Hi,
I recently built a new computer a month or two ago and I am looking to optomize it (without paying money), mostly through BIOS and software optomizations. These are my specs:
-Windows XP 32-Bit
-AMD Anthlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2GHz Processor
-2x 1GB (total 2GB) A-Data DDR2 667MHz RAM (dual-channel)
-80GB IDE 7,200 RPM HDD (Primary-recycled from old machine although potentially upgrading to a larger, SATA drive soon)
-30GB IDE 5,400 RPM HDD (secondary-primarily backup)
Note that both these drives are running off a RAID card (not using RAID though) because my motherboard only has one IDE connector
-MSI Motherboard (cost around $70-$100 I remember)-has integrated Realtek HD sound)
-Nvidia GeForce 7200 GS Video Card
Are there any optimizations or things I can do to truely get this running at it's best? I ran 3D Mark the other day and got an overall score of 460, so I think some things might be wrong. Also for some reason it recognized my processor as a mobile Sempron for some reason.
So, any tips on my build (that don't cost money-I do plan to get a new video card next year along with a HDD soon and problably Vista too next year.)
Thanks!
I recently built a new computer a month or two ago and I am looking to optomize it (without paying money), mostly through BIOS and software optomizations. These are my specs:
-Windows XP 32-Bit
-AMD Anthlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2GHz Processor
-2x 1GB (total 2GB) A-Data DDR2 667MHz RAM (dual-channel)
-80GB IDE 7,200 RPM HDD (Primary-recycled from old machine although potentially upgrading to a larger, SATA drive soon)
-30GB IDE 5,400 RPM HDD (secondary-primarily backup)
Note that both these drives are running off a RAID card (not using RAID though) because my motherboard only has one IDE connector
-MSI Motherboard (cost around $70-$100 I remember)-has integrated Realtek HD sound)
-Nvidia GeForce 7200 GS Video Card
Are there any optimizations or things I can do to truely get this running at it's best? I ran 3D Mark the other day and got an overall score of 460, so I think some things might be wrong. Also for some reason it recognized my processor as a mobile Sempron for some reason.
So, any tips on my build (that don't cost money-I do plan to get a new video card next year along with a HDD soon and problably Vista too next year.)
Thanks!