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0bsessions:
On the recommendations of various folks here and elsewhere, I attempted to flash my BIOS today.
Went perfectly fine and I am very glad I did it. The revision I was running on must've had some serioues issues. Since flashing, my FPS in WoW has effectively doubled and Left 4 Dead, which was running choppy as shit in even the lowest of settings, is now running smooth as silk in mid-high settings on the top resolution. This game is so much more fun when your PC isn't laggy as shit. Also nice, I was finally able to add the fourth stick of RAM I had sitting around (My previous BIOS revision was causing it to lockup if there was anything in the fourth slot).
It's seriously like I got an entirely new PC. Everything is running smooth now and it's not like I even have top of the line stuff. I'm running an AMD 4800+ (2.4 ghz dual core), four gigs of RAM and a GeForece 9800GT.
est:
Cool stuff, Jon. Glad it made such a difference.
0bsessions:
It also seems to have resolved the major syncing problems I was having with Assassin's Creed where the sound was a good ten to fifteen seconds out of sync with the video at all points.
MrBlu:
Hmm, someone wants to sell me an Alienware M9700. AMD Turion 64 (single core) at 2.0, 2GB RAM, 2 x 7900GS SLI.
Would that be able to let me play COD4 at least on 1440 x 900?
Dimmukane:
Most likely, yes. The biggest bottleneck would be in the processor, but I don't see it being a problem.
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