Computer upgrades-- what to buy?

Post by **odds** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:52 am

Hey, I've been playing (well, trying to) Quake 4 for the past few days and my settings are the lowest they can go, including seta_imagedownsize limit etcetc. It basically looks like q3 with r_picmip 5. Anyways, my computer specs are as follows:

Pentium4 2.8HT 800mhz fsb
GeForce4 Ti4400 128MB
Corsair ValueSelect 512MB PC2700 DDR333
Intel 865PERL Motherboard

I get 40fps when looking at walls, and a steady 6 when playing online with 1 or more peoples. I have updated motherboard and graphics card drivers. I'm pretty sure the GeForce4 Ti4400 is the bottleneck in the system, and after that the RAM. So, I have about $90 to spend on a graphics card and so far the Geforce 6600 looks the best. These are the specs, btw:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814145112

How do you think the game will run after installing this thing?

Thanks for the help,
Matt

Post by **odds** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:58 am

Thanks. But what can I do to get 60fps in firefights?

Post by **Jenny** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:59 am

RAM is slow and too little also, happy days.

Post by **odds** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:00 am

Alright... If I got this 6600 and upgraded my RAM, how it would it run?

Post by **kispun** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:11 am

Like Paris Hilton making love to Burgers, or Pamela swallowing MotleyDogs ;-) You might even get 69 FPS

Post by **Bdw3** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:13 am

Post by **odds** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:16 am

kispun; are you high?

anyways, i have about $200 TOTAL to spend... i need some suggestions.

thanks again,
matt

Post by **Bdw3** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:20 am

I'd say save up a bit more and upgrade to at least a 6600GT (or Save up just a little more that that and go 6800GT), and yeah another 512 of RAM will help out a a bit.

Post by **Bdw3** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:23 am

Yeah, affter looking...
his mo-bo supports Dual channel PC3200, so getting that upgraded is something I'd want to tackle seperatly

Post by **odds** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:29 am

Alright, awesome. Thanks a lot guys

So lemme get this straight;
Upgrade to atleast a 6600GT and THEN do the dual channel?

Post by **plained** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:33 am

i trhink get some more ram and youll go up some.

or a seventysomething series card , because from what i seen, that'id be ideal.

Post by **plained** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:38 am

oh.

well get a big one then yo its needed.

Post by **odds** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:57 am

Okay, awesome.
Thanks