HELP! What PC/Motherboard/Graphics card do I have?

Post by **FatherJack** » June 26th, 2007, 1:09

If you're not sure what's inside your box, but need advice on what to buy, try this. It'll help people to understand better how to help you.

- Download CPU-Z, unzip it and run it.
- Go to the last tab, About and click HTML Dump (.htm)
- Find where you saved the file, open it, click on it and press CTRL+A, CTRL+C
- Include the dump in your message with CTRL+V

You should get something like this:

CPU-Z 1.40 report file
Processor(s)
Number of processors 1
Number of cores 2 per processor
Number of threads 2 (max 2) per processor
Name Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Code Name Conroe
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
Package Socket 775 LGA
Family/Model/Stepping 6.F.6
Extended Family/Model 6.F
Core Stepping B2
Technology 65 nm
Core Speed 1600.0 MHz
Multiplier x Bus speed 6.0 x 266.7 MHz
Rated Bus speed 1066.7 MHz
Stock frequency 2400 MHz
Instruction sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T
L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 4096 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Chipset & Memory
Northbridge NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI SPP rev. A2
Southbridge NVIDIA 680i SLI MCP rev. A2
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Size 2048 MBytes
Memory Frequency 571.4 MHz (7:15)
CAS# Latency (tCL) 5.0 clocks
RAS# to CAS# (tRDC) 5 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 5 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 15 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 22 clocks
Command Rate 2T
System
System Manufacturer EVGA
System Name 122-CK-NF68
System S/N 1
Mainboard Vendor EVGA
Mainboard Model 122-CK-NF68
BIOS Vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Version 6.00 PG
BIOS Date 05/02/2007
Memory SPD
Module 1 DDR2, PC2-6400 (400 MHz), 1024 MBytes, Corsair
Module 2 DDR2, PC2-6400 (400 MHz), 1024 MBytes, Corsair
Software
Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX Version 9.0c

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 26th, 2007, 1:23

ooh, cunning, I never pressed that button before

though, it doesn't seem to mention graphics card, only the slot type. still handy mind

Post by **FatherJack** » July 8th, 2007, 5:08

Anyone, any ideas on how one's graphic card's memory's size/type can be checked?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » July 8th, 2007, 5:11

Size is easy.

Display properties > Advanced > Adaptor.

Edit: Seperate app is needed for the type afaict, rivatuner and ATItool* (in the settings page) work nicely

*works on nvidia too, despite the name

Post by **FatherJack** » July 8th, 2007, 5:15

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Seperate app is likely needed for the type, maybe ATItool or such?

Probably, they seem the only ones using DDR3+ so far, but I'm guessing it'll become more widespread.

Edit: ta!

Post by **tandino** » July 8th, 2007, 14:04

Don't know if this is of any use to you, but after prying around my card with Rivatuner, I'm on DDR3 too:

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$ffffffffff NVIDIA specific display adapter information
$ffffffffff ----------------------------------------------------------------
$0100000000 Graphics core             : NV47/G70 revision A1 (16pp,6vp)
$0100000001 Hardwired ID              : 0090 (ROM strapped to 0093)
$0100000002 Memory bus                : 256-bit
$0100000003 Memory type               : DDR3 (RAM configuration 07)
$0100000004 Memory amount             : 262144KB
$0100000100 Core clock domain 0       : 275.400MHz
$0100000101 Core clock domain 1       : 275.400MHz
$0100000102 Core clock domain 2       : 275.400MHz
$0100000006 Memory clock              : 598.500MHz (1197.000MHz effective)
$0100000007 Reference clock           : 27.000MHz
$010000000c HSI bridge                : BR02 PCIE-to-AGP

Also, can anyone explain this HSI bridge (bottom line) lark to me? I'm confused (but not a technospaz).

eion · Post by **eion** » July 8th, 2007, 14:14

tandino wrote:Also, can anyone explain this HSI bridge (bottom line) lark to me? I'm confused (but not a technospaz).

You're using a 7800GS, right?

The HSI is basically a bridge between PCI Express and AGP. The 7x nVidia cores were designed for PCI Express, and using an HSI allows nVidia to produce an AGP card without rejigging the core (which would be very expensive).
When PCI Express first came out, HSI chips were used in the opposite way to rapidly release PCI Express cards based on existing AGP cores.

Post by **tandino** » July 8th, 2007, 14:29

eion wrote: You're using a 7800GS, right?

The HSI is basically a bridge between PCI Express and AGP. The 7x nVidia cores were designed for PCI Express, and using an HSI allows nVidia to produce an AGP card without rejigging the core (which would be very expensive).
When PCI Express first came out, HSI chips were used in the opposite way to rapidly release PCI Express cards based on existing AGP cores.

