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01-23-2007, 07:34 PM
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| Newb Techie Join Date: Jan 2007
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|  specs help please! hey i'm wanting to soup up my comp so i'll be able to play half life 2, fear and prey on at least their medium settings. at the mo i've got- amd athlon xp 2400+, ~2.0GHz 512mb ram geforce fx 5200 i've no idea what i need to upgrade so any help would be much appreciated! ive got around a £200 budget. cheers guys |
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01-23-2007, 07:52 PM
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| Monster Techie  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas
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 | thats a pretty low budget to look for what you want. and any agp video card you get probably won't cut it. you'll probably have to look into a new cpu, mobo, video card, and possibly ram. not sure what the prices are over there but newegg you could get a skt939 setup for around that much.
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01-23-2007, 08:59 PM
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| Monster Techie  Join Date: Jun 2006
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| yep, i hate to say this but that system is not really worth upgrading. you could get a new videocard but then your proccessor would be the bottleneck. maybe save up so you can build a new computer.....
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01-24-2007, 12:18 AM
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| Folding Bandit  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Trotter's Basement
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| That processor is not slow, ive got a 2800+ and a 7300gt and can run games fine, cod2 on max everything at 1440x900. Just get a 7300gt or higher and add another 512mb ram, then save up and build a new system later. |
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01-24-2007, 01:59 AM
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| Monster Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas
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| thats a good find.
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01-25-2007, 10:03 AM
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| Newb Techie Join Date: Jan 2007
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| hey guys, thanks a lot for your replies. ive spoke to my local parts shop and im getting an amd 3.2 processor, 1gb ram, a motherboard with pci express, and a geforce 6200 128 mb for £250 including labour. is this a good deal? and is that a good enough graphics card to play next gen games on decent settings? thanks again |
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01-25-2007, 08:36 PM
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| Ultra Techie Join Date: Oct 2006
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| Re: specs help please! Quote:
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