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| Thread ID: 125391 | 2012-06-25 07:28:00 | Standards for PC specs? | adslgeek (14687) | Press F1 |
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| 1283825 | 2012-06-26 04:42:00 | My work PC is oooold, P4 1G Ram But is easily fast enough to run XP & Office 2003 at a good speed. Being 3Ghz & XP , it runs Win 'faster' than some 'modern' PC's on Vista/Win7 Yeah exactly! For the basics of browsing and things, even older machines are more than capable. Realistically it's gamers, high-end productivity (Such as CAD or Photo editing), and other such things that need a faster machine. Browsing requirements are still pretty low, though RAM usage has increased with Flash and multiple tabs becoming so prevalent as a browsing habit. That, and using something like Chrome over IE makes a *massive* difference. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1283826 | 2012-06-26 05:02:00 | That, and using something like Chrome over IE makes a *massive* difference. And not just on resources :p |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1283827 | 2012-06-26 05:27:00 | Maybe look at software called geek bench it does alot of what you want. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1283828 | 2012-06-26 06:29:00 | Ok I don't know what you're budget is but for a 'reasonable' pc (one that can handle some games and stuff, but not crysis 2) would be 4gb Ram i5 2500k hdd size 500gb + I don't know about the graphics card, but don't skimp on it if you want to play games A cheaper SSD if you can afford it? But, as wainuitech said, how can you define good specs. Please read the original post.:groan: |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1283829 | 2012-06-26 07:32:00 | Please read the original post.:groan: I did. A reasonable PC if you have no budget to upgrade is going to be different to what is a reasonable PC is you have $2000 to spend on upgrades. |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1283830 | 2012-06-26 07:39:00 | Please read the original post.:groan: Please understand the original post.:groan: |
stratex5 (16685) | ||
| 1283831 | 2012-06-26 08:04:00 | wow lol. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1283832 | 2012-06-26 08:16:00 | Please understand the original post.:groan: I did. He is writing some code and wanted a site that updated giving just what Chill in Post #11 gave. He was not building or buying a PC as Nick G implied in his post #6 so I don't know what you are prattling on about. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1283833 | 2012-06-26 08:20:00 | I love this forum - just so bloody helpful! I think while it isn't perfect if I measure the following RAM - and give a range from Warning (eg below Windows specs) Low - Suitable for basic programs surfing and word Medium - Suitable for most programs High - High end computer, suitable for gaming CPU specs Same but separate scale Browser If they don't use Opera and Chrome the recommend Chrome for faster page load I quite like the idea of an in browser test (JavaScript seems logic) to see what speeds pages load and render, cause that is a critical part of the page load and render speeds (which is a large part of perceived Internet speed) Installed programs I currently record the installed programs, so could ID any that would have more overhead than the PC has (eg WoW may need 2Gig RAM, this customer has 1Gig RAM so display a warning or recommendation for more memory to be installed) I have no idea on how to detect defragged - I might see if there is a "last run" register for that program? Also need to detect how much current spare hard drive a percentage and alert if not more than 20% And the same for say currently spare RAM % or paging file usage - no idea where to get that from, but shouldn't be too hard to find. If anyone is bored and wants to give a hand to either the porting to VB.net or any of these variables it would be really appreciated! :thanks Though I should be able to work out most of this stuff. Fun, Fun, Fun! |
adslgeek (14687) | ||
| 1283834 | 2012-06-26 08:41:00 | If i have spare time... eg school holidays. I'll "attempt" to give a go. | stratex5 (16685) | ||
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