registration of the software, but the installer performs a check for the bundled hardware when run. For …

I know there are several XP era games that take advantage of duel core but my question is are there any XP era games that will NOT play due to multi cores? I know of only one, the ever-problematic Need for Speed: High Stakes (not technically an XP era game). I was able to fix it with the Imagecfg …