Yeah 7800GS here. Nice one, clarified things a bit. Ta for that. My card is still going for £140+ on ebay (what I paid for it), but I'm not sure for how long to be honest...

Fuck, just checked my credit card and they've put my limit up to £1450... Upgrade beckoning strongly now!

eion · Post by **eion** » July 8th, 2007, 14:52

tandino wrote: Yeah 7800GS here. Nice one, clarified things a bit. Ta for that. My card is still going for £140+ on ebay (what I paid for it), but I'm not sure for how long to be honest...

Just goes to show how stupid people on eBay can be (given that I paid less than £150 for my 7800GS OC a couple of days after the cards were first launched, and that distinctly better AGP cards can apparently be had for that money). If you're considering an upgrade and you can get £140 for your old card, I'd definitely recommend going that route.

Post by **tandino** » July 8th, 2007, 15:05

The upgrade's pretty much final now, but I'm keeping my card as I've only had it for 4 months(ish).

Upgrade is:

<a href="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... ocessor</a>
<a href="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... K">MoBo</a>
<a href="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... >Memory</a>
<a href="http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... WD">HDD</a>

£296.05 inc VAT

Pretty sure that all these are compatible with one another, in fact I am sure. But if any of you fuckers have a spare 5 mins and want to look through the options and flag any incompatibilities/stupid oversights, feel free. Cheers cu<b></b>nts!

[Edit]
To go with berk's suggestion for HDD and slap myself in the face for making a rookie mistake...

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » July 8th, 2007, 18:26

They should all work together, But...

The HDD is 2.5" and 5200rpm.

that is, small, slow and expensive) Don't do it.

This would be much nicer

Post by **tandino** » July 8th, 2007, 19:12

ZOMG! Done, thanks to Berk holding my cock hand throughout. I'm excited for upgrades coming on Tuesday now. I'm off to sweep up a nice version of XP... HOO RAH!

Also, sorry for threadjacking with my upgrade nonsense.

Killavodka · Post by **Killavodka** » October 14th, 2007, 16:25

DirectX diagnostics can tell you pretty much everything about your graphics card.

Start - Run - type Dxdiag

If you want a dump just add a location to the end, For Example:

Open: Dxdiag C:/Dxdiag.txt

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 14th, 2007, 16:33

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

much easier.

Post by **HereComesPete** » October 14th, 2007, 21:09

tandino wrote:ZOMG! Done, thanks to Berk holding my cock hand throughout. I'm excited for upgrades coming on Tuesday now. I'm off to sweep up a nice version of XP... HOO RAH!

Also, sorry for threadjacking with my upgrade nonsense.

Personally, I would have got it all from ebuyer, its cheaper, and you could have got yourself an e6750 for £114, its 2.66GHz and has an fsb of 1333 (not that it needs it that fast), but the ram on ebuyer is shocking in selection atm, so you'd end up paying more shipping charges if you got ram somewhere else, subjective really.

Also, free legit xp>swept xp>linux/unix/archimedes/bbc/spectrum tapes>anything else>my toaster with on-board 128k memory>fista.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 14th, 2007, 21:13

I personally find scan to average out about best, ebuyer is good for single parts and stuff in a hurry.

ocock can be considerably cheaper than both on some stuff (and not, on other stuff)

However, everyone has a favourite shop (and ones they hate) so I just use ocock for speccing, as their site is best for throwing a machine together in under 5 minutes

Also, that was posted in july

Post by **HereComesPete** » October 14th, 2007, 21:36

Pfft. I knew that

Just KV offering 'help' that updated the thread, not tandino's system.

Post by **tandino** » October 14th, 2007, 23:29

HereComesPete wrote:

Personally, I would have got it all from ebuyer, its cheaper, and you could have got yourself an e6750 for £114, its 2.66GHz and has an fsb of 1333 (not that it needs it that fast), but the ram on ebuyer is shocking in selection atm, so you'd end up paying more shipping charges if you got ram somewhere else, subjective really.

Also, free legit xp>swept xp>linux/unix/archimedes/bbc/spectrum tapes>anything else>my toaster with on-board 128k memory>fista.

Great! write it down and mail it to 3 MONTHS AGO...

I've used ebuyer before and still do every now and again. Very happy with overcockends service though. The components are spot on too, overclocked with little to no extra heat.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 14th, 2007, 23:37

Also the E6750 released 14 days after tandino ordered

Post by **HereComesPete** » October 14th, 2007, 23:51