HD3850AGP + Intel P3?

Judas · Jul 9, 2008, 03:46 PM

Received my shiny new HD3850agp card from the DH competition..

anyone think sticking it in the following machine is crazy?

intel p3 1ghz
1.5gb PC133 SD Ram
40gb HD
Hercules Digifire 7.1 sound card
500 watt psu (damn, didn't realize the card took a 8 pin pci-ex connector)

maybe i'll see if i can get it working on something even older... would that be something from a P2 series machine.

Syndicate2083 · Jul 9, 2008, 05:51 PM

P3's rocked the house dude. Sounds hawt.

Judas · Jul 9, 2008, 07:03 PM

watch people scream as i load windows vista home premium onto this machine

swimtech · Jul 9, 2008, 07:16 PM

Only one way to find out - gotta post some benchies after to show us huh? Could be interesting...

Crazy? You? Since when?

procupine14 · Jul 9, 2008, 07:33 PM

Brilliant!!!

OldBuzzard · Jul 9, 2008, 07:35 PM

intel p3 1ghz !?!?!?

Well, at least the vid card won't be the bottle neck on that system

Putting Vista on it? I remember loading up XP on on old system I had just for giggles and grins. It had a Cyrix 486SLC 40hz with 16 meg of memory

XP would run on it, but it was painfully slow, and you could almost hear the processor screaming for help

Judas · Jul 9, 2008, 08:07 PM

indeed

vista works very well on a intel p3 733 so 1ghz should be plenty fast

swimtech · Jul 9, 2008, 08:39 PM

Sssshhhhhh...

I actually have Vista Ultimate running on the 1.2 Athlon - it runs sluggish but ok - just over 1.2G of ram...

Judas · Jul 9, 2008, 09:37 PM

hey..

i got vista loaded on a machine with 512mb of pc 100 ram and 550mhz overclocked p2.... go figure

swimtech · Jul 9, 2008, 09:46 PM

The OS is worth more than the entire computer!!!

When you get that 3850AGP installed - have you decided what game you gonna use to wring her out with?

Judas · Jul 10, 2008, 04:03 PM

yeah... UT3 full upgraded on a dell 3007WFP

CDsDontBurn · Jul 11, 2008, 08:24 AM

why would you do that? how about we trade gfx cards?

. i'll even pay for shipping both ways

that 3850 would be much happier inside my beefy p4 3.2Ghz scottie

swimtech · Jul 12, 2008, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Judas

yeah... UT3 full upgraded on a dell 3007WFP

Ya know, I'm suspecting you've got a likelihood with that relatively strong video card of beating the 2Ghz Core Duo/ATI 1600 Pro/2G Ram combo in my MacBook Pro - maybe, could be, well - if the installer will allow it - I can't remember if it checks and I haven't tried to put it on the Athlon system. 1400x900 resolution is what I've got - if you want to compare...

Yeah, I can imagine that 3850 would really be a nice match for the 3.2 P4 CD's.

Jul 9, 2008, 05:51 PM	#2
Syndicate2083 HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Framingham, MA Posts: 228 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	P3's rocked the house dude. Sounds hawt. __________________ -Crash the silence for the sake of memory. Intrinsic Realities, Veteran-USN.

Jul 9, 2008, 07:16 PM	#4
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Only one way to find out - gotta post some benchies after to show us huh? Could be interesting... Crazy? You? Since when? __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Jul 9, 2008, 07:33 PM	#5
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 58 System Specs	Brilliant!!! __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU

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OldBuzzard DH's oldest Geek Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oberlin, OH Posts: 2,783 Rep Power: 145 System Specs	intel p3 1ghz !?!?!? Well, at least the vid card won't be the bottle neck on that system Putting Vista on it? I remember loading up XP on on old system I had just for giggles and grins. It had a Cyrix 486SLC 40hz with 16 meg of memory XP would run on it, but it was painfully slow, and you could almost hear the processor screaming for help __________________ When looking for a reason as to why things go wrong, never rule out sheer STUPIDITY Last edited by OldBuzzard; Jul 10, 2008 at 04:58 AM.

Jul 9, 2008, 08:39 PM	#8
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Sssshhhhhh... I actually have Vista Ultimate running on the 1.2 Athlon - it runs sluggish but ok - just over 1.2G of ram... __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Jul 9, 2008, 09:46 PM	#10
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	The OS is worth more than the entire computer!!! When you get that 3850AGP installed - have you decided what game you gonna use to wring her out with? __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

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CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	why would you do that? how about we trade gfx cards? . i'll even pay for shipping both ways that 3850 would be much happier inside my beefy p4 3.2Ghz scottie __________________ Her First Day \| A year later