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Old 07-10-2006, 09:52 PM
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As requested heres my current spec ...........


2.7Ghz Celeron
512 mb Ram
N Vidia Geforce FX5200 64MB
and thats about it methinks

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Need to upgrade for better online gaming btw Cheers
Old 07-10-2006, 09:55 PM
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How much you got to spend? and are you AGP or PCI-E?

Here's mine.......



Thats back when i had a 128mb 5200FX aswel.
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Thats not a very good spec for gaming mate ive gotta be honest

And you say you can currantly play battlefield online with that?

If so and your happy with performance and you just want to upgrade it id say the graphics cards is a must and should be your first upgrade, second on the list would be RAM, get at least another 512MB

Apart from that it would be processor upgrade which is alot more cash
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
Thats not a very good spec for gaming mate ive gotta be honest

And you say you can currantly play battlefield online with that?

If so and your happy with performance and you just want to upgrade it id say the graphics cards is a must and should be your first upgrade, second on the list would be RAM, get at least another 512MB

Apart from that it would be processor upgrade which is alot more cash
Putting a new GPU in there with that celeron is pointless as the CPU would just bottleneck the new GPU.
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Since were posting screenshots i thought it would be rude not to..............





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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
Thats not a very good spec for gaming mate ive gotta be honest

And you say you can currantly play battlefield online with that?

If so and your happy with performance and you just want to upgrade it id say the graphics cards is a must and should be your first upgrade, second on the list would be RAM, get at least another 512MB

Apart from that it would be processor upgrade which is alot more cash
Putting a new GPU in there with that celeron is pointless as the CPU would just bottleneck the new GPU.
Nah not unless its a very high spec one which i dont think is what hes after
Old 07-10-2006, 10:14 PM
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Half Life 2 : Lost Coast : 1440x900 ( Monitors max resolution ) EVERYTHING on max, including max FSAA and HDR



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Holy crap what GPU is that, very impressive
Old 07-10-2006, 10:44 PM
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my cousin has just spent neigh on 500 quid on a new graphics card, and he has dual processors

ive yet to pop round to have a look, as 3d games going back 3 or 4 years were like walking thru ya house

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why post screenshots, they look the same on all the machines
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old game but looks ok i would win this war but i only play cs lol

i have 2x 7900 512 BFG
opteron 145 3.0ghz
2x 1024 g.skill ram
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"19" IIYAMA CRT pro 454 monitor << http://www.shopmagenta.com/product/M92686.aspx

wich i rate as the best monitor about for gaming cant beat playing games in 200hertz
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LUXURY! When I were a lad........

I'm still getting by on an old P3 933mhz. Can't play any games nowadays. Hopefully upgrading after Christmas.
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Originally Posted by danneth




old game but looks ok i would win this war but i only play cs lol

i have 2x 7900 512 BFG
opteron 145 3.0ghz
2x 1024 g.skill ram
2x74 gig 10,000rpm HD
"19" IIYAMA CRT pro 454 monitor << http://www.shopmagenta.com/product/M92686.aspx

wich i rate as the best monitor about for gaming cant beat playing games in 200hertz
Pic doesnt work mate, all i get is imageshack loading up with no pic
Use photobucket
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
Thats not a very good spec for gaming mate ive gotta be honest

And you say you can currantly play battlefield online with that?

If so and your happy with performance and you just want to upgrade it id say the graphics cards is a must and should be your first upgrade, second on the list would be RAM, get at least another 512MB

Apart from that it would be processor upgrade which is alot more cash
yep im agp btw
battlefield runs poorly and cs runs at about 27.5fps

heres a couple of screenshots of what im looking at





dont wanna spend much more than £500/£600 if i can help it

gameplay on bf2 is very jerky and all settings are on low and screen resolution is on 800x600
cs runs fine but most of the settings are on low but will run on 1024x768

cheers
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
Originally Posted by danneth




old game but looks ok i would win this war but i only play cs lol

i have 2x 7900 512 BFG
opteron 145 3.0ghz
2x 1024 g.skill ram
2x74 gig 10,000rpm HD
"19" IIYAMA CRT pro 454 monitor << http://www.shopmagenta.com/product/M92686.aspx

wich i rate as the best monitor about for gaming cant beat playing games in 200hertz
Pic doesnt work mate, all i get is imageshack loading up with no pic
Use photobucket



any better?
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All for £299 inc vat: Buy an Xbox 360, put it on an HDTV and your away.







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http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/list...raphics%20Card

The 512 card would be nice and its agp
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Originally Posted by tonyk
All for £299 inc vat: Buy an Xbox 360, put it on an HDTV and your away.








i have ghost recon on the 360 its really impressive on normal tv let alone on hdtv

What are the other 2 pics are they actual ingame screenshots or what cause they are mega impressive
Old 08-10-2006, 11:18 PM
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Conroe 6700
x1900xtx
Both overclocked a touch
Old 09-10-2006, 06:28 PM
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not bad m8 300 fps on anything ios good
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Originally Posted by Robsta35
Originally Posted by tonyk
All for £299 inc vat: Buy an Xbox 360, put it on an HDTV and your away.








i have ghost recon on the 360 its really impressive on normal tv let alone on hdtv

What are the other 2 pics are they actual ingame screenshots or what cause they are mega impressive
The second set of pics are Gears of War out on November 17th and they are in game footage. You can see the targeting hud on the pics. Also check out rainbow six vegas.
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