Originally posted by: Pixle
Originally posted by: secretanchitman
Originally posted by: Pixle
Originally posted by: BlacKJesuS
Originally posted by: Pixle
Originally posted by: secretanchitman
how much money are you willing to spend on upgrades? do you really think its worth upgrading an old p3?
I'm currently using a :
P3 1ghz , 512mb rd ram, x850xt pe system. It runs great for everything, even games.
That makes no sense.....you are bottlenecking that card like crazy
Yeah I know, but it's sort of just their on "hold" until I find a new box for it. I'm waiting for the quad cpu cores later this year. I have an upgrade option on the video card every year and pay a monthly fee for that - So the video has upgraded but the cpu hasnt; bf2 runs great though full resolution and medium settings (60fps no action , 20-40fps action) . I upgraded my ram from 256 to 512 on my 1ghz machine and I was able to do the above settings.
I know that a 450mhz machine is a slug in xp - even windows 98. I have a 256mb 450mhz p3 laptop.
My 1ghz and 850mhz machines run Xp very fast. This is in comparison to the 3400 socket 754 , 1gig ram, 6800gt system I built for my friend a while back.
This is why, I'm recycling this system a bit - at least $100 worth for a 50% increase in performance seems like a good choice to me.
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quad cores are supposed to come out from intel in 2007 at the earliest. intel just got their dual-cores up to par/apparently exceeding AMDs dual-core. if you think that your p3 will be fine until probably late next year, then more power to you.
but i dont get it. a p3 1Ghz with a X850XT runs games FINE? i think it would be bottlenecked like hell.
To tell you the truth, i'm a bit short on cash right now (the tiger pc wait)... As far as games, I do miss playing them at full quality and high resolutions - but I just stopped gaming for a while now. Spending more time with my music, jiu jitsu, and learning c++.
x850xt - I get to upgrade my video card at a local store every year. I pay a montly fee to get this (pm for details ). 2007 for quad cores -- ahhhh, I thought anand just saw some quad core cpu's from intel.
Quad Core seems like a good thing to wait for though.
Yeah, a p3 1ghz x850xt, 512mb rd ram , will run on medium settings (no aa, no af, 80% view - 100%). at around 1280 x 1024. (50fps no action, 30-40 action) (some slow - 10fps when theirs choppers, tanks, ppl, grenades etc..) for a second though.
I like flying the chopper though