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| Thread ID: 41523 | 2004-01-14 00:23:00 | is it worth upgrading? | michael y (1623) | Press F1 |
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| 207206 | 2004-01-14 00:23:00 | Hi guys, I'm sort of thinking about upgrading the computer (hp pavilion 8802) but I'm not totally sure if i should or not . I usually use the computer to surf the net and send emails, wordprocessing etc I don't really play games that much . But when I play games, I find it very frustrating when it takes a very long time to load and lag during game play . Is this because I don't have enough ram or is it because of the cpu? At first I thought about adding in some ram but then after checking out the prices i found out that ddr is about the same price as sd-ram . Would it be better if i changed the motherboard to one that supports ddr and get a new cpu with it? Would a budget cpu ie:duron 1 . 6 or 1 . 8 be fine for what I do? Also I think I got a 240v power supply, would that matter? But is it worth changing all these stuff, or should i just try and tweak some settings and think about getting a new computer? thx alot Michael Y |
michael y (1623) | ||
| 207207 | 2004-01-14 00:31:00 | well it would help if you listed your systems specs | Megaman (344) | ||
| 207208 | 2004-01-14 00:32:00 | your games sped will be driven by the graphics card and CPU more than any other factor. if you decide to get more than RAM then you will find your looking at a full new system. to change the CPU to anything much faster you will need a new motherboard and RAM and Video card, this will need a bigger power supply, a new power supply is point at a new case...... and now we have listed most of a new system :-) sell what you have and sink the $$ in to a new system. ********************************************* the above is just my thoughts and many other will offer other options. ********************************************* |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 207209 | 2004-01-14 00:40:00 | It really depends on what type of game you are wanting to play. If it just the older dos based or early win 95/98 games then more rams would probably help quite a bit. If however they are newer games that require higher perfomance graphics cards ect then I guess you have to replace the boards, cpu ram and case and PSU and quite possibly the graphics card as well. Basically the newer the game the more upto date you're going to have to make your system. There are plenty of cheap but good perforing motherboards, cpu and graphics cards out there and you could probably do and upgrade to around the $500 mark depending on what you go for. The most expensive item is likly to be the graphics card, unless you go for one of the top of the line motherboards. Post some system specs and a list of the games you want to play and the others here will be able to suggest better ideas or tell you which items should be upgraded. |
Odin (227) | ||
| 207210 | 2004-01-14 00:49:00 | Is this it? (h20015.www2.hp.com) | godfather (25) | ||
| 207211 | 2004-01-14 00:55:00 | This is from the hp website: Model number P3039A Base processor and speed 900 MHz AMD Duron Processor Chipset Via KM133 Memory Component Attributes RAM (standard) 128 MB SDRAM standard Maximum 1 GB (2 x 512 MB DIMM) Speed 100 MHz synchronous Sockets Two 168-pin DIMMs Size 32, 64, 128, and 256 MB DIMMs Free DIMM Sockets One Pairs Required No Type Supported SDRAM, 100 MHz, Intel PC SDRAM unbuffered DIMM specification, revision 1.0 compliant Cache Level Quantity Level 1 128 KB Integrated on Processor module Level 2 64 KB Integrated on Processor module Hard drive 20 GB Diskette drive 1.44 MB (3.5-inch form factor) CD-ROM drive 48x maximum speed Attribute Properties Access Speed 75ms Transfer Rate 7.2 MB/sec Fax and data modem V.90 56Kbps Attribute Properties Fax speed Up to 14.4 Kbps Data compression V.42 bis Error correction V.42 EIA fax commands Class 1 Video Graphics Attribute Properties Video graphics AGP 4X Graphics Controller Via KM133 integrated S3 Savage 4 Video memory UMA - 8MB Feature connector (game/joystick) Yes Network Card 10/100 BaseT, integrated MPEG-1/2 MPEG-1 for full-screen, full-motion digital video Sound Integrated on Motherboard Attribute Properties Codec Crystal CS4299 3D Sound Support Direct Sound 3D, A3D 1.0 Microphone With HP Pavilion Multimedia Display External ports Port Type Quantity Serial 2 USB 4 Parallel 1 Expansion slots (total) Slot Type Quantity PCI 3 AGP 1 Expansion slots (free) Slot Type Quantity PCI 2 AGP 1 Drive bays (total) Bay Type Quantity 5.25-inch, external 2 3.5-inch, external 1 3.5-inch, internal 2 Drive bays (free) Bay Type Quantity 5.25-inch, external 1 3.5-inch, internal 1 Also I added in a geforce2 mx400 64mb Games I would like to play are flight simulator 2004, combat simulator 2004, C&C Generals with expansion, Nfs underground. |
michael y (1623) | ||
| 207212 | 2004-01-14 00:59:00 | personally i would add another 512mb of ram, and find a more grunty agp 4x card. also later on in life, you could add a cd writer/dvd rom combo drive | Megaman (344) | ||
| 207213 | 2004-01-14 01:00:00 | yup thats it | michael y (1623) | ||
| 207214 | 2004-01-14 01:03:00 | oh yeah, forgot to mention. I added in a asus cd-rw 48x24x52. And I already got a dvd player in the living room so find it useless to add into computer. But am thinking a dvd-rw, once when prices fall a bit more. | michael y (1623) | ||
| 207215 | 2004-01-14 01:12:00 | also aim for getting a new hard drive, 20gb isnt enough plus if you add 512 mb ram upgrade to windows 2k or xp, or take out the 128 module. 9.x and me wont boot up with more than 512mb |
Megaman (344) | ||
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