$175 Computer

by **COOLmac©** on Mon May 09, 2005 12:59 pm

you guys have very overpriced PC's.....here in the philippines you can get a decent 2.4 ghz duron and stuff for about 150 US$ :mrgreen:

by **Jay-Peso** on Mon May 09, 2005 1:00 pm

$175 dollars for a computer like that?

Dang man, looks like you got lucky! I am fine with the computer I currently have. It's like 1 year old or so but it's doing good for me.

by **Username123** on Mon May 09, 2005 1:16 pm

I downloaded Half Life 2 yesterday, from Steam. It takes too long to even start up. So i guess thats the Video Cards fault. So should i overclock my vid card or something??? And also i have 256DDR Ram, should i jus get 1GB sdram??

by **Filip** on Mon May 09, 2005 8:45 pm

I would upgrade my graphic card firstly if I were you.

by **Cameron** on Tue May 10, 2005 1:36 am

Yeah, it's definitely the video card, overclocking won't help I wouldn't imagine. As for ram, 512 is generally good for windows XP and gaming, and the more the better. 256 should do but its a bit low I think.

LOL, if you want to get a decent gaming card it could possibly cost as much as you paid for the computer itself!!

by **Username123** on Tue May 10, 2005 6:07 am

The problem is that i cant get any video card for my computer. I can buy an PCI card, but for the AGP it has to be a low profile card. I have a Compaq SSF. Its soo small, even my monitor is bigger than it.

by **Filip** on Tue May 10, 2005 8:11 am

PCI card = better than AGP card from what I've heard off. So no loss there.
BTW: My Monitor is bigger than my PC to :wink:

by **Username123** on Tue May 10, 2005 10:42 am

You have probably heard that PCI Express Cards are better than AGP. I dont see lots of PCI cards these days, they are all AGP or PCI E.

by **FendeR`** on Tue May 10, 2005 10:50 am

Filip wrote:PCI card = better than AGP card from what I've heard off.

No, you're thinking of PCI Express. Normal PCI doesn't help nearly as much. Anyway wisdom, my experience with Valve (the company with Steam, CS, Half-Life) is that they are a group of retards. You can save yourself a lot of headache by staying away from their piece of crap products. *shudders* Don't get me started.

by **Cameron** on Tue May 10, 2005 10:55 am

AGP is muchchhhhh better than normal PCI, because it's pretty much specifically designed for graphics cards (Accelerated Graphics Port!)

by **COOLmac©** on Tue May 10, 2005 11:12 am

AGP>PCI
AGP almost= PCI E
that's my opinion.........based on experience (Y)

get the latest AGP 8x CARDS and you'll be in shock that it'll cost more than your whole machine :wink:

by **Username123** on Tue May 10, 2005 11:54 am

No, you're thinking of PCI Express. Normal PCI doesn't help nearly as much. Anyway wisdom, my experience with Valve (the company with Steam, CS, Half-Life) is that they are a group of retards. You can save yourself a lot of headache by staying away from their piece of crap products. *shudders* Don't get me started.

I want to knw what happend.

by **Filip** on Tue May 10, 2005 7:30 pm

Hmm, it was probably PCI Express I was thinking about then...

by **Cameron** on Wed May 11, 2005 1:27 am

wisdom_kid wrote:
No, you're thinking of PCI Express. Normal PCI doesn't help nearly as much. Anyway wisdom, my experience with Valve (the company with Steam, CS, Half-Life) is that they are a group of retards. You can save yourself a lot of headache by staying away from their piece of crap products. *shudders* Don't get me started.

I want to knw what happend.

Me too.

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