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Offline Tr1gg22

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Re: Lots of warping and lag
« Reply #15 on: July 15, 2009, 09:56:59 AM »
I do not shut down firefox.. Is there something I need to no about running that and the game?
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Re: Lots of warping and lag
« Reply #16 on: July 15, 2009, 10:05:14 AM »
Well when i take the filters off my phone lines i disco alot so verizon said keep them in
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Re: Lots of warping and lag
« Reply #17 on: July 15, 2009, 11:52:30 AM »
Processes being one thing, you might want to consider a cheap video card.   It will free up CPU cycles from the On Board Video you currently have.  That and more RAM.   

Also, I played this game with a P3, 800mhz up until 2006.   I had XP Pro and tried SP2 and reverted back to 14 processes on SP1.   I pulled 35FPS on a Ti400 and 1st gen DDR-DVI.   SP3 IMO, is too much for that PC to ask and you don't need it.   If you have the XP home disc, I'd reinstall Home and leave it at SP1.    SP2 adds 6-7 processes.   I can only imagine what SP3 adds.   

1.)  Revert from SP3 on that CPU
2.)  More RAM
3.)  Also get a cheap Video Card.   Don't send more than $40 on it. 
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Offline Tmac7

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Re: Lots of warping and lag
« Reply #18 on: July 15, 2009, 01:04:42 PM »
I was gona get more ram I heard it helps ALOT...i changed my text detail to 128 and for some reason i forgot to earlier but it helped a little bit
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Re: Lots of warping and lag
« Reply #19 on: July 15, 2009, 05:11:49 PM »
Quote from: Tmac7 on July 15, 2009, 10:05:14 AM
Well when i take the filters off my phone lines i disco alot so verizon said keep them in
Ah. Well, AT&T (Engineering, not tech-support) told me the DSL signal wouldn't change if it were plugged into the wall-socket or the filter. So I left it in the wall-socket (1 foot less travel for the signal).
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Offline Tmac7

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Re: Lots of warping and lag
« Reply #20 on: July 15, 2009, 08:54:11 PM »
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Re: Lots of warping and lag
« Reply #21 on: July 15, 2009, 09:00:35 PM »
Virtually any video card would be a step up from what you have right now, but you will not realize the full benefit of it without more RAM.

Are you even sure that computer can be upgraded?
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Re: Lots of warping and lag
« Reply #22 on: July 15, 2009, 09:30:47 PM »
I've opened up the computer and saw extra slots i know it can have more ram...I'm getting 4 gb pack for it. How can you tell if it is upgradeable?
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Re: Lots of warping and lag
« Reply #23 on: July 16, 2009, 06:04:57 AM »
Does it have a PCI-Express slot?  Can the onboard video be disabled in the BIOS?  Will the power supply handle the load?

Compaq/HP are notorious for building computers which cannot be upgraded.
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Re: Lots of warping and lag
« Reply #24 on: July 16, 2009, 08:13:44 AM »
tmac you better check that sys. 1st i think it will only take 2 gigs ram and yes it has a pci 16 slot
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Re: Lots of warping and lag
« Reply #25 on: July 16, 2009, 08:46:23 AM »
Yes it has a PCI slot I don't think it has  a slot for a new graphics card so i think i'll just get the 2 gb of Ram.  I just know my computers low grade and needs atleast something to get it going.
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Re: Lots of warping and lag
« Reply #26 on: July 16, 2009, 09:52:59 AM »
tmac go to compaq web sight find your sys. and it will tell you what upgrades you can make i think you can put a pci express 16  video card in
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Re: Lots of warping and lag
« Reply #27 on: July 16, 2009, 10:29:49 AM »
How do you find the maximum amount of memory that can be added? I figured out that i can add RAM but i need to know how much now
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Re: Lots of warping and lag
« Reply #28 on: July 16, 2009, 10:44:12 AM »
tmac i took the info from your dxdiag and went to the compaq web sight where it ask you your product name put in SR2010NX
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Re: Lots of warping and lag
« Reply #29 on: July 16, 2009, 10:47:25 AM »
I got the model number and brought it up but i couldnt find how much memory i can put in
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