Hi, and welcome to the board. I never buy "off the rack", I put my own PC together. Here's what's in it (if my memory still holds up.markfrost1972 said:
)Abit Microguru M/B, VIA chipset.AMD P64 3200 running 2ghz2 gigs of RAMnVidia GEforce 7800 GT OC with 256 megs of RAM on board, AGP connectorSoundblaster X-FI extreme soundcard.Two DVD drives/burners (one with Lightscribe capability).80 gig secondary HD (Maxtor) 7200 rpm500 gig primary HD (Western Digital) 7200rpm500 watt powersupply.Fatility case (1/4 inch thick solid aluminum case)Two fans in front to cool the HD's, one in back for exhaust.CPU and Video card both have their own fans.It also has a cassette deck in the top slot - I intend to convert a pile of cassettes to CD's eventually.22 inch flat panel Acer monitor.The beast:http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v238/Zayphod/NewPC/Always build your own.Plays The Witcher, Oblivion, Microsoft Train simulator and Aurin Train sim 2006 with visual sliders maxed out.Does Flight Simulator X "nearly" maxed out (I don't think anyone can truly max out FSX).@ Game Widow: My retro by about 20 years casemod: closeup is here: http://thewitcherworld.com/coyote/casemod-feb09.jpgFull setup, including visual of footstool that has been completely shredded by a cat AND clear and compelling evidence that I really do need to vacuum next to the computer: http://thewitcherworld.com/coyote/computer-feb09.jpgNot totally certain of the exact vintage of the case, but when I received it it contained a video-card with a tag on it which informed me that it had been checked in 1991. It also contained a set of batteries (long dead).And yes, it is within the bounds of at least remote possibility that the system is, as the sign in the photo suggests, radioactive.
As for limping along, I have a Dell Dimension 2400, upgraded six ways from Sunday. Pentium4 2.8 GHz processor (845gv/gl chipset mobo), 2 Gig RAM (DIMMS), Powercolor Radeon HD2400 512MBs Video card (PCI-only slots- not PCI-e), SoundMax audio, 2 DVD-CD R/WR, 3.5 floppy (yeah, but I still use it), 360 Gig HD (used to have another 160, but took it out), 200WT PSU, Toshiba 15 inch flat screen monitor. I use low settings on everything and chapter 5 bogs down incredibly because of the flames, but it runs mostly at about 30 FPS.art of the stated purpose of "The Retro Ferrari" is invoking jealousy, so you made my day. I could be eviller, and have mentioned that I also have a 320 gig external backup HD, and a extra 500gig internal HD (it was the primary HD on a previous incarnation of the computer), an external 3.5 floppy drive (not sure where it is though).... And (once I talk hubby into it), I'm going to upgrade the mobo and processor.... I bought a Turtle Creek soundcard, but it wont fit on the current mobo. So the speakers are a little thinner sounding than they are technically capable of achieving. Anyway, to answer your comment about the e-sketchpad, The drawing tablet is nice, BUT definitely research first... I have an Adesso from TigerDirect, it's good, but the upgrade to the software that comes with it is for the included, you can use it for text recognition, but if you want to use it as a graphics tablet, the upgrade to that feature is IMO a little overpriced, thought it apparently does make the entire tablet a drawing tablet. The drawing area for it with Photoshop is definitly smaller and I think harder to navigate (its not marked). A nice feature is that it can be used separately (not plugged into the computer), and your scribbles can be imported as a jpeg. But if I were to do it over, I would have held off, saved a bit more, and gone for the Wacom tablet, even if they are way expensive. )Memory != Hard drive space. Memory == RAM. Sorry, but something something like that just... ARGH! If you work IT-tech support you might understand...Anyways, my system:ATI HD4870 512MBAMD Athlon64 X2 60002GB Geil PC2-6400 DDR2-800+Forgot what my PSU was... *something* 520 WattA few hard drives with at total of around 1.1TBCrappy DVD burner, that's beginning to eat my discs.markfrost1972 said:
rather unbalanced, eh?the poor GPU is idling most of the time :evil:sheepdragon said:
Hehe, it works quite well actually. Haven't noticed much performance problems, other than some stuttering in the obvious games, like Crysis on full DX10 graphics. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky, with DX10.1 enabled, runs pretty much perfect in almost full graphics, and TWEE I play on full graphics with no problems.LicaonKter said:
