I am planning on upgrading my computer to use the GeForce 6800 GT video card, but I'm sure there are a few things that need to be changed in my computer. The processor, for example, isn't going to help, and one of the things I need to know is whether or not I'll need to change my motherboard. I figured this would be a good place to look for help. Anyway, I'm using FreshDiagnose to gather various information about my system, and hopefully with what I provide, you can give me advice on what needs to go and what can stay. Also, my objective here is to get a high-end gaming machine that will run games like Doom 3 at high resolutions with no loss in framerate. I will enclose info on my motherboard, processor, and RAM at this time, and I will gladly provide any more information you need. Thanks!
Here goes:
Motherboard Information
Motherboard Model 7VTXH
Motherboard Vendor Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Motherboard Version 1.0
Motherboard Serial Number 00000000
Chipset Model VT8366 Apollo KT266 CPU to PCI Bridge
Chipset Vendor VIA Technologies Inc
BIOS Model AMIBIOS 062710
BIOS Vendor American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Id 62-1219-001199-00101111-071595-KT266A-GA7VTXH1
BIOS Date 07/15/95, 7VTXH F4
Memory Controller
Error Detecting Method 32-bit ECC
Error Correcting Capability Single Bit Error Correcting
Enabled Error Correcting Single Bit Error Correcting
Supported Interleave One Way Interleave
Current Interleave One Way Interleave
Maximum Memory Size per Slot 512 MB
Supported Speed(s) 70 ns, 60 ns
Memory Module Voltage 3.3 Volts
Number of Memory Slots 3
Memory Module Config Handles $08, $09, $0A
Supported Memory Types
Supports Standard Type Yes
Supports Fast Page Mode Yes
Supports EDO Yes
Supports Parity Yes
Supports ECC Yes
Supports SIMM Yes
Supports DIMM Yes
Supports Burst EDO No
Supports SDRAM Yes
Memory Module
Socket Designation DIMM1
Bank Connections RAS 0, RAS 16
Current Speed Unknown
Current Memory Type DIMM, SDRAM
Installed Size 256 MB
Enabled Size 256 MB
Correctable Error Exists No
Uncorrectable Error Exists No
Memory Module
Socket Designation DIMM2
Bank Connections RAS 0, RAS 50
Current Speed Unknown
Current Memory Type DIMM, SDRAM
Installed Size 512 MB
Enabled Size 512 MB
Correctable Error Exists No
Uncorrectable Error Exists No
Processor
Model AMD Athlon MP 1700+
Type Primary Processor
Vendor Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Family 6th Generation of AMD Processors
Hardcoded Name AMD Athlon XP 1700+
Frequency 1474 MHz
Family/Model/Stepping 6/6/2
Detailed Info
Codename PM, Palomino
First Introduction Octobre 15th, 2001
Package Type 575 Pin BGA / 453 Pin Socket APGA/BPGA
Socket Type Slot A / Socket A
Transistors +/- 37,500,000 (includes L1 & L2 Cache)
Technology 6M, 0.18 µm, CMOS, Cu
Split Voltage N/A
Core Voltage 1.35 v
I/O Voltage 3.3 v, 2.5 v
Typical Power 44.9-61.7 w
Maximum Power 72.0 w
Supported External Bus Speed 100, 133 MHz
Supported Multiplier 5.0x, 5.5x, ..., 14.0x
Processor Core RISC, Out-of-order and Speculative Execution
Core Details 72 MOP Entry ROB/ICU,
18 MOP Entry Integer Scheduler,
36 MOP Entry FP Scheduler
Registers 32 Bit Integer, 80 Bit FP, 64 Bit MM
24 Entry 32-Bit 9x Read 8x Write IFFRF (Integer RAT)
88 Entry 90-Bit 5x Read 5x Write FPRF (FP RAT)
Pipeline Depth 10 (Integer), 15 (FP)
Instruction Decoder Direct and Vector Path, Up to 3x IA-32/Cycle
Up to 3x MOPs/Cycle, Up to 6x ROPs/Cycle
Execution Units 3x IEU (2x w/ MUL, 1x w/o MUL), 3x AGU (1x/IEU),
3x Pipelined FP (1x ADD, 1x MUL, 1x STORE)
Execution Speed Up to 3x Integer MOPs/Cycle,
Up to 6x Integer ROPs/Cycle,
Up to 3x FP ROPs/Cycle
Address Bus Width 13 Bit
Data Bus Width 64+8 Bit, Separate 64+8 Bit Backside L2 Cache Bus
Physical Memory 2^32..34 Bit (4..16 GB)
Virtual Memory 65,528 GB (~64 TB)
Multiprocessing SMP, Up to 14 Processors
Power Management HLT, STPCLK, SMI/SMM, PowerNow! Technology
Instruction Set IA-32
Floating Point Integrated
Multimedia MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE-MMX, SSE-MEM,
3DNow! Professional (Full SSE)
Processor Modes Real, Protected, Virtual, Paging, SMM
Cache Configuration
L1 Code Cache 64 KB size, 2-way set associative, 64 byte line size, 1 line per tag
L1 Code TLB 4 KB pages, fully associative, 16 entries
2 MB/4 MB pages, fully associative, 8 entries
L1 Data Cache 64 KB size, 2-way set associative, 64 byte line size, 1 line per tag
L1 Data TLB 4 KB pages, fully associative, 32 entries
2 MB/4 MB pages, 4-way set associative, 8 entries
Unified L2 Cache 256 KB size, 16-way set associative, 64 byte line size, 1 line per tag
L2 Code TLB 4 KB pages, 4-way set associative, 256 entries
2 MB/4 MB pages, associativity off, 0 entries
L2 Data TLB 4 KB pages, 4-way set associative, 256 entries
2 MB/4 MB pages, associativity off, 0 entries
Processor Features
Floating-point Unit on chip (FPU) Yes
MMX Instructions (MMX) Yes
MMX Instruction Extensions (MMX+) Yes
3DNow! Instructions Yes
3DNow! Instruction Extensions (3DNow!+) Yes
Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) Yes
Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (SSE2) No
Multiprocessor Capable Yes
x86-64 Long Mode (LM) No
Virtual Mode Extension (VME) Yes
Debugging Extension (DE) Yes
Page Size Extension (PSE) Yes
Time Stamp Counter (TSC) Yes
Model Specific Registers (MSR) Yes
Physical Address Extension (PAE) Yes
Machine Check Exception (MCE) Yes
CMPXCHG8 Instruction (CX8) Yes
On-chip APIC Hardware (APIC) Yes
Fast System Call (SEP) Yes
Memory Type Range Registers (MTRR) Yes
Page Global Enable (PGE) Yes
Machine Check Architecture (MCA) Yes
Conditional Move Instruction (CMOV) Yes
Page Attribute Table (PAT) Yes
36-bit Page Size Extension (PSE36) Yes
96-bit Processor Number (PSN) No
CLFLUSH Instruction (CLFSH) No
Debug Trace Store (DTS) No
ACPI Supported (ACPI) No
Fast Save and Restore (FXSR) Yes
Self Snoop (SS) No
Thermal Monitor Supported No
IA-64 Processor Capable (IA-64) No