tipsyhitman
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« on: Feb 06, 2007, 08:32 PM » |
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I need to dump this POS now, i can barely play any games in which the objective is killing or blowing Jihads up! Should i just get a new motherboard/processor combo or a barebone computer?
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KnacK
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« Reply #1 on: Feb 06, 2007, 08:35 PM » |
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LostArtofRolando
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« Reply #2 on: Feb 06, 2007, 09:41 PM » |
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hasnt this topic been covered like 10 times in the last 2 weeks?
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elmono311
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« Reply #3 on: Feb 06, 2007, 09:59 PM » |
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I should make an official "I need a new computer/new hardware" thread
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« Reply #4 on: Feb 06, 2007, 11:12 PM » |
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If you're doing a CPU/Board overhaul, you're looking at new memory and likely a video card anyway... at that point, it makes more sense to go with a whole machine.
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tipsyhitman
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« Reply #5 on: Feb 07, 2007, 07:02 AM » |
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So just do a motherboard/proc combo
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« Reply #6 on: Feb 07, 2007, 07:28 AM » |
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I need to dump this POS now, i can barely play any games in which the objective is killing or blowing Jihads up! Should i just get a new motherboard/processor combo or a barebone computer?
Why dont you tell us what you have now so we can better point you in the right direction? |
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tipsyhitman
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« Reply #7 on: Feb 07, 2007, 05:52 PM » |
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Ok i have a old HP Vectra VL 6 series. With 450mhz and 320 ram(PC100). I got a wireless card, pci. I also got a geforce4 mx440, pci slot. And 2 harddrives using a IDE slot and cd rom drive using a ide slot and floppy drive(dont use it)
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« Reply #8 on: Feb 07, 2007, 06:26 PM » |
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Well...
WIth a new mobo you will need new memory as the old one is not compatible with anything post y2k.
I suggest getting a mobo/cpu combo with integrated graphics as some of the packages now are pretty good for being all in one.
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jitspoe
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« Reply #9 on: Feb 07, 2007, 06:31 PM » |
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I would not go with integrated graphics. They make it impossible to upgrade later.
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« Reply #10 on: Feb 07, 2007, 06:47 PM » |
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I would not go with integrated graphics. They make it impossible to upgrade later.
Not true. When you can afford a new graphics card, you can disable the embedded card and the new graphics card with be your primary one. Typically the BIOS will detect an add on graphics card and automagically disable the integrated one. |
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LostArtofRolando
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« Reply #11 on: Feb 07, 2007, 06:49 PM » |
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Yeah, that's true of most cards these days.
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« Reply #12 on: Feb 07, 2007, 07:21 PM » |
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Yeah, my brother's computer has both onboard and either PCI or AGP video. When we put it in, we couldn't figure out why it wasn't working but we eventually discovered that it was defaulting to the onboard. I think once that was disabled for good, it's worked with no problems for like 3 years.
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tipsyhitman
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« Reply #13 on: Feb 07, 2007, 09:39 PM » |
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Thats what im doing on my current comp, it has builtin 4mb vid card on the mobo. Its good for nothing. But i have the geforce in there and it OWNS except for the proc
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tipsyhitman
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« Reply #14 on: Feb 08, 2007, 06:31 AM » |
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« Reply #15 on: Feb 08, 2007, 07:06 AM » |
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the 945 chipset is a good one, but I might look at something other than a biostar mobo. I don't know why they dont have a gig ethernet port...
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jitspoe
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« Reply #16 on: Feb 08, 2007, 01:03 PM » |
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Not true. When you can afford a new graphics card, you can disable the embedded card and the new graphics card with be your primary one. Typically the BIOS will detect an add on graphics card and automagically disable the integrated one.
That's all well and good if you have a slot to plug the video card into. Many boards with onboard graphics use the AGP slot, so if you go and get an AGP video card later on, you have nowhere to plug it in. I'm not sure how it works with pci-e, but I imagine it's the same thing. It's cheaper to make that way. |
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