sirfulcrum

Hey all, A couple of years ago when I was building a 440BX system, a friend on mine who's very knowledgeable in such things told me that I could go up to 384MB of PC100 SDRAM and still keep 8ns access speed. But if I went over 384MB, the access speed drops to 60ns, even if they are all 8ns chips. The reasoning being that with that much RAM, the system takes a little longer accessing the memory. Now was my friend incorrect? I've been trying to research this on the web to see if it's true or not, but I haven't discovered anything. The reason I'm asking is that I've got a chance to bump up to 512MB of RAM with my Dual 440BX board, but I don't want to do it if it means I take a speed hit on the access speed. Thank you.

Could someone use dxdiag and find out what the version number of DirectX 8.0a is? I tried installing it, but it kept telling me I had 4.08.00.0400, which is what it was before, I think. Anyway, I did a MadOnion test before and after I installed DX8a, and it was the same. Thanks.

Hey everyone, Wanted to know if anyone has had a problem with trying to install a GeForce2 Ultra board on a Tyan 100 motherboard running Windows 2000 and dual P3 600's. I have a GeForce DDR that's working fine. I plug in the GeForce2 Ultra and start up the machine in VGA mode, which is okay. When I try and install the drivers, the screen goes totally blank (or, some of the time a white cursor line will appear and blink). I've tried both Detonator 6.31 and 7.17. The problem isn't the board, because I brought it to work and plugged it into my Windows Me-based Alienware and it works fine (in fact, I'm using it right now). Any thoughts? Thanks, sirfulcrum