What are your pc's specs?
by Trenton Apple · in General Discussion · 07/01/2006 (2:18 pm) · 20 replies
Hello,
I was wondering what kind of specs people have for their computers out there? Maybe we can find out that almost every gamer has a better pc than me.
I am running:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (OC to 2ghz from 1.8ghz)
MSI K8NGM2-L Motherboard (nForce 4) w/ onboard gfx
PNY 512MB stick of ram (which is only reading 448 mb, clocked at 400mhz =\)
GeForce 6100 (64MB I think, but windows says 256MB, and is run onboard with my motherboard)
Seagate 120GB Parallel ATA Hard Drive
I just want to know how much better peoples pc's are than mine, good luck. =)
Thanks!
Trent
I was wondering what kind of specs people have for their computers out there? Maybe we can find out that almost every gamer has a better pc than me.
I am running:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (OC to 2ghz from 1.8ghz)
MSI K8NGM2-L Motherboard (nForce 4) w/ onboard gfx
PNY 512MB stick of ram (which is only reading 448 mb, clocked at 400mhz =\)
GeForce 6100 (64MB I think, but windows says 256MB, and is run onboard with my motherboard)
Seagate 120GB Parallel ATA Hard Drive
I just want to know how much better peoples pc's are than mine, good luck. =)
Thanks!
Trent
#2
HP Pavillion media center
3700+ AMD athlon 64 220ghz
1.5gb ram
Nvidia Geforce 6600
legacy audio
07/01/2006 (2:49 pm)
Onboard gfx?? and it actually plays a game? I mean a real 3d game?????HP Pavillion media center
3700+ AMD athlon 64 220ghz
1.5gb ram
Nvidia Geforce 6600
legacy audio
#3
07/01/2006 (3:03 pm)
Mike Rowley, Well it's onboard, and I am surprised with the performance, although the quality could be better, at times sometimes a game will get messed up. It is a geforce 6100 after all though, I only use it becuase I can't afford pci express, but I wanted a mobo with onboard graphics as a substitute with pcie, so later I can upgrade easily. 
#4
Athlon XP 1900+ 1.6 GHz
BioStar/Amptron nForce2 AGP 8X Motherboard
Creative Audigy LS (Stomped on by booted feet before leaving factory, judging by performance and sound)
ATI Radeon 9550 256MB AGP
512 MB DDR
80 GB Western Digital HD
07/01/2006 (3:05 pm)
Homemade Desktop PCAthlon XP 1900+ 1.6 GHz
BioStar/Amptron nForce2 AGP 8X Motherboard
Creative Audigy LS (Stomped on by booted feet before leaving factory, judging by performance and sound)
ATI Radeon 9550 256MB AGP
512 MB DDR
80 GB Western Digital HD
#5
07/01/2006 (3:16 pm)
@Trenton. Do you have an open video card slot? Even without a newer video card the best thing you can do now is get more system RAM, at least 1g and you'll see a big difference.
#6
07/01/2006 (3:58 pm)
Eric, Yes, I do have an open video card slot (pci express x16), and I wish I could get more ram, I'm saving up, Either I'm going to buy a 512 or save up even more for a 1gb, What do you think? I definantly need more ram.
#7
07/01/2006 (4:24 pm)
I have a similar PC, but with a Celeron processor (Onboard gfx card, and I can still play HL2, though very laggily sometimes)
#8
07/01/2006 (4:26 pm)
Ben, I play HL2 (Well mostly CSS, I played HL2 rarely) and with CSS I rarely get lags, but sometimes do, and it's not the fastest thing. It works though, I just hope an upgrade will help.
#9
07/01/2006 (4:28 pm)
From my experience Windows XP needs/likes at least 1gb ram and you'll notice a nice improvement with it. My suggestion is to get the RAM first, then worry about a new video card since the new video card without more system ram would effect it's performance, if only slightly. Of course anything you get is going to help but that's what I'd do. 
#10
eMachines eMonster 500a;
500 MHz P3
224 MB Ram (PC100)
Riva M64 TNT2
Integrated Audio
Napoli-II Mother board
~60 GB on all hard drives
No DVD-Rom, due to my desperation of new hard drive space, I chucked the old DVD that was in there, and replaced it with a hard drive... (Never really used it anyway, it was crappy and would chew up DVD's that entered it)
Miraculously it actually managed to (Barely) run HL2 demo. It took an hour to load...
07/01/2006 (4:37 pm)
I've been thinking of donating mine to a museum:eMachines eMonster 500a;
500 MHz P3
224 MB Ram (PC100)
Riva M64 TNT2
Integrated Audio
Napoli-II Mother board
~60 GB on all hard drives
No DVD-Rom, due to my desperation of new hard drive space, I chucked the old DVD that was in there, and replaced it with a hard drive... (Never really used it anyway, it was crappy and would chew up DVD's that entered it)
Miraculously it actually managed to (Barely) run HL2 demo. It took an hour to load...
#11
07/01/2006 (5:49 pm)
My puter has an onboard graphics, but I couldn't play my favorite game with it, so I disabled it and put in my own.(fav game is Riven. (myst series))
#12
Gigabyte K8NSNXP
512mb Ram
Sapphire Radeon 9600XT Atlantis 256mb Edition
D-Link AirPlus G+ DWL-G520+ Wireless Network card
Realtek AC'97 Audio
120gb SATAII HDD
2 DVD RW's
19" WXGA monitor
17" CRT monitor
Doctor Who DVD collection
GBXChanger MGD3
Webcam
5.1 Surround Sound Satellite Speaker system
Epson Photo R210
07/01/2006 (6:01 pm)
AMD Athlon 64 3000+Gigabyte K8NSNXP
512mb Ram
Sapphire Radeon 9600XT Atlantis 256mb Edition
D-Link AirPlus G+ DWL-G520+ Wireless Network card
Realtek AC'97 Audio
120gb SATAII HDD
2 DVD RW's
19" WXGA monitor
17" CRT monitor
Doctor Who DVD collection
GBXChanger MGD3
Webcam
5.1 Surround Sound Satellite Speaker system
Epson Photo R210
#13
EDIT: I never quite got into radeon, I always stuck with nvidia.
