You are viewing our Forum Archives. To view or take place in current topics click here.
Need advice or guidance on this?(Edit*Pics)
Posted:

Need advice or guidance on this?(Edit*Pics)Posted:

TehHamburger
  • TTG Senior
Status: Offline
Joined: Jun 05, 201013Year Member
Posts: 1,063
Reputation Power: 50
Status: Offline
Joined: Jun 05, 201013Year Member
Posts: 1,063
Reputation Power: 50
Ok first off, im a huge fallout fan, I can play all the fallouts on max settings up to 3. I can play fallout 3 and New vegas but it tends to slow down alot and it tends to stutter. I Was wondering my computer has 2 ram slots that are currently have 2x2GB DDR2 667 MHz, (PC2-5300) modules. It says that I can have up to "Expandable to: 8 GB (4 DDR2 DIMM slots - 2 DIMMs available)" Even though it dosent say it can i upgrade it to 2x4 DDR3 Modules at around 1600MHz or can my computer not handle it. All i need to know though is what do i need to make fallout 3 and fallout new vegas run smoother. I don't care about ghrapics as im a console type guy, that prefers his open world games on pc. I just want to know what do i need to upgrade as i cant get a new pc at the moment.
Here are the rest of my Specs incase i need to upgrade something else
Processor:AMD Phenom 9100e, 64-bit quad core processorOperates at 1.8 GHz 2 MB L2 cache (4 512 K) 3200 MHz system bus
Chipset:AMD 780G
Harddrive: 640 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA II hard drive
Video:Integrated ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics
Up to 256 MB shared video memory

And the rest are here: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

So if i can upgrade my computer to make fallout run better please tell me if not i can deal with it till i get a new better one.
and the reason i have this computer is i bought it a long time ago when i use to still play mmo's online and battlefield 2142.

Heres some pics i took last night before i gave up on cleaning it out.
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Yea I gave up...


Last edited by TehHamburger ; edited 1 time in total
#2. Posted:
TehHamburger
  • TTG Senior
Status: Offline
Joined: Jun 05, 201013Year Member
Posts: 1,063
Reputation Power: 50
Status: Offline
Joined: Jun 05, 201013Year Member
Posts: 1,063
Reputation Power: 50
or actually if i just bought 2 of these would that help: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] BTW im not a computer hardware guy, Im more into programming and scripting than actual computer hardware.
#3. Posted:
MichaelBay
  • TTG Senior
Status: Offline
Joined: Sep 24, 201112Year Member
Posts: 1,609
Reputation Power: 82
Status: Offline
Joined: Sep 24, 201112Year Member
Posts: 1,609
Reputation Power: 82
The difficulty here lies with the fact that we're talking about a pre built, and quite an old one at that. I would say go for getting two more DDR2 2GB RAM sticks, but I can't guarantee that they'll work and improve your performance in Fallout. I don't know much about Fallout games on PC because I am a massive fan of them on console.
#4. Posted:
970
  • Christmas!
Status: Offline
Joined: May 15, 201211Year Member
Posts: 858
Reputation Power: 32
Status: Offline
Joined: May 15, 201211Year Member
Posts: 858
Reputation Power: 32
it didnt say what motherboard you have but if youre wanting to play games i suggest getting a graphics card deppending on how much your budget is and if your motherboard has a slot for it
#5. Posted:
LordRedgenold
  • Challenger
Status: Offline
Joined: Mar 03, 201212Year Member
Posts: 153
Reputation Power: 5
Status: Offline
Joined: Mar 03, 201212Year Member
Posts: 153
Reputation Power: 5
Well upgrading your RAM can help I would suggest getting 8GB of Corsair vengeance ram if you only have 2 slots. The ram might come set to 1333MHZ but you can set it up to 1600MHZ in the bios.

Also getting a graphics card can really help since you are still using the integrated one.

I would recommend looking at these brands for graphics

AMD
EVGA
Asus
Gigabyte
MSI
XFX

Hope this helps
#6. Posted:
LordRedgenold
  • Challenger
Status: Offline
Joined: Mar 03, 201212Year Member
Posts: 153
Reputation Power: 5
Status: Offline
Joined: Mar 03, 201212Year Member
Posts: 153
Reputation Power: 5
Wait I missed this...

Is it a desktop or laptop and is it bought or built?
#7. Posted:
Boxty
  • TTG Undisputed
Status: Offline
Joined: Jun 11, 201013Year Member
Posts: 5,622
Reputation Power: 346
Status: Offline
Joined: Jun 11, 201013Year Member
Posts: 5,622
Reputation Power: 346
The whole system is old and its probably due to the fact you have integrated graphics with a pathetic amount of shared graphics memory.

Its probably time to think about getting a new one and putting the money you were thinking about spending on RAM into a pot for a new custom build.
#8. Posted:
LordRedgenold
  • Challenger
Status: Offline
Joined: Mar 03, 201212Year Member
Posts: 153
Reputation Power: 5
Status: Offline
Joined: Mar 03, 201212Year Member
Posts: 153
Reputation Power: 5
Buxtyy wrote The whole system is old and its probably due to the fact you have integrated graphics with a pathetic amount of shared graphics memory.

Its probably time to think about getting a new one and putting the money you were thinking about spending on RAM into a pot for a new custom build.


I cant agree more hahaha
#9. Posted:
TehHamburger
  • TTG Senior
Status: Offline
Joined: Jun 05, 201013Year Member
Posts: 1,063
Reputation Power: 50
Status: Offline
Joined: Jun 05, 201013Year Member
Posts: 1,063
Reputation Power: 50
LordRedgenold wrote Wait I missed this...

Is it a desktop or laptop and is it bought or built?
Its an old desktop that me and some friends bought back in 08 to play 2142. So i say its bought(Prebuilt.)
#10. Posted:
sweq
  • TTG Addict
Status: Offline
Joined: Jul 11, 201013Year Member
Posts: 2,027
Reputation Power: 95
Status: Offline
Joined: Jul 11, 201013Year Member
Posts: 2,027
Reputation Power: 95
Omg just saw the pics, i have no words for it.
Use a air compressor to clean that PC, compressed air cans just wouldn't do the job.
Get safety glasses and a medical mask, or that dust will kill you.
Then bother about upgrade/selling.
Jump to:
You are viewing our Forum Archives. To view or take place in current topics click here.