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What can i do to opgrade?

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Name: dafni
Date: February 25, 2009 at 13:23:31 Pacific
OS: Windows XP home edition
CPU/Ram: 2.047Mb
Product: 75d8u / 775dual-vsta
Subcategory: Opinions
Comment:

Hey. I want to opgrade my computer to be better at gaming, especially games with high number of combattens. Is there something i can do without making large new perchases? My system is as following:
775Dual-VSTA
Produkt 775Dual-VSTA
Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Version x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 9
Data 32bits
Omtrentlig clock-speed 3.013Mhz
BIOS Default System BIOS
Version A M I - 7000628
memorychip DIMM0
Kapacitet 1.024Mb
memorychip DIMM2
Kapacitet 1.024Mb
NVIDIA
Grafikkort NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
RAM 512Mb
Tilstand 1152 x 864 x 4294967296
Driver nv4_disp.dll
Version 6.14.10.9147
Harddiskmodel MAXTOR STM3320620A



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Response Number 1
Name: jam
Date: February 25, 2009 at 13:36:08 Pacific
Reply:

"Version 6.14.10.9147"

OMG! How many years has it been since you updated your video drivers?

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_...


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Response Number 2
Name: dafni
Date: February 25, 2009 at 13:52:26 Pacific
Reply:

hehe, some years i surpose... thanks... is there anything else i could opgrade?


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Response Number 3
Name: jackbomb
Date: February 25, 2009 at 14:26:21 Pacific
Reply:

I've actually had some experience with that motherboard. What a slug! Newer VIA LGA775 chipsets aren't the best, but I didn't think that they were that bad. Video performance just seemed to be extremely low...screen redraws were visible, and HD video playback was slightly choppy, even with a Core 2 Duo and x1950 Pro under the hood.

The 3.0GHz P4 is also no speed demon. Upgrading to a newer GeForce 8800+/Radeon HD 48xx would only shift the bottleneck to the CPU.

And upgrading to a Core 2 CPU would likely shift the bottleneck to that slooow chipset.

I wouldn't recommend spending any more money on that system. Best to just leave it as it is, and wait until you can afford a brand new computer.

Homebuilt projector:
Samsung 1080p panel
Pixelworks controller
2 HDMI, 2 Component, 1 VGA
Homebuilt enclosure
120" 16:9 screen
Connected to: HTPC w/ BD, satellite receiver, XB360.


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Response Number 4
Name: dafni
Date: February 26, 2009 at 07:49:37 Pacific
Reply:

Okay, thank you for your advice!


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