Compy question.

[RKCoon 0]

OK kids wierd one for ya. i got a Dell Pentium 4, with WinXP on it, 120 GB between two drives... and running offa pretty lame 128 of ram. i got two slots in it, so the question is -- where is thew best place to find out A) whats the most ram i can cram into this thing and where to get it. im not totally sure WHAT kindaram it is either, but id does only have one indent in where it plugs intto the motherboard, it that helps. (yes i SUCK with comps, my idea of technology is the points condensor in my dodge van. *Beaten horrificly*

[Luk3us 63]

If its a Dell you can check their website and insert your service tag and it'll detail all the specs for your computer, and in that will be what kind of memory you have and how much your motherboard can handle.

 

Though I wouldn't go over 1GB personally. Nothing really needs more than that unless you're wanting Word to load that half millisecond faster....

[Acerz492 1]

With all the good games due to come out, it'll eventually be necessary to have at least 1 gig of RAM or more.

 

RKCoon, if you can take a few pics of your motherboard and post 'em here we'd probably be able to help you out a bit better. :wink:

[J-Fire_Man 0]

OK kids wierd one for ya. i got a Dell Pentium 4, with WinXP on it, 120 GB between two drives... and running offa pretty lame 128 of ram. i got two slots in it, so the question is -- where is thew best place to find out A) whats the most ram i can cram into this thing and where to get it.

A. You ussually can look the maximum RAM memory the motherboard can handle in the motherboard box or the motherboard guide book

B. If what you meant with "it" is the RAM, then where else other than the computer store to buy it.

[Sonic 296]

Find out the name and model of motherboard, you can then visit the motherboard manufacturers site and look up the specs for how much ram you can use.

 

As for how much, 1 GB is all you will need. As Luk3us said there is no point in having more. Lets say your motherboard can take a maximum of 2 GB, you buy it, install it only see stuff all performance again. Jumping from 128 MB to 1 GB will be great though.

[rEdaSbLood 1]

yea i could use some upgrades...according to my AOL my RAM and i think processor need upgrades...and i found that valid...but i think i need a new graphics card too...

 

2.0 ghz

512ram...good or no?

nvidia GeForce 4 MX420...i think its weak...

120G memory i think

 

i need a new monitor too...i keep getting "frequency out of range" with EAW

[TheBlackOut 7]

nvidia GeForce 4 MX420?

 

Well its better than my friend's GeForce 256.

 

To see how old it is...

 

The World's First GPU:

 

"August 31, 1999 marked the introduction of the graphics processing unit (GPU) for the PC industry—the NVIDIA GeForce 256. The technical definition of a GPU is "a single-chip processor with integrated transform, lighting, triangle setup/clipping, and rendering engines that is capable of processing a minimum of 10 million polygons per second."

 

With transform, lighting, setup, and rendering on a single GPU, the GeForce 256 delivers 15M polygons/second and 480M pixels/second of performance. Truly revolutionary, its unique 256-bit rendering engine enabled an order of magnitude increase in visual complexity, and helped to set the stage for the future of realism in graphics."

[Acerz492 1]

GeForce 256.

 

:shock: Those things still exist?! :haha:

[Mighty BOB! 5]

I have the same 420 as you & yes it does suck. Although somehow it plays UT2004 just great.

[Cygnus X-1 12]

And I ahve you all outclassed on suxors graphics cards.

 

one word. Intel.

 

Not even T & L capability. Sad aint it.

[rEdaSbLood 1]

shove it

 

i really need a new one

[TheBlackOut 7]

And I ahve you all outclassed on suxors graphics cards.

 

one word. Intel.

 

Not even T & L capability. Sad aint it.

 

Can't play EaW then I believe.

[Sonic 296]

Ahh the days of onboard video that shared your system ram for video ram.

[Koen 2]

This Dell PC sounds kind of old... so you probably have RDRAM in there... which is really expensive to upgrade. Or it could be DDR-SDRAM, which is obtainable for reasonable prices.

On the whole though, a graphics card upgrade would not hurt... but I still have a Geforce 2 GTS (which is actually a lot faster than your Geforce 4 MX).

[Cygnus X-1 12]

And I ahve you all outclassed on suxors graphics cards.

 

one word. Intel.

 

Not even T & L capability. Sad aint it.

 

Can't play EaW then I believe.

 

Tut-tut, I can run Generals and ZH. A wee bit slow (just ask TSBO) :wink:

 

the EAW demo ran just dandy on here, so EAW wont be a problem. Lets just hope my connection can stick with it. Usually when Im playign a game, even if im online, after a while I completly loose all outside connection. Grrr....

[Guest MadBadger]

P4 2.0Ghz 2MBCache

1.5 GB RAM :lol:

250 GB Hard drive

ATI 9200SE Saphire Radion..... :cry: stupid damn thing hates BF2

USB2 drive

DVD-RW

DVD-ROM

 

im neading a new processer and graphics card

 

 

 

Most mother bords can take 3 PCB boards (RAM ones)

 

largest RAM card yopu can get is around 1GB so you could get 3GB :shock:

 

I got a 1GB card and a 512MB Card

 

also come May...... 24 MB Broadband

hehe

[rEdaSbLood 1]

bite me badger...

[Cygnus X-1 12]

Geeze, where do you lot get the $$$ for all of this ?

 

Me wants it....me wants it all......muahahaha.... :wink:

[Guest MadBadger]

Meh, thats only the main PC in the house the RAM n 1 Hard Drive in it is mine the rest is me dads. (i got 1, 1GB ram card n a 150 GB hard drive) need ££££ for rest of PC :lol:

 

 

PCs in de house

 

Main 1 ^^^

 

another P4 2GB with 1GB RAM --- Dad n sister use it

 

 

I have in my room

2- P3 500MhZ not V good really mostly for music/Old games

1- P2 256MHZ very crap

1- P like a old original Pentium that runs Win 1.4 Via DOS!!! things AINCENT

 

 

mind you in my room i only got 2 screens, 2 keyboards, 2 mice so i cant run it all at the same time :lol:

 

Meh, its mostly crap TBH

 

but im lookin at a £500 dell that ill slap all my gear inside

 

Its a P4 3.2Ghz

with XP

 

XP alone costs like £300 so im doing it for the processer, Motherboard, power supply, the 512MB RAM, Sound Card, USB2 drives, DVD-rom, CD-RW, LCD screen (think its about 17"), Keyboard, Mouse

 

Speakers, Hardrive, Graphics card wont be used i may slave the hard rive n run windows off it.

 

ill eventually replace most of the standard dell stuff but once i save £500..... ill be MADE!

[Cygnus X-1 12]

Yes you will be. Just, for the love of Bob, GET RID OF ANY INTEL HARDWARE IN IT !!!!!!!!!

[TheBlackOut 7]

AMD pwns for games.

[BWare 0]

ABSOLUTELY. And it's much cheaper.

[Acerz492 1]

I know some idiots at my course that claim that Intel is better. :roll:

 

I ask why, and they say, "Oh, it's easier to overclock them, and that makes it better!!"

 

On 3D Mark 2001, I have a score of 11596. Standard, nothing overclocked or tweaked.

 

My friend has an overclocked Intel CPU, plus a much better graphics card than mine, and his score only came up to something like 5000! :shock:

 

You can't tell me Intel overclocking makes things better. :wink:

[BWare 0]

Well... I guess you CAN overclock them to AMD stock, if you're lucky :lol:

[rEdaSbLood 1]

wtf is overclocking...and how do u do it :shock: