Anaheim Posted June 28, 2004 Author Share Posted June 28, 2004 Just upgraded my system a month ago from an Athlon XP 1500. Since I would be changing the motherboard anyway if I upgraded to a faster Athlon chip, I decided to give Intel a try once more, The specs are: Pentium 4 2.8c HT Kingston 526mb ddr 400 ramECS Motherboard on intel 865 chipset 800mhz fsbgeforce fx5600 video card80gb HDD SB Audigy 2 Sound CardAltec Lansing 5.1 speakers17 inch monitorasus cdrwsony dvd rom You would think that with this system, all would be well with my gaming but guess what? It can only play Far Cry at its lowest video settings without experiencing chopiness. To all the techies out there, do you think adding more memory would make a difference? On the Games Master June 2004 edition the IDEAL system requirement for Far Cry is a P4/Athlon 3Ghz, 1GB RAM, Geforce FX 5950/Radeon 9800 Pro. Yes, adding more memory (1 gigabyte) would make a big difference. Quote Link to comment
gotmilk Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 cool system pareng gotmilk, I bet you're having a marvelous time listening to music with your creative audigy Thanks dude I apprec8 it Love listenin mp3s/audio cds @ my pc really sets my mood and relaxes me... btw, you got a really cool spec too man, thinkin of upgrading again? Anyone here into H2O cooling? i'm thinkin of gettiin one for my rig although summer heat is over Quote Link to comment
Dekampanilla Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 On the Games Master June 2004 edition the IDEAL system requirement for Far Cry is a P4/Athlon 3Ghz, 1GB RAM, Geforce FX 5950/Radeon 9800 Pro. Yes, adding more memory (1 gigabyte) would make a big difference. Thanks for the tip Dude. I guess that's why they call the game "Far Cry" since the system specs are usually a far cry from the ideal . Quote Link to comment
dehadista Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 pre, hindi ito lulupit sa mga pc niyo pero makiki-post na din. AMD Athlon™ XP 2600+ running at 2.9 ghzEpox Mobo EP-8KRA2I (got the one with the SATA...)2 hard drives Seagate Barracuda 80 gigs 7200 rpmLogitech wireless keyboard / Optical MouseCreative Audigy Soundcard 512 MB DDR 400GeForce Ti 4200 128 MB DDRAltec Lansing 5.1 SpeakersLG DVD / Cd-R Combo driveLG CD-Rom Drive7 fans (inlet, outlet, etc)Volcano fan / heatsinkCnet 56 K modem (fax)2 LAN Cards (internet / networking) Win XP sp 1Direct X 9.0b updated this last year pero right now its maxed out when it comes to the newer games.. mabilis na rin ang rendering nya pagdating sa video pero am planning to upgrade again.. fit it with some wireless routing para sa Laptop so it can work hand in hand with some laptops with no bothersome wires.. Quote Link to comment
Anaheim Posted June 30, 2004 Author Share Posted June 30, 2004 pre, hindi ito lulupit sa mga pc niyo pero makiki-post na din. AMD Athlon™ XP 2600+ running at 2.9 ghzEpox Mobo EP-8KRA2I (got the one with the SATA...)2 hard drives Seagate Barracuda 80 gigs 7200 rpmLogitech wireless keyboard / Optical MouseCreative Audigy Soundcard 512 MB DDR 400GeForce Ti 4200 128 MB DDRAltec Lansing 5.1 SpeakersLG DVD / Cd-R Combo driveLG CD-Rom Drive7 fans (inlet, outlet, etc)Volcano fan / heatsinkCnet 56 K modem (fax)2 LAN Cards (internet / networking) Win XP sp 1Direct X 9.0b updated this last year pero right now its maxed out when it comes to the newer games.. mabilis na rin ang rendering nya pagdating sa video pero am planning to upgrade again.. fit it with some wireless routing para sa Laptop so it can work hand in hand with some laptops with no bothersome wires.. cool system pareng dehadista, have you tried Far Cry with your system? how did it go? I think the standard norm nowadays is to upgrade our system every 6 months. Quote Link to comment
mayorsam Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 pareng mayorsam, did I read that right? you got a 200GB Hard disc capacity? :boo: :cool: yup, special order sa villman. pero ang bilis lang dumating. one day lang. ubos ko na kagad yung 60GB. kinopya ko sa hard-disk yung special extended edition ng fellowship of the ring at two towers. Quote Link to comment
mayorsam Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Thanks for the tip Dude. I guess that's why they call the game "Far Cry" since the system specs are usually a far cry from the ideal . buwisit talaga yang farcry na yan. pina auto-detect ko kung anong ang ok na setting sa pc ko. yung medium lang recommended nya. kailangan yata radeon 9800 pataaas at 3GHz na P4 Extreme Edition para sa Very High. Quote Link to comment
