09-17-2003, 12:02 PM
Thanks for the info on nForce 2.
Do nForce 2 mainboards support more than two hard drives, or would i need to get a seperate IDE controller for any extra hard drives? Or would this depend on the actual mainboard itself?
What kind of memory would be best for taking advantage of the dual DDR channel? How much more would it cost or is it just a matter of having, for example, two 256mb chips instead of one 512mb chip?
Since i don't see myself being able to afford better than an Athlon XP 2800+ CPU, i'd like to get all the advantages i can get, as long as it's cost effective.
I have my HDs partitioned in a similar way. My 40 gig drive has three partitions, C: is the system with the page file on it, D: is for programs and E: is for games. The other drive is storage.
Looks like you're right on the money why i don't notice any improvements from having the swap file on the other drive/partition.
Thanks again for the advice.
P.S.
If i were to upgrade my video card in the very near future, what would be a cost effective card that would offer a significant improvement over my GF4 4200?
Do nForce 2 mainboards support more than two hard drives, or would i need to get a seperate IDE controller for any extra hard drives? Or would this depend on the actual mainboard itself?
What kind of memory would be best for taking advantage of the dual DDR channel? How much more would it cost or is it just a matter of having, for example, two 256mb chips instead of one 512mb chip?
Since i don't see myself being able to afford better than an Athlon XP 2800+ CPU, i'd like to get all the advantages i can get, as long as it's cost effective.
I have my HDs partitioned in a similar way. My 40 gig drive has three partitions, C: is the system with the page file on it, D: is for programs and E: is for games. The other drive is storage.
Looks like you're right on the money why i don't notice any improvements from having the swap file on the other drive/partition.
Thanks again for the advice.
P.S.
If i were to upgrade my video card in the very near future, what would be a cost effective card that would offer a significant improvement over my GF4 4200?