What type of Computer do you have/ Do you plan on upgrading?

Thenior · Post by **Thenior** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:50 pm

If you select you are planning on upgrading, explain to what degree.

Just out of curiousity..

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:11 pm

Its amazing how much my desire for upgrading went down as i played fewer and fewer games on PC

Dual 2.6, no plans to upgrade

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:14 pm

My Athlon 3000+/1Gb/Water Cooled/Radeon 9800 Pro 256 runs just fine even with BF2 and HL2. I may eventually replace the Radeon but for now I have no real need to upgrade.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:21 pm

XP1700+ @ 2.4 GHz / 1 GB RAM / FX 5900U runs just fine, however I am planning on getting an Athlon X2 and at least 2 GB of RAM on my next upgrade cycle, probably early/mid 2006 depending on how well this current PC holds up.

WarAdvocat · Post by **WarAdvocat** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:35 pm

AMD 64 3000+/1GB/Geforce 6600GT.

I'll be upgrading when I build my HTPC using the 3000+/1 GB, which will be in the nearish future (before New Year's if all goes well). No specific plans for my upgrade, probably just pop in a new processor and some nice RAM.

Skyalmian · Post by **Skyalmian** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:41 pm

639MB of RAM sucks, especially when HL2 and Doom 3 use almost twice that. I need more.

Richard Cranium · Post by **Richard Cranium** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:53 pm

Hey I like the looks of that 6.8GHz machine over in the Tech forum... wonder if I can over clock it...

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 4:18 pm

Very intel-centric voting. GHz means bugger-all these days.

Your poll means very little as there's no specification on how old your existing machine is, which always plays a mjor roll in an upgrade decisions.

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 4:23 pm

my computer's a laptop with 1.8ghz. It can run current games alrite, albeit with slight difficulties. I plan on purchasing a new, fullblown desktop when money allows it.

TigerRaptor · Post by **TigerRaptor** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 4:37 pm

The computer is an old dog, I'm running a 1gig AMD TBird, with 512 and a crappy ATI 9200 video card.

I just placed an order for a AMD 64 3800+ yesterday from newegg.com for 323.00. Motherboard not sure which one I want yet. But it must support PCI Express x16, and 4 gigs of ram. Video still looking as well.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 4:40 pm

I've got a 3.0 ghz P4, but that's coupled with a measly ATI Radeon X300 64 MB card and just 512 MB of RAM, plus an absolutely crappy Dell case. I think it's safe to say that I'll upgrade at some point, but not until I actually know what I'm doing and understand the myriad of acronyms that seem to surround computer hardware.

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 4:58 pm

Vindicator wrote:Its amazing how much my desire for upgrading went down as i played fewer and fewer games on PC

Exactly for me too, I don't play near the games I use too, and when I do, most of them are on xbox.

I'm looking forward to the xbox360, but if I were to win a new computer tomorrow, I would only be mildly enthusiastic about it.

This thing web browses and word processes just fine.

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 5:19 pm

Currently running 666 MHz Pentium 3, 64MB Radeon 7500, 768MB PC133 SDRAM... will probably upgrade by 2007 for obvious reasons, but to what I'm not sure; depends what I can afford.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:31 pm

Athlon64 3700+
2.0GB RAM
eVga GeForce 6800 256MB DDR2 PCI-e Video Card
MSI Nforce4 Neo4 Plantnum Motherboard
Shuttle 16x DVD+/-RW
250GB Maxtor SATA NCQ Hard drive
400 Watt FS Blue Storm power supply
19 Inch Samsung SyncMaster 930B LCD Monitor
Lian Li Aluminum Case

Just upgraded. I'm done for quite a long time.

TechPro · Post by **TechPro** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:35 pm

Will upgrade down the road simply because I'll need it by then.

Thenior · Post by **Thenior** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 7:16 pm

Mobius...

A lot of people only know how fast their PC is. I can know if someone has a 3GHz they aren't gonna have a Radeon 7000 in it. It is merely an average

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 8:16 pm

Thenior wrote:A lot of people only know how fast their PC is.

A lot more people don't even know that.

Edit, oh yeah, I forgot to mention I have 1050 GB (978 formatted) worth of HDD space in my computer, don't plan on upgrading that soon, but wish I could since less then 60 of it is free space.

Thenior · Post by **Thenior** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:32 pm

lol no need to super analyze everything guys

But for real, I don't usually see such high ended CPU and low end Video except on Servers.