dj_flip03 Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 (edited) I got an AMD Barton 2500+ proc, EPOX 8rda3i motherboard, 512 DDR400, 40 GB 72rpm Maxtor, Tornado geforce 4 mx440-8x 128mb, Soundblaster 5.1 soundcard. I dont know anything about these stuffs. I just asked my friend if he can give me tips on what to buy for a PC and those are the stuffs he recommended, so I bought them. It cost me an overall of 35K. Is it worth it? Edited June 30, 2004 by dj_flip03 Quote Link to comment
hades121 Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 magastos talaga magmaintain ng pc kung gusto parating top of the line. btw gaganda ng systems nyo Quote Link to comment
argentea Posted July 1, 2004 Share Posted July 1, 2004 AMD Athlon XP 2500 with Thermaltake Volcano CPU Heatsink ASUS A7V8X-X MotherboardGeForce FX 5500 256MB256DDR memoryCreative Live SB 5.180G Hard drive Seagate Baracuda 7200 rpm ito lang kaya ko eh. Quote Link to comment
Dekampanilla Posted July 1, 2004 Share Posted July 1, 2004 buwisit talaga yang farcry na yan. pina auto-detect ko kung anong ang ok na setting sa pc ko. yung medium lang recommended nya. kailangan yata radeon 9800 pataaas at 3GHz na P4 Extreme Edition para sa Very High. Sana hindi ganoon katakaw sa system specs and HalfLife 2. Quote Link to comment
mayorsam Posted July 1, 2004 Share Posted July 1, 2004 sana nga. para sa half-life 2 talaga tong current pc ko. Quote Link to comment
menime Posted July 1, 2004 Share Posted July 1, 2004 I got an AMD Barton 2500+ proc, EPOX 8rda3i motherboard, 512 DDR400, 40 GB 72rpm Maxtor, Tornado geforce 4 mx440-8x 128mb, Soundblaster 5.1 soundcard. I dont know anything about these stuffs. I just asked my friend if he can give me tips on what to buy for a PC and those are the stuffs he recommended, so I bought them. It cost me an overall of 35K. Is it worth it? Almost the right Price but a little bit on the steep side,for a comparisson in price check pc xpress' site.pcx.com Quote Link to comment
menime Posted July 1, 2004 Share Posted July 1, 2004 buwisit talaga yang farcry na yan. pina auto-detect ko kung anong ang ok na setting sa pc ko. yung medium lang recommended nya. kailangan yata radeon 9800 pataaas at 3GHz na P4 Extreme Edition para sa Very High. Sabi sa reviews Far cry would put modern videocards down on its knees, talagang kailangan magandang-maganda daw dapat ang videocard. Didn't even dare to play the game on my geforce 4 mx400. Quote Link to comment
Anaheim Posted July 1, 2004 Author Share Posted July 1, 2004 I have observed that most of our units belong to the 2400-2900ghz range. I think we only need to upgrade our video card that will give us quality gameplay on playing far cry, half-life 2 and doom 3. Quote Link to comment
argentea Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 sana nga. para sa half-life 2 talaga tong current pc ko. The minimum system spec is currently targeted at a 700 MHz PC with 128 MB RAM and a DX6-level video card, eg: TNT2 etc, meaning you won't need a supercomputer to run Half-Life 2 but don't expect to see reflective water,dynamic shadows and bump-mapped textures. The game running at reasonable detail eg: 25/40 fps, requires a 1600Mhz cpu, 256 mb ram, GeForce4 Ti or Ati Radeon card. In real life you need the best from a new game so I would recommend a 2000 cpu, or higher 512 mb ram or higher, GeForce4 Ti4800 128 ddr or ATI Radeon 9600 pro.IF you've got the money ATI Radeon 9800 pro. or Geforce FX5900 ultraThe more power the better but not essential with this game. Quote Link to comment
dehadista Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 cool system pareng dehadista, have you tried Far Cry with your system? how did it go? I think the standard norm nowadays is to upgrade our system every 6 months.pare, so far, after reading all the posts here regarding the ideal specs for FAR CRY, i'm feeling less inclined to try out the game sa PC ko... but what the heck. maybe i'll give it a spin one of these days... i'll tell u if its good with my system. anyway, with the upgrades... haaay naku. tama ka dyan pare. its every six months or so. but i'm taking it easy. every year na lang. tapos dahan-dahan. watch out for the power supplies out there.. be sure to match it up with the UPS. learned it the hard way...fried my HD and lost 15 GB of MP3s... Quote Link to comment
