Need... New Comp..... Ahhhh

master_wongmaster_wong Join Date: 2004-11-05 Member: 32649Members
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this is what im using right now, all according to my old emachine (that my parents brought 5 yrs ago) sticker.

WORLD'S BEST GAMING MACHINE
-Pen III 600Mhz
-64 MB RAM
-20GB Hard Drive
-16x CD Drive
-8MB Nividia TnT AGP Video Card

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everything lag the hell out of that piece of crap. dungeon siege at 6fps, cs at 10 fps, omg dreamweaver/flash/fireworks mx 2004 (dont ask me where i got it) take lik 5 min to load up!!!

my parent is sure cheap... havnt got any consoles/md/whatever since i was lik 3.
my life of learning php/mySQL is over... mysql_close();
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  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    Holy **** you beat me. I didn't thing anyone could.
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  • CyndaneCyndane Join Date: 2003-11-15 Member: 22913Members
    Holy crap... my PII had a better video card... that came with the computer...
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    My computer's 5-years-old too, but it's near double all of that. Still a POS.
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  • ChronoChrono Local flyboy Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18989Members
    dear god smash it with a hammer and never use it again! <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • QuaunautQuaunaut The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Chrono+Jun 21 2005, 11:17 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Chrono @ Jun 21 2005, 11:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> dear god smash it with a hammer and never use it again! <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    WTH he could sell it for millions to the smithsonian
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  • KGB_GaralKGB_Garal Join Date: 2005-06-09 Member: 53476Members
    Seriously ouch =\ You should make a donation thread and ask everyone to donate like $2 and you could build a pretty decent computer.
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  • DeathKnightDeathKnight Join Date: 2004-05-11 Member: 28607Members
    Try to convice your parents to get a new one, or at least an upgrade. If you go for the upgrade path, take a look right below. If you want a whole new one, pm me and I provide a consultation service.



    For a somewhat low price you could easily upgrade that thing to a point where it could be quite playable on some newer games.



    Here is my first suggestion.


    The 600, gotta go. If it is a SLOT 1 processor, you can peak at 1Ghz(Noting that the 1 Ghz are SUPER RARE).
    If it is a Skt370 FPGA processor, you can peak out at 1.2-1.4 Ghz. Depending on if your board supports the Tualiton core.


    <a href='http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=PIII1000FC&cat=CPU' target='_blank'>Socket 370 1 Ghz CPU PIII</a>

    <a href='http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=PIII866S1-2&cat=CPU' target='_blank'>866 Mhz Slot 1</a>


    Next, your RAM.

    64 MB......

    I am going to assume you use PC100

    Well, lets drop that and get PC133 to go with a higher bus speed PIII.
    One question though, what is your OS? If it is 2000 or later, you can get 2 of these as they will read 512 MB+ of memory. ME, and all of the 9x series can't read above 512 MB's.

    <a href='http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141515' target='_blank'>512 MB PC133 SDRAM</a>

    And in case your motherboard only supports 256 MB Chips, here is a 256 MB chip :-)


    <a href='http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146302' target='_blank'>256 MB PC133 SDRAM by Mushkin</a>

    A new HDD is going to be the next upgrade.

    <a href='http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144122' target='_blank'>80 GB by Western Digital A true work of art</a>


    Lets see, I think a CD-Burner is going to be a worthwhile upgrade for you.

    <a href='http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827190009' target='_blank'>52x32x52x16x Rosewill CD Burner Combo Drive</a>

    And now the video card. I know this about PIII's, some of them had 4x, others used 2x. So I will find a card that utilizes 8x in case you have 4x. And I will find a card that utilizes 4x in case you have 2x. :-)

    4x card
    <a href='http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161101' target='_blank'>Radeon 7000 an old card, but good enough for what you need</a>

    8x card

    <a href='http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814166003' target='_blank'>Radeon 9550 a perfect upgrade..............hell everything is a perfect upgrade from that TnT</a>


    I hope this helps. I love upgrading old computers. :-D

    I have a gateway 2000. Original Specs:


    PII 233 Mhz
    64 MB PC66
    5 GB HDD
    4 MB no name brand AGP card -_-
    24 x CD-ROM
    Windows 95
    Played NS at 2-4 fps 640x480

    New Specs:

    PII 333
    384 MB PC133
    40 GB HDD
    64 MB GeForce 3 Ti 500(Yes AGP 4x is backwards compatible with 1x, as 8x is with 2x)
    52x32x52x16x CD Burner DVD combo drive.
    Windows XP SP1a
    Plays NS at 30-35 fps at 800x600 32 bpp


    nice for such an old system :-D
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