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07-19-2005, 07:14 AM
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Why would you reinstall your OS every 6 months? As long as you don't let viruses and spyware lurk about, it should be fine. My last system ran for close to seven years on it's original installation of 98SE (well, 98, then I upgraded to SE, but that doesn't matter), and it ran pretty well (considering the specs).
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My little machine: S423 Pentium 4 1.3Ghz, 4x256 16-bit RIMM RAM, 32MB TNT2 video card. I think it may be time to upgrade... The upgrade! My machine will soon be a 939 X2 4000+, 4x512 DDR400, and an 8600GTS. Last edited by NeuromancerWGDD'U; 07-19-2005 at 07:17 AM. |
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07-19-2005, 07:18 AM
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I have my system for 6 months, and i don't notice any lagg. I sure as **** am not going to re-install windows. Waste my time. If the lagg is not noticably noticable, than i would leave it.
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07-19-2005, 10:25 AM
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- yea im a on a lan internet connection, and i have 16 GB of free space.
- we do not play together via a network, i just watch him play and make comparisons - my ping is a constant 512 ms, same with my brother - no programs in the background, my brother has many programs running in background  - specs are 1024mb of ram, nvidia geforce fx 5200, windows xp, intel celeron 2.4ghz - i have reinstalled windows atleast 5 times over the past months (dont ask) - possible solutions reply, i defragged my hardisk, download hijack this along with spybot, microsoft antispyware, ad-aware and norton antiviruse. i updated ALL drivers - im not reinstalling windows again cause the game takes 6 hours to install  - would having different sound drivers affect the game thanks for all the quick responses sorry i couldnt reply sooner, any other suggestions. Maybe a hardware fault?
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07-19-2005, 10:40 AM
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Are you both running WoW at the same quality setting? I'm assuming you can change the quality settings...? Sorry, I've never played an MMORPG...stupid dial-up. Are you both running the same OS? Is your RAM the same as his (timings and brand, not capacity, I know you have double what he does)? Also, is the RAM in multiple sticks (like him having 256x2 and you having 256x4)? I know that in some systems/with some CPU cores having all the RAM slots filled will degrade performance.
That's all I can really think of...
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07-23-2005, 06:07 PM
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Check your NIC settings ... two identical machines can somehow have one NIC configured differently and even to point of lagging out LAN games to crap
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