DOS Games Discussion

<a href="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDe ... >Case</a>- Which I think is really kick ass looking!

<a href="http://usa.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=A7N ... board</a>- This looks to me like a rare find to its price

<a href="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDe ... essor</a>- WOW!

I'll be getting all of this stuff on friday! + plus my Uncle scrapped together a new cd-rom, floppy, 256mb ddr ram, 13gb harddrive, keyboard, mouse, I'm paying 130 bucks for all this, and hhe had all that stuff laying around his house! I'm just going to scrap the comp I have now! TOOT TOOT!

wait...

Can i have the other one???

Way to go, Bobo!

The old one-

343 MgHz :Angry:
60 MB Ram :Angry:
A floppy drive that eats floppys :Angry:
A dvd-rom (doesn't read burned-cds and I'm giving it to the new)
On board Rage Cii :Angry:
Pile of shit sound card :Angry:
6Gb Harddrive

just one more day....

check my machine! Y

P4 3.06GHz

Maryvile motherboard

2X 128 Crosair Ram

120 Gb Hard

CDRW 48X

DVD ROM 40X

ATi Radeon 9700 128Mb DDR Tv Out

only 16.799 Kn

Bobo wrote:<a I'm just going to scrap the comp I have now! TOOT TOOT!

Way to go Bobo!!!!!!

The A7N266 isn't bad, but it's really not good either. Get the A7N8X-E Deluxe. Now THERE'S a good AMD32 board.

You should go w/ a Thermaltake case too. Seeing as to how that case is only $22, and has a power-supply in it, I strongly suggest you remove the PSU and buy a new one (if you stay w/ the Dynapower case) Cheap PSU's tend to take down as MUCh as the possibly can when they die.

About the processor: Why not get a 2500+ and the A7N8X board?

Get another 256 DIMM while you're at it. 512 is MUCH better than 256.

Sure this may cost a bit more, but IMHO, it's WELL worth it.

Ok, I'm done communizing your computer now.
-Richard-

Oh, one more thing... don't expect to do too many intense 3D games w/ that vid-card. On-board Videocards stink. They use the system RAM to power them, and they're usually cheap 32bit (64 if you're lucky) VIA cards.


-Richard-

hahahahaha! Suckers! I have a dual format dvd writer! 160 gig hd, a p4 hyper threading at 3 gigahertz, a radeon 9200, 512 mb of ram, and of course win xp. i also got it with a printer/scanner and a seventeen inch lcd screen for $1500!

Too bad all that computer power won't help much unless you're:

1. Using it for a server
2. Multitasking 40 programs or so
3. Playing games with ultra-excellent graphics
4. Using a lot of security

I guess there's more, but ye get the point.

And that's $1500 USD, right?

IMHO lcd is schitt

LCD is no good for games, and your Radeon 9200 is a system bottleneck.

9700 is MUCH better!

9800 is the best right now for ATi, 5950 for nVidia.

For someone who doesn't play games or use 3-D modeling, is getting one of those video cards a spectacular waste of money? I think so.

Well I play intense online 3D games, so I need all the graphics power I can get for my buck. System Specs right now:

ASUS A7A133 Motherboard (Look up the CPUs it can take... it can take like ANY Socket A CPU from AMD!)

AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 266mhz FSB (Not Barton, but oh well. My mobo cant take Barton cores )

512mb SD-RAM PC133

GeForce 4 MX4000-t128 (t128 means 128mb with TV-Out, DDR of course. 64-bit (I thought it was 126-bit when I bought it )) w/ custom installed fan.

Western Digital 40gb 7200rpm Hard Drive (Which is full)

Panasonic 14gb 5200rpm Slave Hard Drive (My DC++ Share Drive, also full)

No-name Case with front and rear cooling fans, 3 5.25" bays, 2 3.5" bays.

Samsung SyncMaster 500b Moniter (Maxes out at 1280x1024 @ 32-bit 70hz)

55x No-name CD-ROM

No-name 3.5" Floppy

Unknown (Havent looked at it since I bought the barebones kit) Soundcard

D-Link 802.11b Wireless network Card (Death to Wireless. Crappy for online gaming)

Rear USB v1 card

250w No-Name Power Supply