new forum + pulsar user

sire · Post by **sire** » Tue Dec 31, 2002 3:11 am

hiya...i have just puchaced a pulsar II plus...arrives friday...nice to see a forum like this online..seems helpful enough =)

will read about what systems you have setup before putting together a new pc in the meantime i will be using the setup below...would appreciate knowing if any of my cards etc should be dumped before getting started with the pulsar..

Intel pIII 650
Asus p2v133 mb
2x128 + 1x256 sticks o ram
Adaptec AIC-7850 scsi controller
Adaptec AHA 1510 host adapter
4.26 gig HP scsi drive
17 gig ide drive 7200rpm
Yamaha scsi burner 8424s
Matshita scsi cdrom cr-508
Asus nvidia GeForce4 Ti-4200 (AGP 128mb dual out)
17” Trinitron monitor
Realtec RTL-8139 fast Ethernet nic

Stubbe · Post by **Stubbe** » Tue Dec 31, 2002 9:02 am

Hi sire, welcome in the club

You might want to keep the PCI slots clear as much as possible, I dunno how much of you gear is using the PCI connection. You should be fine tho, as long as you can distribute the IRQ's so that the Pulsar can have it's own.

Cheers and happy new year !
Stubbe

jupiter8 · Post by **jupiter8** » Tue Dec 31, 2002 12:33 pm

A VIA chipset with a SCSI card is the worst possible combination for a Pulsar card.

Sorry i don't think you'd be able to get it to run smooth with that combo.

Get the new computer as fast as possible.

It is'nt the Pulsar cards fault.It will run smooth with an Intel chipset.
The VIA PCI performance is just too bad and with a SCSI card as well..... No.

paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Tue Dec 31, 2002 5:56 pm

Check out this thread:

http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... 40&forum=3

It did wonders for me

sire · Post by **sire** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 10:26 am

thanks a lot..about time for an upgrade then...will check that link and scrape up some cash =)