dehadista Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 I got an AMD Barton 2500+ proc, EPOX 8rda3i motherboard, 512 DDR400, 40 GB 72rpm Maxtor, Tornado geforce 4 mx440-8x 128mb, Soundblaster 5.1 soundcard. I dont know anything about these stuffs. I just asked my friend if he can give me tips on what to buy for a PC and those are the stuffs he recommended, so I bought them. It cost me an overall of 35K. Is it worth it? pare maganda na yan.. pero get a decent cooling system since you're using AMD. i have the same MOBO with my other PC. no complaints here. Quote Link to comment
hsmeilop Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 i think i have an intel p4 2.6mhz, 512 ddr, 2x40gb 7200rpm seagate. 64mb 5200 video card. pretty fast computer for my applications. hehehe... watching dvds, chatting and MTC!!!! a little coreldraw and photoshop pala for work. Quote Link to comment
masterblaster Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 ECS 848P P4 MOBO 800 FSB with 8X AGP, 2 SATA, 2 ATA 100, 6-ch audio, 10/100 LAN, 4 USB, Intel chipset, HTPentium 4 2.4 GHz HT 1 MB L2 Cache 533 FSB processor512 DDR memoryDiamond Stealth S60 with RADEON 7000, 4x AGP, 32 MB DDR with TV out120 GB Maxtor Ultra ATA/133Bluetooth Adapter1 CD-RW 1 Floppy Cost me $400 to assemble. Quote Link to comment
masterblaster Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 Just upgraded my system a month ago from an Athlon XP 1500. Since I would be changing the motherboard anyway if I upgraded to a faster Athlon chip, I decided to give Intel a try once more, The specs are: Pentium 4 2.8c HT Kingston 526mb ddr 400 ramECS Motherboard on intel 865 chipset 800mhz fsbgeforce fx5600 video card80gb HDD SB Audigy 2 Sound CardAltec Lansing 5.1 speakers17 inch monitorasus cdrwsony dvd rom You would think that with this system, all would be well with my gaming but guess what? It can only play Far Cry at its lowest video settings without experiencing chopiness. To all the techies out there, do you think adding more memory would make a difference? Adding more memory on the MOBO will somehow help. Window XP uses the first 256 MB of the RAM. What's is left is just 256 Mb for the game itself. Bring it to 1024 MB. Quote Link to comment
sago Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 pre, hindi ito lulupit sa mga pc niyo pero makiki-post na din. AMD Athlon™ XP 2600+ running at 2.9 ghzEpox Mobo EP-8KRA2I (got the one with the SATA...)7 fans (inlet, outlet, etc)Volcano fan / heatsinkWin XP sp 1Direct X 9.0b wow nice... i dont wanna be rude pero are u on water cooling?ive seen athlons running on 2.8+GHz but on water cooling btw, ano yung Vcore mo? anyways, nice OC. :cool: Quote Link to comment
sago Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 Pentium 4 2.8c HT Kingston 526mb ddr 400 ramECS Motherboard on intel 865 chipset 800mhz fsbgeforce fx5600 video card You would think that with this system, all would be well with my gaming but guess what? It can only play Far Cry at its lowest video settings without experiencing chopiness. To all the techies out there, do you think adding more memory would make a difference? pare try using a BETTER video card sell ur geforce fx5600 and go ATI Radeon 9600PRO or better :cool: Quote Link to comment
sago Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 pare try using a BETTER video card sell ur geforce fx5600 and go ATI Radeon 9600PRO or better :cool:for a quick comparison of diff. video cards,you may want to check these links: for Far Cry. for Half-Life 2 Beta. btw, they are using Athlon 64 3200+ and P4 3200 procs. Quote Link to comment
Oral Specialist Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 (edited) Desktop:Athlon XP Barton Core 2500+ overclocked to 3200+ATi Radeon 9600XT 256MB512MB DDR400 RAM320 Gigs HD space using 4 80 Gig Hard drivesDFI Lanparty Ultra II mobo with 5.1 speaker setup8x DVD+/-RW burner16x DVD-ROM drive400watt power supply19" monitor I played and finished Far Cry with this. Smooth as silk. Laptop:Compaq R3070US3.0Ghz Pentium 4ATi Mobility Radeon 9200 64MB512 MB RAM80Gig HD802.11g Wi-fi, bluetoothWinXP Pro4x JBL Pro built-in speakers5-in-1 card reader Those are my higher end rigs. Medyo tinatamad ako ilagay yung iba. Edited August 6, 2004 by Oral Specialist Quote Link to comment
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