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Article #352699Re: Pentium 4 2ghz/No win 98 or ME Please help
From: Fion
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 02:51
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 02:51
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It's easy to see why your having all those problems. You got a P4. Sure it's 2ghz but they gimped just about everything else on it to be able to run at such speeds. Get a T-Bird 1/3rd the cost and 9/10ths the performance :) > Posted bye Chris Bender > I upgraded to the works, pentium 4 2ghz pc, 15,000 rpm scsi drives, and a > geforce 3 card. > > Here are the specs > > intel pentium 4 2ghz cpu > intel d850md motherboard > visiontek geforce 3 card > 1 gb rd ram > Adaptec 29160 scsi adapter > 2 seagate cheetah 15,000 rpm ultra 160 drives (18.4 gig each) > > > I put the system together and repeatedly tried to run windows 98 on it. I > even went out and picked up a copy of ME to try that and the same results, > games crashing, 3dmark crashing at dragothic high detail, Yes I installed > all of the latest MB drivers and it was giving me the same thing. I decided > to try windows 2000 and guess what? It works perfectly, not a single crash, > 5920 on 3dmark 2001..runs great. I still feel funny having windows 2k as my > gaming platform though, Do you guys have any recommendations to get the > above working in win 98 SE? Please let me know, thx - Chris > > Chris Bender > ch...@atgsource.com > > > > >
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