recommendations?

Comrade · 04-16-2009, 02:10 AM

Hey everyone, I'm looking to upgrade my outdated PC. I just really started trying to familiarize myself with the hardware, I managed to add more RAM to the system without any problems but now it looks like my video card needs an upgrade.

I was thinking of ordering a whole new system, but everyone tells me its really nothing to replace/upgrade compenents and save $$$ so I rounded up some guides but I still need some recommendations on what the rest of the system can handle.

Downloading EVEREST and will post shortly, any and all advice is much appreciated. Also this will be used for gaming mostly.

Comrade · 04-16-2009, 02:13 AM

Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1666 MHz (12.5 x 133) 2000+
Motherboard Name Asus A7V8X-X (6 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8377 Apollo KT400
System Memory 1024 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award Modular (04/09/04)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter RADEON 9200 SERIES - Secondary (64 MB)
Video Adapter RADEON 9200 SERIES (64 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon 9200 SE (RV280)
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (20234)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller

Storage:
IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller MagicISO SCSI Host Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Maxtor 6Y160P0 (160 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Optical Drive ATAPI DVD D DH16D2P
Optical Drive MagicISO Virtual DVD-ROM0000
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 74998 MB (17399 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 45002 MB (35048 MB free)
E: (NTFS) 36318 MB (16444 MB free)
Total Size 152.7 GB (67.3 GB free)
BIOS Properties:
Vendor Award Software, Inc.
Version ASUS A7V8X-X ACPI BIOS Revision 1010
Release Date 04/09/2004
Size 256 KB
Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM
Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD
Supported Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, ESCD, PnP
Expansion Capabilities PCI, AGP, USB
Processor Properties:
Manufacturer AuthenticAMD
Version AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2000+
External Clock 133 MHz
Maximum Clock 2250 MHz
Current Clock 1666 MHz
Type Central Processor
Voltage 1.6 V
Status Enabled
Socket Designation SOCKET A

**emosun** · 04-16-2009, 11:27 AM

Actually a new machine sounds like a better idea for you. That pc is , considerably old to be upgrading the gpu. Your mostly going to have a lot of cpu lagg.

04-16-2009, 02:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
Comrade Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 3 OS: winxp	recommendations? Hey everyone, I'm looking to upgrade my outdated PC. I just really started trying to familiarize myself with the hardware, I managed to add more RAM to the system without any problems but now it looks like my video card needs an upgrade. I was thinking of ordering a whole new system, but everyone tells me its really nothing to replace/upgrade compenents and save $$$ so I rounded up some guides but I still need some recommendations on what the rest of the system can handle. Downloading EVEREST and will post shortly, any and all advice is much appreciated. Also this will be used for gaming mostly. Last edited by Comrade; 04-16-2009 at 02:13 AM.

04-16-2009, 02:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
Comrade Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 3 OS: winxp	Re: recommendations? Motherboard: CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1666 MHz (12.5 x 133) 2000+ Motherboard Name Asus A7V8X-X (6 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio, LAN) Motherboard Chipset VIA VT8377 Apollo KT400 System Memory 1024 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM) BIOS Type Award Modular (04/09/04) Communication Port Communications Port (COM1) Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1) Display: Video Adapter RADEON 9200 SERIES - Secondary (64 MB) Video Adapter RADEON 9200 SERIES (64 MB) 3D Accelerator ATI Radeon 9200 SE (RV280) Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (20234) Multimedia: Audio Adapter VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller Storage: IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller SCSI/RAID Controller MagicISO SCSI Host Controller Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive Disk Drive Maxtor 6Y160P0 (160 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133) Optical Drive ATAPI DVD D DH16D2P Optical Drive MagicISO Virtual DVD-ROM0000 SMART Hard Disks Status OK Partitions: C: (NTFS) 74998 MB (17399 MB free) D: (NTFS) 45002 MB (35048 MB free) E: (NTFS) 36318 MB (16444 MB free) Total Size 152.7 GB (67.3 GB free) BIOS Properties: Vendor Award Software, Inc. Version ASUS A7V8X-X ACPI BIOS Revision 1010 Release Date 04/09/2004 Size 256 KB Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD Supported Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, ESCD, PnP Expansion Capabilities PCI, AGP, USB Processor Properties: Manufacturer AuthenticAMD Version AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2000+ External Clock 133 MHz Maximum Clock 2250 MHz Current Clock 1666 MHz Type Central Processor Voltage 1.6 V Status Enabled Socket Designation SOCKET A

04-16-2009, 11:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,092 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: recommendations? Actually a new machine sounds like a better idea for you. That pc is , considerably old to be upgrading the gpu. Your mostly going to have a lot of cpu lagg. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list