My computer never did seem to play games as good as it should of, though I may be wrong. But I'm going to give an example.
Recommended CoD4 specs:
CPU: 2.4 GHz dual core or better is recommended
RAM: 1GB for XP; 2GB for Vista is recommended
Harddrive: 8GB of free hard drive space
Video card: 3.0 Shader Support recommended. Nvidia Geforce 7800 or better or ATI Radeon X1800 or better
Mine (from dxdiag):
CPU: Intel Pentium D CPU 2.8 GHz (2 CPUs)
RAM: 2GB (I use XP)
Harddrive: way more then 20GB of free hard drive space...
Video card: what's 3.0 shader support? anyways, its Nvidia Geforce 7300 LE
(I'm not sure if anything there told you I have this, but I do have a dual core proccessor)
So, I easily meet the recommended (I think), yet I could only ever play CoD4 on its lowest (seriously, like 800 x 600 (or might of been 640 x 400) with everything else at very low, lowest of the low.
What's my problem!?!?
Oh wait... I have 7300 not 7800. Is that a BIG difference?
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"Cards and flowers on your window, your friends all plead for you to stay,
sometimes beginnings aren't so simple, sometimes goodbye's the only way."
Yea you have almost the same setup as me. I can pretty much only run on low settings I can turn some up to medium or some up to high.
To be honest it's more of like a guesstimation when they put requirements up they dont actually test it with those specs. They just join up with like NVIDIA and NVIDIA takes a guestimation on what like let's say Video Card you will need minimum and what's recommended.
But with my new setup I'm getting tommrow or tuesday (the day after tommrow) I will more and likely be able to run everything on max settings at 1680 x 1050 smooth as butter. (sorry had to throw a bragging paragraph in there I'm that excited!)
Hope this helps!
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Yea you have almost the same setup as me. I can pretty much only run on low settings I can turn some up to medium or some up to high.
To be honest it's more of like a guesstimation when they put requirements up they dont actually test it with those specs. They just join up with like NVIDIA and NVIDIA takes a guestimation on what like let's say Video Card you will need minimum and what's recommended.
But with my new setup I'm getting tommrow or tuesday (the day after tommrow) I will more and likely be able to run everything on max settings at 1680 x 1050 smooth as butter. (sorry had to throw a bragging paragraph in there I'm that excited!)
Hope this helps!
They're supossed to test it out on like a survey of at least 5 comps with different setups.
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I'm going to have to say it's your video card the 7300's down right suck. Atleast thats what I've heard from quite a few people who use em. You need to get a 7600 GT or better to be able to play the new games that are a-commin 7800+ is highly recommended though, annd then there's your processor.. yes it is a dual-core but it has no where near the performance of a Core 2 Duo, so you might want to look into upgrading that but make sure you get a new video card first :).
I kind of LoL'd at this word.. guesstimation? No they don't just take a guess an go bam there's what people need. They actually do use tests an compare them to the engine an shit they use to develope the game.
I don't really have money to buy anything, I'm only 12 and don't have a good enough job... I do have one though... but anyways, christmas is coming up in a couple months so... yeh. I'll get a new video card, better then Geforce 7800 then
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"Cards and flowers on your window, your friends all plead for you to stay,
sometimes beginnings aren't so simple, sometimes goodbye's the only way."
I reccomend getting the 8800GTS which I believe GTS pretty much = 640MB to be blunt. If you dont have enough money or if your parents can't afford a card like that. Then just ask them for money, and take the money you currently have add it to that or however you wanna do it. I'm not gonna get into your personal business but if it's almost impossible to have the money for that card then try and get the 8800 320MB I believe it is.
p.s. who cares about christmas? Who cares about Holloween? Thanksgiving is where the shit is. All the family comes over and EVERYONE brings some kind of food. Oh my god there is so much to choose from and it's so delicious. Man I cannot wait till then. Every year NO ONE get's left behind. Everyone is stuffed like a pig and goes plopping down in the living room starting to go to sleep. then the kids come running in screaming and hollering, and horse playing.. then your like ah shit I almost dozed off. Haha good times good times.
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you could always try a defrag, even though you have a lotta space, and also if you're running limewire, kazaa or somekind of peer to peer network like that it will always manage to mess up your PC after a while. but like someone said before, its probably the video card among other things
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you could always try a defrag, even though you have a lotta space,
I stopped reading there. The more space you have the more you will need to defrag.. sorry let me rephrase that.. the more space you have IT IS recommended to defrag more.
