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How can i make my computer faster

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by pimpmex, May 26, 2006.

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  1. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    not if 8meg is used by onboard video tho still off by a meg but have seen it like that
     
    ddp, Jun 11, 2006
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  2. pimpmex

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    how do i stop my halo game from lagging please help
     
    pimpmex, Jun 14, 2006
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  3. Auslander

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    upgrade your graphics card.
     
    Auslander, Jun 14, 2006
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    Get a cheap one like a evgA 7600 GT. That's a budget card and it can pretty much play all the games. Not in high quality though.Look for it on newegg. What kin
     
    a7xsoad, Jun 14, 2006
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  5. pimpmex

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    where can i buy a evgA 7600 GT thats not on the net give me an adress and phone if you know please
     
    pimpmex, Jun 14, 2006
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  6. Auslander

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    geeze, i dunno...walmart,maybe.
     
    Auslander, Jun 14, 2006
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  7. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    where do you live?
     
    ddp, Jun 14, 2006
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  8. pimpmex

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    san diego by natinal avenue
     
    pimpmex, Jun 14, 2006
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  9. pimpmex

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    so where do i buy it thats not on the net and how is it really called
     
    pimpmex, Jun 24, 2006
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  10. Auslander

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    Best Buy, Circuit City, Ultimate Electronics, Walmart...local computer shops. look around your area.
     
    Auslander, Jun 24, 2006
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    You probably have 512mbs of ram. If you're running XP which i'm sure you are after having a 2.93ghz cpu. XP has a slight defect in it. It miss counts RAM. I'm running 512mbs and it reads at 448mbs.
     
    ILL-C, Jun 26, 2006
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  12. Auslander

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    it's not a defect; that's 64 mb eaten up by your onboard video.
     
    Auslander, Jun 26, 2006
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    yah know what you're right. at the moment i'm runnin onboard video of 64mbs but tomorrow i'll have NVidia XFX 6200 graphic card with 512mbs GDDR2 so that problem will be solved.
     
    ILL-C, Jun 26, 2006
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  14. wagsdadog

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    can someone please explain wat all this onboard memory is please?
     
    wagsdadog, Jun 26, 2006
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  15. Auslander

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    what do you mean. onboard video is your motherboard's native graphics capability. some motherboards don't even have onboard graphics and you have to buy a video card to use them.

    onboard graphics suck their memory from your ram. if you have 512 mb of ram and a 64 mb onboard video card, then only 448 mb of ram can be used by you and your system as 64 is dedicated to video fuctions.
     
    Auslander, Jun 27, 2006
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    thx... soo, instead of buying a video card, some hav it inbuilt and it uses some ram... so, can it be changed? say, if u buy 4gig of ram, can u change it to be a 512mb vid card?
     
    wagsdadog, Jun 27, 2006
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    in the system settings, you can change the ram used a bit...normally never more than 64 megs. it's far better to buy another card (AGP or PCI-E), as this eases the load on the whole system.
     
    Auslander, Jun 27, 2006
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    also allows you to play higher end games too.
     
    ddp, Jun 27, 2006
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    wat do u mean by "higher end games"?

    but, usually its better jus to get a pci one or anutha installable one, rite?

     
    wagsdadog, Jun 27, 2006
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    higher end games are usual the newer ones which are more demanding. They require faster graphics cards. On-board video is usually not enough to play higher end games. It's mainly meant for day-to-day use and at most, just mild 3D graphics processing.

    I think it is better to get a separate graphics card. Especially if you're into games or design.
     
    wong_c_fu, Jun 27, 2006
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