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Old 10-18-2004, 07:32 AM   #1
Hivetyrant
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Ok, I thought it would be cool if we all explained the specs of our computers, im sure there are some who dont know what they are, but im also sure there are those of you who want to show off, so tell all.
Im not asking for pictures of your computer but I suppose that would be alright.
Ok, ill go first.
Its not the best, but its not the worst..

Intel 2.8Gig with HT
512meg of RAM in dual channel running at 400mhz
80gig HDD (7200rpm)
LG Super Multi DVD Burner
Sony 16x DVD rom
RADEON 9800Pro (128meg)
Winfast TV200 Expert edition (TV card)
I cant think of the name of the motherboard, so ill post that later.
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Old 10-18-2004, 08:42 AM   #2
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Intel pentium III 733 mHz
128 MB RAM
HD1: 20 GB (windows, don't use it though )
HD2: 40 GB, only gives 32 GB though (jumper for 32GB clip is off or should I have that on to make it 40GB?) - Debian Linux SID on kernel 2.6.8.1.
52x CDROM
10x4x32 CD-burner
NVIDIA RIVA TNT 32 MB video card
ASUS AX-34 motherboard with:

Quote:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev c4)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP]
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 22)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 10)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 10)
0000:00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 10)
0000:00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30)
0000:00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 20)
0000:00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys, A Division of Cisco Systems: Unknown device 2120
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15)
It's actually a linsys wmp11v2.7 wireless card.

Rock solid and fast enough for my needs. But I wait with upgrading. It runs NWN pretty good in sp. Haven't tried mp yet but I guess it'll be bad cause I'll have less fps in fights. Still have to get BG to work but first I have to wait till NWN linux client is downloaded, 900 MB to go
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Old 10-18-2004, 09:07 AM   #3
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I think your RAM and Graphics card are whats lacking, but if your graphics card was upgraded, you would surely be able to play NWN smoothly.
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Old 10-18-2004, 09:13 AM   #4
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Hey, philip, I had one of those nVidia 32 meg card by Diamond. One of the most solid cards I have ever owned. Anyway, I am saving up for a new rig, but this one does everything I want:

P3 1.2 GHz
ASUS TUSL2-C Tualatian motherboard
512 megs of 133 RAM
ATI Radeon 9200 128 meg video card (brand new; works like a charm)
80 Gig 7200 rpm 8 cache Western Digital HD (brand new also)
48x CD ROM
40x CD R/RW burner
Samsung 17" flat screen monitor
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Old 10-18-2004, 11:03 AM   #5
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Originally posted by Hivetyrant:
I think your RAM and Graphics card are whats lacking, but if your graphics card was upgraded, you would surely be able to play NWN smoothly.
Well the RAM doesn't have to be much I think cause winME didn't have a swap drive while in linux I use one. But I'm not sure for the graphics card. My motherboard is pretty old and it seems that if I start with upgrading one thing I've got to upgrade the rest too. And over here it's pretty hard to find cheaper than $100 graphics cards, I know they exist like in the states it doesn't seem to a problem getting parts cheap but since it'll be only a small upgrade and for NWN only I don't want to spend too much on it. I hear GForce4TI are good isn't it (I'll stay with NVidia cause ATI often gives a lot of trouble with linux and with NWN as well)?

Due to an error I couldn't post this ^ and in the meantime I looked and found a gforce fx 5200 magic for $58 and a gforce fx 5200 for $73 and gforce fx 5500T for $70 or gforce5200TD for $73. Brands are ASUS, MSI and XFX. All have 128 MB cause 256 MB wasn't really good then yet isn't it?

I've been looking on tom's hardware and it looks that in shooters 5200s are pretty fast but these games are made to be light on graphics. The other games the 5200s run around 30 fps which is some improvement on the 5-10 I'm getting now. However they have hardware that supports them to the max while I only have 4x AGP (reverse compatible aren't they?) so could these be worth buying?
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Old 10-18-2004, 11:11 AM   #6
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Also I found that upgrading my RAM is only $27 but with video card above and this I'll still have below required CPU. Will it still be worth to do. Like if it's going to 20-30 fps I think playing online becomes really possible isn't it?
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Old 10-18-2004, 11:22 AM   #7
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Intel Pentium 4, 3.0Ghz processor.
1GB RAM.
120GB HDD.
CD Rom + CD Rewriter + DVD Rom + DVD Rewriter (All combined... somehow... don't know their speeds though)
Radeon 9600SE 128MB
I forgot how big my monitor is... it's a flatscreen LCD though.

Strange... Even with a Radeon 9600, I still have to set my Call of Duty preferences relatively low so that it does not freeze... I'm thinking of upgrading to some sort of GForce, as these seem to be popular and reliable.
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Old 10-18-2004, 11:31 AM   #8
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hmm... my computer is pretty good for a student budget

1.8 P4 equivalent (2000xp AMD)
512 ram
80 HD
Asus motherboard A7 forgot already but its good
gforce fx5200
17inch monitor (with compliments of memnoch)
cd-rom
cdwriter
and my newly acquired external lg multiformat writer (supports dual layer with external to boot ).
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Old 10-18-2004, 11:32 AM   #9
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p4 2.66
256mb ram
80gb hard disk
17 inch flatscreen monitor
cd rom+rw
geforce ti 4400 128mb ram.


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Old 10-18-2004, 05:01 PM   #10
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Well I bought this off my own budget. I've got it about 4-5 months ago.
CPU: 2500+ Barton @ 333MHz
MBO: ABIT NF7 nForce 2 Ultra 400 +MCP-T(downclocked to 333MHz)
HDD: 160 GB @ 7200 + 1 back-up of 40GB @ 5k rpm
RAM: 2x512 Kingmax SuperRAM 433MHz(downclocked to 333MHz)
GPU: Radeon Sapphire 9600XT 128MB
CDR: Plextor 48/24/48 A w/ PowerTools
DVD: LG 16x
MON: 15" AlphaScan 520
COL: Zalman AlCu T/2
+3 more coolers around the case
+ADSL 384/64
+2.1 sound set(small room)

And I'm not trading my little baby for nothing! It's mine, all mine!!! [img]smile.gif[/img]
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