what do I need to change in my computer? advise needed.

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Hey i want to play the newest games on all its optimal settings an
experience all the effects.
I have an packard bell imedi
intel pentium 4 , 2.93 ghz
512 mb RA
160 gb HD
ati x300 hyper memory 128 mb

extra's
mouse logitech mx610 laser
sound: 2.1 t3030 creative
16" crt monitor (works for me

I will soon get the 7600 gt 256 mb , but shouldn't I also get som
more RAM and how mutch ? and is there anything else I should buy

really need some good advise here , than
 
franskuh said:
Hey i want to play the newest games on all its optimal settings and
experience all the effects..
I have an packard bell imedia
intel pentium 4 , 2.93 ghz
512 mb RAM
160 gb HDD
ati x300 hyper memory 128 mb

extra's:
mouse logitech mx610 laser
sound: 2.1 t3030 creative
16" crt monitor (works for me)

I will soon get the 7600 gt 256 mb , but shouldn't I also get some
more RAM and how mutch ? and is there anything else I should buy?

really need some good advise here , thanx
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Looks ok to me, fancy swopping/?
 
Looks ok to me, fancy swopping/?
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I just finsihed some testing on my system with Doom3. I have to throw in
that 1GB of ram does help loading speed and texture maps, as Doom3 tells
you that in Ultimate mode just the textures take 512Mb of ram. Other than
that looks good.
 
franskuh said:
Hey i want to play the newest games on all its optimal settings and
experience all the effects..
I have an packard bell imedia
intel pentium 4 , 2.93 ghz
512 mb RAM
160 gb HDD
ati x300 hyper memory 128 mb

extra's:
mouse logitech mx610 laser
sound: 2.1 t3030 creative
16" crt monitor (works for me)

I will soon get the 7600 gt 256 mb , but shouldn't I also get some
more RAM and how mutch ? and is there anything else I should buy?

really need some good advise here , thanx
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The config looks ok, but due to the higher power requirements, you could
experience some random reboots of you PC in future. If this occurs, you will
have to check and eventually replace the PSU with a more powerful unit.
 
Hey i want to play the newest games on all its optimal settings and
experience all the effects..
I have an packard bell imedia
intel pentium 4 , 2.93 ghz
512 mb RAM
160 gb HDD
ati x300 hyper memory 128 mb

extra's:
mouse logitech mx610 laser
sound: 2.1 t3030 creative
16" crt monitor (works for me)

I will soon get the 7600 gt 256 mb , but shouldn't I also get some
more RAM and how mutch ? and is there anything else I should buy?

really need some good advise here , thanx
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Check your PSU wattage, and case cooling... along with the
former higher current needs comes the latter higher heat to
remove.

512MB is too little for modern games at high detail levels.
It's a start, you can certainly try it and see how it goes
but for most it would be prudent to bump memory to 1GB total
and a few games will do best with even more... up to 1.5GB
would be a round number, and reasonable considering today's
memory pricing.
 
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