Upgrading from 600mhz

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Maximum speed Tualatin core I've seen on eBay is 1.4 GHz, they're damn cheap so even if it doesn't work you could just shrug and buy a Coppermine.
Upgrade that card as well, get a 6800 and see some powah! Even a 6600 AGP will outrun a 2400 Pro...

Actually, save up for a better PC like the posts above me are offering. You may enjoy gaming on your old PC, but whats to lose from getting a new PC and having better frame rates/resolutions and running things faster?

 

[RevengE]

Its sad, even a 1.0Ghz A64 beats the PIII. Dude, if you really want an upgrade, soon as my Phenom II rig is up, I could sell you an A64 3800+ Socket 939 and a mainboard with 3.. I say it.. 3 PCI slots... ;-) Even has a PCIe16 and 2x PCIe 1x slot for when you want to join the big boys. ;-)

Fly

The thing about u2k is we have told him
to upgrade plenty of times..he just keeps trying to mess with old hardware that no one supports or uses..

 

[CH@NO]

...a sempron which sounds like shampoo.

hahahaha, funny indeed.

 

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Looks like can't use a Tualatin based PIII, it has a 133 MHz FSB and your chipset only supports 100 MHz.
http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/810/

In the meantime, I think I'll find some old parts with similar specs, build a PC with W2K on it and see how well it can actually game...

 

[DarkEgo]

Fast $300 computer
Processor/case/psu
hdd
MoBo
Vid Card
Don't waste you money on a PIII this is a much smarter choice.
Edit $320, forgot the RAM

 

[CH@NO]

I don't understand how you can enjoy using that dinosaur you call a computer.

Well, I've seen worst cases, and upgrading the speed of that PIII will not give you almost any noticeable boost, and less gaming, upgrading your VGA could be the solution....but the rest of the system will be a heavy bottleneck....so, keep your current rig 'till you upgrade your entire system.

 

[ASRockIQ]

i came arcross this site and have been using it for awhile. it's awesome! Link Sells some old stuff and new stuff.

here's that PIII 1.4GHZ CPU Link

 

[trickson]

Good GOD talk about OLD school where have you been ? That thing is a Dinosaur !
Newegg is a great place to buy .

 

[Lillebror]

haha, you guys totaly flip, because he wanted to get a pci video card. But now he wants a new cpu, and you give him all kind of links and stuff you people are weird!

 

[RevengE]

Good GOD talk about OLD school where have you been ? That thing is a Dinosaur !
Newegg is a great place to buy .

it's old skoooooooooool

 

[RevengE]

haha, you guys totaly flip, because he wanted to get a pci video card. But now he wants a new cpu, and you give him all kind of links and stuff you people are weird!

It's because most of us have realized that no matter what we say this guy is in love with old ass hardware. So we just humor him

 

[Darren]

I don't even know what a socket 754 or 939 is, yet alone a sempron which sounds like shampoo.

I'm getting the feeling that you are avoiding newer motherboard sockets and processors because you are afraid that you'll have to learn something new.

You are one of those people that will hold onto their old "CRT" monitor because you are scared that you'll have to learn the new buzz words associated with the HD standards.

..in addition to having a fetish for ancient artifact caveman technology of course


Edit:

It's because most of us have realized that no matter what we say this guy is in love with old ass hardware. So we just humor him

It wouldn't be the first time u2konline has requested a upgrade path only to avoid our wisdom and continue down the path of outdated technology


Edit 2:

haha, you guys totaly flip, because he wanted to get a pci video card. But now he wants a new cpu, and you give him all kind of links and stuff you people are weird!

Indeed


Edit 3:

u2konline, listen to DarkEgo. (and he means Phenom II not PII. Sorry had to say that incase you got excited downstairs)

Fast $300 computer
Processor/case/psu
hdd
MoBo
Vid Card
Don't waste you money on a PIII this is a much smarter choice.
Edit $320, forgot the RAM

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Good GOD that thing is just one step up from a 486DX-4 how can you even run some thing that old ? I can not get my head around it . like are you still playing the Atari video game's like pong ?

lol.

The more we insult his hardware the harder his "hardware" becomes.

He gets off on our insults, he is one of those fetish people.

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I would like to know why darren keeps saying getting off and fetish? LOL, its so random.
Does everyone in the whole world have to use high end computers or something?
Is this not a land of freedom?
* don't answer that lol *

My computer is low-midrange...

