qwerty01

Its been a while since I posted here, but I couldn't help many people anyways because most of the people here are smarter than me. Prove I'm right guys, this problem has me very frustrated. Here is my error message: Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM Or as it is better known, error message Q303012. I could not boot because of this error & had to go to my Win98 computer to search for a solution. I searched http:\\support.microsoft.com & found the fix. Basically, I had to rename system to system.bak & copy c:\windows\repair\system in the recovery console. Now, this worked flawlessly, I just had to reinstall my video & sound drivers, and redo some configurations. So no problem, right? Wrong. The info on the fix did not say anything about what happens when after doing the fix, the computer will work for about 3-4 days before repeating the error, & having to do the fix again, and having to reinstall the drivers & configs again. This is very frustrating to have a fix that lasts less than a week. I have searched the knowledge base, & couldn't find anything. Any help would be appreciated.

OK, I switched out my 256MB stick of Crucial DDR RAM that they recommended for my EPOX 8KHA mobo with another. Seemed to work fine, but after 4 reboots, the problem returned. Do you think I should try to switch to slot 2 of the RAM slots? I have had Win 98SE on this computer for several months before I formatted & went to XP. I never had trouble with my RAM or HD before. Here are my specs if it helps. EPOX 8KHA DDR mobo 1GHZ AMD Tbird IBM Dekstar 40GB HD WD 20GB HD 256MB Crucial DDR RAM Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer Creative 52X CD-ROM Pioneer 16X DVD Hercules Geforce 256 32MB DDR 300watt PS Linksys 10/100 EDIT: I have all patches for XP installed.

JUST finished the game. I was in "NORMAL" mode. It was one of the best action games I have ever seen!! I recommend it to everyone who has time for some fraggin'!!

JUST finished it. All I can say is DAMN thats a lot of enemies. I couldn't stop until I finished it. If you ever are in the mood for some mindless killing, it has it in droves. Can't wait to get this multiplayer going.

I do not know if anyone has seen this on AnandTech, but there is a new video card on the market called the Kyro II. It is a 64MB video card that does not use DDR ram, nor does it use hardware T&L. What it does do is beat out many of Nvidia's & ATI's cards. IT DOES THIS WHILE THE PRICE IS ONLY $150. I had to make sure everyone saw that before I went on. Here is the article, it is kind of long, but all of AnandTech's articles are long: http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1435 More importantly, here is the beginning of the benchmarks: http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1435&p=9 Quake III (fps) 1024x768x32 GF2 Ultra----------128.6 GF2 Pro 64MB-------111.6 KYRO II------------100.3 GF2 GTS------------95.6 Radeon DDR 64MB----80.6 Voodoo 5 5500------73.3 Radeon SDR---------60.6 GF2 MX-------------55.6 Quake III 1600x1200x32 GF2 Ultra----------56.1 GF2 Pro 64MB-------46 KYRO II------------41.6 GF2 GTS 64MB-------39.1 Radeon DDR 64MB----36.2 Voodoo5 5500-------26.4 Radeon SDR---------25.9 GF2 MX-------------20.1 Theoretical fillrate is how many megapixels per second a card should push out if you look at the size of the bandwidth, processor speed, and pipeline. The Geforce 2 Ultra has a theoretical fillrate of 1000 megapixels per second. The actual single texture fillrate was 374.95, or 37.5% efficiency. The Kyro II has a theoretical fillrate of 350 megapixels per second. The actual single texture fillrate is 352.89, or over 100% efficiency. OK, I know what you are saying, the Geforce 2 ultra kicks everythings *** as far as FSAA is concerned. Well, at 4X FSAA turned on, these were the results: Serious Sam FSAA test 1024x768x32 4X FSAA (fps) Kyro II--------------28.4 GF2 Ultra------------22.8 GF 2 Pro 64MB--------21.6 GF 2 GTS 64MB--------16 GF 2 MX--------------8.6 Voodoo 5 5500--------4.4 The Geforce 2 Ultra runs $450 & the Kyro II is only $150. What do you guys think??

