On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 08:41:05 +0000, Darunia
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>Greetings,
>
>I just had a few questions about how my current PC is, how it will run
>certain things (especially games) ^_^ I bought it for around $600
>dollars through some sale from Aldi's foodstore, I went to start, run
>and ran DXDIAG (there any better programs to see more details?).
>This is what it came up with:
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>Manufactu Medion
>
>Model: MS-7060
>
>OS: XP Home (I've heard it's bad, XP Pro that much better?)
XP Pro has some definite advantages, though whether you'll use those
extra features depends on how you use your PC. For home use it's not
nearly as big of an issue as for office use as a lot of the
differences are in how various aspects of networking are handled.
>Processor: Pentium 4, 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
>
>Memory: 480MB Ram (Dad says they lie, and it's actually 512) ??
It is 512MB of memory with 32MB being taken by the shared video
integrated onto the system board. If/when you drop an add-in video
card into the system you should get that 32MB back.
>Bios: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v.6.00PG
>
>HD: 160gig
>
>Video Card: SiS 661FX Rev 01 (...32mb? sucks. hopefully getting a 9700
>Pro or 9600 XT in the next day or so, as far as my research tells,
>these are best for under $100 dollars if I snag a good deal.)
If you can find one, my choice would be something like an nVidia
GeForce 6200 or 6600 based card, though I suspect that your system
board has only an AGP slot so that may limit your options somewhat
(most new cards are only available as PCI Express cards). The ATI
9700 and 9600 series are rather dated these days and don't have the
performance or features of some of their newer counterparts.
>DirectX Version: 9.0c
>
>Sound: Realtek AC97 Audio
>
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>That's it. I think it was a very good deal for the price, as we are po'
>folk =P However, I would like some hardcore imput on what I should do /
>replace / mod / purchase to make this a uber gaming machine. I
>currently play World of Warcraft, which runs real choppy & laggy (due
>to video card most likely?)
A video card upgrade will DEFINITELY help WoW a lot. First off it
will free up some memory, second it will free up a lot of memory
bandwidth and thirdly the add-in card will have much better raw video
performance. That's probably the first upgrade you should look at for
this system.
> I had to switch the target path to -opengl
>to stop it from crashing my computer. I'm trying to run games such as
>HL2 and CS:source, with no luck. Anyways, hope you can decipher this a
>bit and help me out! Thanks for all the imput beforehand, it's much
>appreciated!
You might want to check
www.sis.com to see if there are any driver
updates for your system, those might help with the crashes at least.
Either way, an add-in graphics cards should probably be high on your
"most wanted" list for this computer.
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Tony Hill
hilla <underscore> 20 <at> yahoo <dot> ca
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