thoughts on a PC upgrade

[derspiess]

Then if anyone wants to add me, PM me with your address

[katmai]

Who else is in there?  I only have Brazen & Cal in my Latitude.

Besides them, me.  Brazen's got my gmail address and Cal should have it sitting in his inbox now.

I think you sent me yours as well.

[Caliga]

I disagree. 

So you think going from 4 Gb to 8 Gb will make a huge difference?

[Grey Fox]

I believe it too.

[Caliga]

Hm, that will cost right around $200, it looks like, for 4 2 Gb DIMMS.

[grumbler]

You don't want to invest in memory, as it will have marginal utility with the CPU and, with that board, will be obsolescent stuff you cannot take with you when you upgrade.

I'd go for a great monitor (prices are getting pretty sweet on them right now) or the OS upgrade.

[Caliga]

Yeah, I was just looking at monitor prices this morning because Princesca's is starting to fail, and was surprised at how low they've gotten.  I already have a decent 22" 2ms LCD though and am satisfied with it, so probably not gonna go that route in the near future.

[Barrister]

Face it Cal, the situation is pretty much the same as it was the last time you asked for advice on a computer - you have a decent rig with no real obvious need for an upgrade.  It's not like the old days where you almost ahd to buy a new system every 2-3 years.

[Barrister]

I disagree. 

So you think going from 4 Gb to 8 Gb will make a huge difference?

I dunno - all I know is that I noticed a difference going from 2 GB to 10 GB. 

[Caliga]

Face it Cal, the situation is pretty much the same as it was the last time you asked for advice on a computer - you have a decent rig with no real obvious need for an upgrade.  It's not like the old days where you almost ahd to buy a new system every 2-3 years.

The issue isn't need, it's want.  I budget fun money for myself and have nothing else I want.  The amount I may spend could increase in the near future though, as a friend of ours is willing to sell us her Glock 19 and I assume it'll be way cheaper than what we were planning on spending on it.

[viper37]

You don't think the CPU is too much of a bottleneck?  If you trust that Windows Experience Index thingy, it's the lowest rated system component I have (5.0).

Don't worry too much about that.
First of all, the scale tops at 5.9.

Second, it's not that useful for games.

Third, a new graphic card will provide better images, better resolution, and better speed in game.
No matter wich CPU you use.

For some modern games, you may not be able to play the highest resolutions because of your CPU, but you'll still play faster than before, and at better resolution.


And having more than 4gb of RAM is nice, as it speeds up Windows boot&shutdown, if you have a 64bit Windows, but since most games are not 64bit, you can't really use the RAM.
Empire Total War was modified to allow the use of more than 4gb of RAM, but aside that, there's not much improvement to be made.

[viper37]

as a friend of ours is willing to sell us her Glock 19 and I assume it'll be way cheaper than what we were planning on spending on it.

You could forget about the Glock and invest more in the computer

[Caliga]

Nein.  With a computer, I can only shoot virtual people. 

[DontSayBanana]

Nein.  With a computer, I can only shoot virtual people. 

With a Glock, you won't actually hit anyone.

Don't mind me.  I am to H&K what Beeb is to Mac.

[Caliga]

Sorry, not spending $800 on a handgun.