Bursar, I think that is why they tested the card on Quake III & Serious Sam. They throw out some SERIOUS polys & even without hardware T&L a $150 card was heavy competition with cards that DO have hardware T&L & cost much more. I agree that the card is not DX8 optimized, but it is going up against cards that are not DX8 optimized either. This is the first card they put out to go up against Nvidia & it is supposed to be in direct competition with the Geforce 2 cards, not the Geforce 3 that is DX8 optimized. I'm sure they will have another card in the works that will directly compete with the Geforce 3 & (I hope, I hope, I hope) it will force Nvidia to bring down the price of the Geforce 3 so the average Joe can buy one.

I am also an Nvidia fan, it is just really good to see (with more research) that I can recommend a video card for gaming without seeing the persons face when I say how much it is.

The only thing that Windows borrowed (stole) in my opinion was Novell's NDS structure. It seems that they just changed it from NDS to ADS. I don't care what they stole, or what their OS looks like, Windows has the best offering so far in OS's & I intend on keeping with it until something better comes out.

I have just passed the NT 4.0 Workstation test (just before the deadline) and I am about to start on the 2000 track. The people at this forum seem to know quite a bit about XP & I am wondering if I am doing the right thing by getting a full MCSE in 2000, or should I just get a MCP in 2000 & wait for the XP certification tests to come out? Does anyone think that XP will eventually become a full replacement for 2000? So far I have an A+, CNA, and a MCP in NT 4.0. ------------------ Athlon 700 @ 698 Epox 7kxa 256Mb PC133 Hercules Prophet 32Mb DDR Sound Blaster X-Gamer Pioneer 16x DVD HP 9100i CD-RW 2-30gig 7200RPM WD HD ViewSonic PF790 19" Win98SE Full Tower

I have seen HUGE threads on other boards just about ATI & their lack of drivers for Win2k, and their lack of support for some chipsets. Nvidia has new drivers every couple of months. Just to let you know, I was a really big supporter of 3DFX for quite a while. I had 2 Voodoo 2's in an SLI config. I just know when something is dead, you don't keep feeding & watering it. You bury it & move on to things that are still alive.

How do you think that consoles run faster than a PC?? I have every console out there but a PS2. I don't play them much anymore because my computer plays games so much faster & at a higher resolution. On the dreamcast the target speed is 30-50 frames per second (FPS) @ whatever the televisions resolution is(like 600x400). I can easily hit 90-100 FPS @ 1024X768 & hit 30-50FPS @ 1600x1200. Why do I need a gaming OS when my computer can hit that kind of frame-rate & @ a higher resolution than a console? ------------------ Athlon 700 @ 770 Epox 7kxa 256Mb PC133 Hercules Prophet 32Mb DDR Sound Blaster X-Gamer Pioneer 16x DVD HP 9100i CD-RW 2-30gig 7200RPM WD HD ViewSonic PF790 19" Win98SE Full Tower

Holy fast computers Batman!! Damn Ronin, dual 850's?? Is it an IIS? Is it possible to o/c 2 processors on the same board? ------------------ Athlon 700 @ 770 Epox 7kxa 256Mb PC133 Hercules Prophet 32Mb DDR Sound Blaster X-Gamer Pioneer 16x DVD HP 9100i CD-RW 2-30gig 7200RPM WD HD ViewSonic PF790 19" Win98SE Full Tower

Well, i'm not running at 698 anymore, running @ 770 @ 36C. Not exactly monumental, but not bad. I will go higher when I get better cooling. How hot do you guys go before you start to get worried? INFERNO, very nice.

I guess every post of jdulmage's in this thread are a part of his non-helpful 20%. I guess Winamp would suck on a pair of $5 Yamaha 4 watt speakers huh? I know that Winamp ROCKS on Klipsch Pro Media 4.1's. I don't care if you and your friends make little movies on movie maker whacking each other off, it is not necessary for an OS to MAKE you install it.

Many of you have XP, which version do you have? Pro or Personal? Or is it just a general OS beta?

