System Specs

[Ben]

I was just wondering, what kind of specs do you have for your system? Mine aren't very good and need an upgrade.

-Win 98
-500 Mhz
-128 RAM
-20 Gig HD
-3dfx Voodoo3 Card
-19 in Monitor
-Zip 100 Drive
-HP 12x CD Writer

[mjames]

Ha, mine are worse. (But not for long... wait until I get my new Dell ):

Gateway G6-400 --> soon to be Dell Dimensions 8100
400 Mhz PII --> soon to be 1.3 Ghz PIV
192 MB PC100 (originally 64, upgraded in December) --> soon to be 256 MB PC133
9.54 gig-HD --> soon to be 60-gig HD
17" EV700 monitor --> soon to be 15" Digital Flat Screen monitor

[Aidan Bahta]

Win2k/Win98/WinMe/WinXP Beta 2/Mandrake 8.0/BeOS 5
800 MHz PIII
256 MB RDRAM
45 GB HD
19" Sony Monitor
GeForce 2 64 MB GTS
DVD Drive (12 I believe)
Burner (8/4/32 I think)
Nice speaker set w/subwoofer
Natural Keyboard
Optical Mouse

[qslack]

Woo hoo...another bragging thread

With that said, here are my stats...
p3 500
512mb pc133 ram
dell/sony trinitron (17")
viewsonic a90 (19")
ati radeon 32mb ddr
voodoo3 2000 pci
razer boomslang
ms intellimouse explorer
dell quietkey keyboard
2x25gb ata66 HDs
8x burner
nic
aureal a3d sound card
sony noise-canceling headphones

In my closet I have an IBM RS6000, but I'm having a bit of trouble turning that on.

[Brucie G]

OK here are the stats:

AMD Athlon 800mhz
256 PC133 RAM
40GB ata100 harddisk
CTX Flatscreen 19" monitor
Hercules MX 2 Graphics Card
Creative Platinum Soundcard
Logitech cordless keyboard and mouse
12X DVD player
8*12*? Burnproof CD Burner
Creative DTT2500 surround speakers - soon to be upgraded to Videologic Digitheatre DTS

And thats about it. I intend to upgrade the processor soon too, probably to a 1.1ghz.

[nflicanada]

Win Me/Win XP beta 2
AMD Athlon 1.3 GHZ
256MD PC2100 DDR Ram
40 GB HD
SB Live Platinum 5.1
15" NEC LCD monitor
Asus v7700 Deluxe
Dazzle DVC50
Toshiba 10x DVD Rom
Plexwriter 8/4/32

[bman]

most of you are doing much better than me. and i am not planning an upgrade anytime in the future..

-Win 98
-433 Mhz
-96 RAM
-6 Gig HD
-19 in Monitor
-Zip 100 Drive (USB)
-DVD Player
-CDRW (USB)
-whatever video card came with the system (it can't be too bad though cause it runs the DVD's)
-Logitech Track ball (USB) (i also keep my old mouse plugged into the PS2 port just for the heck of it.
-Scanner (USB)

only upgrade i am thinking about is to a different Video Card, because i want one that does video capture..
and i will probably be getting a cable modem soon too.. YAY.

[micmar]

Originally posted by mjames
Ha, mine are worse. (But not for long... wait until I get my new Dell ):

Dell? argh no, I hate Dell with a passion. Michael Dell is an AMD hater and will not use there CPU's in his systems. Becuase of that he has lost all respect from the vast amount of AMD supporters out there, including me. Anyway enough ranting, back to the point of the thread, here are my system specs.

AMD Athlon T-bird 800@950Mhz
ASUS A7V mobo
256Mb PC133 Infineon RAM
Creative SoundBlaster Live Value
30Gb Quantum HDD
Aopen HQ08 full tower case
WinMe/Win2kPro/Linux-Mandrake 8.0

[mmj]

My computer:

CPU: AMD Athlon Thunderbird 900
M/B: ASUS A7v 1.04
RAM: 128 Mb PC100
VIDEO: Matrox G400 32Mb Dualhead
MONITOR: NEC Multisync V500
SOUND: Creative SB Live 'Player'
HDD: Quantum Fireball CX 13Gb
DVD: Pioneer 6x DVD-113 DVD-ROM
CDRW: HP 9100 32x/8x/4x CD burner
... and more

My sound system:

RECEIVER/AMP: Denon AVR-1601 Digital Surround receiver
MAINS: Mission 701 Stand-mount main speakers
CABLE: "Prism Clara" speaker cable by Tara Labs.
INTERCONNECTS: digital coaxial/homemade
... and more

[mmj]

Originally posted by mjames
Ha, mine are worse.