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also depends on how often ur comp is set to archive old non used files....anyways heres my take on the situation
u obviously meet all the recommended specs to play atleast on med quality.
could be somthing very simple like a driver update for ur vid card which upgrades ur shader to 3.0, id look for that. Also please verify ur comp is showing 2 gbs ram installed (hold windows key and press pause/break key..installed ram gb is at bottem) sometimes ram likes to die or fall out if u move ur comp around. try one of those test..google "can my computer run cod4" or somthin similar im sure u will find a test(please use mozillia or get hacked at ur own risk with IE lol)
im not 100% but spyware slows the shit outta your computer also.
might wana check it out.
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His computer is full of anti-viruses and other rubbish anyway so he can't really know.
Like, the computers at school have svchost.exe / activeScan.exe taking 50-99% of CPU all the time. SLOW. How am I supposed to program at a computer that is being continuously scanned...
His computer is full of anti-viruses and other rubbish anyway so he can't really know.
Like, the computers at school have svchost.exe / activeScan.exe taking 50-99% of CPU all the time. SLOW. How am I supposed to program at a computer that is being continuously scanned...
I think it's quite stupid to use Anti-virus. I myself don't use them, not beacuse they don't work, just beacuse they do work a lot. It's pointless to check every second the whole system. Just be aware of anything you downloaded and keep a self-note. The key to defeat virus, trojans and spyware is knowing where you screwed up. Of course a check-up every end of the week is a bonus.
I have the necessity of reinstalling my Windows every 6 months or so. So that's a check up. I use FireFox and I watch what I install and I'm pretty uneasy about installing anything third party (ask chaosdragon). Pretty much anything on my computer, even if it is bad, I wanted it to be there. I think I got a virus once but I did something stupid with some programs and that was like 2 years ago so I really don't see the necessity of an anti-virus. They cost money, too. I mean, I know how my computer works without them.
I think using an anti-virus INSTEAD of being careful is dumb. If you are paranoid and want some extra protection, sure. But don't tell me I can't live without an anti-virus, been doing so all 13 years that I have been able to use a computer...
I need some suggestions - not what type of proccessor or video card, but what should I get? Way better proccessor or way better video card? I'm thinking video card but whatever.
@Equinox, hndW - There's a program called "Symantec Anti-virus" not "Norton Symantec Anti-virus" and its not in your face at all like Norton is, but it will get rid of a trojan right away if it goes on your cpu. That's the only time you ever see it. It's nice, very smart program. What's the harm to have it? I do believe its a small anti-virus too.
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"Cards and flowers on your window, your friends all plead for you to stay,
sometimes beginnings aren't so simple, sometimes goodbye's the only way."
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Recommended CoD4 specs:
CPU: 2.4 GHz dual core or better is recommended
RAM: 1GB for XP; 2GB for Vista is recommended
Harddrive: 8GB of free hard drive space
Video card: 3.0 Shader Support recommended. Nvidia Geforce 7800 or better or ATI Radeon X1800 or better
Mine (from dxdiag):
CPU: Intel Pentium D CPU 2.8 GHz (2 CPUs)
RAM: 2GB (I use XP)
Harddrive: way more then 20GB of free hard drive space...
Video card: what's 3.0 shader support? anyways, its Nvidia Geforce 7300 LE
(I'm not sure if anything there told you I have this, but I do have a dual core proccessor)
So, I easily meet the recommended (I think), yet I could only ever play CoD4 on its lowest (seriously, like 800 x 600 (or might of been 640 x 400) with everything else at very low, lowest of the low.
What's my problem!?!?
Oh wait... I have 7300 not 7800. Is that a BIG difference?
"Cards and flowers on your window, your friends all plead for you to stay,
sometimes beginnings aren't so simple, sometimes goodbye's the only way."
It's the decisions you make when you have no time to make them that define who you are.
"Cards and flowers on your window, your friends all plead for you to stay,
sometimes beginnings aren't so simple, sometimes goodbye's the only way."
It's the decisions you make when you have no time to make them that define who you are.
"Cards and flowers on your window, your friends all plead for you to stay,
sometimes beginnings aren't so simple, sometimes goodbye's the only way."
To be honest it's more of like a guesstimation when they put requirements up they dont actually test it with those specs. They just join up with like NVIDIA and NVIDIA takes a guestimation on what like let's say Video Card you will need minimum and what's recommended.
