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How old is your computer?

Less than a month
19 (8%)
Less than a year
40 (16.9%)
Between 1 and 2 years
39 (16.5%)
Between 2 and 4 years
60 (25.3%)
Over 4 years old
79 (33.3%)

Total Members Voted: 103

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frostman32



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    Re: December monthly poll
    « Reply #30 on: December 14, 2009, 05:40:17 AM »
    Ouch!  That's painful.  I don't know how you can even run Win XP with that video card. 
    well yea have to run windows with no visual extras at all. is quite irritating just never get round to replacing it.

    frostman32



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      Re: December monthly poll
      « Reply #31 on: December 14, 2009, 05:42:51 AM »
      Probably runs alright, I probably have a similar model card with 8MB of RAM, and it ran fine. The only limitation the VRAM gives is less resolution; for the most part the card (mine was an ATI 3d Rage Pro) could hardly handle much 3-d, Direct3d worked somewhat, but it had NO OpenGL support at all.

      In this case, 2MB is capable of 800x600x24-bit colour, which is the XP default on first boot.

      That being said the processor that I used was far less powerful then dual xeons; XP is FAR more dependent on Processor power then graphics capabilities, and in the case were the latter is true one can always simply use the classic theme.

      indeed. it does run fine, its the res that does my head in. promise ma self a slightly new card for Christmas, but agp's da best i've got so will be an ebay job

      frostman32



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        Re: December monthly poll
        « Reply #32 on: December 14, 2009, 05:45:57 AM »
        I'm glad ur runnin 2000 on that machine, many choose 98 as there primary choice for old machines.
        i've jst installed 2000 on a laptop that got given to me. some amd k6 400 but only has 32mb ram so extraaa slow

        frostman32



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          Re: December monthly poll
          « Reply #33 on: December 14, 2009, 05:48:45 AM »
          Yes, with running the Classic theme you should notice a performance boost. I always run it anyway cause I like it.
          i prefer the classic style too, just feels more, hmm... computery.

          frostman32



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            Re: December monthly poll
            « Reply #34 on: December 14, 2009, 05:50:32 AM »
            medium
            duocore processor
            ram mem 2,5 gb
            motherboard kotoda
            4 harddrives
            games 400 gb
            programs and tools 3,1 terabyte
            windows&dos 2,5 gb
            photos and other documents 10 terabytes

            OS (operating system) windows 7 + nintendo operating system
            wireless mouse and key board
            two sreens

            thats all

            i'm not to sure what u mean by windows&dos. theres no way dos would run on that.

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            Re: December monthly poll
            « Reply #35 on: December 14, 2009, 07:42:47 AM »
            I have a Dell Desktop P3 running WinXP Pro - 9 years old; a Dell Laptop P4 running WinXP Home - 6 years old; and a 80286 IBM AT running PC-DOS 7 w/Windows 3.1 - 24 years old that I keep in a closet and haul out for special occasions.

            The AT keeps me humble, it only has 512K memory. ;D
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            Re: December monthly poll
            « Reply #36 on: December 14, 2009, 12:55:42 PM »
            I have a Dell Desktop P3 running WinXP Pro - 9 years old; a Dell Laptop P4 running WinXP Home - 6 years old; and a 80286 IBM AT running PC-DOS 7 w/Windows 3.1 - 24 years old that I keep in a closet and haul out for special occasions.

            The AT keeps me humble, it only has 512K memory. ;D

            Nice  8)
            I have an old XT computer that I want to get working, it need a 8-bit VGA ISA graphics card.

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            Re: December monthly poll
            « Reply #37 on: December 14, 2009, 01:38:38 PM »
            i'm not to sure what u mean by windows&dos. theres no way dos would run on that.
            pds doesn't know what he's talking about...also, please don't quintuple post...some people fine doubleposting rude...imagine the reaction to 5! (Lol, don't worry about deleting them, but try not to do it in the future. If you didn't know, you can insert quotes while at the "Post reply" page. Just click the "Insert Quote" link on the top right corner of any post while on the post reply page.)
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            Re: December monthly poll
            « Reply #38 on: December 14, 2009, 02:52:43 PM »
            And DOS WOULD run on that. Although it would kind of be silly to do so, since it cannot take advantage of multiple cores/CPU's and additionally Himem.sys might choke if you have that much RAM.
            I was trying to dereference Null Pointers before it was cool.

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              Re: December monthly poll
              « Reply #39 on: December 15, 2009, 01:11:13 PM »
              it is about 3 years old ... a Dell Latitude D830 laptop.

              Processor T7300
              4 GB RAM
              500 GB Harddrive
              Quadro NVS 140M - 15.4 WUXGA Video (1920x1200)
              Came with Vista, downgraded to XP and now has Windows 7 Professional (which works great)
              Wireless, etc...

              Works really well, I love it! Though 3 years, close to a time for a new one.

              frostman32



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                Re: December monthly poll
                « Reply #40 on: December 16, 2009, 05:14:36 AM »
                And DOS WOULD run on that. Although it would kind of be silly to do so, since it cannot take advantage of multiple cores/CPU's and additionally Himem.sys might choke if you have that much RAM.
                I don't think it would. you're right that amount of ram wouldn't be great but its to do with the technology in the cpu, even newish single core amd processors don't run dos.
                i've tried to do it a few time to transfer files over interlink at work, and out of the newer machines e.g. dual core, amd 64 only the p3 would run correctly. has sumit to do with 64 bit cpu's i tink

                SysMan



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                  Re: December monthly poll
                  « Reply #41 on: December 16, 2009, 06:26:40 AM »
                  Hi,

                  My wife and I have identical PCs. They are 8 years old. Neither of us really wants to buy new ones yet. We run Windows XP and I just now joined the CH forum to see if I can get some of the old speed back in our machines with the help of this website/forum.

                  Well actually my wife started complaining that her computer was so slow, so I'm going to try doing mine first (it's also goes at snails pace a lot of the time) and if successful I'll give hers some of the same treatment  ;).

                  So now to start collecting the technical data etc., as a first step.

                  As I've only just joined, this message is also by way of a introduction... Looking forward to some fun in getting some zip back into our boxes and perhaps fixing one or two other things on the way!  :)

                  Richard Summerfield, (aka SysMan)
                  Eindhoven,
                  The Netherlands.

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                  Re: December monthly poll
                  « Reply #42 on: December 16, 2009, 11:39:28 AM »
                  Welcome to the forum Sysman :)
                  I was trying to dereference Null Pointers before it was cool.

                  daveinaz

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                  Re: December monthly poll
                  « Reply #43 on: December 18, 2009, 02:46:54 AM »
                  Acer laptop about 4 years old....ram updated..still runs slow...probably some bugs in there somewhere....using bullguard as security software...


                  OS Name   Microsoft Windows XP Professional
                  Version   5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
                  OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation
                  System Name   ACER-3F05B2AF82
                  System Manufacturer   Acer
                  System Model   TravelMate 4500
                  System Type   X86-based PC
                  Processor   x86 Family 6 Model 13 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel ~1798 Mhz
                  BIOS Version/Date   ACER 3A06, 8/6/2004
                  SMBIOS Version   2.31
                  Windows Directory   C:\WINDOWS
                  System Directory   C:\WINDOWS\system32
                  Boot Device   \Device\HarddiskVolume2
                  Locale   United States
                  Hardware Abstraction Layer   Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
                  User Name   ACER-3F05B2AF82\david mclaughlin
                  Time Zone   US Mountain Standard Time
                  Total Physical Memory   2,048.00 MB
                  Available Physical Memory   1.27 GB
                  Total Virtual Memory   2.00 GB
                  Available Virtual Memory   1.96 GB
                  Page File Space   4.77 GB
                  Page File   C:\pagefile.sys

                  Boozu



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                  Re: December monthly poll
                  « Reply #44 on: December 24, 2009, 08:32:51 AM »
                  The oldest part of my computer is the ipod nano that is attached to it. The square one not the skinny one. But really the oldest part is probably almost 2 years old. My Case, Video card, and power supply. I perchased them at the same time. Got 2 500Gb HDD about 7-8 months ago, my i5 parts ~4 months ago, and a VRaptor with Windows 7 a week after win7 was released.
                  Don't worry about it.  If it's not good at stock, then it's not good.