Recent content by jmartis

I sometimes get weird FPS fluctuations when standing still in a game (so the 3D environment change is negligible). I'm playing Trackmania if that is important. What happens is that the FPS is e.g. at 140 then it sags to 100 for a second and back to 140. Sometimes it does this nearly all the...

My PSU has 20 pin ATX connector and two 4 pin ones (one is ATX 12V), but my mainboard has a 24-pin atx connector. When i plug the 20-pin PSU connector into the mb, the other 4-pin connector fits nicely in the remaining space on the mb atx socket. Should I connect both (the 20-pin together with...

Hi all, I'm building myself a new "budget" PC as the old P4 one is getting ancient now :D The components I selected are as follows: CPU: INTEL Core 2 Duo E7200 2,53GHz (1066MHz) 3MBL2 WOLFDALE LGA775 - BOX VGA: ASUS EN8800GT/HTDP/256MB or 8800GTS (I'm still not sure but I'm probably getting...

Hi all, I play a game where every few minutes, a new map loads (actually just "metadata" (few kB) loads which tells the game which blocks are at which position etc.). As the map loads, I get a choppy performance however after few 10s of seconds it kind of "warms up" and runs smoothly until next...

Hi all, I want to overclock my old P4 2.4GHz (Prescott) CPU. I have the stock cooler, how much can I expect to get from it? My main question is, I know I also need to raise the core voltage, but how much exactly? I don't want to burn anything... Thx for any help, J.M.