hi! this is the 1st time i post a topic...hope can get some idea how's my hardware doing? good or bad?

AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+
MSI K9N-SLI Platinum MS-7250
Kingston Value Ram 1GB DDRII 800MHz
Gigabyte 7600GS 256MB Display Card
Western Digital 250GB SATAII 16MB HDD
Western Digital 320GB SATAII 16MB HDD
Imation 16X DVD-Writer
1.44 MB FDD
Coolermaster Centurion530 Casing
Coolermaster Real Power 450(RS-450-ACLX) PSU
19" LG LCD

for your information, i use it for movie, games, music...multimedia. Any idea what to change & weakness?

ive noticed that u use ur machine for mov, game, music...
seems like u built up the machine in a budget. ok, the vista has comes, and u surely wanted to install and played games in vista. so, u need to setup ur system that required by vista.

1) try to get 1mb cache of cpu.
2) 1gb is not optional and it will gives lagging in vista. 2gb is the minimum.
3) 8500/8600 has just arrived and u should think twice not to use the older gc. in addition, 8xxx series come in dx10, which is more better in vista.

try to check in other websites for vista requirement.

IMHO.. ur machine is oledi in good performance stage as u only use for mov,light games n music.. but seriously.. if i were u.. i wud upgrade the RAM + GC..

u dun need a 1MB cache mem if u were using AMD.. the level of cache n strutc. of cache of an AMD is different from intel.. so with a 512KB of cache on AMD.. is enuff..

i m using the same proc as u.. running vista.. everythin is so smooth..

Regards

thanks, man...i also with the same thinking..upgrade the ram & gc..any good brand for 8600?

Read from a review that "Galaxy" 8600GT/GTS is one of the best...

well it also depend on the manufacturer whether to include sumthin "special" o not in the core for ezy tweaking..
Anyhow.. i do second that Galaxy Pre-Overclocked 8600GTS is up in par..

yup...either Galaxy or XFX 8600GT...but where can i get these card anyway? I'm from ipoh...so, resources is limited.

i dont know about pc shop in ipoh, but u can try asking in PCMM Trade Centre>Computer Shops. if i were u, i will buy through bulk order whether in PCMM Trade Centre>Buy, Sell, Trade or u can try to search in lowyat.net bulk order.

i just brought Galaxy 8600GT from lowyat.net bulk order in few days ago. i can recommend u nice and trustable seller if u want

i recommend u Galaxy due to their cheap/high-performence/pre-oc. Galaxy released 2 version in 8600GT series that were 8600GT itself and 8600GE. 8600GE (Galaxy Edition) has super-oced and its really superb. if u want something else in high-performance, try XFX in XXX editon that is much more expensive than Galaxy

wut i can get noe is MSI 8600GT OC edition..but somehow i have doubts on this card...not really tested it cos just got it...i hav some deal with pc shops...so i got this card for free testing..dun buy also nvm..hehehe..

this is the site -

http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=pr...130&cat2_no=136