PC Upgrade question

killadoob said:
it wont be

1 gig is fine for your pc

its a very low end pc now so ram aint going to help it along :(

maybe buy a pc from a place that you can pay off :)
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Indeed. I shall look at all my options. Not easy being a student.Part-time pay does not make it easy to buy computers and the like. :p
 
yea for sure maybe find a vga card for 600 bucks or something in junkmail

now a faster vga card would make a huge difference
 
killadoob said:
yea for sure maybe find a vga card for 600 bucks or something in junkmail

now a faster vga card would make a huge difference
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Really? To the general speed of the PC? Even play any games? I know the card I have now is VERY entry-level but it was only R300 new :p
 
hj2k_x said:
Really? To the general speed of the PC? Even play any games? I know the card I have now is VERY entry-level but it was only R300 new :p
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Faster gpu will speed up games but will still not allow you to play all the games out there at decent frame rates :)

Will still be a nice upgrade though until you can get a decent system.
 
Ok cool. When it comes to graphics, I am still a bit lost. Prices range from a few hundred rands to like 10 000.

What card could you recommend for me in the meantime?

And then , what would you say is a reasonable card when I finally upgrade? Bearing in mind I would like to be able to play the odd game, but nothing too hectic, and that I would probably have perhaps R7000 available for the PC(just the tower)...?
 
hj2k_x said:
Ok cool. When it comes to graphics, I am still a bit lost. Prices range from a few hundred rands to like 10 000.

What card could you recommend for me in the meantime?

And then , what would you say is a reasonable card when I finally upgrade? Bearing in mind I would like to be able to play the odd game, but nothing too hectic, and that I would probably have perhaps R7000 available for the PC(just the tower)...?
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For now depends on what you want to spend :p
 
well considering your budget

i would have suggest amd here :)

amd 3500+ or 3800+
2 gig memory
160 gig hdd 250 if you have the cash
either a 7600gs or a 7900gs depending again if you have the cash
el cheapo box :)

but if you have the cash e6300 core 2 duo cpu with board :)


remember if you buy a pc from somewhere dont let them sell you an agp 8 x motherboard
 
Cool, thanks for the advice.

You guys got any experience with Mac stuff?

My gf is getting a macbook soon and I was checking out the MacMini which falls just about within budget...You reckon it is worth it?
 
hj2k_x said:
Basically a pimped version of XP with a LOT of postinstall proggies, drivers and nice themes...The thing is huge. +-4GB in all...

See here
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Looks cool, do you think it would need extra resources though aside from hard drive space? Its still XP in the end. Guess some of the themes might. Guess I should download it and give it a try. :)
 
That is what I was thinking. I;m trying to get my PC to run quicker, not kill it completely! Will just give it a try and find out...
 
I have just finished dl-ing it so I may as well give it a try tomorrow. ATM it is too hot to do anything that strenuous...
 
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