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Finally getting a new PC, its Half-Life 2 time.
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 4:38 pm
by Verence
And Farcry time and a bunch of other games time.
Hopefully the new computer is good enough to run them WELL.
I might have to upgrade the memory, but otherwise it looks good.
Hey, I might finally be able to turn the draw-in distance in Morrowind all the way up!
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 4:48 pm
by Afrotect
Get Warhammer 40k or Age of Mythology and I will teh po2nz0er j0)!
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:57 pm
by Dubya
Good for you! Mind sharing the specs for your new PC?
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:07 pm
by Verence
Well, as it is, pre-upgrade, the specs are...
P4 1.3 gig
256 megs RD ram
Geforce 4 MX 440
20 gig hard drive
Win XP Pro
Plus a 21 inch flat screen CRT monitor, optical mouse and keyboard
all for $200.
I know I have to upgrade, but I think I got a good deal.
Now to find some cheap RD ram (wish me luck).
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 5:37 pm
by Richie
Wow, Verence, that rig is a steal for $200.
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 5:48 pm
by Wrath
Not a bad deal for the price. And your system should definitely be able to run HL2. I'd also recommend Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines, also using the Sources engine. I've been hooked on that game for like 2 weeks now, and I finally just finished it. I want more first person RPG's like this to come out. I also finally just got the chance to pick up Morrowind GOTY eddition, and Arx Fatalis for cheap, so I'll be hooked on some older games for quite a while.
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 9:38 am
by mecha
My system is much more powerful than Verence's specs, and Half Life 2 just barely runs.
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:30 pm
by BreakmanX
beekz specs are lower and it runs like butter.
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:31 pm
by Dubya
I could probably build that machine around the same price, minus the flat screen monitor. Good Find!
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:36 pm
by Verence
The only problem (I've just now discovered) is the prohibitive price of upgrading RD RAM. It would cost another 200-some dollars to upgrade to 512 megs.
I'd be better off replacing the motherboard with one that accepts DDR Ram.
Oh well, I still got a deal, just gotta keep telling myself that...
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:19 am
by Richie
Verence wrote:The only problem (I've just now discovered) is the prohibitive price of upgrading RD RAM. It would cost another 200-some dollars to upgrade to 512 megs.
I'd be better off replacing the motherboard with one that accepts DDR Ram.
Oh well, I still got a deal, just gotta keep telling myself that...
No kidding about the RD RAM. That $200 could go a long way towards an Athlon 64 mobo and RAM to match.
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:31 pm
by Verence
No kidding.
Why the hell is RD ram so expensive? That's what I want to know.
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:43 pm
by Richie
As I remember, RD was expensive from the start; the upshot was performance advantages over the then standard SD. But DDR started making performance leaps, and RD went of the way side.
I'm guessing it's so expensive now because no one is willing to make more.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:50 pm
by Verence
Yeah, I'm gonna go the new MB route. Prolly a nforce 3 or 4 chipset with a new CPU and RAM. I'm not sure how much I need to upgrade the video card. "Geforce 4 MX 440" is so cryptic, I'll have to do some research on how good it is.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:16 pm
by Verence
Hell, I'm just going to sell this computer, keep the monitor, and build my own.