kpain2004

Ive searched around on google and whatnot and I'm just getting confused. I own a Dell Dimension 8200 and I like to play online games. But my video card is not cutting it, I experience too much "choppyness" when im playing. I know its not the internet connection. I want to upgrade the video card but Im not sure what kind to buy and the correct slot I need. I wanna upgrade the ram too, Ive got 4X256k installed but I would like to have 4x512k but Im not sure what type of ram to get neither.

Hers the specs for my PC, I'm not a computer whiz so I hope someone will help me with this.

Microprocessor

Microprocessor type
Intel® Pentium® 4 microprocessor

1.50, 1.60, 1.80, 1.90, 2.00, 2.20, or 2.40 GHz (400 MHz); or

2.26, 2.40, 2.53, 2.66, or 2.80 GHz (533 MHz)

L1 cache
8 KB first-level

L2 cache
256-KB or 512-KB (displayed in the system setup program) pipelined-burst, eight-way set associative, write-back SRAM



System Information

System chip set
Intel 850 or 850E

DMA channels
eight

Interrupt levels
15

System BIOS chip
4 Mb (512 KB)

System clock
400- or 533- MHz data rate



Expansion Bus

Bus types
PCI and AGP

Bus speed
PCI: 33 MHz; AGP: 66 MHz

AGP connector
one

AGP connector size
172 pins

AGP connector data width (maximum)
32 bits

AGP bus protocols
4x/2x modes at 1.5 V

PCI connectors
four

PCI connector size
120 pins

PCI connector data width
(maximum)
32 bits



Memory

Architecture
RDRAM

Memory connectors
four

Memory capacities
64-, 128-, 256-, and 512-MB non-ECC RDRAM

Minimum memory
128 MB

Maximum memory
2 GB with Microsoft® Windows® 2000 and Windows XP; 512 MB with Windows Millennium Edition (Me)

Memory type
PC800 (non-ECC)

Memory speed
40 ns or faster

BIOS address
F8000h



Drives

Externally accessible
two 5.25-inch bays
two 3.5-inch bays

Internally accessible
two bays for 1-inch–high IDE hard drives

Available devices
ATA-66 or ATA-100 Ultra DMA hard drive, CD drive, Zip drive, DVD drive, and CD-RW drive



Ports and Connectors

Externally accessible:

Serial
9-pin connector; 16550C-compatible

Parallel
25-hole connector (bidirectional)

Video
15-hole connector

Keyboard
6-pin mini-DIN connector or USB connector

Mouse
6-pin mini-DIN connector or USB connector

USB
two front-panel and two back-panel USB–compliant connectors

Headphone
front-panel miniature jack

Audio1
three miniature jacks for line-in, line-out, and microphone

Internally accessible:

Primary IDE channel
40-pin connector on PCI local bus

Secondary IDE channel
40-pin connector on PCI local bus

Floppy drive
34-pin connector

1 Present only on computers with integrated audio capabilities.



Audio2

Audio controller
Analog Devices AD1885 AC97 Codec

2 Present only on computers with integrated audio capabilities.



Video

Video controller
AGP 4X



Controls and Lights

Power control
push button

Power light
green

Hard-drive access light
green

Diagnostic code lights
four bicolor (amber and green) located on back panel



Power

DC power supply:

Wattage
250 W

Heat dissipation
534 BTU (fully-loaded computer without monitor)

Voltage (switch-selectable
on back panel)
90 to 135 V at 60 Hz; 180 to 265 V at 50 Hz;
100 V at 50 to 60 Hz for Japanese computers

Backup battery
3-V CR2032 coin cell



Physical

Height x Width x Depth
42.5 x 18.1 x 44.7 cm
(16.7 x 7.13 x 17.6 inches)

Weight
12.7 kg (28 lb)



Environmental

Temperature:

Operating
10º to 35ºC (50º to 95ºF)3

Storage
–40º to 65ºC (–40º to 149ºF)

Relative humidity
20% to 80% (noncondensing)

Maximum vibration:

Operating
0.25 G at 3 to 200 Hz at 1/2 octave/min

Storage
0.5 G at 3 to 200 Hz at 1/2 octave/min

Maximum shock:

Operating
bottom half-sine pulse with a change in velocity of 50.8 cm/sec (20 inches/sec)

Storage
23-G faired-square wave with a velocity change of 508 cm/sec (200 inches/sec)

Altitude:

Operating
–15.2 to 3048 m (–50 to 10,000 ft)3

Storage
–15.2 to 10,600 m (–50 to 35,000 ft)

3 At 35°C (95°F), the maximum operating altitude is 914 m (3000 ft).

Please help me please

emosun

Download and install everest and use the report tool. This will let us know what hardware is actually installed includeing your current videocard. What games are are you planing on playing? Because the machine will be very limited to what it can do.

kpain2004

I play world of warcraft alot, it plays fine i get around 14 FPS until i get into heavy populated areas then i only get like 5 FPS and my latency is around 200. But everything else is working great but it just slows me down. But im going to d/l everest and see what i can do. But thank you for your input.