computer specs

Originally Posted by nighthawkx

Consider an i5, they're cheaper

They're cheaper for a reason - no hyper threading. That really is a deal breaker. Nothing is more awesome that seeing 8 different CPU monitors in your task manager. It effectively doubles your cores making 4 cores into 8, at least from Windows point of view.

My PC is really starting to show it's age, mainly because it was originally built at the start of 2007 - a long time ago.

-AMD Athlon 5600+ X2 @ 2.9Ghz
-ASUS M2N-E SLI
-G.Skill 4Gb of DDRII 800 PC2-6400
-ASUS Geforce 9600GT SLI - Now just one XFX Radeon 4870
-CoolerMaster Power 650w

Originally Posted by V99

They're cheaper for a reason - no hyper threading. That really is a deal breaker. Nothing is more awesome that seeing 8 different CPU monitors in your task manager. It effectively doubles your cores making 4 cores into 8, at least from Windows point of view.

Yeah, it definitely makes it twice as effective, because if you split a car in two it will run twice as fast.

Manufacturer: Custom
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 8 GB DDR2
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Monitor: Dell S2409W x 2
Sound Card: Integrated
Speakers/Headphones: Labtec Pulse 285 Speakers / Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 Headphones
Keyboard: Logitech G15
Mouse: Microsoft MX518
Mouse Surface: Standard Mousepad
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate Service Pack 2
Motherboard: Asus P5N-D
Computer Case: Antec 900


dusty :<

Originally Posted by V99

They're cheaper for a reason - no hyper threading. That really is a deal breaker. Nothing is more awesome that seeing 8 different CPU monitors in your task manager. It effectively doubles your cores making 4 cores into 8, at least from Windows point of view.

My PC is really starting to show it's age, mainly because it was originally built at the start of 2007 - a long time ago.

-AMD Athlon 5600+ X2 @ 2.9Ghz
-ASUS M2N-E SLI
-G.Skill 4Gb of DDRII 800 PC2-6400
-ASUS Geforce 9600GT SLI - Now just one XFX Radeon 4870
-CoolerMaster Power 650w

I would recommend giving a SSD a try,

Not bought any new parts in ages myself, still running a 8400 at 3.4 and a 2900

I have a laptop that has about 60% the processing power of my DS classic. It also has a 4GB hard drive. And my desktop isn't all that much better. I won't bother to post specs, since it's all pretty bad. But hey, it does what I need it to do (all be it slowly) and I haven't YET thrown my desktop out the window. I say that's an accomplishment.

Fine. I shall divulge my darkest secrets!!! (OK, not really...)

system76 Wild Dog
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB DDR2 RAM
600 GB HD
Nvidia 8500 GT (dual 17-inch 4:3 monitors)

Logitech Illuminated Keyboard & Mouse

Dual booting Windows XP (32-bit for gaming purposes) and Ubuntu 9.04 (64-bit).

Originally Posted by Tyras

lucky, you must have decent video card then, because Oblivion lags a lot for me.

A $60 video card tears up oblivion, it's not that demanding a game. maybe it was 4 years ago...

Originally Posted by nighthawkx

A $60 video card tears up oblivion, it's not that demanding a game. maybe it was 4 years ago...

problem is, my video card is integrated so I can't easily change it, if at all. the game's performance went up considerably when I added more RAM, but I still get lag in combat and around lots of light sources. I suppose these aren't things to get really worked up over, but it would be nice if everything ran smoothly all the time.

I have a Dell Inspiron 1520 (2007 model).

Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz (T7500)
4 GB DDR2 667
160 GB HDD (5400 RPM )
GeForce 8600M GT 512 MB
15.4" Laptop screen WSXGA+ (1680x1050)
25.5" HP w2558hc WUXGA (1920x1200)
Mini-system stereo speakers
Logitech MX218 mouse
Timberwolf Wolfking keyboard (not pictured)
Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate


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Originally Posted by Tyras

problem is, my video card is integrated so I can't easily change it, if at all. the game's performance went up considerably when I added more RAM, but I still get lag in combat and around lots of light sources. I suppose these aren't things to get really worked up over, but it would be nice if everything ran smoothly all the time.

