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Sykotic
 PostPosted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:02 am
Post subject: I need to improve my PC's preformance. 
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So this piece of crap is crappy. I need more memory on my PC as well. But, I got this whole CPU-Z thing which basically tells me the whole specs of this thing BUT I can't make heads or tails of it. Bollocks. So I'm gonna post screenshots. Help is appreciated. I'm looking to increase my memory capacity or whatever so my PC stops lagging in Project 64 and getting a GFX Card so I can handle OpenGL on a few games, and the guy that recommended this CPU-Z thing to get the specs on my PC told me that it would tell me exactly what I needed to know. BUT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT |=/

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Sephy
 PostPosted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:24 am
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It says nothing about your graphics card. Whoever told you to use that just gave you a standard reply without actually thinking.

From those specs, if Project 64 shits on you, then it's probably the graphics card.

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getting a GFX Card so I can handle OpenGL on a few games

Wait what. You probably just don't have the right drivers installed.

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Sykotic
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There's some other games I had in mind too with mostly OGL capabilities.
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Sephy
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Sykotic wrote:
There's some other games I had in mind too with mostly OGL capabilities.

How the fuck is that related to what I just said?

1) What are the specs of your current graphics card?
2) What drivers do you have installed?

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Scarlet Snake
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I heard somewhere that deleting files in your recycle bin and installing very few games improves performance.

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Sykotic
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Whoever told you that is only partially right. True, uninstalling alotta crap from your PC can help, but games are among them. Don't single out games as the reason for my computer's shitty unawesomeness. BUT, that person was right because recycle bin shit does free up some space. Thing is, this thing has a LOT of stuff that Dad left on here that belong to him. I have about 1/8th of this PC's space. This is why I'm saying I need more memory. This thing has two OS's inside of it.

Regarding the drivers, Sephy: tell me how to figure out how to find the drivers, and I'll relay that info to you.
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Scarlet Snake
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Sorry I meant because games are an optional part. It is not like you can uninstall windows or something

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Rhyhon
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Sykotic - most online sites for the companies who make the hardware have driver downloads available. You just have to be certain of two things: a, that you get the driver for your exact piece of hardware (and even that's sometimes optional), and b, that you only get the smallest kind - often companies will try to offer "packages" of huge, 100MB+ files that are the driver plus additional unnecessary software added on. Aim for as little a download as possible, somewhere between a megabyte and 5MB.

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WCS II
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Okay, NM then

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Sephy
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Regarding the drivers, Sephy: tell me how to figure out how to find the drivers, and I'll relay that info to you.

Long short story: if you didn't install them, you don't have them.

You should AT LEAST know what's the brand of your graphics card and download drivers for that (protip: ati.com for ATI drivers, nvidia.com for NVidia drivers). Right click My Computer (or Computer, whatever) and hit properties, poke around and you should find your graphics card.

Also, don't read WCS's post. No offense, but that post is filled with so much misinformation that I thought I clicked a link to /g/ for a second there. The eraser part made me cringe, that's as bad as the idiots in Mac forums who give you the dubious advice to ZAP YOUR PRAM all the time.

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Sykotic
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I don't know a thing about building PCs. But I can tell you that I have both XP and 2000 on this thing.
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Sephy
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It has nothing to do with building computers.

Try right clicking the desktop, then preferences. Hit the last tab, it should tell you the brand/model of your video card.

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Sykotic
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It's a "Plug in Play Monitor on Intel(R) 82845G Graphics Controller"

It's a piece of shit =/
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Sephy
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Lol integrated graphics card.

Shell out $50 for a semi-decent graphics card. Assuming that's a desktop and not a laptop, that is.

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