My Computer Is 2yrs Old

[DWk]

Originally posted by Evil Gemini@2 January 2004 - 07:17
Yeah they are a bastard to find.

especially a brad new leadtek version.

no new ones

why u want a card like that if you buy a 5900 hehe... not worth it

but still...if the card was like 120 or something around, i'd buy it in a heart beat

[Shiranai_Baka]

Originally posted by DWk+2 January 2004 - 14:24--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (DWk @ 2 January 2004 - 14:24)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Evil Gemini@2 January 2004 - 07:17
Yeah they are a bastard to find.

especially a brad new leadtek version.

no new ones

why u want a card like that if you buy a 5900 hehe... not worth it

but still...if the card was like 120 or something around, i&#39;d buy it in a heart beat [/b][/quote]
only a 5900?&#33; Hahaha 5950 Baby&#33; . Core speed of 475MHZ only just 450 dollars&#33; hahaha, well i would suggest a fx5600 if your not an extreme gamer.

[Evil Gemini]

well i would suggest a fx5600 if your not an extreme gamer.

[bigdawgfoxx]

...Ati 9600pro if your not an entense gamer.

[cockboy]

Originally posted by trillscout@2 January 2004 - 02:36
My cmp is 2yrs old and I feel like I made some purchasing boo boos
Help me and tell me where I went wrong or

Tell me what should I upgrade first?
*I can still play all the new games without ANY problems*

Pe4 2.ghz
x-86
assus tek P4B
512mb SDRAM
LG DVD ROM
Plextor 40x12x40
maxtor 60gigs
WD 80 gigs
SyncMaster 753df
Cannon s300(printer)
300ATX case w/powersupply
nvida GeForce 4mx440
sound avance AC&#39;97 audio

minus the 80 gig WD I bought the rest at a cmp show and put it together
in total it cost me over 2grand.

the best upgrade in terms of speed increase would be adding extra ram, if your mobo can support ddr buy some of that, you will see a bigger increase in speed over buying a new graphics card more speed for less money, ie memory is about £50.00 for 512 meg ddr ram, graphics card , well, dont know, but costs more probably and the speed increase is less than with a memory upgrade, also p4 2ghz is fine for most everything you can through at it.
D2D

[bigdawgfoxx]

I duno bout that. 512 is alot of ram and if hes not even close to using that up, he wont notice much diff in another 512...its kinda just pointless ram. I would say get a new mobo and DDR ram.

[trillscout]

My mobo i845 isn&#39;t DDR compatiable so that&#39;s the first I should get
apparently if I waited a month I could of bought a P4B that was

any suggestions on a mobo?

P 2.4ghz wasn&#39;t out 2yrs ago the highest was 2ghz at that time which is what I got

I thought my Ge4 was dx9 compatiable

I have dx9 installed and no errors with games. But I guess it just doesn&#39;t
use the technology to its potential like the newer cards.

thx every body

[SciManAl]

i don&#39;t want to make all the posts before this sound stupid (ok i am )

what do you plan to use your computer for?, the current stats of your computer are godly for an advanced typewriter... So what do YOU use this computer for, if all you do is surf the net etc, you are fine, casual computing is well within the boundries of your computer&#39;s grasp. The ONLY reason to upgrade at this point would be for possible improvment in games. That is still something to think about though, as your card will do all the stuff required just fine, even gameing. Another thing we all could benifit knowing is your budget.. if you are willing to spend 2 grand again then i have some suggestions... but i doubt you are, After you answer those question i, and others can help you further in a more precise manner.

[cockboy]

Originally posted by SciManAl@2 January 2004 - 20:14
i don&#39;t want to make all the posts before this sound stupid (ok i am )

what do you plan to use your computer for?, the current stats of your computer are godly for an advanced typewriter... So what do YOU use this computer for, if all you do is surf the net etc, you are fine, casual computing is well within the boundries of your computer&#39;s grasp. The ONLY reason to upgrade at this point would be for possible improvment in games. That is still something to think about though, as your card will do all the stuff required just fine, even gameing. Another thing we all could benifit knowing is your budget.. if you are willing to spend 2 grand again then i have some suggestions... but i doubt you are, After you answer those question i, and others can help you further in a more precise manner.

Fair point, you dont need the best, top-end kit for ubergaming, a new gfx card would probably be what i would go for, cheaper than new mobo, which would need new memory.
Also might as well upgrade processor as well.
Then your bottleneck would be graphics card, might as well replace that also.
MMM... looks like you have nearly got yourself a replacement computer.
Why not take what you need from old pc and fit cd rom and an old 20gig hdd and sell to fund new computer project.
You only need to get a new case&#33; on top of what you have spent already, this is&#39;nt very much more.
Most long time computer users have already gotten the makings of an extra pc anyway, just sell old one and make yourself the pc you have always wanted.
If you keep your old monitor, you should&#39;nt have to spend more than £500.00p .
If you have keyboard, speakers and mouse spare, you save even more.
If this post sounds/reads weird, well, you know, ...
D2D
Just trying to help&#33;

[trillscout]

thx sciman & cockboy

I use my mine for
1. creating ads(photoshop/Illus/Quark) all that good stuff
2. games (reason why I didn&#39;t get a Mac and forget about the price of one)
3. filesharing (bigtime)
4. net surfing

hearing all the replies I guess am ok for now. No way i&#39;m selling my piece.
Although that is a good suggestion.

I was really concerned with my mobo because it only uses SDRAM and I felt
2grand+(Cdn) was 2much for a comp

I dunno guess i&#39;m a noob