Well I guess you see something new everyday

will_kill · Post by **will_kill** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:52 pm

Mobius wrote:Very intel-centric voting. GHz means bugger-all these days.
Your poll means very little as there's no specification on how old your existing machine is, which always plays a major roll in an upgrade decision.

edit:sorry Mobi', fixed a couple typos for ya'

<sigh> I'm the only vote for 400MHz with no plans to upgrade??

Anyway, like Mobi' stated, plans to upgrade this ol' thing would be pretty useless...it does need something tho', screen goes black for a few seconds on occasion, even with broadband connection it still takes a year to load a page, and I can't even run a 5.1 soundcard without sacrificing performance in some other program. But I'm not complaining...it was free and I can still kill people in D3 so

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:30 am

Well, I suppose there is the distinction between upgrades and replacements, which I mostly ignored. But I would certainly be using some parts from the current machine, so it is an upgrade of sorts...

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:08 pm

Asus P4P800-VM
3.06 GHz +HT
Intel 865G
2GB DDR3500 Dual Channel
GFFX-6600OC GT AGP8x
1 Western Digital 80GB WD800JB-00ETA0
1 Seagate 160GB ST3160023A
1 A-Open CD-RW 52x26x52
1 Toshiba DVD-ROM

possible plans to upgrade when needed. i can run all but the most powerful games. but i dont play them anyways. i play AA, BF-DC, soon to play BF2, MS FS2004, a bunch of the older MSDOS games and NEStopia NES Emulator and so forth.

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:52 pm

GOt an athlon 1.4 with 768 megs and GF3. Plan to get a new A64 3000 939 based system with a 6800 GT and possibly raid 0 SATA totaling 500 gb. Of course im in a bind of wether I really want to plop the money down for the upgrade because there are not alot of good games coming out soon to be playing on it. Justifying 900 dollars just to play Oblivion aint enough, if there are not enough GOOD games then im gonna opt out and put up with what ive got.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:30 pm

AMD XP2800+ (2.08GHz)
Leadtek K7NCR18-D Pro (nForce2 Ultra 400) using the onboard NIC and SoundStorm audio codec.
512MB (2x256) PC2700 DDR
Maxtor 160GB 8MB cache EIDE hard drive
IBM 45GB 75GXP "Deathstar" 2MB cache EIDE hard drive
Pacific Digital 40x12x48 CD-RW
Lite-On LDW-411S DVD-RW (dual format)
PNY Geforce4 Ti4600 128MB DDR (driving a CTX 17" CRT, and Compaq FP 7317 LCD. The LCD being the primary monitor.)

No real plans at the moment to upgrade.

DarkShadow · Post by **DarkShadow** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:03 pm

Asus A7V333
MGE Vigor 450 blue PSU
Athlon XP 2400+
Micron 512 PC2700
Nvidia Geforce 6600 256meg
Maxtor 40 gig
2 Wd 80 gig 8 meg raid 0
Memorex 40X24X48 CD-RW
Win XP Pro
Linksys LNE 100TX Network Adapter
Linksys BEFSR41

No money to upgrade at the time.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:34 pm

hey shadow, that a OC 6600 or a stock one?

Matrix · Post by **Matrix** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:47 pm

MSI Neo2 Plat
A64 3200+ Venice @ 2.85GHz 1.5v (CPUz)
Thermalright XP90 + 72CFM Delta
G.Skill PC4400LE
Gigabyte 6800GT @ Ultra
Forton 530w
WD 120GB JB
WD 250GB JB
Hitachi Deskstar 400GB
Plextor 708A 8x DVDRW
Lite-on 40x12x48x CDRW
Mitsubishi 930SB 19"
Viewsonic P95f+ 19"

No plans to upgrade, might switch out the MB tho for a DFI NF4...

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 5:38 am

When I win the lotto I'm going to make Xciter cry uncle.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:32 pm

woodchip wrote:When I win the lotto I'm going to make Xciter cry uncle.

haha, yeah lets see.... 200 mil = Cray X1 SPC

TigerRaptor · Post by **TigerRaptor** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 5:07 pm

I finally upgraded last week.

Mobo: MSI K8N Neo4 Nvidia nForce 4
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4 Ghz, haven't overclocked it yet.
Ram: 1024 or 1 Gb
Video: Well since my motherboard doesn't support AGP, I put in my very old Voodoo 3 card as a temp.

I haven't decided what Geforce card I want yet.
Same Harddrives: Western Digital 60 Gb and a Maxtor 20 Gb
DVD/CD: 52x CD-Rom, Buslink DVD 4x write 16x read

DarkShadow · Post by **DarkShadow** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:59 pm

AceCombat wrote:hey shadow, that a OC 6600 or a stock one?

Asus N6600 stock

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