But with my new setup I'm getting tommrow or tuesday (the day after tommrow) I will more and likely be able to run everything on max settings at 1680 x 1050 smooth as butter. (sorry had to throw a bragging paragraph in there I'm that excited!)
Hope this helps!
98% of the teenage population does or has tried smoking pot. If you're one of the 2% who hasn't, copy & paste this in your signature.
They're supossed to test it out on like a survey of at least 5 comps with different setups.
It's the decisions you make when you have no time to make them that define who you are.
I kind of LoL'd at this word.. guesstimation? No they don't just take a guess an go bam there's what people need. They actually do use tests an compare them to the engine an shit they use to develope the game.
I don't really have money to buy anything, I'm only 12 and don't have a good enough job... I do have one though... but anyways, christmas is coming up in a couple months so... yeh. I'll get a new video card, better then Geforce 7800 then
"Cards and flowers on your window, your friends all plead for you to stay,
sometimes beginnings aren't so simple, sometimes goodbye's the only way."
p.s. who cares about christmas? Who cares about Holloween? Thanksgiving is where the shit is. All the family comes over and EVERYONE brings some kind of food. Oh my god there is so much to choose from and it's so delicious. Man I cannot wait till then. Every year NO ONE get's left behind. Everyone is stuffed like a pig and goes plopping down in the living room starting to go to sleep. then the kids come running in screaming and hollering, and horse playing.. then your like ah shit I almost dozed off. Haha good times good times.
98% of the teenage population does or has tried smoking pot. If you're one of the 2% who hasn't, copy & paste this in your signature.
Also there is gifts
"Cards and flowers on your window, your friends all plead for you to stay,
sometimes beginnings aren't so simple, sometimes goodbye's the only way."
~Aeschylus :cool:
I stopped reading there. The more space you have the more you will need to defrag.. sorry let me rephrase that.. the more space you have IT IS recommended to defrag more.
98% of the teenage population does or has tried smoking pot. If you're one of the 2% who hasn't, copy & paste this in your signature.
u obviously meet all the recommended specs to play atleast on med quality.
could be somthing very simple like a driver update for ur vid card which upgrades ur shader to 3.0, id look for that. Also please verify ur comp is showing 2 gbs ram installed (hold windows key and press pause/break key..installed ram gb is at bottem) sometimes ram likes to die or fall out if u move ur comp around. try one of those test..google "can my computer run cod4" or somthin similar im sure u will find a test(please use mozillia or get hacked at ur own risk with IE lol)
also needs a ge 7800...urs is 7300
oooh oooh
i found Test, here ya go
http://www.yougamers.com/gameometer/10214/
"Cards and flowers on your window, your friends all plead for you to stay,
sometimes beginnings aren't so simple, sometimes goodbye's the only way."
might wana check it out.
It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes.
Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
and let's change the way we treat each other.
You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do
what we gotta do, to survive.
Tupac Shakur
100% Legit baal runners
SICK_Bambi 93 Barb (46th barb)
SICK_Paladin 95 Necromancer (12th necro)
SICK_ferret 95 Assassin (10th sin)
~~us West Ladder~~
Like, the computers at school have svchost.exe / activeScan.exe taking 50-99% of CPU all the time. SLOW. How am I supposed to program at a computer that is being continuously scanned...
I think it's quite stupid to use Anti-virus. I myself don't use them, not beacuse they don't work, just beacuse they do work a lot. It's pointless to check every second the whole system. Just be aware of anything you downloaded and keep a self-note. The key to defeat virus, trojans and spyware is knowing where you screwed up. Of course a check-up every end of the week is a bonus.
I think using an anti-virus INSTEAD of being careful is dumb. If you are paranoid and want some extra protection, sure. But don't tell me I can't live without an anti-virus, been doing so all 13 years that I have been able to use a computer...
I need some suggestions - not what type of proccessor or video card, but what should I get? Way better proccessor or way better video card? I'm thinking video card but whatever.
@Equinox, hndW - There's a program called "Symantec Anti-virus" not "Norton Symantec Anti-virus" and its not in your face at all like Norton is, but it will get rid of a trojan right away if it goes on your cpu. That's the only time you ever see it. It's nice, very smart program. What's the harm to have it? I do believe its a small anti-virus too.
"Cards and flowers on your window, your friends all plead for you to stay,
sometimes beginnings aren't so simple, sometimes goodbye's the only way."