PC Booster????????
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Underground_Evo
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i used to have one, and it really doesnt do anything but break the pictures up to a lower quality, so in my oppinion, no.
Jimbob1989
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If we are talking about programs which speed up your internet connection then some of them are actually spyware, which records your internet use and forwards them onto companies.
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max_p_4444
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The one called "Internet Optimizer" is actually a spyware that most of the time loads in your computer when u visit the wrong kind of sites
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Fure6 said:
"bad" is pretty general term. i have overclocked for years now and never had a "bad" experience. it doesnt harm any hardware as far as i can see and i have a $500 computer that retail would be at least $1000(been running for about 1 1/2 yrs with MANY upgrades from startout.) and if it ever does like blowup or sumthing random (doubtful) its cheaper to buy parts online and install them myself than to get (say a manufacturer computer) and take it to compusa where they make u pay $100 for service AND the parts you have to get installed (providing they tell you the right part). more over its fun, a great hobby, and always something you can change or redo a different way.
Fure6 said:
thats kewl. i at one time thought if you did one thing wrong you had to buy an entire new computer. also thought it was done on manufactured computers...lol we all learn some time. i still know less than half of some people i know and chat to online. but then again they're like 40+ and im only 16yrs old.
Yep ... bad only happens when (a) common sense doesnt kick in, (b) you try to OC too much too fast or (c) you refuse to get cooling for an OCd system even when its pushin 60ºC idle or something like that
In general however, such accelerators will not be able to improve your transfer speed past the line-limit: i.e., if you're opn a 56K like -- the program will not be able to launch your downloads past 56K (well really 53K) -- now if it says its doing something faster that's because the sample rate of the program reading the throughput on the NIC is too long: if you get a bandwidth monitor then you can set it to 1sec or 1/2second intervals.... most programs do so on a 3-4 second interval so its not as precise and you get misleading values
yes im building my gf a 2+ghz machine (dunno if im overclocking it) but at the plae she is now she has 56K...so it'll really just be a waste lol. shes moving within the month to a new home and hopefully getting cable again...but as for now shes got a nice machine that still tkaes 3 dayz to download files and such lol..
Praetor said:
its roughly a $500 computer..so i told her she either learns how to overclock (online or i can teach her too) or she doesnt get it. i dont want to have her fry $500 of my money lol. shes willing to learn though so thats great..she catches on quick too...im so lucky
Praetor said:I made that "Budget Oriented Computer" thread .... you shouldnt have a problem getting a comp for $500USD ... course you'll probably have to downgrade some of the stuff but what I spec'd there was pretty damn good for $800USD.
yes...i laready have an AMD AthlonXP TbredB 2400+ and an Epox 8rda3+, MX440, just sitting in my closet..gonna get some budget PC3200, case, fans, PSU, and shes already got a HD...should be done pretty soon. if i can get decent cooling then it should overclock ok too...but the budget ram might not like it so much lol.
I tryed a few programs like that, they all suck, if they did anything, they just slowed down my computer, and/or my internet connection. If you want to speed up your computer, go into BIOS, do a slight overclock (if your BIOS allows it) and other settings.
My BIOS on this computer doesn't allow overclock, however there is a setting called "Hard Disk Accustic" and there were "quiet", "normal", and "performance" i set it to performance and i really did get a good boost in the amount of time it takes to get a file.
Don't try them, they suck. (i heard that some ones $$ are really good, but the majority freeware ones suck)
just do a good hard drive defrag, and go into msconfig and find programs you don't need and disable them from starting with your computer.
a good article i found (for WinD'oh!s XP): http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm this guy has all kinds of good articles about small little tweaks. try to run as few programs as possible.
My BIOS on this computer doesn't allow overclock, however there is a setting called "Hard Disk Accustic" and there were "quiet", "normal", and "performance" i set it to performance and i really did get a good boost in the amount of time it takes to get a file.
Don't try them, they suck. (i heard that some ones $$ are really good, but the majority freeware ones suck)
just do a good hard drive defrag, and go into msconfig and find programs you don't need and disable them from starting with your computer.
a good article i found (for WinD'oh!s XP): http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm this guy has all kinds of good articles about small little tweaks. try to run as few programs as possible.
