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Computer n00b; Advice needed!
Deacon:
I have recently inherited a 4 year old Sony Vaio.
All my life, until roughly last October, I have been a console gamer who has never played PC games, with the exclusion of The Sims (1). (now, I am both) However, I have never had my own computer. (I go to school in Reno, where my brothers friend brought his computer. We use it, He uses our internet, everyone is happy.) So I have no idea about what to do to upgrade it, or anything like that. I am wondering if you guys can help.
Seeing as how I know nothing about computers, I shall now copy the system properties.
Runs Windows XP (sp3)
Has a Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80 GHz
1.00 GB of RAM
and underneath that says Physical Address Extension, whatever that means.
Looked up info about the video card, and it says I have a;
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Integrated RAMDAC (wtfdoesthismean)
Approx. Total memory=128 MB
Edit: and it also says DirectX 9.0c (-shrug-)
Now, being home in vegas, I have not had a chance to download any game. (speed here is .37 mb DL...something is fucked up. but thats not important)
I am anticipating a slower gameplay than when i used my friends computer, because he built his for gaming. this however, was obviously not.
I have done some reading on the interwebs, and i am thinking of upgrading the RAM and the video card. Here is where I need help. Should I do that? Should I do something else? Is it worth fixing up? Will this play Gmod/orangebox/othershit in it's current state?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
--Unfamiliar with this machine,
Ryan(Deacon)
Deathie:
--- Quote from: Deacon(TakeBackTheRain) on December 26, 2010, 09:58:11 PM ---Should I do that?
If you plan on keeping it, Yes.
Should I do something else? Is it worth fixing up?
Upgrade the processor as well, granted you have the cash.
Will this play Gmod/orangebox/othershit in it's current state?
Yes, but most likely only on Med settings with 20-25FPS
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I highly recommend you get the name of the motherboard, so that you can see what type of ram you need to get, or how much you can upgrade it.
Deacon:
--- Quote from: Death M.D. on December 26, 2010, 10:55:16 PM ---I highly recommend you get the name of the motherboard, so that you can see what type of ram you need to get, or how much you can upgrade it.
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Ok. I will attempt to declothe take the case off tomorrow and assuming i don't blow something up i'll see. i'm aiming for about 3 GB of RAM. yes or no?
and unfortunately, i don't have the cash. need job. now.
Deathie:
--- Quote from: Deacon(TakeBackTheRain) on December 26, 2010, 11:18:55 PM ---Ok. I will attempt to declothe take the case off tomorrow and assuming i don't blow something up i'll see. i'm aiming for about 3 GB of RAM. yes or no?
and unfortunately, i don't have the cash. need job. now.
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Oh you, and your barbaric ways.
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
Deacon:
--- Quote from: Death M.D. on December 26, 2010, 11:24:16 PM ---
Oh you, and your barbaric ways.
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
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Baby Jeezus, help me.
I am in so far over my head.
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