...
400 Ghz PII

Sounds like quite a fast pentium!

only joking

[dominique]

-Win98SE, soon also RH Linux 7.1
-750 Mhz PIII
-128 MB RAM
-IBM 27 GB HD, Maxtor 20 GB HD
-19" monitor
-nVIDIA GeForce 256 AGP Plus
-Creative SB Live!
-2 network cards (Linksys and Intel-based)
-Samsung 8x DVD
-Sony 32x/8x/4x CD-RW
-DVD decoder card with TV-out
-Altec Lansing ADA 885 sound system
-Scanner
-Logitech MouseMan Weel
-Dell Quiet Keyboard
-and a cruddly olde HP DeskJet 540 from my previous PC!

[micmar]

Originally posted by mmj

My sound system:

RECEIVER/AMP: Denon AVR-1601 Digital Surround receiver
MAINS: Mission 701 Stand-mount main speakers
CABLE: "Prism Clara" speaker cable by Tara Labs.
INTERCONNECTS: digital coaxial/homemade
... and more

Nice stuff mmj, I am putting together a decent sound system at the moment, here are the specs..

A/V RECEIVER/AMP: Denon 3801
MAINS: Mordaunt Short 908 floor standing speakers
REARS: Mordaunt Short 902 stand mount speakers
CENTRE: Mordaunt Short 905C
CABLE: Kimber Cable


Still to come:
DVD: Toshiba SD4700 - New model due in July. Comes with progressive scan output, DVD-A, reads CD-R/W, Multizone and it should cost under $1000 Aussie dollars!!!

Mic

[creole]

Originally posted by Brucie G
OK here are the stats:

AMD Athlon 800mhz
256 PC133 RAM
40GB ata100 harddisk
CTX Flatscreen 19" monitor
Hercules MX 2 Graphics Card
Creative Platinum Soundcard
Logitech cordless keyboard and mouse
12X DVD player
8*12*? Burnproof CD Burner
Creative DTT2500 surround speakers - soon to be upgraded to Videologic Digitheatre DTS

And thats about it. I intend to upgrade the processor soon too, probably to a 1.1ghz.

Man...spooky. I have nearly the identical computer as you Brucie, down to the Video card. 'Cept I don't have a DVD burner.

[mjames]

Originally posted by micmar
Dell? argh no, I hate Dell with a passion. Michael Dell is an AMD hater and will not use there CPU's in his systems. Becuase of that he has lost all respect from the vast amount of AMD supporters out there, including me.

Point taken, but you can't deny Dell is a bad computer maker because they choose not to use AMD. But, given the choice in a Dell system, I'd likely go with an Athlon.

Originally posted by mmj


Sounds like quite a fast pentium!

only joking

How odd it is you are the one who always points out my typos. Of course I meant Mhz, but it's scary that Ghz of that magnitude won't be unrealistic in a while.

[micmar]

Originally posted by mjames

Point taken, but you can't deny Dell is a bad computer maker because they choose not to use AMD. But, given the choice in a Dell system, I'd likely go with an Athlon.

I see what you are saying and I suppose my post was a little vague. I dont doubt that there systems are good, it just annoys me that a company of that size cant see the potential in selling AMD based systems. The fact of the matter is most likely that they get unbeatable pricing from Intel for staying as an exclusive Intel dealer. Oh well, there loss.

Of course I meant Mhz, but it's scary that Ghz of that magnitude won't be unrealistic in a while.

400Ghz is a fair way off yet and is impossible with the current technology being used to produced CPU's, however 5-10ghz+ CPU's will be here in the next 5 years.

[Fiber]

Originally posted by Aidan Bahta
Win2k/Win98/WinMe/WinXP Beta 2/Mandrake 8.0/BeOS 5
800 MHz PIII
256 MB RDRAM
45 GB HD
19" Sony Monitor
GeForce 2 64 MB GTS
DVD Drive (12 I believe)
Burner (8/4/32 I think)
Nice speaker set w/subwoofer
Natural Keyboard
Optical Mouse

Aidan:

You don't have Beta 2; it's not out yet. Beta 1 isn't even out yet.

