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Old 09-26-2006 , 23:36   Re: Computer problems
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Cost efficient : get another second hand motherboard for your Pentium 4 (which is the best out of your three options) with AGP support and get a second hand ATi 9800 Pro or XT. Won't cost you more than $ 80 if you search thoroughly. Don't expect the game to run fluently at the highest settings though.

In all other cases you would have to upgrade both your CPU and VGA, doing not so will make either your old VGA or old CPU the bottleneck.

You are an idiot.
I am actually PARTIALLY doing what you said - I am getting a new CPU for free (Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz) which will bottleneck, but so does EVERY intel because intel sucks. And, I have a Nvidia PCI FX 5500 256 MB on order.

Total cost: $54

Right now, my specs will be:

Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz
768 MB 266 Mhz Ram
Nvidia geforce FX 5500 PCI 256 MB

Personally, I think this was my best choice. My CPU bottlenecks as it is, but hey, hopefully a NEW 3.2 Ghz pentium 4 will help. Mine is really old (4 years) whereas the 3.2 Ghz is maybe 1-2 years old... If I need too, I might get 2 512 MB 400 Mhz ram.

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Old 09-27-2006 , 09:29   Re: Computer problems
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The FX 5500 will disappoint you for sure...
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but so does EVERY intel because intel sucks.
Are you sure you know what you are talking about ?
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Old 09-27-2006 , 17:37   Re: Computer problems
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The FX 5500 will disappoint you for sure...

Are you sure you know what you are talking about ?
Yes, I am more than certain I know what I am talking about. Intel has a thing we like to call a BOTTLENECK.

It's like 1000's of instructions attempting to go through the bus in order to communicate with the ram - problem is, motherboards set for intel chips have a bus speed the FRACTION of the processor. An intel chip may operate at 3.2 Ghz (3200 Mhz) however, since the bus speed is much slower than the chip, the data is actually sent at the speed of the bus (usually max 1.0 Ghz). The mechanics of a computer work as slow as the slowest component. I'd prefer not to argue this subject as it takes very minute research.

I live in the heart of technology - silicon valley where Intel and AMD are based. Fortunately, since AMD continues to release better products, it makes Intel work alot harder for the consumers business. Recently, Intel engineered a "laser-bus system" which operates like fiber optics except instead of transferring network data, it will transfer system instructions. See http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060918-7773.html for more information.

Yes, knekter, I do know what I am doing. I understand how cheap building a new computer would have been, however, I did not finance this video card myself, it was purchased FOR me. Eventually, I will build my own computer and ensure that it is more efficient than the OEM computers made now.

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