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It's not much, but will it run...?

Postby Wii » Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:22 pm

I'm wanting to get this computer because it is the only thing in my budget.

Vista (32bit) Home premium
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ at 2.4 Ghz
2Gbs of DDR2 RAM
128Mb nVidia GeForce 8300GS
250Gbs HD
17 in. HP Monitor 1440 X 900 @ 60Hz

Will that Monitor support the graphics card? Will that system run FS9 well? It's $800 but $860 w/ tax

Or this one for $610 with tax but no monitor (or maybe one similar to the one above.

AMD Athlon X2 5000+ at 2.6 Ghz
2Gbs DDR2 RAM
360Gbs HD
nVidia GeForce 6150 SE 128MB

I like the above one better, but it's not in my price range. They would both be in the same price range if the one below had a monitor...what should I do? I'm thinking of just waiting until they have a computer bundle on sale and buy it then or maybe just wait and save up my money for a better computer...
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Re: It's not much, but will it run...?

Postby Celtman » Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:56 pm

Both PCs are fine, expect the graphics card. Those cards are really low level. You are going to need a better one - I'm not great at advising which, I'd wait for someone like Nick to come along and recommend one ;)
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Re: It's not much, but will it run...?

Postby Wii » Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:56 pm

New graphics card is not in the budget. I found the system I need. But, quick question, is the ATI Radeon 64Mb 7000 series a good card? My grandpa got it for me but we don't want to install it on our older systems and decided to wait until we got a new one. Is it better or worse than the nvidia 6150?
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Re: It's not much, but will it run...?

Postby MWISimmer » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:05 pm

It's worse.. a lot worse. Even though the 6150 is onboard via the chipset the 7000 is REALLY old tech.

Even so, both are no good when it comes to gaming, apart from Windows Solitaire.
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Re: It's not much, but will it run...?

Postby Wii » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:08 pm

That's what I thought. I need a good card for under $120

Edit: Never mind. I'm sticking with the 6150 until next year.
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Re: It's not much, but will it run...?

Postby Wii » Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:00 pm

AMD Athlon X2 5000+ at 2.6 Ghz
2Gbs DDR2 RAM
360Gbs HD
nVidia GeForce 6150 SE 128MB
Acer Monitor model X191X 19 inches.

I'm getting a small monitor for my mom's XP system and she's given me her large monitor.  8-) She hates her big monitor because it stretches out XP. But I've seen this monitor run Vista and it looks great  :D.
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