Building/Upgrading a PC for TS2
kaydee:
Quote from: KatEnigma on 2008 March 05, 18:58:22
Yay, that's good news! I wanted to be able to see the in-game L&P for TS3 and Spore. Without installing FT on my laptop, which would work, but not well. I can wait for the monthly driver update.
I saw the TS3 L&P once before I upgraded my card and you're not missing much. ;)
Damn, I wish I could figure out why I'm getting these weird random screenshots, though. It's like the game is pulling thumbnails out and randomly sticking them either on a black screen or on a copy of a screenshot. I wouldn't think it would be a video card issue but I just can't come up with anything else it could be. :/
Hegelian:
Quote from: jsalemi on 2008 March 05, 00:22:57
Ok -- just wanted to report back that the system is up and running, and it's a screamer!
So thanks for the suggestions Hegelian, especially about the E8400!
You're welcome! I'm jealous that you were actually able to build this machine.
As for your question about moving the old boot drive into the new machine without doing a clean install—I'm curious about how that worked out. Generally, trying to boot into Windows on a new motherboard with an installation done for a different MB can cause problems with driver conflicts for the motherboard components. You seem to have not had a problem; did you uninstall the motherboard drivers for the old PC before installing the hard drive in the new machine? You mention in your later post that the old drive is now the D: drive in the new machine, so did you end up doing a clean install on the Raptor? Given the speed advantage of the new drive, this is what I would have done. ;D
Definitely get rid of that X1300 (or use it with the remains of the old PC to build a budget a backup or Linux machine)—it's a budget part that wasn't even performance competitive with the previous X800-series midrange boards (like the X800 GT), and perhaps even the 9800XT.
jsalemi:
Quote from: Hegelian on 2008 March 08, 21:28:00
As for your question about moving the old boot drive into the new machine without doing a clean install—I'm curious about how that worked out. Generally, trying to boot into Windows on a new motherboard with an installation done for a different MB can cause problems with driver conflicts for the motherboard components. You seem to have not had a problem; did you uninstall the motherboard drivers for the old PC before installing the hard drive in the new machine? You mention in your later post that the old drive is now the D: drive in the new machine, so did you end up doing a clean install on the Raptor? Given the speed advantage of the new drive, this is what I would have done. ;D
Definitely get rid of that X1300 (or use it with the remains of the old PC to build a budget a backup or Linux machine)—it's a budget part that wasn't even performance competitive with the previous X800-series midrange boards (like the X800 GT), and perhaps even the 9800XT.
I've replaced the X1300 with a HD 3850, so life is good.
I didn't do a clean install -- I made a custom XP install disk and did a repair. It was enough to get it running and then use the WD utility to copy the disk image to the Raptor and then boot from that. If you asked me 2 days ago, I would have said that worked fine, but then I got home from work yesterday to find the machine completely locked up and wouldn't reboot. So I ultimately ended up doing a clean XP install on the Raptor last night, and I've spent most of today reinstalling all my software. Still have some minor glitches, but I'll work them out. My on-board RealTek audio never came back for whatever reason, but I don't mind since I was planning on updating to a newer SoundBlaster anyway, so I just put my old Audigy 4 back in until the new X-Fi Xtreme Audio board arrives.
KatEnigma:
I managed to move my windows installation when I found that my 31 day old motherboard was only reading RAM in the last 2 slots. (with a 30 day return policy! Argh!) I had the phone ready to call Microsoft, sure I'd have to reinstall, but *knock wood* It booted up and let me install the Bios update and mobo drivers, and all windows wanted was to let it reauthenticate. And this was with a totally different brand of mobo. It's been 2 weeks now, and everything is running fine.
jsalemi, how do you like the card? It really gives a pretty picture, doesn't it? If they'd just fix the driver and TS2, I'd be in heaven. ;)
jsalemi:
Yea, the card is really nice, but I'm having a bunch of BSODs that I'm suspecting are either RAM that went bad or the Raptor having problems. I'm going to play with removing and swaping the RAM today to see if that's the issue. If it's the Raptor, I'll be annoyed. If it's the mobo that went bad, I'll be pissed. :(
I actually had to reactive XP so many times that I hit the MS 'wall', and had to call on the phone to get it re-activated. Major annoying.
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