Questionnaire, I agree that dual processor support should be standard. I don't believe however that games will be supporting dual processor support any time soon. The Geforce 3 does most of the polygon crunching & the T&L. The processor is left to do the AI & physics, which if you have over a 600Mhz processor, can handle easily. The Geforce 3 has better memory bandwidth than a normal computer & its own 200Mhz processor. I do believe that eventually dual processor support will be standard, but the way graphics cards are improving every 6 months, I don't believe that games will be the cause of the new standard. Of course this is all IMHO. ------------------ Athlon 700 @ 770 Epox 7kxa 256Mb PC133 Hercules Prophet 32Mb DDR Sound Blaster X-Gamer Pioneer 16x DVD HP 9100i CD-RW 2-30gig 7200RPM WD HD ViewSonic PF790 19" Win98SE Full Tower

I know this is off the topic, but if you notice in my sig, I was able to o/c my processor 72Mhz.

I have always been partial to Hercules. I own a Hercules Prophet card & they always seem to add that "something" that makes it a little better than the rest. Just look at a picture of the blue Geforce 2 Ultra that Hercules made. It makes me want to buy a plexiglass case just so I could show off the card. ------------------ Athlon 700 @ 770 Epox 7kxa 256Mb PC133 Hercules Prophet 32Mb DDR Sound Blaster X-Gamer Pioneer 16x DVD HP 9100i CD-RW 2-30gig 7200RPM WD HD ViewSonic PF790 19" Win98SE Full Tower

Thanks Widow.

It was probably in the agreement when you install the beta. All betas have them, but how many people actually read them? It is a really good idea for 50% of the people who own a computer to allow a tech from MS troubleshoot a problem from his/her computer. Think of the amount of $$ spent on phone support. Then think of the amount of people (anyone who is on AOL) who do not know how to troubleshoot their own computer problems. It is a good idea, but the person does need to have a choice if they want to connect or not.

I just never upgrade. Once I build a computer, thats as fast as that computer will ever be. When I do build another computer, I only build when it is at least 2x as fast as the last. i.e. my last computer was a K6-2 350 & the one I am on now is a K7-700. I will wait for the AMD 1.4Ghz processor for my next system. I find this is a way that I don't spend as much money upgrading every time something new comes out.

Well said 4&20.

This is from the glideunderground.com: One of the things that many of you already know about is the fact that DX8 and the GeForce3 were essentially made for each other. That means that they are a great match and the DX8 supports all the extensions of the GeForce3, which is good to know. They have also created OpenGL extensions which is a plus. It seems that the Geforce 3 will have more support from Microsoft than any other graphics card. I like ATI so I won't tell you about all the horror stories I have heard about the ATI drivers being utter crap.

I don't remember saying that Nvidia will not put 3DFX's technology in their future processors. I know it for a fact because I have read up on it as I don't think you have. Nvidia is working closely with Microsoft on Direct X8. Hell, there is an Nvidia graphics card IN THE X-BOX!! As for ATI bringing out a graphics card that will compete with Nvidia, I hope they do. I firmly believe in direct competition between companies to further push technology to its limits. I read several interviews with core Nvidia people that said that since they do not plan to service the Voodoo cards that they are not to build any Voodoo cards & that most if not all Voodoo cards will be taken from the shelves since their is no one to continue to support the cards. 3DFX stopped support in February. 3DMark 2000?? Try GIANTS, or any other game that supports hardware T&L.

Duh, jdulmage, I refuse to believe that you are a dumbass that believes that if a company upgrades their entire system or even just the servers to Win2k that they can just buy an XP upgrade that will cost $179 & expect that to be all it takes to upgrade a company. There are site licenses, per server licenses, per seat licenses..... I guess it is possible for a company that has ONE server & ONE workstation to upgrade for that cheap, but how many companies have that? I do not have to travel to the future to see that it will be expensive for a company to upgrade their equipment just a few months after they upgraded to Win2k. *edit* So what is blackcomb? Other than a ski resort? [This message has been edited by qwerty01 (edited 03 March 2001).] [This message has been edited by qwerty01 (edited 03 March 2001).]