07/01/2006 (6:03 pm)
Mincetro, Interesting. I didn't quite list as much as you did, but I have 8 channel HD audio support, but I only have a 5.1 satellite speaker system like you. =PEDIT: I never quite got into radeon, I always stuck with nvidia.
#14
07/02/2006 (5:27 am)
Yeah, I want to get a hard amp and a decent speaker system when I have the money, but that wil be at least a year away for me. I'm wasting all my money on DVD's at the moment!
#15
07/02/2006 (7:08 am)
Mike Rowley, I was looking at buying an HP w/ newer specs - I was wondering, any issues w/ yours? Can you run CS or HL2 with graphics settings set up high? Any second thoughts?
#16
AMD SEMPRON 3300+ 2.0GHZ
GIGABYTE GA-K8VT800 Motherboard
1.5gb PC 2100 DDR Ram
HDD1: 250GB (sata)
HDD2: 250GB (ata)
Creative SB Audigy 4 sound card
Nvidia Ge Force 6600 256MB gfx card
DVDRW
17" Monitor
Logitech X-530 5.1 speakers
Win XP Pro
Going to upgrade soon.
07/02/2006 (7:29 am)
My current pc: AMD SEMPRON 3300+ 2.0GHZ
GIGABYTE GA-K8VT800 Motherboard
1.5gb PC 2100 DDR Ram
HDD1: 250GB (sata)
HDD2: 250GB (ata)
Creative SB Audigy 4 sound card
Nvidia Ge Force 6600 256MB gfx card
DVDRW
17" Monitor
Logitech X-530 5.1 speakers
Win XP Pro
Going to upgrade soon.
#17
Dev Box: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 2.2Ghz, 2Gb PC3200 RAM, 80Gb and 160Gb HDDs, nVidia 6600 256MB gfx card and 2 17" monitors
Debug Box: AMD Sempron 2600+ 1.6ghz, 512Mb PC3200 RAM, 80Gb HDD, Radeon 9200SE and a crappy 15" monitor
Mac: Single Core Mac Mini with 512MB RAM, 60Gb HDD and a 17" monitor
This doesnt include things that I don't use for day to day dev such as the laptop and servers.
T.
07/02/2006 (7:46 am)
My day-to-day dev environment consists of:Dev Box: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 2.2Ghz, 2Gb PC3200 RAM, 80Gb and 160Gb HDDs, nVidia 6600 256MB gfx card and 2 17" monitors
Debug Box: AMD Sempron 2600+ 1.6ghz, 512Mb PC3200 RAM, 80Gb HDD, Radeon 9200SE and a crappy 15" monitor
Mac: Single Core Mac Mini with 512MB RAM, 60Gb HDD and a 17" monitor
This doesnt include things that I don't use for day to day dev such as the laptop and servers.
T.
#18
Acer A1GX-2 Motherboard
2x32MB PC 4600 DDR Ram
Amstrad 80MB Hard Disk
ATI Mobility M4 graphics card
AdLib ASB 64 4D sound card
Laser Disc drive
12in Monochrome CRT monitor
Dual Tone Pc Speaker
Windows NT 3.1
07/02/2006 (8:01 am)
Intel Core Duet 5000 3.3GHZ (overclocked to 4.0GHZ)Acer A1GX-2 Motherboard
2x32MB PC 4600 DDR Ram
Amstrad 80MB Hard Disk
ATI Mobility M4 graphics card
AdLib ASB 64 4D sound card
Laser Disc drive
12in Monochrome CRT monitor
Dual Tone Pc Speaker
Windows NT 3.1
#19
AMD Machine:
Windows XP Pro (Needs formatting, so I will put Vista on it soon)
AMD Athlon 3500+,
1GB RAM,
200GB HDD,
nVidia 6800 128MB Graphics Card,
19" TFT Monitor.
Intel Machine:
Windows XP Pro / Ubuntu
P4 3.0Ghz,
1GB RAM,
Two 160 HDD's - one mirrors the other,
4 Card Readers,
19" Widescreen TFT,
RADEON X300 128MB Graphics Card - Ordering an nVidia 7900GL 256MB soon.
(Sorry, not really all that detailed.)
07/02/2006 (8:06 am)
Daily home use:AMD Machine:
Windows XP Pro (Needs formatting, so I will put Vista on it soon)
AMD Athlon 3500+,
1GB RAM,
200GB HDD,
nVidia 6800 128MB Graphics Card,
19" TFT Monitor.
Intel Machine:
Windows XP Pro / Ubuntu
P4 3.0Ghz,
1GB RAM,
Two 160 HDD's - one mirrors the other,
4 Card Readers,
19" Widescreen TFT,
RADEON X300 128MB Graphics Card - Ordering an nVidia 7900GL 256MB soon.
(Sorry, not really all that detailed.)
#20
07/02/2006 (8:16 pm)
Tom, I'm not going to go vista for a while, even though the beta 2 is downloaded for me and burned to a dvd. It's not stable, and from what I know it won't run half the applications. So I think it's got a ways to go, although the free beta is nice I prefer to stay stable.
Torque Owner Eric Johnson
Mine is a lot better than yours:)