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Right now I only have 512mb of RAM

I just bought a geforce 7600gt because it was very cheap

I want to be able to play crysis, how much RAM do I need to buy.

At least 1 gig mate, more will never hurt.

But the minimum I have to say 1 gig..

There were numerous versions of the Intel P4. Only the Prescott in its s775 socket is sometime interchangeable with Core Duo, depending on the MB Chipset.

Download an inventory type utility, CPUz for a quick list, or Everest Home, for the detailed list, from Major Geeks, install it (or them if you are that interested), run it, and have it prepare a report. Then read the report. It will tell you what's inside the main system unit (the "Tower", as many want to call it).

Hey guys I was wondering if it's worth it to get the "World in Conflict" demo when I get home from work:

I have:

- 7800GTX OCed

- Ahtlon 64 3800+ (SINGLE CORE)

- 2gb RAM

Will my single-core CPU ruin the game?

There were numerous versions of the Intel P4. Only the Prescott in its s775 socket is sometime interchangeable with Core Duo, depending on the MB Chipset.

Download an inventory type utility, CPUz for a quick list, or Everest Home, for the detailed list, from Major Geeks, install it (or them if you are that interested), run it, and have it prepare a report. Then read the report. It will tell you what's inside the main system unit (the "Tower", as many want to call it).

Kiwi_1

I have Rdram memory...could i put DDR2 memory in my slot?

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There were numerous versions of the Intel P4. Only the Prescott in its s775 socket is sometime interchangeable with Core Duo, depending on the MB Chipset.

GodSon360

I have Rdram memory...could i put DDR2 memory in my slot?

No, you cannot. Your PC is far too obsolete to waste time and/or money on it to upgrade anything. The cost of adding enough RDRAM (still as expensive as it was in the way back) to run modern games is more than it would cost to buy a used PC that is better by far than your dead-end box.

Overclocking is a matter of getting a maximum increase of (at the very most) 50 % more speed out of selected CPUs that will respond to the procedures without becoming unstable. The average CPU is more likely to start becoming unstable after being pushed to only between 15 and 20 % more speed. AFAIK, the early P4s like yours were seldom able to OC past about 15 %.

FYI, that amounts to getting a 1.8 GHz CPU to run at 2.0 GHz.

(For the game player with an A64 3800 Single Core CPU, don't worry about having enough processing power with the CPU you have now, although a jump to an X2 4800 would be a nice upgrade when you can afford it.)

Could my computer run Oblivion?

Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHz

1.94 GHz CPU speed

1.94 GHz Ram

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 (GeForce FX 5500)

Bethesda screwed up royally before Oblivion came out by ASKING the two big 3D competitors what video cards they would recommend (and sent each one the current Beta copy). nVidia lied, as they often are wont to do when the FXes are involved, and Bethesda ran out of time to verify what they were told. None of the FXes can handle heavy shader coding at all well, and Oblivion is full of that. When it was patched, a special Extra Ultra Low Quality (read that as "Uglier than Cinderella's ugly stepsisters") setting was added, to allow FXes to limp along in the game (the "OLD"blivion mod works better).

The truth about the FX 5500 ? It's broken and it's trash, period. Don't waste your money on any high-intensity game until you get something decent for video.

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There were numerous versions of the Intel P4. Only the Prescott in its s775 socket is sometime interchangeable with Core Duo, depending on the MB Chipset.

Kiwi_1

I have Rdram memory...could i put DDR2 memory in my slot?

No, you cannot. Your PC is far too obsolete to waste time and/or money on it to upgrade anything. The cost of adding enough RDRAM (still as expensive as it was in the way back) to run modern games is more than it would cost to buy a used PC that is better by far than your dead-end box.

Overclocking is a matter of getting a maximum increase of (at the very most) 50 % more speed out of selected CPUs that will respond to the procedures without becoming unstable. The average CPU is more likely to start becoming unstable after being pushed to only between 15 and 20 % more speed. AFAIK, the early P4s like yours were seldom able to OC past about 15 %.

FYI, that amounts to getting a 1.8 GHz CPU to run at 2.0 GHz.

