next upgrade???

[$G-MONEY SMITH$]

im trying to think of something to make it faster not like a raptor or something small like that is there anything i could do to get some leaps in proformance?? im trying to think but cant realy think of anything? i heard a new mouse gives you 10 fps!! :laugh:

[GameWizard]

A new mouse will not give you more fps, anyone who says so is on crack.

If you want a boost in performance, the cheapest and easiest way is to get more memory.

[$G-MONEY SMITH$]

lol i was joking, and i already have 2 gigs, thats more than enough.

[BRUTALITEEEEEEEEE]

you should put an NV5 Artic Cool fan on your GPU. I did on my 6800GT and am running it under load at 68 deg. at 430/1400

Im sure it can do more but im more at ease with these setting and its completly stable. It only cost like 50$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835186132

[$G-MONEY SMITH$]

wow thats freakin insane clocks man but 68 is kinda high dont you think? the card isnt slowing down or anything? i mean those clocks are outragous! thast awsome though looks like its worth the upgrade and im going to get some artic silver 5 that should lower my temps actualy i might just do water cooling on both my cpu and gpu get those clocks blazing fast im getting to the edge on what i can do with my cpu heatwise, mine under full load is at 55c and my gpu only gets to like 57c under load idk good advixce though.

[Darksniper75]

treid xptune 1.5 , freeware, gave me another 10fps at ultrahigh, 1280*960, for free.

Cheers

[BRUTALITEEEEEEEEE]

yeah...I was amazed at how high I got them because you have to test it before the card will accept it. I was gonna be perfectly happy with it at ultra speeds but it just kept working. I let it run on singleplayer for a while to make sure it was ok and it was perfect.....granted I know im gonna wear out the card a bit faster but I upgrade every year or so anyways. I HIGHLY recommend the NV coolers...they make them for all models of Nvidia cards.

Edit: Damn...I remember when I first got the card and had the stock cooling it was doing like 86 deg under load :cry: that was a scary period.

[[sCs]Captain_Obvious]

Wow, 50 bucks is a rip off:

http://svc.com/avc-nv5.html

[$G-MONEY SMITH$]

is it tune xp? casue thats ll i could find.

[BRUTALITEEEEEEEEE]

Wow, 50 bucks is a rip off:

http://svc.com/avc-nv5.html

I know....I got mine for 35$ because newegg had a sale. I just noticed that now. it was purly for the advice though.....good find on the other site

[Nitemare]

save up for a 7800 or the new ATi cards.

[$G-MONEY SMITH$]

thats like a 700 dollar upgrade im good. id need a new mobo and the gfx card im good to go for now, im just going to overclock the **** outa my stuff.

[openheimer]

The biggest performance gain for no cost is Just run the OS-periphal dlls and the Game. All the other crap is what saps you system. Buy a Walmart box for you pron and illeagal downloads

Or to take advantage of big boy RAM use XP64-Bit OS.

I'm a cooling neat freak, I smoke machined my rig to check fan orientation and airflow.



Abit AV8 Socket 939 ATX Mobo AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Processor (2.20 GHz)
ATI Radeon X800 PRO
2x Maxtor SATA 120GB Hard Drive Raid 0
4GB Corsair XMS PRO PC3200 DDR 400MHz
Antec Digital Hard Drive Cooler/Vortex Digital Hard Drive cooler
Ultra / X-Connect / 500-Watt Dual 80mm Fan Modular PS
5 x 80mm case fans 1 Dual PCI Exhaust fan
Ultra Fire Copper Heat pipe CPU Cooling Fan
2 x HP 640i Light Scribe Dual Layer DVD±RW
Audigy 24bit Sound Card
Linksys EG1032 Instant Gigabit Desktop Network Adapter
Antech Case
XP64

[$G-MONEY SMITH$]

yes im thinking of buying a new hd a little one for my os and bf2 and thats it, i mean i play bf2 flawlessly but still my computer needs to stay clean and idk im just blabering on now.

[jdogg88-Fed]

I know....I got mine for 35$ because newegg had a sale. I just noticed that now. it was purly for the advice though.....good find on the other site

lol must of got it at the same time on sale lol