I live in sydney australia but i should be able to find some local equivalent if you are overseas. Usually they have almost as good a system for a lot more money as you would get in america, say.
I'm looking at upgrading as i am playing civ4 and i suspect it runs out of ram all the time. I am told it's due to sloppy coding.
I've checked around but can't find anything decent. Can anyone recommend a cheapish upgrade? I can keep peripherals although my gf wants a new monitor (i am happy to keep this one).
If i had unlimited funds i would go for 4 gig ram but as near as possible would be lovely.
Civ4 can't cope with dual cores etc and despite my pleas, Firaxis isn't interested in patching it to support multicore systems, so quad or dual core might be pointless. I suppose the athlon64 might be good but then i'd have to buy a totally new operating system, just when vista is about due to be released! I am stuffed if i know whether to wait or buy now and hope for the best.
The power supply or motherboard is dodgy on this system and it's crashing so i have got to do something but i will wait a month or two if i have to.
i suspect the seller might have used a PS that is falsely labeled for wattage but i can't prove it, apparently it's a big scam according to the newspaper. They label it according to whether it can deliver a peak output briefly, not what it can sustain.
I attached the system info it it helps (remove .txt to decompress).
I have a dvd burner that i am happy with but i guess the rest is obsolete (geforce4 ti4200 and an old type of ram). I don't know if my hard drive can be re-used but it has 30 gig unused so it seems ridiculous to throw it away. The shops insist no, but i can't tell if they are just trying to sell new stock. I can't see what type it is.
I probably need UPS as the power supply to my apartment is poor. We get brownouts, and the power dims, and if my computer is on it turns off, and otherwise you can see the t.v. might lose reception for a second or even the fuse might trip. I have a surge protector but that won't help if the power is dipping, from what i understand.
If anyone has any suggestions, please post a reply, and may you have a lovely christmas!:xbiggrin:
I'm looking at upgrading as i am playing civ4 and i suspect it runs out of ram all the time. I am told it's due to sloppy coding.
I've checked around but can't find anything decent. Can anyone recommend a cheapish upgrade? I can keep peripherals although my gf wants a new monitor (i am happy to keep this one).
If i had unlimited funds i would go for 4 gig ram but as near as possible would be lovely.
Civ4 can't cope with dual cores etc and despite my pleas, Firaxis isn't interested in patching it to support multicore systems, so quad or dual core might be pointless. I suppose the athlon64 might be good but then i'd have to buy a totally new operating system, just when vista is about due to be released! I am stuffed if i know whether to wait or buy now and hope for the best.
The power supply or motherboard is dodgy on this system and it's crashing so i have got to do something but i will wait a month or two if i have to.
i suspect the seller might have used a PS that is falsely labeled for wattage but i can't prove it, apparently it's a big scam according to the newspaper. They label it according to whether it can deliver a peak output briefly, not what it can sustain.
I attached the system info it it helps (remove .txt to decompress).
I have a dvd burner that i am happy with but i guess the rest is obsolete (geforce4 ti4200 and an old type of ram). I don't know if my hard drive can be re-used but it has 30 gig unused so it seems ridiculous to throw it away. The shops insist no, but i can't tell if they are just trying to sell new stock. I can't see what type it is.
I probably need UPS as the power supply to my apartment is poor. We get brownouts, and the power dims, and if my computer is on it turns off, and otherwise you can see the t.v. might lose reception for a second or even the fuse might trip. I have a surge protector but that won't help if the power is dipping, from what i understand.
If anyone has any suggestions, please post a reply, and may you have a lovely christmas!:xbiggrin:
