dual core and sh3 + 2 other ?ueries

[Friedl9te]

Originally Posted by flag4

hi Friedl9te,

"Opteron 185 (Works as quick as a 64X2 4800+) plus 4 GB Ram, paging reduced to a mximum of 512 MB"

...cause i don't understand: i have an athlon 64 3800+ with 2gb ram and n/vidia 7900gs graphics card. sh3 runs well on this spec, just some fps slowing down in port and leaving port. what would you recommend as an upgrade with sh3 in mind, are you saying it will benefit from dual core in some way ?

My old system was a bit slower, XP3000+, and therefore I tried to pull out the maximum of a Socket939 System. If your framerate does nearly not drop under whatever condition there is no need for upgrading with SHIII in mind.

The fastets CPUs for S939 are the Opteron 185 and 64X2 4800+ It is the same CPU but the Opterons were selected quality not locked and dedicated to be used in servers. I took the Opteron because I could not get a 4800+ they are very rare and the Opteron 185 are available for a moderate price. Most people do not know that it is the same or even know what an opteron is.

Concerning memory, Windows 32bit can adress a maximum of 4GB ram, you can reduce paging because there is no need of, this makes your system react quicker.

What I dont know is if it is allowed to turn off paging completely. In former Win versions it was always said that a minimum amount of paging is necessary to funtion flawlessly.

Btw. My dad, he died unfortunately 3 years ago, was born in Friesach which is not far away from Klagenfurt, your grandma will know where it is.