my crappy computer

[Ryuken]

AMD Athlon 600MHz

256MB ram

32mb Ati xpert2000 video card

Creative pci 64 sound card

8x cd-burner

 

my computer sounds really slow but for some reason it's not slow at all, but my processor is too slow to play any games at all so i only play roms

[Agozer]

Oh please...you call that slow?

 

My specs:

 

Intel Pentium 200 MHz MMX

32MB RAM

1MB ATI RAGE (3D) II + a 4MB RealVision Flash Voodoo1

SoundBlaster Vibra 16X soundcard

24x/4x/2x CD-R/-RW burner

 

Bite the dust.

[Ryuken]

do u even use that computer cuz da i posted about is da 1 i use everyday

[taratata]

I'd consider anything above 500 MHz largely enough for anything except games (depends which game) and real-time video encoding, as long as it has enough RAM.

 

I have a 800MHz Duron with 384 Megs of RAM and a Radeon, and it works like a charm.

[Ryuken]

so if i add more ram then i can watch avi formated movies at a fine rate cuz i always thought it was my processor

[Agozer]

do u even use that computer cuz da i posted about is da 1 i use everyday

Yes, this is the only computer I have, apart from a busted up HP Vectra 25MHz.

[Ryuken]

i feel sad for u but y don't u buy a new computer or make ur own( if u have a job) ( don't know how old u r)

[Agozer]

i feel sad for u but y don't u buy a new computer or make ur own( if u have a job) ( don't know how old u r)

I'll be getting a new one fairly soon, no worries there. If you care, I'm 21 and no, I don't have a job nor will I get one any time soon.

[taratata]

so if i add more ram then i can watch avi formated movies at a fine rate cuz i always thought it was my processor

Strange... your processor and the amount of your RAM should be plenty enough to play divx and that kind of stuff... maybe the problem comes from somewhere else.

 

Maybe you could try looking in the task manager what is using your processor's time?

Or use VLC to read your films (I doubt it would change anything, but it uses its own codecs, so who knows).

 

i feel sad for u but y don't u buy a new computer or make ur own( if u have a job) ( don't know how old u r)

Same for you

Maybe his computer suits him, or he doesn't have enough money to buy another one, or maybe he's too lazy to go buy one, or maybe he's some kind of masochist, or maybe he's tied to his computer with handcuffs, or maybe he had a holy vision telling him to keep his computer, or maybe... There can be many reasons

[Ryuken]

i'll just format it to mpeg then burn it to a vcd

[Captain FuKu]

64 MB of RAM... the one huge weakness for my PC. I don't even know how to add more of that crap. I'd probably take it apart and electrocute myself or something. LOL

[Agozer]

Same for you

Maybe his computer suits him, or he doesn't have enough money to buy another one, or maybe he's too lazy to go buy one, or maybe he's some kind of masochist, or maybe he's tied to his computer with handcuffs, or maybe he had a holy vision telling him to keep his computer, or maybe... There can be many reasons 

The lack of money basically and the fact that this comp is special in some way. The reason I want to upgrade is to watch hi-res movies and get into emulation more. (Since my comp can't go higher than DirectX 5 without getting borked) The current setup doesn't grant me either of those. PC gaming isn't a seller for me.

Edited July 4, 2004 by Agozer

[Wizard]

I got a frigging 66Mhz 486 with 48 MB of ram running here. Good thing it's not my main main PC. It's my server, even my server has a server.

[Gryph]

I'm going to need to make some minor upgrades to play some of the news games, specifically more RAM and a new mobo+processor. And then I'll do my massive overall when Duke Nukem Forever or Unreal 3 engine (or any next gen engine) games come out.

[random guy]

so if i add more ram then i can watch avi formated movies at a fine rate cuz i always thought it was my processor

Strange... your processor and the amount of your RAM should be plenty enough to play divx and that kind of stuff... maybe the problem comes from somewhere else.

 

Maybe you could try looking in the task manager what is using your processor's time?

Or use VLC to read your films (I doubt it would change anything, but it uses its own codecs, so who knows).

 

i feel sad for u but y don't u buy a new computer or make ur own( if u have a job) ( don't know how old u r)

Same for you

Maybe his computer suits him, or he doesn't have enough money to buy another one, or maybe he's too lazy to go buy one, or maybe he's some kind of masochist, or maybe he's tied to his computer with handcuffs, or maybe he had a holy vision telling him to keep his computer, or maybe... There can be many reasons

Actually, I was having trouble watching movies on my old pc (intel 733mhz, 256 megs of sdram, nvidia TNT2) - DVDs were always blurry whenever movement happened, wmvs and stuff would pause for a second every minute or so because the processor couldn't work up, and divx...okay divx worked fine but it took AGES to load). Of course I have none of those problems now I have a 2.8ghz Celeron with 512k ddram, and Radeon 9200se (128mb version).