i have 2 pc with 2 slightly different vga cards. ATI 9600xt and 9550. i know that 9600xt is the better one, which i would like to place into the better machine. so which pc of these 2 is better? amd athlon 2500+ (barton) clock@3200+ abit nf7-s 1ghz ddr400 ram OR intel celeron D 336+ 2.8ghz clock@3.4ghz ECS P4M800PRO-M2 V2.0 1.5ghz 667mhz ddr2 ram thanks

hmm..sry, the amount of ram should be the other way round. 1.5ghz on amd and 1ghz on celeron:-)

mmmm I would go with the 2nd one. I dislike Athalons Good Luck : JiffyTech Services

guess would be the intel 4tw

ok guys, thanks for the fast response. now, here comes another question :-) currently 9600xt is with amd and 9550 with the celeron, both systems are installed with ati's 7.1 catalyst driver. can i just swap the cards? or do i have to uninstall the drivers and reinstall them ?

"mmmm I would go with the 2nd one. I dislike Athalons" I don't know where 'JiffyTech Services' came from, but so far, I'm not impressed. Disliking a CPU is NOT a viable reason. Your AXP system is a good one, but it's outdated. The Celeron D is a 64-bit CPU & should run faster, even with the crappy ECS/VIA based board. For best performance, you should run the CPU:DRAM ratio at 1:1. That means that you should underclock your DDR2-667 RAM to match the FSB speed. In other words, with your CPU at it's default FSB setting of 133MHz (533FSB), your RAM should also run at 133MHz (DDR2-266). Since you've overclocked the FSB to approx 162MHz, your RAM should also run at 162MHz. There's no point running the RAM at a faster bus speed than the CPU. "both systems are installed with ati's 7.1 catalyst driver. can i just swap the cards? or do i have to uninstall the drivers and reinstall them ?" Personally, I would uninstall Catalyst v7.1, swap the cards, & install the newest Catalyst driver v7.5.

you're right, jam. the setting is currently at 21 x 162mhz. how do i "unlock" my cpu? which setting should i change? also, after unlocking it, i'll just have to make adjustment with my current setting (21 x 162mhz) or do i have to lower it first? please guide me if you can. if you need to take a look at the manual, here's it : http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Do... next, i'm kinda reluctant to update ati's driver, have a look at their review here and you'll know what i mean : http://fileforum.betanews.com/revie... version 7.1 seem to be the best drive till date.