[nflicanada]

Fiber are you thinking of RC2? Beta 2 of XP has been out for a bit now and RC1 is scheduled later this month.

[Aidan Bahta]

Originally posted by Fiber


Aidan:

You don't have Beta 2; it's not out yet. Beta 1 isn't even out yet.

I am looking at the CD for it now. Several other SPF members here have it too. I paid MS about $10 for it.

[mmj]

Originally posted by micmar


Still to come:
DVD: Toshiba SD4700 - New model due in July. Comes with progressive scan output,

Do you have a television or projector able to use this progressive scan output?

By the way, I cannot wait for the time when we can throw away our standard definition televisions, but I cannot see it happening too soon.

[micmar]

Originally posted by mmj

Do you have a television or projector able to use this progressive scan output?

I dont as yet. That is the purchase im researching at the moment.
I am having a problem with this though. I have heard conflicting stories about progressive scan and what you need to display it. First I heard that you need a progressive scan TV to get true progressive output. Then I heard that all you need is a NTSC playback capable TV. The thing is I dont know who is right. If the first theory is correct then I have a lot more saving to do becuase those TV's start at about $3500, where as the standard non progressive TV's start at about $1400. (im talking for a 68cm tube)

Whatever the correct senario is, I will still buy the Toshiba 4700 as it will be a lot cheaper than the current DVD & DVD-A players available now. Progressive scan is just the icing on the cake

[tubedogg]

Win2K/WinXP beta 2
PIII 1GHz
512MB RD-RAM
21" Trinitron monitor
15" POS monitor
Dell Custom GEForce256 with 64MB RAM
ATI All-In-Wonder Pro with 32MB RAM
54x/12x Read/Write CD-RW
12x DVD-ROM with hardware decoding
Pinnacle Systems DC30pro video capture & output card
CambridgeSoundworks DTT2500 Digital Desktop Theater 5.1 (6 speaker surround sound system)
Creative SBLive! Value
75GB HDD

[mmj]

Originally posted by micmar


First I heard that you need a progressive scan TV to get true progressive output. Then I heard that all you need is a NTSC playback capable TV. The thing is I dont know who is right. If the first theory is correct then I have a lot more saving to do becuase those TV's start at about $3500, where as the standard non progressive TV's start at about $1400. (im talking for a 68cm tube)

As far as I know, I think you (and I!) both have a lot more saving, or waiting, to do.

To get the benefit of progressive scan, you will need a special television. A standard NTSC television is not capable, and is probably the worst platform available for viewing 24fps widescreen movies!

I am frustrated that with all the new High Definition media being created, there is nothing yet available for the average person to feel the benefit of any of these high resolution or progressive scan modes.

By the way, I have seen some Sony consumer standard definition televisions that double the resolution, and I think they are called "Digital Reality Creation". They de-interlace the signal and scan it at the equivalent of 50fps progressive. However, I am not sure whether it accepts the input from a progressive scan signal. You'd have to research that.

http://www.sony.com.au/product_detai...dCod=KVES29M31

Here is some info. In this model, DRC-1250 mode would be the progressive-style mode, showing a full 625 lines, 50 times per second. DRC-100 is a regular 100 Hertz flicker-free style, without any increase in resolution.

But, if you have a spare $10 to $80 grand or so, you would be able to get an LCD projector capable of doing all of this and more.

[micmar]

mmj - I think we have accidentally hijacked this thread.

I have started a home theatre thread here > http://www.sitepointforums.com/showt...threadid=25464

Mic

[hillsy]

For anyone who's interested:

Win2K
PIII 667
256MB RAM
Matrox G400 Millenium 32MB
SoundBlaster Live Value
12x DVD-ROM
Iomega CD-RW (forgot the speed)
1x 19" LG monitor, 1x 15" OEM
2x Seagate 13GB in a RAID 1 array

Some peripherals:
Canoscan 650U
Casio QV3000 digicam
APC UPS
USB Zip drive

Things to do:
More hard drives! I want to do RAID 0+1
Processor/MB upgrade (later this year maybe)

[cow]

wow! everyone seems to be doing better than me:

win98
celeron 366mhz
146 mb ram
4 gb hdd
16 gb hdd (ext.)
zip drive
4 mb on-board graphics
15" oem monitor
some cheap altec speakers (that have an annoying buzz)

and this is what i have at work! my home laptop is even older (and worse off).

i guess i'm not much for upgrading, i don't mind having things run sloooowwww (because i don't really know any better)...