Building/Upgrading a PC for TS2
songsmith:
Oops, I thought I had 2 Gig on that HP. I know that's what's needed. I wanted the new computer to be Vista ready when and if the time comes to switch.
The point is moot, however. It looks like our video card fried on this thing but can be fixed, so we will hold off on purchasing a new PC a bit. I'd like to have a new PC (who wouldn't?) but, like you, I'd rather wait for the bugs to be worked out of the tech that's right around the corner rather than paying for the privilege of being a beta tester, which seems what software companies expect people to do anymore. :-\
brat:
Sorry to keep doing this, but I do not know anything about computers except how to play the sims2! What about this pc?
Components
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor x6800 (2.93GHz) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Professional with re-installation CD edit
MEMORY 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs edit
HARD DRIVE 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ edit
ADDITIONAL HARD DRIVE 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable edit
MONITOR No Monitor edit
VIDEO CARD 512MB nVidia GeForce 7900 GTX edit
SOUND CARD Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic (D) Sound Card
XPS Specialized Support XPS, Specialized Support
Future Operating Systems Windows Vista™ Capable
SYSTEM DETAILS 2.5MM aluminum thickness Chassis with front & back customizable LEDs
SYSTEM DETAILS 7-slot, BTX design motherboard
SYSTEM DETAILS 750-watt Power Supply
SYSTEM DETAILS Tower Six-heat pipe, Copper base Heat Sink with aluminum fans
SYSTEM DETAILS Two 120mm x 38mm front fans
KatEnigma:
It would run TS2 great, assuming Nvidia made a driver that's compatible. ;) I haven't been keeping up, what are the status of their latest drivers and the game? Good going on adding the XP installation disk. So many people don't and then are lost when they have to reinstall.
DrBeast:
That system is a killer brat! The only thing you could improve is switching to 800MHz DDR2 sticks instead of 667MHz. Other than that, let me grab my heart pills before you tell me how much that beast will cost!
brat:
Well, I admit it is a little on the expensive side, but it seems like I'm getting a new computer every year or so. Plus I would like to have one that can handle all my downloads and not take an hour for my game to load!
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page