(For the game player with an A64 3800 Single Core CPU, don't worry about having enough processing power with the CPU you have now, although a jump to an X2 4800 would be a nice upgrade when you can afford it.)

so upgrading the whole system is my only option huh? well is a AMD x2 6000+ 3.0 good for gaming?

So for like say Bioshock, the 7600GT overclocked card will only run it at the most on medium settings? All I really care is if it will run well and at least look decent.Ichalabon

So will it run well on Bioshock or Gear of War?

You will play Bioshock on medium just fine considering you have at least 1 GiG of ram and decent CPU.

I can't comment on Gears of War, there is no demo and I don't like speculations on empty air.

When GoW demo/game is out then we can make positive suggestions.

can my PC run hellgate london

my pc specs intel4prosser 3.06ghz

512mb of ram (going to get one gig of ram at a store)

intel multimeida accelerater900 will get new videocrad can u recomend

if u need any more specs tell me plz

can my PC run hellgate london

my pc specs intel4prosser 3.06ghz

512mb of ram (going to get one gig of ram at a store)

intel multimeida accelerater900 will get new videocrad can u recomend

if u need any more specs tell me plz

Lu-Kang

uhh if you do get that other gig of ram and a nice video card than yes. your current set up will not be able to play it at all.

Uhhh if you want a recommendation to a card...give us a range on the amount of money you are willing to spend

hi all just wanted to knw quickly if my pc will run GuildWars:EyeOfTheNorth very old but yea

Specs:

Amd Athlon(tm) 64 processor 3000+, MMX, 3DNow, 2.0GHz

510mb memory

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 128mb( i think)

Note: every other guildwars worked

thanks in advance

Finally did some small upgrades o the PC currently looks like:

Pentium 4 3.0Ghz Single Core CPU

2GB RAM

Geforce 7600GT 256MB Graphics Card

Windowx XP SP2

160GB HDD

Good enough for Bioshock I hope?

Good enough for maximum with great resolution :)

can i run bioshock?

specs:

AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (Barton)

2,5GB DDR400 RAM

inno3D nVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT (AGP)

hi

I have lots of games for my pc all quite new ones like hitman blood money,swat 4,armed assault and i have to turn all off the graphic settings to low otherwise it laggs really bad . the thing is i have double the recomended requiments that you need like i have 512mb nvidea graphics 1gb ram.... i really dont understand please someone help

For the umpteenth time, VRAM has nothing at all to do with the base animation speed for a video card, and only the more expensive and/or particularly fast cards can use more than 256 MBs of VRAM.

You probably wandered into a Worst Buy or Circuit Village and saw "512" in boldface large caps and thought you bought something when instead you were scammed. A low performance card gets no more use out of 512 MBs of VRAM than nothing! If you have a 7300, or an X1300. HD 2400, or an 8400/ 8500, those are all too slow for games and also way too slow for more than 256 MBs. In fact, it will be an infrequent situation in a game that those cards get a chance to use more than 128 MBs.

Capiche?

Ok Im wanting to know how well my rig will run Bioshock and possibly how well it should do in the future. My computer is as follows.

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Dual Core Processor 2.8GHz

Memory: Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-5400C4 2GB 2X1GB PC5400 DDR2-667 CL 4-4-4-12 240PIN Dual Channel Memory

Video Card: EVGA E-GEFORCE 8800GTS 500MHZ 320MB 1.6GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV HDCP DIRECTX10 Video Card

How well will my computer handle Bioshock? I'm fine with a lower frame-rate (30-40) but not so low it ruins the performance. I'm new to computer gaming so yea... be nice lol.

here is the never ending question. can i play madden 08?

i have a toshiba satellite

intel gma 950 integrated graphics

1.66 duo core

1g ram..

Buy a 7100 GS it is 44 bucks with 512 MB RAM check out the nVidia Site for info on the shop

http://www.nvidia.com

Buy a 7100 GS it is 44 bucks with 512 MB RAM check out the nVidia Site for info on the shop

http://www.nvidia.com

Uzamiki1011

IGNORE THAT BAD ADVICE! VERY BAD CARD. USELESS !

i have a laptop..is installation hard?dmx1369

Mostly, it's plain impossible. A cheap laptop with only IGP cannot be upgraded with a real (discrete) video card (nor even a really bad and stupid joke of a card like the truly, absolutely ridiculous one named just now).

