I want to play half-life 2 and Counter-Strike Source, but I need to upgrade, but I'm not sure how much I'll need. I'll list the specs of my PC, and you tell me how much I need to upgrade. keep in mind that I'm just reading off the side of my tower. Prossessor: 2.6GHz RAM: 512MB DDR Video Memory: 64MB Hard Drive: 80GB Ethernet: 10/100 MBps Here's the upgrades I have in mind already. http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Shopping/shoppingcart.asp?submit=ChangeItem How much more do I need to play the games?
That link only shows the newegg shopping cart, specific to you so I don't see anything. For a gaming performance upgrade, you're looking at a new Athlon 64 CPU, motherboard, definately a new graphics card and probably a PSU aswell.
Alright, though your cpu isn't ideal it will surfice for HL2. Yeah a gig of ram is a very good idea as anything less on HL2 with settings turned up causes slowdown. A HIS what? Many cards have 256MB's or vram, what model did you choose? I don't know how much you can spend but a X800GTO AGP: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102608 Or a 6800GT: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814119144 (when they come back in stock). Either would be perfect for max settings assuming your cpu doesn't hold you back too much, which it shouldn't.
I mean I have an Update HIS Hightech R8K-48 Radeon 9600 256MB DDR AGP 4X/8X video card. I copied and pasted the title from my shopping cart. It costs $128.00.
The 9600's are decent for HL2 but the price could be a lot better. With that budget get a X700, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102585, sweet card for the money. The X700Pro is obviously better but the AGP versions are rare and expensive.
thanx. Any comments on the RAM stick? It's a Kingston ValueRAM 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered System Memory Model KVR400X64C3A/1G Again I copied and pasted.
a 9600 is quite good, and i am surprised by how well it performs http://www.hardwareforums.com/bit-benchmarking-i-did-8569/ check out first post i did on this thread, also, i will be benchmarking the 9600 on all those titles again tommorow exept on lower res and medium settings and NO AA or AF, i played games like doom 3, half life 2 and more with the 9600 on slightly lower settings and was able to just get by, all in all, i was very please with the card, and its in increadable overclocker on the core, 325mhz- 486mhz, also get this card if you just wnat to play those game, or maybe try a card like the 9800pro/xt or 6600gt, or x700pro.
But why get a 9600 when you can get a X700 for less? Still a good card for being several years old. The ram will be good, I trust Kingston and a gig will be very nice for all modern games.
