My Pc

ZaggyZaggy NullPointerExceptionThe Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
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<div class="IPBDescription">and what to upgrade...</div> Hi, at the moment I'm having this:

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Motherboard:
      CPU Type                                          AMD Athlon XP, 2000 MHz (7.5 x 267) 2400+
      Motherboard Name                                  ECS K7S5A Pro  (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 AMR, 2 SDR DIMM, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio)
      Motherboard Chipset                              SiS 735
      System Memory                                    512 MB  (PC133 SDRAM)
      BIOS Type                                        AMI (01/20/03)
      Communication Port                                Communicatiepoort (COM1)
      Communication Port                                Communicatiepoort (COM2)
      Communication Port                                Printerpoort (LPT1)

    Display:
      Video Adapter                                    NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200  (64 MB)
      3D Accelerator                                    nVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200
      Monitor                                          Dell E172FP [NoDB]  (P1446434GD4H)

    Multimedia:
      Audio Adapter                                    SiS 7012 Audio Device

    Storage:
      Floppy Drive                                      Diskettestation
      Disk Drive                                        IBM-DTLA-305040  (40 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
      Disk Drive                                        Sony Storage Media USB Device
      Optical Drive                                    Generic DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device
      Optical Drive                                    LG CD-RW CED-8080B  (8x/4x/32x CD-RW)
      Optical Drive                                    LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163  (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
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and I'm wondering what I should upgrade on it, I really don't know myself, but I think I could buy 512 mb more RAM, and I could upgrade the GF4 to a Radeon9600Pro...

what do you guys think?
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  • The_ThingThe_Thing Join Date: 2003-02-25 Member: 13993Members
    Radeon 9600. 512MB RAM is enough already.
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  • BigMadSteveBigMadSteve Join Date: 2003-02-12 Member: 13472Members
    9600 Pro is a nice card. Be warned though. I've found a couple of games (take Halo for example) run a lot better on the GF4 than the 9600Pro.
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  • raz0rraz0r Join Date: 2003-07-24 Member: 18395Members
    it loks like it's rather slow ram though.

    Depending on how much you're planning to spend, i'd get 512Mb of faster RAM, depending on what your Mobo supports.

    Video card, again, depending on what you want to spend, but try not to get anything lower than a 9600
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    how much money can you afford to spend?

    I really think a new motherboard and ram will you do good. Changing processor in the process isn't a bad idea as it will save you bucks in the long term (Socket A is going bye-bye)
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    edited October 2004
    Lets say I can spend around €300,-

    what is a good AMD motherboard nowadays?
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  • raz0rraz0r Join Date: 2003-07-24 Member: 18395Members
    I got my Case and PSU from <a href='http://shop.sallandautomatisering.nl/default.jsp' target='_blank'>Here</a>, good delivery, only took 1-2 working days to arrive.
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    hmm my mobo seems to support DDR up to 266 mhz..
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  • SandrockSandrock Join Date: 2002-12-16 Member: 10905Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Your motherboard will somewhat limit your options. My brother used to have that model, if memory serves me, it's only AGP4X, and ECS isn't known for their quality.
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
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    Aight, I'm going to find out what good new AMD mobo's are.
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  • KyodaKyoda Join Date: 2004-10-30 Member: 32531Members
    nice upgrades!!!
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  • KillymageeKillymagee Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3136Members
    If you have the money get:

    Msi k8n neo-platinum2 socket 939AMD
    geforce 6800 gt/or x800 pro
    90nm 3000+ amd "winchester"
    two sticks of 512 corsair or better (not really a ram expert)
    Seagate sata 200gb hd
    maybe a nice dvd burner too
    and a nice case.


    That will be able to run games like HL2 and stalker really nice
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    *drools*

    I think I'll keep my case, as goes for the HD & cd/dvd drives, but that mobo (Msi k8n neo-platinum2 socket 939AMD) seems very nice though xD
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  • TheFrostmourneTheFrostmourne Join Date: 2004-09-14 Member: 31708Members
    Yeah definatly go MSI or Asus for a Mobo.
    Heck if you have to money go GeForce 6800 Ultra Extreme or Radeon X800 XT-PE.
    And more realisticly go 1GB of RAM.
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