| I recently decided to upgrade my Pentium
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| | onboard screen card was not at all
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| III 800 MHz machine, which at the time was
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| | sufficient, which by any means I should
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| being used as a gentoo server. I am and
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| | have expected. So I installed a Radeon
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| most likely will always be a very big fan
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| | 9600 Card into the machine for the test
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| of Abit and Asus motherboards. Simply
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| | 256 MB DDR version. It should be more
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| because their robust features, scalability
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| | than sufficient to run this. Keeping in
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| and just all out performance. However at
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| | mind that this machine is still only a
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| the time I did not feel like spending more
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| | Celeron with 512MB ram. My Pentium 4 3.4
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| than $200 to upgrade this old server that
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| | Gig HT rig sometimes has problems playing
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| hardly runs anything anymore except as an
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| | 2 accounts Alt Tabbed.
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| archive for older files which I don't use
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| anymore either. So I opted out to go a
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| different path. I strolled about a
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| | Drivers installed and I log in to the
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| computer store and came about a Biostar
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| | first account, once in game everything
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| P4M800-M7A Motherboard combo. Now being
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| | looked great, it was smooth no problems
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| in the computer industry for about 15
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| | what so ever. I then ran the second copy
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| years, biostar unfortunately in the early
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| | of camelot and logged in. Things became a
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| years had quite a few too many problems
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| | bit choppy but nothing that I didn't
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| for me and I completely left them out.
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| | expect. I left the machine on and started
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| However I finally decided to give it a
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| | the timer. Here is some information for
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| shot. The motherboard comes bundled with
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| | you on the background networking of MMORPG
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| an Intel Celeron D Processor, which is
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| | games. These games are pretty network
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| pre-mounted on the motherboard. I walked
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| | intensive and unless your network card
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| over 3 feet picked up a good cpu cooler.
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| | runs well you will go linkdead often.
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| Then walked 5 more feet and picked up a
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| | Wether you have a fiber connection or a
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| stick of 512MB DDR ram. And a new ATX
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| | DSL line it does not matter. I started
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| Power supply. Motherboard was $80, Ram
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| | doing laundry and inbetween had the
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| was $45 CPU Cooler $25, and the new power
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| | characters run around through heavily
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| supply $40. All out I spent just a little
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| | populated areas. To check on the memory
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| less than $200 for a practically new
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| | leak as well as to prevent from the
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| machine.Very skeptical I now head home to
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| | accounts logging out automatically due to
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| install this new hardware. Very easy
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| | leaving them unattended. After about 4
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| installation as with most. Installed the
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| | hours of testing the machine was still up
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| CPU cooler with the heat transfer gel it
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| | and running, suprized by this I started
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| was supplied. Mounted the motherboard in
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| | running the characters around more and
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| the case and installed the power supply.
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| | testing frame rates etc. I could notice a
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| Then installed the RAM and all the cables.
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| | bit of graphics and video lag, this was
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| I was now just about done. I started the
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| | not at all bad however since I have seen
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| machine up went through the basic CMOS
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| | much worse in much shorter times on higher
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| setup and configured everything as it
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| | level machines. 2 Hours 19 minutes later
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| should be. At this time I was using all
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| | the machine crashed while going through 2
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| motherboard based resources. Sound is a
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| | zones at the same time.
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| 16 bit full duplex AC'97 Rev 2.3
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| compatible six- channel audio system. I
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| set that up and also ran the cat 5 cable
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| | This now has completely surpassed my
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| to the motherboard. Now with past
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| | expectations of my new machine which I
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| experience I normally never use
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| | paid less than 200 dollars for. Before
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| motherboard based networking due to so
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| | the video card install that is.Bottom line
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| many issues and problems that come about
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| | for this article is : If you can't afford
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| when doing so. However it was a test run
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| | to spend the big bucks to get the biggest
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| so I figured it would be worth it to see
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| | and the best, then the Biostar Combo
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| how things run.
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| | Motherboards might be what you need. So
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| | far I now own 2 of these combo
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| | motherboards, I had been so impressed with
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| Went to my online store ordered a new
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| | it that 1 was not enough!The Motherboard
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| copy of Windows XP Professional, and used
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| | Model and Information follows below
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| my current stock copy of Windows XP Pro to
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| | :Biostar P4M800-M7 A
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| install it on the new hardware.
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| | VIA P4M800/VT8237R+ Socket 775
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| Everything went smooth and easy. Now my
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| | Micro ATX
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| type of testing is not quite the same as
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| | FSB 800
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| that of most by using utilities to test
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| | DDR 400
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| the machines. I rather use a real
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| | Video
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| environment test. For this I decided to
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| | 6 CH Audio
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| use Dark Age of Camelot - Darkness Rising
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| | 8 USB 2.0
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| expansion. Why would I do this you might
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| | Lan
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| ask? Well if you log 2 accounts into
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| | 3 PCI
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| Camelot by alt tabbing it creates a small
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| | ATA 133
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| memory leak. The better motherboards that
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| | 2DDR (2 gig max)
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| I have tested run about 8 hours alt tabbed
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| | 2 SATA/RAID
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| on 1 gig of ram without crashing or major
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| | AGP 8XIf I had to give this motherboard a
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| lag etc. Where as machines with 512MB
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| | score I'd give it 9 out of 10 for price
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| take about 2 to 3 hours to fail.
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| | versus performance.
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| Installed Camelot and noticed that the
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