Need help buying a computer

llamaboy772 · Post by **llamaboy772** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:31 pm

But wouldn't a X1300 be more powerful then a X800? And will it get me the highest settings running smoothly?

jks · Post by **jks** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 6:19 pm

I run BF2, Doom 3, CoD2, and HL2 all on max settings with this thing, I overclock it a lot to get the most out of it. But with only 1 GB of RAM no matter what card you have your probably only gonna be able to run those types of games at medium settings. To properly utilize the most your card has to offer you have to have at least 2 gigs of RAM.

llamaboy772 · Post by **llamaboy772** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:49 pm

I checked ebay for that card and those thing are expensive! But mabey if i sell stuff on of my old computer i can buy it. How much would a 50 gig hard drive and 256mb of ram be worth? And what about a dvd drive be worth? Oh and i got my new computer this morning and it's sweet! It's a HP Pavilion a1310n with 1gb of ram and a 200gb hard drive, and an AMD 64 1700 processor. It also came with a 17 inch flat screen and a photo printer for under $1000!!! (i'm in love, lol)

wes · Post by **wes** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:19 pm

just go to newegg or tigerdirect to find out your price needs. and btw, your new comp sounds good.

other: jks you have COD2? zomg gimme ur xfire

llamaboy772 · Post by **llamaboy772** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:56 pm

I just played halo for the first rime on my new computer and there's no way i need to replace the video card. I get shaders, shadows, decals, at a resolution of 1024x768 at 20 to 40 fps.

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:34 pm

llamaboy772 wrote:I just played halo for the first rime on my new computer and there's no way i need to replace the video card. I get shaders, shadows, decals, at a resolution of 1024x768 at 20 to 40 fps.

Thats...pathetic.I mean its better then mine but mine is 5 years old

llamaboy772 · Post by **llamaboy772** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:35 pm

Dude.....shut.....up....you.....killjoy! On my last computer i didn't get specular, shadows, or decals, couldn't see water, flashlight or grass, details in any texture, and all that with a craptacular 640 x something resolution and i was happy when i got 15 fps with that. Now don't ruin the moment, errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

jks · Post by **jks** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:50 pm

I get specular, decals, shadows, lighting, max texture all at 1280x1024 at 70 fps with my beast

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 5:50 pm

llamaboy772 wrote:Dude.....shut.....up....you.....killjoy! On my last computer i didn't get specular, shadows, or decals, couldn't see water, flashlight or grass, details in any texture, and all that with a craptacular 640 x something resolution and i was happy when i got 15 fps with that. Now don't ruin the moment, errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

YEs that would be my computer.

llamaboy772 · Post by **llamaboy772** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:56 pm

Patrickssj6 wrote:
llamaboy772 wrote:Dude.....shut.....up....you.....killjoy! On my last computer i didn't get specular, shadows, or decals, couldn't see water, flashlight or grass, details in any texture, and all that with a craptacular 640 x something resolution and i was happy when i got 15 fps with that. Now don't ruin the moment, errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....
YEs that would be my computer.

Huh? Ithought you said your computer is good...Anyway i was wrong, the resolution is 800x600. I just don't feel like spending $200 right now. But i will get a new one for halo2PC.

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:42 pm

Compaq Used 4 Years Old
2.8GHZ Celeron(Yes sounds impressive but do the math.2.8:2=1.4Pentium2)
512MB Ram
Intel Interated 64MB Gfx Card(Yes it can't get worse)
A Case

No its not good.But I think this thread "served its purpose" and should be locked.

llamaboy772 · Post by **llamaboy772** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:04 pm

yah, lock her up.

jks · Post by **jks** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:38 am

Well good luck getting a good video card

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