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Whats the best upgrade to purchase to upgrade this old ma

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Whats the best upgrade I can buy to put some life into my old machine?

Pentium 4, 2.8
2gig 400mhz pc 2100
Radeon X1650Pro 512 meg ddr2 ram AGP
150watt power supply

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not much room for an upgrade...

You may want to just build new. Prices are really low on processors and DDR2!

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yeah just build a new pc

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The processor is below minimum spec for some new games. It's a pretty balanced system for mid to low resolution gaming. I agree, don't put more money into it.


side note, I am surprised you have an X1650 pro running stable on a 150W PSU.

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do you game on that thing?

seriously, that would be an achievement.

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strangestranger wrote :

do you game on that thing?

seriously, that would be an achievement.




lol yeah but only older games like doom 3 or quake 4, but they both run fine on high settings

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pauldh wrote :

The processor is below minimum spec for some new games. It's a pretty balanced system for mid to low resolution gaming. I agree, don't put more money into it.


side note, I am surprised you have an X1650 pro running stable on a 150W PSU.



I was surprised too never had any problems with it with games like quake 4 or doom 3 on high settings, I took the chance as the card was going cheap

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