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Hey guys, I am out of ideas. I have setup 2 extra rigs in my apartment, they both are really similiar component wise. The one that is hypothetically faster is actually slower. I need some advice as to what could be making the slower one faster.
Rig #1
Mobile Athlon XP 2400+ @ 200x12 = 2.4ghz
DFI NFII Ultra Infinity
512mb (2x256mb) OCZ Dual Channel DDR @ 2-3-3-3-11
Radeon 9700 Pro
WD 160GB ATA 8mb
Rig #2
Mobile Athlon XP 2500+ @ 200x11 = 2.2ghz
DFI NFII Ultra Infinity
512mb Single stick of Samsung @ 2.5-3-3-3-11
Geforce4 TI4400
WD 80GB ATA 8mb
All other settings are basically identical. Raid controller is disabled on both of them. Both are using onboard lan/audio. I tried setting the virtual pages the same with no luck. Also Rig #1 got an HDtach score of ~ 100mbps and Rig #2 a score of ~ 91mbps. But, Rig #2 loads quicker in games (i.e. these systems are used to play City of Villains Beta side by side and #2 always loads quicker) and seems snappier in windows itself.
Any help is much appreciated and thanks in advance!
Edit: Forgot to mention both are using the same platform drivers (Nvidia 5.10) without the Nvidia SW IDE driver.
Rig #1
Mobile Athlon XP 2400+ @ 200x12 = 2.4ghz
DFI NFII Ultra Infinity
512mb (2x256mb) OCZ Dual Channel DDR @ 2-3-3-3-11
Radeon 9700 Pro
WD 160GB ATA 8mb
Rig #2
Mobile Athlon XP 2500+ @ 200x11 = 2.2ghz
DFI NFII Ultra Infinity
512mb Single stick of Samsung @ 2.5-3-3-3-11
Geforce4 TI4400
WD 80GB ATA 8mb
All other settings are basically identical. Raid controller is disabled on both of them. Both are using onboard lan/audio. I tried setting the virtual pages the same with no luck. Also Rig #1 got an HDtach score of ~ 100mbps and Rig #2 a score of ~ 91mbps. But, Rig #2 loads quicker in games (i.e. these systems are used to play City of Villains Beta side by side and #2 always loads quicker) and seems snappier in windows itself.
Any help is much appreciated and thanks in advance!
Edit: Forgot to mention both are using the same platform drivers (Nvidia 5.10) without the Nvidia SW IDE driver.