Go Back   Tactical Gamer > General Forums > Hardware & Software Discussion


Hardware & Software Discussion Hardware and Software discussion and troubleshooting. Tweakers and Overclockers welcome!

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 02-28-2008, 11:54 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 7
i am looking to upgrade this rig,any help is welcome :)

Manufacturer: Gateway
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 4 gigs RAM
Hard Drive: 1 Tb
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Sound Card: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)
Speakers/Headphones: razer barracuda head phones and logi tech 5.1 suround sound speakers
Keyboard: USB Root Hub
Mouse: Fatal1ty gameing mouse
Mouse Surface: Rocket Fish gameing Mouse pad
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.070627-1500)
__________________
We will we will rock you! ,we are the champions!
Darkmagex is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-29-2008, 12:15 AM   #2 (permalink)
 
Tonk's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Luck, WI USA
Age: 22
Posts: 2,810
Re: i am looking to upgrade this rig,any help is welcome :)

um...

where CAN you upgrade, anything there is already pretty good and an upgrade would be pointless... maybe vista x64 with another 4gb ram... and a non generic monitor?
__________________
-Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely, in an attractive and well preserved body; but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, a beer in the other, body totally worn out screaming "YEEEHAW, WHAT A RIDE!!!" - my grandpa

-My New Rig: cpu: AMD 6400+ 3.2ghz dual core mobo: Asus Crosshair ram: 8gb (4x2gb) geil exotera 4-4-4-12 video card MSI 8800GTS 512mb (g92) Vista:x64

Laptop: Dell i9300 2.16ghz-2gb ram-6800-17" 1920x1200

-Toasty/Tonk/Chair http://tgtonk.notlong.com


Tonk is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored links
Old 02-29-2008, 12:51 AM   #3 (permalink)
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 7
Re: i am looking to upgrade this rig,any help is welcome :)

the moniter is a 19 inch lcd,hi-def wide screan, by gateway
__________________
We will we will rock you! ,we are the champions!
Darkmagex is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-29-2008, 01:05 AM   #4 (permalink)
 
Acreo Aeneas's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: DePaul University (Chicago)
Age: 22
Posts: 3,721
Re: i am looking to upgrade this rig,any help is welcome :)

You really don't need any upgrade.

Any upgrade at this point is not cost effective. You'd be shelling out a few hundred to thousands for perhaps a few extra frames on high-res in today's top games (Crysis, etc.).
__________________
Acreo_Aeneas
Former 9th Member




"People usually see me and ask if I speak Chinese.
I respond by asking if they speak American."
Acreo Aeneas is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-29-2008, 01:32 AM   #5 (permalink)

 
Bamboo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: On the beach north of Jacksonville, NC
Posts: 2,678
Re: i am looking to upgrade this rig,any help is welcome :)

Listen to what they said above.
What is it your are trying to do with your computer anyway. Are you finding it lacking somewhere.
If you absolutly had money burning a hole in your pocket, I would go get the new Dell 24" LCD that just came out last week, and run dual screen with the 19" and 24" at the same time. You will love it.
__________________



Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at.

-Carlos A. Urbizo-

Bamboo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-29-2008, 01:36 AM   #6 (permalink)
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 7
Re: i am looking to upgrade this rig,any help is welcome :)

thanks all ,bam i am useing this juest fore gameing,sorry i did not put that when i made the thread
__________________
We will we will rock you! ,we are the champions!
Darkmagex is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored links
Old 02-29-2008, 01:55 AM   #7 (permalink)
 
A_Grounded_Pilot's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Chicago!
Age: 25
Posts: 338
Re: i am looking to upgrade this rig,any help is welcome :)

I suppose you could lose the 8800GTS and drop $550 on an 8800 Ultra OC; that might get you an extra ten frames in Crysis. Like Tonk said, you could also install a 64 bit OS so you can actually use all that memory. What games do you play?
A_Grounded_Pilot is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-29-2008, 02:45 AM   #8 (permalink)
 
BigGaayAl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: gent, belgium
Posts: 1,434
Re: i am looking to upgrade this rig,any help is welcome :)

I think the others are right. In the current games you won't get any reasonable improvement. You play almost everything on max setting anyway.
Now if you patiently wait about 3 months, a next generation of products should allow a more noticeable performance boost.

If you want to spend, spend it on a nice flatscreen.
__________________
Thanks to whom made the button beneath my name appear.

This is my "depressed stance." When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you'll start to feel better. If you're going to get any joy out of being depressed, you've got to stand like this. ~Charlie Brown
BigGaayAl is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-29-2008, 12:19 PM   #9 (permalink)
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 7
Re: i am looking to upgrade this rig,any help is welcome :)

A_Grounded_Pilot,i play fear,fear extraction point,MOH:air born,crysis,ut3,bf2/2142/1942 and their expansions,graw 1 and 2,wow,elder scrolls,hl2,bioshock,quake 4,soon to be FFOW,ET:QW,cod4,cod2,AOE and its expansions,stalker shadows of cheranobyle,,diablo 2,diablo,arma,rainbow six vegas,brothers in arms,COH,COH:OF,c&c3 ,mechwarrior 2,3,4,settlers 2,that is all i can think of right now
__________________
We will we will rock you! ,we are the champions!
Darkmagex is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-29-2008, 12:51 PM   #10 (permalink)

 
Bamboo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: On the beach north of Jacksonville, NC
Posts: 2,678
Re: i am looking to upgrade this rig,any help is welcome :)

Save your money for another month or 2 and then consider the 9800GTX that will be coming out.
You really would enjoy the 2 monitor dual setup though. Once people try it, they never go back.
__________________



Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at.

-Carlos A. Urbizo-

Bamboo is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored links
Old 02-29-2008, 06:58 PM   #11 (permalink)
 
Acreo Aeneas's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: DePaul University (Chicago)
Age: 22
Posts: 3,721
Re: i am looking to upgrade this rig,any help is welcome :)

That's only if you have overstuffed pockets of green bills.
__________________
Acreo_Aeneas
Former 9th Member




"People usually see me and ask if I speak Chinese.
I respond by asking if they speak American."
Acreo Aeneas is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-29-2008, 10:33 PM   #12 (permalink)
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 7
Re: i am looking to upgrade this rig,any help is welcome :)

i finaly got ffow!
__________________
We will we will rock you! ,we are the champions!
Darkmagex is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-29-2008, 10:39 PM   #13 (permalink)
 
machowner's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: New Tazewell, TN
Posts: 2,826
Re: i am looking to upgrade this rig,any help is welcome :)

cool, we have a pretty good ffow forum, check those out. Like the others posted, your system is for the most part up-to-date.
__________________



|New to TG? Start here|*|Become a Supporting Member|
"Remember to pillage BEFORE you burn!"
machowner is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-29-2008, 10:47 PM   #14 (permalink)
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 7
Re: i am looking to upgrade this rig,any help is welcome :)

hey merc,can i add ya to xfire?
__________________
We will we will rock you! ,we are the champions!
Darkmagex is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-29-2008, 10:56 PM   #15 (permalink)
 
machowner's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: New Tazewell, TN
Posts: 2,826
Re: i am looking to upgrade this rig,any help is welcome :)

I actually don't have xfire, sorry man.
__________________



|New to TG? Start here|*|Become a Supporting Member|
"Remember to pillage BEFORE you burn!"
machowner is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored links
Reply

Bookmarks


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:56 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.2
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.2.0
©2004-2008 - Tactical Gamer - All Rights Reserved