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| Thread ID: 97847 | 2009-03-01 20:56:00 | Web cam etc to use with Skype | John H (8) | Press F1 |
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| 752579 | 2009-03-01 20:56:00 | Hi folks My youngest has moved to the wilds of Western Australia. She wants us to use Skype, which is fine with me. However, I have only used it with a headset, whereas she and her hubby talk to his family in Minorca and England using a web cam (and presumably a mic and the computer's speakers?). Do any of you have any recommendations for a set up like this to use with Skype? Thanks for any suggestions. |
John H (8) | ||
| 752580 | 2009-03-01 22:12:00 | Just get a webcam, most come with a mic anyways | Blam (54) | ||
| 752581 | 2009-03-02 00:57:00 | Thanks blam6 I will go and check some out at Tricky Dicky. | John H (8) | ||
| 752582 | 2009-03-02 02:13:00 | You should know that webcams are very hungry on the computer's resources. If your PC is relatively low power it could struggle. Just another thing to consider..... the things they don't tell you when you buy. | Tbird650 (6754) | ||
| 752583 | 2009-03-02 03:53:00 | You should know that webcams are very hungry on the computer's resources. If your PC is relatively low power it could struggle. Just another thing to consider..... the things they don't tell you when you buy. Thanks Tbird650 (I was a Matchless man, myself!). Here is what I am running: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 AMD Athlon 64, 2000 MHz (10 x 200) 3200+ Motherboard Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra, AMD Hammer System Memory 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM) Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6200 (128 MB) 3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6200 Do you think I need more than 1Gb RAM? |
John H (8) | ||
| 752584 | 2009-03-02 04:11:00 | Hi John H, Just go with it- Skype is not hard on recources-I use a P4 3.06Mhz,W XP Pro,SP3 ,1 gb ram--and a camera $19 at Bond and Bond - as I had my own mic piece of cake- I talk to U K,USA,Malasia Aussie, etc- no hastles and the latest update of Skype is a dream - all lip sync and sound match effie c |
effie c (6856) | ||
| 752585 | 2009-03-02 04:13:00 | Thanks Tbird650 (I was a Matchless man, myself!). Here is what I am running: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 AMD Athlon 64, 2000 MHz (10 x 200) 3200+ Motherboard Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce4 Ultra, AMD Hammer System Memory 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM) Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 6200 (128 MB) 3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 6200 Do you think I need more than 1Gb RAM? Thats prob enough. You could throw in another 512mb/1gb stick though, you'd see a nice increase. Would be expensive though, since its using the old, DDR RAM technology |
Blam (54) | ||
| 752586 | 2009-03-02 04:42:00 | Hi John H, Just go with it- Skype is not hard on recources-I use a P4 3.06Mhz,W XP Pro,SP3 ,1 gb ram--and a camera $19 at Bond and Bond - as I had my own mic piece of cake- I talk to U K,USA,Malasia Aussie, etc- no hastles and the latest update of Skype is a dream - all lip sync and sound match effie c Thanks effie. Sounds great. |
John H (8) | ||
| 752587 | 2009-03-02 04:43:00 | Thats prob enough. You could throw in another 512mb/1gb stick though, you'd see a nice increase. Would be expensive though, since its using the old, DDR RAM technology Thanks blam6. Goodness, am I using old technology already? It seems only yesterday that I upgraded this thing to the latest and greatest! |
John H (8) | ||
| 752588 | 2009-03-02 04:47:00 | Thanks blam6. Goodness, am I using old technology already? It seems only yesterday that I upgraded this thing to the latest and greatest! haha yeah-DDR3 is out already, so you're generations behind:p Good thing is though-you could build an ultra fast pc for less than a grand these days:D |
Blam (54) | ||
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