Author Topic: Im so clueless (Read 703 times)

ronwood06 · « **on:** February 05, 2007, 09:50:05 PM »

I have a compact preserio pentium 2 intel MMX , with 384.0 MB RAM that a friend gave to me and i dont have any idea how to upgrade it or if its worth upgrading. Can someone tell me what i would need to have done to have the best performance for a moderate price? (For instance pentium 3, video card, sound card, Windows version?) Thanks I hope someone can help!!

Roscoroo · « **Reply #1 on:** February 05, 2007, 10:34:51 PM »

you have a Slug ... theres no real upgrade for that and being a older compaq its even worse .

NHawk · « **Reply #2 on:** February 06, 2007, 06:07:42 AM »

Pentium 2's are dead. No upgrades possible. Donate it to Goodwill.

Higher end Pentium 3's can still have a life as low traffic web servers, but even those are reaching their end life.

Pentium 4's while still in use and available are retired as of last year.

Pentium D (Duo-Core) are still widely available.

Pentium Core 2 is the current Intel processor.

ronwood06 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 06, 2007, 07:55:01 PM »

Thanks for the information everybody!!
Do you guys think i could get by running Aces High with a upgrade to pentium III running 98 windows? Cause those chips are pretty cheap.. Thanks

Roscoroo · « **Reply #4 on:** February 06, 2007, 09:36:46 PM »

pent 3's are on the cusp of being able to run AH a 933 mhz with a good 256mb video card and lots of ram will work ...

id look for a pent 4 or a 2 ghz AMD

ronwood06 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 07, 2007, 10:06:49 PM »

Thanks Roscoroo. I will look for a pent.4 but what is the AMD? And Can you tell me how to check for the video card memory? Thanks again..

Roscoroo · « **Reply #6 on:** February 07, 2007, 11:43:22 PM »

there 2 main companys that make processors (CPU) for computers

Intel makes pentiums , Duo core , pent d ..ect

AMD makes Athlons/ A2's/ duel core 64 bit ... ect

A computer with a 2.0 ghz cpu and 512mb of ram along with a good video card either agp or pci-e makes for a Good gamer .

to put it simply you have to put the video capability's of a Xbox /PS into your computer to make it a good gamer thats why we use high end video cards .

other wise the computer is just a word processor with min video capabilitys .

To build a good gamer it takes a fair amount of study and observation of what everyone else is using because theres so much stuff ... bolth AMD and Pentium have Forums like this that have tons of good info .

ronwood06 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 08, 2007, 10:07:50 PM »

Thanks Roscoo! You help me alot!

Spikes · « **Reply #8 on:** February 09, 2007, 07:38:07 AM »

Pentium Two ..j00 gotta get at least 3

bj229r · « **Reply #9 on:** February 10, 2007, 02:23:57 PM »

I have an Athlon 64 3200 chip that runs at 2.2 gig, and it is a year or 2 behind the curve--also have a 256 meg vid card (fx5700) that is ALso a year or 2 behind the new---game runs fine, and the motherboard I just had to buy to replace the one that died was only 59 bucks (I'd expect cpu would be similar)--however, I betcha a modern mb won't fit in a pentium 2 box, also prolly need new power supply.....hmm..best bet is go to a mom and pop computer store ans tell them how much money ya have to spend:aok

ronwood06 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 10, 2007, 05:21:22 PM »

Thats great bj229r!! This was exactly the help i was looking for!! Thanks