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is this computer any good?

by 123king105 Mar 8, 2009 9:45AM PDT

Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)

Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 630, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
Motherboard Name Dell Dimension 5100
Motherboard Chipset Intel Lakeport-G i945G
System Memory 1024 MB (DDR2-533 DDR2 SDRAM)
BIOS Type Phoenix (07/07/06)

Display
Video Adapter VisionTek Radeon X300 SE Hypermemory (512 MB)
Video Adapter VisionTek Radeon X300 SE Hypermemory (512 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon X300 (RV370)
Monitor Dell E173FP [17" LCD] (6418058N22JK)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter Intel 82801GB ICH7 - High Definition Audio Controller [A-1]

Storage
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 27DF
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller - 27C0
SCSI/RAID Controller SCSI/RAID Host Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller VAX347S SCSI Controller
Disk Drive WDC WD2500JS-58NCB1 (232 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive SCSIVAX DVD/CD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device
Optical Drive SONY CDRW/DVD CRX330E
Optical Drive TJ9812P RNP517M SCSI CdRom Device
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions
C: (NTFS) 238464 MB (18640 MB free)

Input
Keyboard Microsoft USB Dual Receiver Wireless Keyboard (IntelliType Pro)
Mouse HID-compliant mouse
Mouse Microsoft USB Dual Receiver Wireless Mouse (IntelliPoint)

Network
Network Adapter Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection (192.168.1.2)

Peripherals
Printer Auto Send To OneNote 2007 on BUSYA
Printer Dell Photo AIO Printer 962
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
Printer Send To OneNote 2007
USB1 Controller Intel 82801GB ICH7 - USB Universal Host Controller [A-1]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801GB ICH7 - USB Universal Host Controller [A-1]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801GB ICH7 - USB Universal Host Controller [A-1]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801GB ICH7 - USB Universal Host Controller [A-1]
USB2 Controller Intel 82801GB ICH7 - Enhanced USB2 Controller [A-1]
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device

Problems & Suggestions
Problem Disk free space is only 8% on drive C:.

Discussion is locked

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Nice enough machine.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 8, 2009 10:14AM PDT

In case you ask how much. About 299 absolute tops in the used market. Try much less.

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video card
by 123king105 Mar 8, 2009 10:27AM PDT

if u look at the video card u can see that it says that its 512mb but if u go to visiontek.com n look at this video card it says that its only 256mb if u have any ideas y its like that please tell me

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What is the question?
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 8, 2009 10:31AM PDT

If you pull the card out, you read off the part numbers and then go get the specs. But in this class machine there is so little difference from 256M to 512M on the video card that I would never think twice about it.

It's a dated piece of hardware so its fine for old games, internet and such.
bob

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the card
by 123king105 Mar 8, 2009 10:33AM PDT

can u think of a good video card for this PC. Which would support games like Assasins Creed.

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The list.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 8, 2009 11:38AM PDT
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better
by 123king105 Mar 8, 2009 12:15PM PDT
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I won't say.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 9, 2009 3:40AM PDT

I use Tomshardware VGA CHARTS or "the list."

The work done on those lists are amazing. Let's use that!
Bob

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