----------------------------------- the_short1 Fri Apr 23, 2004 12:44 pm Question about CPU and Video cards....common... help please! ----------------------------------- hey all.... i just got a new (old) computer... question: sometimes my PC reports my speed differently on startup (rite b4 it tests ram...) its a pent 1, 166 MHz Processor... but it says its 150 MHZ lots of the time... and sometimes it shows it as 133MHZ.... this means my CPU is failing dont it??? or am i mistaken....??? second question: will adding a second video card to my PC be beneficial... rite now i have a cyrus 2MB video card... will adding a second video card (i have a empty slot for PCI...) give me more video memeory... even though a monitor is not connected to the second one ??? NOTE: i think the second one is also 2MB... not shure.... but its a s3 TRIO64 something rather... *** i tried it... but in windows it didn't say the amount of video memory... ... but i got it after requesting a 2MB or so video card from this guy that i met while i got free comp.... THANKS!!!!!!... ----------------------------------- Dan Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:18 pm ----------------------------------- i dont think adding a second vid card like that will add the memory together and even if it did it is only 4mb witch will not help much consdiering the new games now need 128mb. as for CPU, it sounds like there is a seting wrong in the BISO or a switch on the mother borad. alougth i am not shure about this stuff i am more in to compsci then comp enegering:roll: ----------------------------------- the_short1 Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:01 pm ----------------------------------- and i though ude be the one ....... .... yea... 4 MB is a big diff over 2 MB.... not like i going to play wc3 or anything on it :roll: :( only old school games like AOE 2 + expansion... Doom 1,2,TNT,plutonia....quake1... .starcraft Broodwar....turing... Roller Coaster Tycoon 1****i now got a NON-BURNED version ... guess what... it was from a cerieal box :( :lol: **remember how i disbeleived that... well... i was wrong... *** i got it for free at a computer recycling event... and it was in one of those envelopes... :):):) ... and of course... tons of TUNES... and p0rn ;) . i will be getting a new comp with 3d card etc but thats for the rec room :( .... this one i got is for my room :) i will be putting together my new (old) comp and my older (old) comp to make a good one :)... CANT WAIT TILL JUNE... hmmm.... ill check out my BIOS..... was working good last nite and this morning,..... at the momment each time i start up it says 133... so .... windows freezes on startup.... BIOS checking.... hmmm..... mite just reset to defaults... that seems easier... :) i think that may be the problem.... i though it was video card *** i have good ram... i tested with memtest.... but i think it may be the CPU that makes it not work... :(**** i tested with 2 diff video cards.... o yea... my comp freezes on the 'starting windows 98' screen.... like maybe 50 % of the time :(... if u think u know how to fix dat.... and if it works... ill give ya some bits...