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Is this a good gaming computer??
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| XoxidE |
DELL DIMENSION E310 VISTA CAPABLE
Intel Pentium 4 524 W/HT Technology 3.06GHz 533FSB
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz
80GB Serial ATA 3GB/S 8MB Cache 7200 RPM Hard Drive
DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive (Single Drive)
Intel 900 Graphics Accelerator Video
Integrated 2 Channel High Definition Audio
Integrated Intel 10/100 Ethernet (Network/DSL/Cable Internet)
56K PCI Modem (Dial Up Internet Access/FAX/Voice Mail)
USB Keyboard and USB Scroll Mouse
1 Year At-Home Service 1 Year HW Warranty Support
Microsoft Windows XP Media Edition
Microsoft Works 8.0 (Does Not Include Word)
6 Months of America Online Membership Included
Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0
E177FP 17" ANALOG FLAT PANEL LCD MONITOR
DELL 725 COLOR INKJET PRINTER (90 Day Warranty USB Cable NOT Included)
Dell Award Winning Service and Support
all i would need is a good video card, and i picked
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16814125156 |
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| THE_Chris |
| Stay away from Dell ;) |
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| all-nite-freak |
dont fall for their easy payments at 26% interest either.
you are too old for games
you can have my amiga from 1986 |
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| XoxidE |
why not a dell???
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Im buying it from ebay for $515, brand new, come with a 17" lcd, and a printer! :D |
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| Spirit5 |
| quote: | Originally posted by XoxidE
DELL DIMENSION E310 VISTA CAPABLE
Intel Pentium 4 524 W/HT Technology 3.06GHz 533FSB
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz
80GB Serial ATA 3GB/S 8MB Cache 7200 RPM Hard Drive
DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive (Single Drive)
Intel 900 Graphics Accelerator Video
Integrated 2 Channel High Definition Audio
Integrated Intel 10/100 Ethernet (Network/DSL/Cable Internet)
56K PCI Modem (Dial Up Internet Access/FAX/Voice Mail)
USB Keyboard and USB Scroll Mouse
1 Year At-Home Service 1 Year HW Warranty Support
Microsoft Windows XP Media Edition
Microsoft Works 8.0 (Does Not Include Word)
6 Months of America Online Membership Included
Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0
E177FP 17" ANALOG FLAT PANEL LCD MONITOR
DELL 725 COLOR INKJET PRINTER (90 Day Warranty USB Cable NOT Included)
Dell Award Winning Service and Support
all i would need is a good video card, and i picked
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16814125156 |
If your going to play online, you want a DSL modem at least. Although that processor isn't bad, your going to want something with a higher front-side bus (like 800 mhz), 533 mhz isn't really good for graphic intense games like Doom 3, Quake 4 or Half Life 2. That video card is fine, but you may want a 256 mb card, and possibly something like a GeForce 7600 or 7800 so you can get better frame-rates. You may even want a 19'' monitor, because you can get higher resolutions that way. I don't really play games much anymore, but I still know about them. |
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| jdat |
| Right off the bat you need more ram and more hard drive space. |
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| all-nite-freak |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
ram hard . |
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| Spirit5 |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
Right off the bat you need more ram and more hard drive space. |
More hard drive space maybe, but most games run really smooth on 1GB. That's pretty standard nowadays...I have 1GB of Dual Channel 400 mhz RAM and games run fine...although I hardly play games anymore..like I said. |
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| Spirit5 |
| Oh and sound card, get a Creative Audigy 2, it's a few years old but great for games. They have a new one out, forget the name, but it's more geared towards improving music than for gaming. |
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| XoxidE |
Well the computer i got right now has 2.7 ghz intel celeron with 400mhz, geforce fx5200 pci 128mb, 512mb of ram i got hl2 on it, and it runs really good on it.
do i really need more ram than 1gb? im alright with the hard drive space becuase all ima have is a few games and mabye some movies, thats all.
oh, and i got dsl. |
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| jdat |
| uh??? what's the point of an upgrade at this stage with that config you already have? |
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