The data you're loading has to come from somewhere, right? Perhaps the hard drive? Maybe the CDrom, or even system ram? If said medium is slow, that could lend itself to the problem.
Unless I misread your post and you're actually talking about screen-paint times... But you would have said frames-per-second, not load times.
Interesting. I have an ASUS MB with a VIA chipset, and I noticed a marked improvement in game performance when I updated my bios and switched from AGP2x to AGP4x.
I've had that setup for the past year, with same Win2k install. I've had less than five bluescreens, though I do reboot my machine on a weekly basis to clear up any memory issues.
Assuming you're using one of today's video cards, I'd assume that the bottleneck is more likely with your slower CPU, 5400rpm IDE hard drive on an ISA controller card, your 90NS simms, your 1x cd rom drive, your 16meg ram, or maybe you just haven't defragged in a while...
The point is, there are a LOT of bottlenecks in a machine, and adding in one faster (pick one of the above) item is not going to solve the problem.
I agree. Even people on cell phones in restaurants don't bother me, as long as their conversations isn't any louder than the gerneral ambiance of the room.
Phones at the theater, or at a movie theater aren't ever cool, though.
Take a look at the new IPAQ PDAs. I don't think they incorporate a camera, but they do have PDA, MP3 player, cell phone (works as pager with the right service), accepts Type II cards, so wireless is available. It also accepts memory cards, so you can have 1GB of ram too.
Man. When I learned all this stuff in school (ok, a long-ass time ago) we were told that a black hole pretty much sucked everything in. That's why we couldn't even really *see* it, because not even light could escape it's pull.
I guess I need to pay more attention to current physics.
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It's apparently like Cable TV, except without commercials. Added value? Probably not for everyone.
Now imagine what a piss-poor business model selling people TV over a wire and STILL including commercials and THEN charging for premium channels.
Sounds like cable TV to me. So you're saying what, exactly?
I prefer the 'Sunspots' explaination. BOFH rules!
Interesting. Thanks for the info.
The data you're loading has to come from somewhere, right? Perhaps the hard drive? Maybe the CDrom, or even system ram? If said medium is slow, that could lend itself to the problem.
Unless I misread your post and you're actually talking about screen-paint times... But you would have said frames-per-second, not load times.
What is it with you people and your Earth centric posts? Why can't you use OUR versions of measurement instead of YOURS?
Hello, we Martians are beings too! *snif!*
Interesting. I have an ASUS MB with a VIA chipset, and I noticed a marked improvement in game performance when I updated my bios and switched from AGP2x to AGP4x.
I've had that setup for the past year, with same Win2k install. I've had less than five bluescreens, though I do reboot my machine on a weekly basis to clear up any memory issues.
Nah. They both have to work in conjunction. If I have memory at 500mhz, but a slow GPU, the card will still suck.
Fast ram makes a good card, but fast ram and fast GPU make a great card.
Hm. I always had thought that the AGP bus and the PCI bus were completely seperate, so as to not interfere with one another.
Assuming you're using one of today's video cards, I'd assume that the bottleneck is more likely with your slower CPU, 5400rpm IDE hard drive on an ISA controller card, your 90NS simms, your 1x cd rom drive, your 16meg ram, or maybe you just haven't defragged in a while...
The point is, there are a LOT of bottlenecks in a machine, and adding in one faster (pick one of the above) item is not going to solve the problem.
Ok, gravity *and* traction. But I digress.
Later than soon, I imagine. If anyone has, I imagine that they soon realized that they can't seem to get it recharged...
Kind of like stealing an electric car. I wonder how many of those ever get carjacked?
A hill is still two-dimensional. It's just an extension of the current plane. So the only limitation really...is gravity.
Yeah, versus taking along an actual camera, digital or otherwise.
"Wow, they make portable things with flashy-thingines on them??"
Yeah, lawyers will be ALL over this. Riiiight.
I agree. Even people on cell phones in restaurants don't bother me, as long as their conversations isn't any louder than the gerneral ambiance of the room.
Phones at the theater, or at a movie theater aren't ever cool, though.
Take a look at the new IPAQ PDAs. I don't think they incorporate a camera, but they do have PDA, MP3 player, cell phone (works as pager with the right service), accepts Type II cards, so wireless is available. It also accepts memory cards, so you can have 1GB of ram too.
So if you can do without a camera, here you go.
Yeah, but as we've all found out...they CAN see who is grabbing them, and SOMEtimes they complain.
It's not a coaster. RTFA.
We'll go electric once the rails collect solar energy. :)
"Where we're going, we don't *need* roads."
Why are they doing this then, since the tracks that are already there are not sufficient to get more speed than they already get with diesel?
What's the point of retrofitting turbine engines to get speed, when they're essentially plotting their course on an unpaved coutry road?
Man. When I learned all this stuff in school (ok, a long-ass time ago) we were told that a black hole pretty much sucked everything in. That's why we couldn't even really *see* it, because not even light could escape it's pull.
I guess I need to pay more attention to current physics.
Whoa. I'd get that checked out, buddy!
Unlike any other movies WalMart sells, right?
No she didn't, dumbass. Word 10.0 is from WinXP.
Why not jump off a bridge, instead of jumping to conclusions. You'll make the more enjoyable that way.
Christ, at least do your homework first.