To replace an integrated video card, you just plug in a new video card and hook up your stuff to that. Your computer will notice it has a proper card and switch off the onboard one.



Anyway. My own stats... I've got two computers, both of which are capable of running most games these days, but I'll give you the stats of the one I most often do stuff on.

I built it.


CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 (dual core), 3gHz
RAM: 2GB
HDD: 250gb & 80gb, both SATA
GPU: GeForce 9800 GT, 1gb VRAM
OS: Windows XP Pro SP2


I recently had to get a new GPU, and I (being cheap) went with something that seemed passable and didn't suck. It's worked fine so far.

(I had to get a new GPU because half the capacitors exploded on my old one for some reason.)

Manufacturer: Myself? XD
OS: Windows Vista Home Basic 32 bit (upgrading to ultimate or home premium soon)
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6400+ 3.20 GHz
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1GB
HDD: 466GB 7200+ RPM (I don't remember the model name and my computer encrypts it ;_; )
RAM: 2.00 GB (upgrading to 4GB soon)

Things to update:
RAM, Video Card, Operating System

I had to get the video card replaced, and the people at the shop put the WRONG video card in. I used to have 8800 GT and now I have 9500 which doesn't function as good. Even worse is I had to pay for a downgrade. D: I will be fixing this as soon as I get the money to.

Originally Posted by Tyras

problem is, my video card is integrated so I can't easily change it, if at all.

You just put in a graphics card there and it will work (assuming it isn't a laptop). You don't take out the integrated card.

Originally Posted by KiKi

What... am I the only person on the entire forum with less then a GB of ram?

No. I only have 256 MB.

The laptop my grandma....

Manufacturer: HP
Model: Pavillion dv7 Notebook PC
OS: Windows Vista Premium SP1 (Forgetting to install SP2.)
Processor: AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core Mobile RM-72 2.1GHz
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 3200
HDD: 220GB SATA something
RAM: 4.00 GB
Monitor: 1440x900, Generic PnP Monitor

Originally Posted by Danger

You just put in a graphics card there and it will work (assuming it isn't a laptop). You don't take out the integrated card.

It's a laptop.

Originally Posted by nighthawkx

A $60 video card tears up oblivion, it's not that demanding a game. maybe it was 4 years ago...

It was four years ago....Lagged awfully on my 6600GT. Only become playable when I got a X1950pro.

Originally Posted by V99

It was four years ago....Lagged awfully on my 6600GT. Only become playable when I got a X1950pro.

now consider a 4830...

Originally Posted by V99

It was four years ago....Lagged awfully on my 6600GT. Only become playable when I got a X1950pro.

Was quite good at 1024x768 all medium/high on a X850XT. Well, sure it lagged with lots of lightning in fights, but...

My Specs

Computer: Compaq-Presario SR5019
O/S: Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+ 2.6 ghz Processor
RAM: 3584mb
Hard Drive: 250gb SATA
Graphics: nVidia G-Force 8400 GS

Considering what i started with 3 years ago was this

Computer: Compaq-Presario SR5019
O/S: Windows Vista Home Basic 32bit
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 4200 1.6 ghz Processor
RAM: 512mb
Hard Drive: 160gb SATA
Graphics: nVidia G-Force 6100

My new baby:





Intel Core i7-920 (D0 stepping), overclocked to 4.00 GHz (hyper threading disabled)
Scythe MUGEN-2 heatsink
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R
3x2 GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1600, 8-8-8-21, 2T command rate

I had some issues getting it started up at first. The system crashed a few times and I had to play around quite a bit with the BIOS to get it stable and have it detect my IDE disc drives properly. Once it was up in running and I got the drivers installed, however, it was smooth sailing. Using some information I found online, I got a solid, stable, and fast overclock in all of 5 minutes of tweaking, and temperatures have been very solid. The performance difference is enormous, and makes my system a joy to use. I didn't see increases in some places that I expected to, but I also saw major improvements in areas I total didn't expect as well. The large memory pool makes multi-tasking awesome again, and I can Alt+Tab between even the most demanding programs I have without any sort of delay. Load times and stutters are virtually nonexistent. Now all I need is a new video card...