Calling all computer people!

[naturallypixie]

Can somebody tell me if this system will be happy for online gaming? Specifically, I am wondering about the video card; it was the best upgrade I could get with this model. I think I have chosen properly, but since I am no whiz in this area, I feel the need to defer.


My System Details
PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON™ 5800 (3.0GHz, 1MB)
MEMORY 4GB DDR2 Non-ECC SDRAM,800MHz, (4 DIMM) e
HARD DRIVE 80GB SATA, 10K RPM 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive 3.5 inch, with Data Burst Cache™
OPTICAL DRIVE 16X DVD+/-RW SATA, Roxio Creator, CyberlinkPower DVD™
VIDEO CARD 256MB nVidia GeForce 9300 GE (Dual DVI/ VGA /1 TV-out), full height
MONITOR Dell 19 inch™ E1909W Widescreen Flat Panel
ENERGY SMART Dell Energy Smart Enable
FILE SYSTEM NTFS File System for all Operating Systems
SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION Resource CD and DVD contains Diagnostics and Driver for Dell OptiPlex System

Comments

[ulfrslady.livejournal.com]

I just asked Ulfr to take a look. He posts as thor_bound_one and knows buckets more about this than I do.

Your Computer...

[thor-bound-one.livejournal.com]

System stats look good... What version of windows? what network card are you using, and are you using modem, dsl, comcast broadband, verizon broadband...

game in mind... knowing what it requires would be helpful... over all you shouldn't have any issues with that system.

Re: Your Computer...

[youvebeenpixied.livejournal.com]

Its for DDO.

XP, I have no idea, comcast.

Minimum System Requirements

Processor: P4 1.6 GHz or AMD equivalent with SSE
Memory512 MB RAM
GraphicsCard 64 MB Hardware T&L -compatible video card
NetworkConnection 56.6 K modem
SoftwareWindows XP, DIrectX 9
DiscSpace 3GB, 5GB for high resolution

Recommended System Requirements

Processor P4 3.0GHz or AMD equivalent with SSE
Memory 1GB RAM
Graphics Card GeForce FX or better with 128MB of memory
Network Connection Cable Modem or DSL connection
Software Windows XP, DirectX 9
Disc Space 3GB 5GB for high resolution

Re: Your Computer...

[kaelikat.livejournal.com]

also - as much as we all love our wireless and mobility, you'll get faster speeds if you connect to your cable modem/router directly. :) Long cat5 cables are cheapest off of eBay. I bought a 50ft cable from SquaredSolutions for $9.95, free shipping there.

Nvidia GeForce is an excellent manufacturer of graphics cards. They usually have built in fans on the graphic cards themselves which is great! Keeping systems cool is always best!

If you can get a bigger hard drive or install an additional hard drive, that's a good way to improve machine performance as well - basically more swap space.

[burny-md.livejournal.com]

I'm not much of a gamer, but I took a look at the specs and did a few searches on the cards. It looks like it will work good for that. As someone else mentioned, the only thing that I'd be concerned with is the Hard Disk. 80g is really small these days. :) If the only thing he ever did was play DDO, then you're fine. If you have the ability/option to get a larger drive, I'd recommend doing it now.

Other than that, good job. :)

Re: Your Computer...

[youvebeenpixied.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I will be connected to the router :)

[youvebeenpixied.livejournal.com]

80g is small? Okay then. I think they offered bigger.

[youvebeenpixied.livejournal.com]

Thank you:)

[sbrungardt.livejournal.com]

Definitely go with a hard disk larger than 80GB. For a laptop that will be used for gaming, I recommend nothing short of 160GB, 250GB if you can swing it.

The video card is really important. That video card will be able to handle DDO, but there's also a difference between being able to just run a game, and being able to have the game "run well", so to speak. If you can manage it, I highly recommend bumping that video card up to a 512MB video card.

Is this planned to be a desktop computer or a laptop? If it's desktop, you can always upgrade the hardware later as you need to; if it's a laptop, it's well worth the initial investment to make it better, since it's nigh impossible to upgrade a lot of laptop hardware once you bought it.