Right then, all i use my PC for is the Internet so i thought i should make more use of it.

I have NEVER played any games on my PC so i think i will start now

I asume there will be a certain spec you need to run games but i bought my PC last year and it is a Compaq Presario, so assume it will be ok

Is it just a case of sticking the Disc in and loading up the games????????

What about controllers??????

I see there is a converter out so you can use your PS2 controller

Any help appreciated

 

if you bought it last year it wont play anything not unless you spent Ł1500 + on it

whats the cpu speed ram size and main thing is the graphics card

 

Thats like saying one someone asks you what car you got and u reply with a white one

 

IF your pc is a fast enough spec to run a game then yes you install the game from the cd onto your hard drive (so you will need empty space on your hard drive)

controls will be either be a keys/mouse combo or you can buy a gamepad!

 

Why is that then????????????????????

Is there any way i can find out the spec of it and do a screen dump so someone can tell me if it will run games

 

control panel,, and system

 

pc games are mad,, you normally need to buy a new piece of hardware every time a new big game comes out

 

Or, click start, and then run, and type in dxdiag and press enter

Here it will tell you your cpu speed, your memory size, if you click on the display tab at the top, it will tell you your graphic's card manufacturer, and the size of it

 

Processor: AMD Athlon XP2600+, ~2.1GHz
Memory: 1024Mb (DDR400)
Graphics: 256Mb nVidia GeForce 6800GT
Sound: SoundBlaster Audigy2

Runs Half Life 2 in 1600x1200, with all settings maxed (apart from 4xAA & 8xAF), at 60-100 frames/sec, which is nice!

 

danB, showoff

altho saying that y7ou got the same CPU as me so that gives me hope that my PC will be a bit quicker with a pukka GFX card (im on a 5200 at the mo)

 

Yeah, the FX5200 is a proper "budget" card, unfortunately......one of the lads in work got one, and then boasted about it being a better card than my old Ti4600, until he boasted about his 3dmark03 score (mine was about 1000 higher, with my old card )

 

This is what i have

Anygood????????????????????

 

224mb of ram i thought ya only get it in 256 or summin like that
and it only looks like a 32mb graphics card
although i might just be reading it wrong
looks a bit like my last pc which was able to play games like return to castle wofenstein on low quality

 

I'd say upgrade your memory at the same time as your graphics card...

CPU is a bit on the slow side for the newest of games, but it will run them OK with a decent graphics card and a handful of memory.

224Mb would "probably" be a 128Mb, a 64Mb and a 32Mb SDRAM chip, unless it's Windoze reading the amount wrong......whichever way, I'd say to upgrade it to at least 512Mb (1024Mb if you can afford to), but you'd need to check if your motherboard can support 1024Mb if you were going to get that much.

 

RS2k... 256 minus 224 equals?

the graphics (card) is a biuilt in onboard jobby and shares the system memory...

tiff, that PC wont play anything new (ie made in the past year) without slowing right down...

bit more memory and a good graphic card will sort you out to play most stuff acceptably go buy yourself a 256mb memory chip and a gfx card that costs about 50quid and you should be ok

 

Why? I spent around Ł400 on mine almost exactly 2 years ago now and it still plays the latest of games (allbeit at 1024x768 due to my LCD monitor)

I have an AMD 2200+, 512Mb PC3200 DDR and a 256mb XFX Geforce 4 (OC'ed up a bit)

So Tiff, if your motherboard can take it (doubtfull in something like a Compaq to be honest) stick another 256Mb DDR ram in and a decent graphics card and you're away!

 

ps yes you can get adapters so you can use PS2 controllers on the PC see em goin on ebay for <Ł10 all the time... the accept most controllers, PS2, Xbox, gameCube etc. etc. look quite handy!

 

ahh didnt know that lol are all compaq's like that?


TIFF-C20WTH- what sorta games you lookin to play? shoot em ups etc?

 

phil thats a crap spec

tiff most games need at least 64mb graphics card to play minimum spec
latest ones are 256mb

it wont play games im affraid unless you wanan play monsters inc or something old

 

Cheers for the info guys, at least i know where i stand

Right, can someone put what i need and where to get it from

Oh, and who can fit it????????????????????

 

Up please guys

 

fit yourself.

its SO fookin easy its unreal

undo the screws (normally 2) on the back of the PC then slide the case off.
insert card into slot and screw down (1screw)

put case back on

job done

 

can anyone fix tiffs fundamental lack of basic pc knowledge, he will swap you for a basic plumbing lesson

 

are you saying that our Tiff has answered that question like a 'lady' ?

hahahahaah

Go Tiffany!!!!

 

so this is quite crap at the moment then ... but not as crap as tiff's

 

 

how do you know wha card will fit in ur pc or are they univeral ?? (graphics card)

 

Danny, all graphics cards nowaday are AGP.

without getting too techy... this is just a universal slot...

tiffs computer will have an AGP slot (probably with nothing plugged into it as his is currently onboard) it will be the only socket that the card will fit into. (or if it does have a card plugged in, unplug this card and plug in new one)

he simply plugs the card into this socket, and plugs the monitor into the card (ignoring the old monitor connector) and 99 times out of 100 thats it...

worse case scenario you have to disable the onboard card for the new one to work as the primary adapter, but ive never seen a PC that dont do this automatically for you.

als thats left after that is loading on the drivers disk (or do what i do n download the latest drivers off the net, as they get updated very often) and bobs your mothers brother

 

 

Jim

it is more than likely tiffs pc WILL NOT have a AGP slot

i am a compaq/hp engineer (as ive now said many times)

if its got an S3 card in it will be an onboard bag of wank in a micro ATX case and will not be upgradeable.

that is 75% likely

if that is the case then tiff you will need to buy a new pc to play nay recent games

 

this sis my spec

and i run at 1600x1200 in most things on a 21" digital flat CRT (DVi input)

half life 2 has to run at 1024x768 and even get slowdown on need for speed 2 underground 2 with 6 cars in the picutre

ppl may say turn the graphics down but whats the point i play a game i want to see it in all its glory

 

craig, i thought presarios were slimline desktops not micro jobbies

tiff could always take the case off and take a pic it only takes seconds to do it

you never heard of GAMEPLAY?

give me a NES with mario3 on it over 90% of modern PC games with super-dooper 3D graphics any day of the week!

 

why sacrifice looks for gameplay when you can have both

i was gonna upgrade a month ago but now waiting for the new mobos and pci express to see how it goes and will upgrade in the new year

 

256mb - 32mb for shared memory(onboard video) = 224mb

512mb is a good size, any more would really be a bit of a waste on a compaq

 

Tiff, whip the side of the case off, and take a photo of the inside, i'll be able to tell you what you need m8

 

Ok guys, i will yake a pic now

 

Here you go lads, make of that what you will

 

i was wrong

it does have an agp slot

that is the offset back brown slot

so you can stick a graphics card in it

 

its a pc pal i know that much

brown slot is agp i think pal

 

fuck beaten to it by ones of the nevilles