The word "integrated" really means just what it says. The chipset seller, Intel, in a huge percentage of no-video card situations, buries the chip that performs the video processing within the Northbridge ASIC (there are two, a Northbridge, and a Southbridge, and I could be putting the chip inside the wrong one). There is no way to take it out, and there is nowhere in the chassis of any laptop made with such a setup for a separate, "discrete" mobile video card to be retroactively added in.

Primarily when the laptop is of a particular type, the "Desktop Replacement" PC, is the overall laptop design altered somewhat to provide for a way to disassemble the chassis (at the factory) and replace the separate video circuit board. There are some exceptions, but when looking at laptops as a group, about 80 to 90 % are sold the way your was, with no video "card" at all, and no way to add one later.

Of the remainder, I believe that the majority end up being assembled in such a manner that the video circuit board becomes a permanent, non-removable part of the chassis and mainboard, leaving a relatively small percentage that can be returned to the factory for an expensive upgrade procedure, as long as the same model PC, or another with a very similar chassis, is in active production.

just a quick question i ordered a new laptop from hypersonic to take with me to iraq

it has intel core 2 duo E6700 4mb L2 cache 2.67ghz proc

dual nvidia geforce go 7950 gtx pci-e 512mb in sli it has 512mb on each card

17inch wuxga 1920x1200 monitor

intel p965 express chipset

160gb 7200 rpm sata 300 8mb cache hard drive

2048 pc2-6400 ddr2-800 sodimm low latency ram

will this be able to run cod4 madoern warfare GeOW crysis and other upcoming fps at high settings????

just a quick question i ordered a new laptop from hypersonic to take with me to iraq

it has intel core 2 duo E6700 4mb L2 cache 2.67ghz proc

dual nvidia geforce go 7950 gtx pci-e 512mb in sli it has 512mb on each card

17inch wuxga 1920x1200 monitor

intel p965 express chipset

160gb 7200 rpm sata 300 8mb cache hard drive

2048 pc2-6400 ddr2-800 sodimm low latency ram

will this be able to run cod4 madoern warfare GeOW crysis and other upcoming fps at high settings????

stonedsniper420

you might. you may have to set the res down a little. thats a very demanding resolution. even for that graphics card

toshiba laptop

2ghz core 2 duo

8700m gt

2gb ram

1 gb turbo

Can my PC run Bioshock?

AMD Athlong 64 x2 5600+ 2,8Ghz Dual Core Processor

2GB of Kingston CL5 DDR2 800Mhz Ram

Asus Radeon HD 2600XT graphics card

Can my PC run Bioshock?

AMD Athlong 64 x2 5600+ 2,8Ghz Dual Core Processor

2GB of Kingston CL5 DDR2 800Mhz Ram

Asus Radeon HD 2600XT graphics card

Father_Roach

Quite well, I'm sure (though with that video card, you will have to do without some of the better effects, especially if you want to go the Dx10 path).

Ok Im wanting to know how well my rig will run Bioshock and possibly how well it should do in the future. My computer is as follows.

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Dual Core Processor 2.8GHz

Memory: Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-5400C4 2GB 2X1GB PC5400 DDR2-667 CL 4-4-4-12 240PIN Dual Channel Memory

Video Card: EVGA E-GEFORCE 8800GTS 500MHZ 320MB 1.6GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV HDCP DIRECTX10 Video Card

How well will my computer handle Bioshock? I'm fine with a lower frame-rate (30-40) but not so low it ruins the performance. I'm new to computer gaming so yea... be nice lol.

hooded1man

Still waiting on the reply :P Thanks

Ok PC Gamers My ring is :

Intel Celeron CPU 2.80GHZ

512MB of RAM

and a 32mb video card >________________>

Can my pc run Guild wars?, it can run WoW, Dawn of War, Half life 2 :o

i need your halp!,

cifru :cry: