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Tech_Greek wrote:Hey Guys,

Just visiting the web site after being on it at work a lot (some interesting articles).

I've got the following system;

Gateway GT5014
Pentium D 2.8 GHZ
2x1 GB KByte DDR2 Ram
BFG GeForce 7800 GT
XiFi Platinum Sound Card
ATI Tv Tuner

Stock 200 GB HD...

I believe that's the most part of it.

Now, the way I see it is that my machine should be a bit of a beast (granted its a 64 bit proccesor in a 32 bit os, and has a slower FSB) but I'm finding that it's getting about 34 FPS in FEAR with everything on at 1280 x 1024 (i'm looking at your articles and machines with lesser systems are scoring higher).

Is there something I'm doing wrong? All the drivers are up to date and bios are up to date.

The only thing I can think of is that the proccessor is bottle necking it but I'm not sure.

The last thing I can ask is if I can stick the newer series 775 Pent D into my motherboard (930 I believe) and I'm assuming I can't overclock due to the motherboard...also is it possible to change the motherboard out and keep the proccesor to overclock it?

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CPU-Z version 1.38
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Processors Map
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Number of processors 1
Number of threads 2

Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0
-- Core 1
-- Thread 0


Processors Information
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Processor 1 (ID = 0)
Number of cores 2
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name Intel Pentium D 820
Codename SmithField
Specification Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz
Package Socket 775 LGA (platform ID = 4h)
CPUID F.4.4
Extended CPUID F.4
Core Stepping A0
Technology 90 nm
Core Speed 2800.1 MHz (14.0 x 200.0 MHz)
Rated Bus speed 800.0 MHz
Stock frequency 2800 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, EM64T
L1 Data cache 2 x 16 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Trace cache 2 x 12 Kuops, 8-way set associative
L2 cache 2 x 1024 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control no

Chipset
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Northbridge Intel i945G/GZ rev. A2
Southbridge Intel 82801GB (ICH7) rev. 01
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Size 2048 MBytes
Memory Frequency 266.7 MHz (3:4)
CAS# 4.0
RAS# to CAS# 4
RAS# Precharge 4
Cycle Time (tRAS) 12
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 16

Memory SPD
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DIMM #1

General
Memory type DDR2
Manufacturer (ID) SpecTek Incorporated (7F7FB5FFFFFFFFFF)
Size 1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-4300 (266 MHz)
Part number
Serial number 82002FB4
Manufacturing date Week 255/Year 255

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
EPP no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 200 266
CAS# 3.0 4.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 3 4
RAS# Precharge 3 4
TRAS 9 12
TRC 12 16


DIMM #2

General
Memory type DDR2
Manufacturer (ID) SpecTek Incorporated (7F7FB5FFFFFFFFFF)
Size 1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-4300 (266 MHz)
Part number
Serial number 840029E2
Manufacturing date Week 255/Year 255

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
EPP no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 200 266
CAS# 3.0 4.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 3 4
RAS# Precharge 3 4
TRAS 9 12
TRC 12 16

Tech_Greek wrote:I haven't really yanked the previous drivers, just did the right click on it in device manager and clicked update drivers just like I've done it since the good ol days...