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[A4H]

Hey guys this si my SRtest for AoC i was wondering fi you guys could recommend replacements parts for my old comp. Parts that can run this stuff but nothing thats overly expensive. i'm fine with Min or recommended stats. This is all from an '03 dell lol.


CPU

You Have: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.00GHz

System RAM
Recommended: 2 GB
You Have: 254.5 MB

Operating System
Recommended: Windows Vista
You Have: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (Build Service Pack 22600)

Video Card
You Have: Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller (Intel(R) 82845G Graphics Controller)
Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card

Video RAM: Required - 512 MB , You have - 64.0 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - No
Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 3.0 , You have - 0.0
Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 3.0 , You have - 0.0

Video Card Driver Version (DirectX)
Your driver version number is: 6.14.10.3762
FYI: Your video card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper video card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product.

Sound Card
You Have: SoundMAX Digital Audio

Your driver version number is: 5.10
FYI: Your sound card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper sound card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product.

Free Disk Space
Recommended: 30 GB
You Have: 19.4 GB

DVD
You Have:

[legslat]

lol you're best bet is buying a whole new computer...

www.newegg.com
get some nice corsair ram , lot of em have 40 buck rebates so its about 60 bucks after rebate
video card i would go for nvidia 8800 series or if you want best 9800 series
motherboard i would go for asus, intel processor
HD whatever size you want i have a 300gb and its slowly filling up, im gonna have to buy another one

vista if you want to use DX10, i have it and never experienced any problems

while your at it grab a logitech G15 keyboard they're fun =P

[KJFett]

You might be able to upgrade, but its going to be a lot of gear..enough to justify consideration of a new rigg all together. As Legslat recommended, try newegg. I bought my PC from there almost a year ago and was very happy with how quick everythign arrived and in good shape as well.

[Constantine]

while your at it grab a logitech G15 keyboard they're fun =P


QFT

Edit: Also, If the computer is 5 years old, then your motherboard prolly is AGP for the graphics card. I don't think Nvidia makes 8800 or 9800 for AGP. And you prolly have DDR and not DDR2, just make sure to check compatibilities for these things.

[ragz45]

I want a g15 so badly, but i need a ergonomic keyboard. I can't play with a old style keyboard, so i'm totaly :bhump:

[Constantine]

I love the G15. Has CPU and RAM usage stats, can play and control iTunes while playing a game, no tabbing out. I actually use the stopwatch feature alot in City of Heroes for various testing and gameplay purposes. Obviously the macro keys come in handy. The fact it lights up is nice, but only nOObs look at the keyboard anyway.

[Mushok]

10 Dollar Keyboards ftw..... to hell spending money on a keyboard considering I ruin them every 6 months anyways from food/drink!

[A4H]

My MB is actually PCI believe it or not.

I've got a list of parts on my laptop but its in a hardware place getting fixed SO ill post them up when iget it back lol.

[kaifus]

Maybe PCI and not PCI-E... I don't think PCI-E was mainstream in 2003 lol...

[sshatiza]

Yeah it will be PCI and that is worse than AGP. I had hell of a time explaining to my boss the difference in PCI, AGP and PCI-E. I work in IT for a hospital so you would think he would know a bit but he went and ordered a new HP system 2 years ago and did not listen to me. Now he can not play anything new since his AGP is intergrated graphics and thought he could put a PCI-e card in a PCI slot so now he listens to me before he gets anything for the hospital or himself.