This computer

[BetterOffDead]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wallpaper

If you have the money, get one 2 gig stick. Then you can upgrade later for less money/hassle

No go on 2GB/stick... that motherboard can only handle 2GB total (1GB per slot).

[ckaplan]

Depending on the graphics card you upgrade our machine with you are likely to need more than 350 Watts. Just look into the power requirements of your card before you buy one.

[Wallpaper]

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterOffDead

No go on 2GB/stick... that motherboard can only handle 2GB total (1GB per slot).

Ugh, sorry, didnt even think to look

[Trivium Nate]

Ive decided on this ram right here
Dual channel DDR2 pc4200, Unless I see some ram in the Bestbuy or Circuit city when I go to the mall tomorrow...

US Modular Dual Channel 2048MB PC4200 DDR2 533MHz Memory (2 x 1024MB) US2GBDDR253 at TigerDirect.com

[chode_messiah]

Me thinks you should reconsider...
Newegg.com - CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory - Retail

[chode_messiah]

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Originally Posted by wick3dsick23

Mmmmm I dunno about that one Chode_Messiah. I have several non-shader model 3 cards that I use to play BF2/2142. My Radeon 9550 and FX5700 run them fine.....but, I could be wrong about that.

That being said, definitely look to buy a graphics card in the near future. Something in the Nvidia 7xxx series or ATI's X1xxx series should do nicely.
Hope that helps.

I may be mixed up with the geforce4 series; I'll have to check it out.

edit: yeah it was the geforce 4 series. I remember my friend wanting to play with his ti 4800 gold only for him to find out it wouldn't work.

[wick3dsick23]

Quote:

Originally Posted by chode_messiah

I may be mixed up with the geforce4 series; I'll have to check it out.

edit: yeah it was the geforce 4 series. I remember my friend wanting to play with his ti 4800 gold only for him to find out it wouldn't work.

Yeah chode, you are right. I remember that now. It is kinda a non-issue anyway considering he has to get a PCI-E card, but at least we got that cleared up!

Chode was also right about the RAM. I only buy Corsair and Crucial Ballistix for my systems. It is definitely worth the money. There is a huge quality difference among brands when it comes to RAM, so be careful to buy a good brand.

[Trivium Nate]

I tried playing BF2142 but i got an error message saying that some file couldnt found and that i should reinstall the game and i didn't but ti didn't fix the problem... I tried BF2 but it took forever to start up and it lagged even on singe player, Fear lagged to... I got the BGF 8600 256MB GPU... I bought a 400W power supply Ghost Recon Advanced war fighter lagged to Do i need a better gpu or do i have to buy another gig of ram? I'm definitely going to buy more ram just not yet....Or may be its because im running Vista... Also GTa SA Wont run ....

[chode_messiah]

Could be a number of things, including bad drivers.

[K_Dog]

Triv, try setting textures(if memory is correct) to med that gets below 1 gig memory usage.