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Endraven
Luke Warm
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 Posted: 12/06/03 - 16:00 Post subject: question about computers
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i have a compaq computer i bought 2 years ago that has 1024 mb of ddr ram a geforce 4 ti4600 graphics card and 1.5 ghz proccesor. I thought that the graphics card and ram would make games run better but my comp still runs like shit. is their anything i can do to it to make it run games better besides just buying a new comp.
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Dapht
Luke Warm
Joined: 19 Oct 2002
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Location: ALaska
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Posted: 12/06/03 - 16:05 Post subject:
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| Endraven wrote: | | i have a compaq computer |
I think that that is your problem
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Endraven
Luke Warm
Joined: 17 Mar 2003
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Location: Chicago
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Posted: 12/06/03 - 16:08 Post subject:
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oh and it has windows xp but im not sure if that makes a difference. and yea. compaq blows
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Paden
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Joined: 23 Oct 2002
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Location: North CAROLINA!
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Posted: 12/06/03 - 18:07 Post subject:
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It does not matter if It is a compaq or not.
It should run decent with the specs above.
Do you Defrag your computer at all? If so how often.
Have you Installed all the latest Video drivers.
NVIDIA put out a new one in Oct (i think)
Do you use DX 9?
My comp is by far more of a POS than yous and it runs most apps and games I play smooth.
AMD Athlon XP 1700+
640MB DDR ram
Gforce 4 MX420 64mb(stfu it was cheap!)
40gig HDD
10gig HDD (for music and stuff)
Windows XP pro (from r00ts server)
(this computer "was" an eMachine)
now it's a pMachine
It's never the computers fault. Only the owners!
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ATM Banana
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Posted: 12/06/03 - 18:11 Post subject:
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| Dapht wrote: | | Endraven wrote: | | i have a compaq computer |
I think that that is your problem |
and thats the end of this chapter.
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Spitulski
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Joined: 23 Nov 2002
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Location: Washington
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Posted: 12/06/03 - 18:14 Post subject:
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| Paden wrote: | | It does not matter if It is a compaq or not. |
It kinda does. Compaq uses really, really s****y motherboards that probably take a dump if the firmware is not up to date.
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Paden
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Posted: 12/06/03 - 18:18 Post subject:
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and your saying eMachine don't use s****y Mobos
My Mobo is a AM35 lol..
I was on a budget at the time.....But I rarely Have a problem with my computer.
My Grandfather got a compaq this year as his first computer ever.
It has almost the same shit as the emachine inside.
It runs ok unless my Aunt uses it. She ends up downloading all kinds of shit and it f***s the comp up.
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Endraven
Luke Warm
Joined: 17 Mar 2003
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Location: Chicago
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 01:22 Post subject:
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problem solved!
got rid of that fuking compaq
AMD Athlon XP Processor 3000+
512MB DDR SDRAM PC-3200
120GB Seagate Serial ATA 8MB Cache
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 128MB
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
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Paden
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Joined: 23 Oct 2002
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Location: North CAROLINA!
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 01:48 Post subject:
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grats on spending a small fortune
could of built a better one for the price you paid for that
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Spink
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Joined: 16 Oct 2002
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 05:15 Post subject:
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Hard luck on accidentally getting a GeForce FX.
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khrath
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 05:19 Post subject:
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whats wrong with geforcefx?
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Spink
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 05:37 Post subject:
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anything under 5900 couldn't outperform a ti4200 or even several gf3s, also the fact that nvidia has gone to total shit with detonator drivers putting them out purely for 3dmark scores rather than improving games.
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Endraven
Luke Warm
Joined: 17 Mar 2003
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Location: Chicago
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 18:08 Post subject:
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so should i keep my old geforce 4 ti 4600 over the fx?
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Paden
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Joined: 23 Oct 2002
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Location: North CAROLINA!
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 20:51 Post subject:
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............. you should read up on stuff before you pay large amounts of cash for them.
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Syke
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Posted: 12/08/03 - 20:55 Post subject:
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Keep the new card, it's fine.
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