Its because the way you describe your old hardware it sounds soo detailed it has to be sinister. Only someone who is truly in love would talk about "keeping dead hardware alive" and hence why I think its almost fetish like.

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his computer is only good enough for....

 

[BrooksyX]

I agree its time to upgrade. Get down and dirty. Building your own computer.

Oh and xRevengEx, there is a an edit button for a reason.
(Stop double posting so much!!!)

 

[Flyordie]

Or pay me to build it for you...

 

[trickson]

Good GOD that thing is just one step up from a 486DX-4 how can you even run some thing that old ? I can not get my head around it . like are you still playing the Atari video game's like pong ?

 

[RadeonProVega]

Some of the comments in this thread have me dying laughing lol. But just to make this clear once again, i have plans to buy a secondary desktop computer , a more powerful one. However, i am in no rush to do so, i am just happy with what i have, alright, thanks

I don't understand how you can enjoy using that dinosaur you call a computer.

LMFAO

It doesn't even come close to meeting most new games minimum requirements.

Game requirements are inaccurate about 98% of the time. Trust me.

I would imagine that even playing games at the lowest settings with 800x600 resolution wouldn't be very much fun. But hey if your happy then more power to ya!

I don't play none of my games at 800x600, i either play at 1280x1024 about 90% of the time, and that last 10% at 1024x768. Neither are my settings at all low.

I really doubt you are gaming "good" 7 fps is not good I find it hard to believe you are playing cod4 on that setup

1280x1024, Texture Resolution at Extra settings, No AA, AFX4, Normal to high settings, Bullet Impact no, Ragdoll on, Glows off, Shadows off , shadow map resolution low. I tried running the game at 800x600 or 1024x768, but i can't. Its unplayable and i lose performance. But at 1280x1024, the game runs better. Someone on this forum did explain to me why this happens, i think he said its because the GPU is doing all the work or something like that.

The game only drops to 7 when there are a ton of enemies on screen, but overall i get between 14-30. I might do some benchmarks soon, with some video.

I thought CoD4 required SSE2?

No, the only games which i have come across that required SSE2 is, The Club, Devil May Cry, Grid, Lost Planet.

i came arcross this site and have been using it for awhile. it's awesome! Link Sells some old stuff and new stuff.

here's that PIII 1.4GHZ CPU Link

I have a 810828 motherboard. That would work?

I'm getting the feeling that you are avoiding newer motherboard sockets and processors because you are afraid that you'll have to learn something new.

No, because my computer runs just fine and plays games just fine, internet, music, etc. If you must know, i had a computer , a business computer with PCIE slots, i gave the computer to my ex wife.

You are one of those people that will hold onto their old "CRT" monitor

My Gateway Monitor from 2000 died last year, did i buy a LCD monitor? No. I bought a 1996 15 dollar Princeton Graphic Systems from the pawn shop

 

[trickson]

lol.

The more we insult his hardware the harder his "hardware" becomes.

He gets off on our insults, he is one of those fetish people.

Thing is so old the dust that is on the CPU HSF is rock hard !

 

[RadeonProVega]

I would like to know why darren keeps saying getting off and fetish? LOL, its so random.
Does everyone in the whole world have to use high end computers or something?
Is this not a land of freedom?
* don't answer that lol *

 

[RevengE]

I agree its time to upgrade. Get down and dirty. Building your own computer.

Oh and xRevengEx, there is a an edit button for a reason.
(Stop double posting so much!!!)

Where did I double post at? If I did it was not
On purpose. I'm on my iPhone when I'm at work sorry

 

[BrooksyX]

Not everyone uses high end computers. But I wouldn't even call your computer low end. Its about 5x worse then low end by todays standards.

Where did I double post at? If I did it was not
On purpose. I'm on my iPhone when I'm at work sorry

You say one thing then you say another thing right behind it. You did it once in this thread, and twice in that programming thread.

 

[trickson]

I just bet you this guy has one of these hooked up !

Plays it ever y day too donkey Kong FTW !!

 

[BrooksyX]

I just bet you this guy has one of these hooked up !

Who needs an Xbox 360, PS3, or nice gaming computer when you got one of those bad boys!

 

[cdawall]

weirdstuff.com

they will be your best bet

 

[RevengE]

Uhhh ok when I want to add something I just do it..if it double posts than o well

 

[trickson]

Who needs an Xbox 360, PS3, or nice gaming computer when you got one of those bad boys1

Yeah after all the OP has been using his computer for what 10 years now what is wrong with that console gamer ? it rocks !