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morriswindgate · 12-21-2003, 05:25 PM

Hard Drive with 8MB Cache @7200 RPM
Video Card with at least 128MB DDR RAM
512MB or more of RAM on a MOBO with Dual Channel Capability
CPU with high FSB speed

and of course you will want quality in all of the other parts.

Other things;

You want a large capacity hard drive, but you want a small partition for the C Drive. ON this partition you only want the bare minimum of software, such as the OS, Anti-Virus, Burning Software, Firewall, or other programs need to run the computer hardware/Input-output Devices/communication/security. Install all the other software to the D partition.
Reduce the number of TSRs' (Temporary Stay Resisdent) that you have. These are reflected in the task bar and in the startup tab on MSCONFIG. These are programs which partially start up and include Adobe Programs, MS Office/Works, Real Player, Quicktime and many others.

12-21-2003, 05:25 PM	#11
morriswindgate Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Bakersfield,CA Posts: 7,761	Hard Drive with 8MB Cache @7200 RPM Video Card with at least 128MB DDR RAM 512MB or more of RAM on a MOBO with Dual Channel Capability CPU with high FSB speed and of course you will want quality in all of the other parts. Other things; You want a large capacity hard drive, but you want a small partition for the C Drive. ON this partition you only want the bare minimum of software, such as the OS, Anti-Virus, Burning Software, Firewall, or other programs need to run the computer hardware/Input-output Devices/communication/security. Install all the other software to the D partition. Reduce the number of TSRs' (Temporary Stay Resisdent) that you have. These are reflected in the task bar and in the startup tab on MSCONFIG. These are programs which partially start up and include Adobe Programs, MS Office/Works, Real Player, Quicktime and many others.