Hardware upgrade :)
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:26 pm
My trusted ol' home PC became a bit ..... low end lately, hardly could run Far Cry, Doom 3, STALKER, XPand/XPandXtreme in 1024x768,medium settings ... etcetera.
Certainly now that I finally upgraded my monitor to a wide screen LCD *sigh*
My ol'home PC config:
AMD athlon64 3500+
1 GB RAM
GeForce 5700 AGP 128 MB
XP/Vista/Ubu
Thought about buying a new PC but ..... Those mentioned games are about the most demanding I run, and I don't see anything that's really appealing to me to be released in the near future.
For all the rest I do on a PC it is more then fast enough for home use.
Upgraded to:
AMD athlon64 3500+ (still the same ol'CPU -with a new cooling fan- ....)
2GB RAM
GeForce 6200 AGP 8x 512 MB
XP/Vista (Need to reinstall Ubu apparently *sigh*)
The difference?
Now I run Far Cry, Doom3, STALKER, XPand/XPandXtreme in a whooping 1360x768 wide screen, all settings maxed out.
Rock'n'roll baby !!!
2 GB RAM is approx 70€ nowadays. (2x1GB Kingston KVR400X64)
And the GeForce 6200 AGP 512MB is found in the bin for 45€, seems none wants them things in those modern days. (Except someone as me , of course).
Swell enough for me, maybe I'll buy a new PC next year or in two years.... if I need one.
Oh yeah, Doom3 is of course mostly ran with the 'classic Doom' mod.
Certainly now that I finally upgraded my monitor to a wide screen LCD *sigh*
My ol'home PC config:
AMD athlon64 3500+
1 GB RAM
GeForce 5700 AGP 128 MB
XP/Vista/Ubu
Thought about buying a new PC but ..... Those mentioned games are about the most demanding I run, and I don't see anything that's really appealing to me to be released in the near future.
For all the rest I do on a PC it is more then fast enough for home use.
Upgraded to:
AMD athlon64 3500+ (still the same ol'CPU -with a new cooling fan- ....)
2GB RAM
GeForce 6200 AGP 8x 512 MB
XP/Vista (Need to reinstall Ubu apparently *sigh*)
The difference?
Now I run Far Cry, Doom3, STALKER, XPand/XPandXtreme in a whooping 1360x768 wide screen, all settings maxed out.
Rock'n'roll baby !!!
2 GB RAM is approx 70€ nowadays. (2x1GB Kingston KVR400X64)
And the GeForce 6200 AGP 512MB is found in the bin for 45€, seems none wants them things in those modern days. (Except someone as me , of course).
Swell enough for me, maybe I'll buy a new PC next year or in two years.... if I need one.
Oh yeah, Doom3 is of course mostly ran with the 'classic Doom' mod.
