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The Truth Behind PC's

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Isn't it annoying having to explain almost everything in IT is a lie

A 17 inch monitor is really only about 15.6 inches across.

A 250gb HD isn't really 250gb once formatted

A 54g WiFi Card isn't really 5 times faster then the older 11mb/s card but morelike 30% faster, etc

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Very true. The worst thing is probably CPU advancements. If you upgrade your W2k box from 350MHz to 3500MHz, it's not going to be 10x faster despite the 350:3500 ratio. It will be more like 2x faster at a maximum.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Monserrat
    Very true. The worst thing is probably CPU advancements. If you upgrade your W2k box from 350MHz to 3500MHz, it's not going to be 10x faster despite the 350:3500 ratio. It will be more like 2x faster at a maximum.


    Well I'm guessing you've just made up those figures.. LOL

    But I have an Athlon XP 1800+ and the most intense thing I do is DivX encoding and it runs at about 29 frames per second, I checked some reviews and a Athlon XP 3000+ which is in theory more then 50% faster is only gonna get me about 40 FPS
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Geezer, I have ran W2k on 350MHz and 3200MHz so... is that close enuff for ya? The speed difference between the two machines was very little.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    btw thats why most companies mention clock speeds but that isnt it all, theres cache and FSB speeds which are more of a bottleneck these days
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Monserrat
    Geezer, I have ran W2k on 350MHz and 3200MHz so... is that close enuff for ya? The speed difference between the two machines was very little.

    I can only assumg you're taking the piss :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    A 56k modem is really only 33k.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Monserrat
    Geezer, I have ran W2k on 350MHz and 3200MHz so... is that close enuff for ya? The speed difference between the two machines was very little.

    That's because Windows 2000 isn't CPU intensive. For example, I feel no difference between XP on my PIII600 and my Athlon 2600. However, the PIII600 can take up to a minute to render some photoshop effects but the Athlon can do them in 1-4 seconds

    And a 56k V90 modem can only upload at 33.6k, and download at 56k (theoretically). A V92 however has 56.6k both ways
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Felix Da Housecat
    A 56k modem is really only 33k.


    noooooooo wrong dude


    56k is 56000bps download and 33600bps upload
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I remember my mates used to take the piss outta me because they were all on 56k and I was a luser on 14.4. Then I found out it was 33.3 and I was well chuffed. THEN I brought a 56k modem and joined the elite.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by wheresmyplacebo

    56k is 56000bps download

    Still rarely ever download at over 5kbs on 56gay though ;[
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    the highest i ever got on 56k was 6kb/s
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Kiezo
    Still rarely ever download at over 5kbs on 56gay though ;[

    56k theoretical max speed is 8KB/s so your 5KB/s is the reuslt of not having a perfect phone line etc etc
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    56 / 8 = 7KBsec
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by ben.s
    56 / 8 = 7KBsec

    sorry i forgot sue me

    but you ge the idea

    once on modem i did achieve 6.8KB/s for over an hour
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