Computer geeks/gamers, help please...

[XBiker]

When it comes to how much memory is in your system there's one saying that holds true.

SIZE MATTERS!

 

[MP5]

How do i defrag?

 

[Big Johnson]

How do i defrag?

dbl click My Computer
Rit click drive to defrag
Lft click Properties
Lft click Tools

 

[WODIN]

MP5 there are several sites now selling 1.3 ghz machines for around $300.00 bucks. Basic setups but if you strip out the 128 of ram on your existing machine & the video card you could have a nice gamers machine for a couple of years.

 

[Bullit]

MP5 there are several sites now selling 1.3 ghz machines for around $300.00 bucks.

If you can get a new machine for $300 vs paying $100 (or whatever) on an additional 256 of RAM then just get the new machine.

If money is tight then try 128-256MB of ram, but a 500 is pretty slow.

 

[dballer]

what kind of shit is this???

I got your call today.. but I am hammered at work. I will call you back tonight.

 

[manny78]

This is what I have and every games work on it:

Dual 733 mhz PIII
512 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce3 64 MB

and I play games like Ghost Recon with the highest settings. No problem so far.

 

[Taps]

If you're just playing Quake 3, Halflife, etc...there shouldnt be a problem. I ran both those games on my P2-250 w/64mb RAM and had no problems at all...

Anyway, doubling the RAM is a good start. That'll take care of most speed issues. Beyond that, defraging the harddrive is good. I wouldn't worry about upgrading processors or graphics cards just yet...most games run fine on P3 systems.

I have the same graphics card you do, and it handles pretty much everything. Nvidia updates thier drivers quite a bit, so have a look at thier webpage from time to time....

 

[Solid Snake]

Get an XBOX or a PS2... they are just 200 bucs. Much cheaper than buying a new computer or fixing it.

 

[MP5]

Dballer, you would like the game Mafia, you get to drive cars around and beat people with baseball bats!

thanks for all the input. I tried to defrag and did not shut off the other shit so it ran all night and didn't do shit. I will try it again.