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12-16-2002, 08:57 PM
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My comp sucks
PIII at 933mhz
20 G.B HD Rage 128 pro (16 mb of ram??? GRRR Why to they call it 128 for???) Not very many games work on this rig any more... I need a cheap upgrade 100$ CND max so that evens out to be 2 USD |
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12-16-2002, 09:19 PM
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Fly Eagles Fly
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Location: Philadelphia, PA
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sell it, and build another
 lol Nah, your comp isn't that bad. It's better than you make it out to be. That's what I think anyway.
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12-16-2002, 10:11 PM
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Member (7 bit)
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Well if you saw it try to run 007 nightfire demo a while ago, you would think the same as me. About 1 frame per 3 min!!! Really I am not joking!! Yes i have tried a defrag still nothing all the graphics are set to lowest possible. Even gta3 runs VERY laggy and slow.
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12-16-2002, 10:26 PM
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Just updated my ram paging file thingy to min 1 G.B Heh heh, this ought to be interesting. Changed all the windows visual effects to nothing. This might help a bit. LOL...
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12-16-2002, 11:04 PM
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933 MHz isn't so bad
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12-16-2002, 11:12 PM
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Member (5 bit)
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Australia
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upgrade your video card, and get more ram if you need it.
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12-16-2002, 11:17 PM
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Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
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The only hardware upgrad I would suggest is a new graphics card. You can get a radeon 7500 for under $100, also you can get a Gf4mx4200 for just over $100 from newegg.com. Also what OS are you using, how much system ram? I have a PIII @ 540Mhz with a Matrox G400 (32mb ram) and 768Mb system ram that can handle GTA3 at a nearly acceptable level. Additionally you may have a bloated system, running too many things in the background, read the pcmech articles on system optimisation, that should help out.
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12-16-2002, 11:37 PM
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Nothing wrong with a 933, have one myself. Your problem is the Video card and get at least 256 ram. (Video card, find the Radeon 9000 very good as it will play any current game VERY well (better than any GFS 4 MX any way)
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12-16-2002, 11:49 PM
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Member (10 bit)
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a p3 933 is a very nice processor. Im running a duron 900 and it suits me fine along with my radeon 7500 I can play the latest games smoothly, no problem.
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12-17-2002, 03:26 AM
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Member (9 bit)
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You call thAT SUCKS??
mine P3 733....with GF2MX.I just can't wait to dump it outside my window......hehe.Nah just joking 
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12-17-2002, 10:03 AM
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A hundred bucks Canadian?
From www.ncix.com: 100-432001-OEM ATI RADEON 7500 64MB DDR AGP4X 2D/3D OEM Yes $99 |
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12-17-2002, 01:22 PM
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Member (9 bit)
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Subscribe to the NCIX newsletter thingy, you can get a Radeon 8500LELE for $108.
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12-18-2002, 11:45 AM
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8500 at minimum, or a gf4ti4200 with 128megs would do you justice, why spend a similar amount of money for something lesser? Some more ram and a real os (xp) if you are on 98/me will do ya right.
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12-18-2002, 04:06 PM
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I have yet to see any GeForce4 Ti card for under $200 Canadian, much less a 128Mb.
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12-18-2002, 05:48 PM
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Member (8 bit)
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On my old machine, PIII 600mhz, Jedi Knight II would run at an average of about 20fps with a Geforce 3 Ti200. But on occassion in massive fights it would get down to a crawling, 5 fps.
But, at 1600x1200, all settings maxxed, in the map "pit" which is basically an arena where you fight this Jedi girl, I had an average of 80fps, and it never went below 40 fps. Wierd? Dave |
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12-19-2002, 12:33 PM
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Red Sox Nation
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Are you talking about Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II? Man, that ran smooth as silk on my old Compaq 550MHz K6-2, 64MB PC-100, onboard 8MB video(shared with main memory), and onboard sound. Now, I run it on my sig system, crank up the AF and AA, and my rig still eats it for lunch.
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12-19-2002, 09:00 PM
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Member (8 bit)
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Alienware_Dude,
No, I was talking about Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast. Based on a heavily modified Quake 3 engine, more CPU intensive then GPU. |
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12-19-2002, 10:42 PM
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Red Sox Nation
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dackerman,
I am very familiar with JKII: JO, as I have beaten it countless times. I was only thinking of Dark Forces because I remember a level where you fight a Jedi woman in a desert pit level.
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