how can i make my pc a gaming machine. i dont know much about pc's so would appreciate help on what to buy.

according to my brother i will need a ne wgraphics card, as mine is really old. i bought the pc real cheap from my bro's mate and has stood me well for office stuff i have used it for so far but would like to upgrade it for gaming. will give you a run down on the spec and if any of you guys can recommend what to buy would be much appreciated. i'm not too sure on graphics cards etc and dont know how they work (slots, agp 2 4 6 8 etc?????)

Spec:

AMD athlon 1.4ghz processor
512 mg Ram (2 used, 2 free slots)
40 gig HD
Rage fury graphics card (has ATI rage 128 on it?) AGP slot is brown?
on board sound card

i'm running xp.

any advice guys. please dont say buy a new pc as i dont have the cash and only want to upgrade to play games, doent have to be an uber-powerful pc

 

the cpu is a bit slow tbh mate if its not an XP cpu a new mobo will really be needed

a good games graphics card bottom end one will be at least Ł100, Ł300 for a top one but on that cpu not really worth it

 

whats the graphics card in there like?? was thinking of upgrading to a radeon 9200 for 30 quid or so

not planning on playing half life on full resolution, just some good games

 

loads of memory! faster cpu and better grahpics card! hopeing that your hard drive is a 7200rpm that should be fine!

Also you will need a dvd rom! (alot of games are dvd now)

but check that your mother board will take a more powerful cpu! other wise you will have to do that too!

Buy a copy of micromart! loads of good buys in there!

 

got dvd rom

more memory 1024mb ram?

what graphics cards are good, prices vary soo much?

 

minimum you will want a radeon 9600 or equivalent geforce

about Ł90 for the 256mb XT version

anything cheaper is gonna struggle on any game released over the last few months and ones coming up

your onboard ati rage is pants lol

 

its not onboard, but tis pants

 

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=55188

this one, or this.....................

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=74655

 

how do i find out what porocessor i can have on my pc?

the only info i can find on my mother board is that its a via technologies vt8363, bus clock 133

is there a way of finding out in windows etc?

i used crucial advisor and thats what it told me. help please

 

yeah the xt is better even with less memory

if you got the few extra quid

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=55190

the XT 256mb version

 

how do i find out the limit of my mother board then

its a vt8363 model, dunno who by?

have found bios and manuals online but very few specifications

 

bttt

 

would it not be cheeper to start with a new pc <> ? 1 that made for gameing <> ?


this 1 should play any game nicely

http://systems.scan.co.uk/Systems/Co...=&SystemID=107