I finally got my new computer!

[Relys]

Yes! With this baby I can max out Half-Life 2 and even play Bioshock on medium settings (Medium high soon, because my dad said he would get a extra gig of RAM)!

Manufacturer:
Dell Inc.
Processor:
Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory:
1022MB RAM
Hard Drive:
159 GB
Video Card:
Radeon X1300
Monitor:
Plug and Play Monitor 17" LCD and a LCD Plug and Play Monitor 15".
Sound Card:
SoundMAX HD Audio
Speakers/Headphones:
Dell, Sony Headset and a Altec Lansing Dolby Surround Sound System
Keyboard:
USB Dell
Mouse:
Optical USB Dell
Mouse Surface:
Generic Mouse pad
Operating System:
Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2

Awesome huh! Now back to playing high def physics games! (Right after my little sister plays this "Pet-Vet" crap. We couldn't do it on our old computer because there was no pixel shader support in the integrated video card)!

Now I'll actually be able to play online games with you guys!

[ShaggE]

Congrats! The x1300 is a very under-rated card

[668.5]

You are living my dream, Relys.

[Spencer135]

Don't expect it to last too long, it is a Dell of course...

[Z3R052]

Congrats, now put it in a box and send it to me.

[AquaGeneral]

Sounds good.

Sorry to be negative but isn't a Pentium 4 a bit low end, you can buy a E6850 which is the best Core 2 Duo avalable for $260 AUSD. Plus it does not have dual CPU's, it has Dual Cores.

Source: http://compare.intel.com/pcc/showcha...&culture=en-US

[waffles3]

well its 11111110000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000 times betta than ill ever play games:COMPAQ Presario f500 nvidia geforce 6100 u think it good but it notno game runs full speed on med settings not even in 16 bit color and i am FORCED to run basic vista so no good themes but i can run motocross the force 350 at 25-39 fps but that it




and yeti am in lov still and very attached

[Amynue]

Congrats!!!
Soon I will buy Core 2 Duo E4400 and overclock to 3Ghz (default 2Ghz)

[BlackNecro]

Grats but this still is a physics games related forums so why the hell do you post it here?

[AJJeko]

Lol, Dell. How much was it?

[You Fail Me]

Nice, man.

I'm jealous.

[Relys]

It was free! I didn't choose the specs at all. I get a new computer every 4 years with my homeschooling program!

[AquaGeneral]

Originally Posted by Relys

It was free! I didn't choose the specs at all. I get a new computer every 4 years with my homeschooling program!

OMG, home schooling now has 2 great things.

1) Free Computer every 4 years.
2) No bus catching.

[ShortStuf7]

I got my new compy recently too *looks down at signature, grins*

Bioshock demo, maxxed out with full dx10, no lag- doesn't even make my compy warm up.

[razer]

Heres my comp anyways...
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System Information
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Time of this report: 8/6/2007, 10:08:02
Machine name: HOWIE-SCHHPY7DO
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: HP dx5150 SFF
BIOS: )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.0GHz
Memory: 702MB RAM
Page File: 485MB used, 849MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found

[Farbror Fazer]

Originally Posted by Amynue

Congrats!!!
Soon I will buy Core 2 Duo E4400 and overclock to 3Ghz (default 2Ghz)

I hope you ain't getting the ATI Dual core, in tests, the Nvidia scored higher on every single aspect

[Justin1221]

i don't know much about computers, but sounds like it's better than my pile of bull. some games i have to play with some settings on low. congrats!

[Kurrus]

How does it come that I have the exact same computer as you, and I have to play HL2 with everything at medium?

[edthefirst]

Dude. It's a Dell. The ram speed is clocked and so is the processor. In other words you may buy the best ram in the world and it will only run at the speed of the equivalent in Dell ram. So if you have 2 gb of ram with some super flashy ram, it will only run as fast as dell's 2 gb of ram. Still, it is a nice computer.


My Specs:
Dual Core AMD 3400+
2 ATI X1300 Pro 256mb (I can do that because these cards can )
Windows XP Home
1gb of Ram
160gb HD

Surround sound with Subwoofer and some uber speakers. If you want to play penumbra... my sound setup isn't the one you want.

Also Short Stuff how much did you build your PC for? I know you do all this high end programing and developing so you actually use your machine to its full potential. I planning on building a new rig myself.

(Look I know this sounds noobish, but I had forgotten how to get my pc specs. How do I? I used to be able through like command Prompt, and now I forgot )

[NightCrawler]

my comp is an idiot!! The cpu is 1.6ghz but it says its only 1.05!

*kicks the comp and then play hl2*

[Muntu]

Originally Posted by ShortStuf7

Bioshock demo, maxxed out with full dx10, no lag- doesn't even make my compy warm up.

I HATE J00!!! I can't even run it properly (I think).. Atleast not yet

[Ghos7Soldier]

Once my brother sends me my new Vid-card I should be able to run Bioshock by minimum settings.

This is about the last upgrade I can get with this comp. After this card, I'm going to have to save up money for a new rig.

[Relys]

Originally Posted by Kurrus

How does it come that I have the exact same computer as you, and I have to play HL2 with everything at medium?

Maybe I have better ram. I can Max out everything on Half-Life 2 and it never goes down below 30fps. (If I want a steady 60 I'll have to turn down the Anti-aliasing and Anisotropic filtering settings a bit. And switch reflect all to reflect world.

It simply kicks ass!

[futuramaguy42]

The computer I'm usually on is a Sony. I think its about 5 years old. Its still pretty good. The RAM is okay. I forget how much. The hard drive is great. 3 drives. C has 15.9 GB. D has 39.9 GB. And finally, H has 189 GB. Graphics card is a GeForce 6200. Windows XP.

Then we got a new computer this year. I think its the same graphics card. 4 Gigs of RAM. Only a 40 something gig hard drive. Same operating system. Its a Dell. Its great for games, but has some weird problems. Lets say you put a game in, and now you want to get it out. To do this you have to log off then log back on. And only then can you take the game out. Another thing is if it goes to stand bye mode, and theres no screensaver, you have to restart the computer to get it back on. Other then those annoying problems, it runs really well. Half life 2 runs well on it. I do medium graphics settings because I'd rather have it run really fast then be better graphics. I think its a duel core. I'm not sure.

I had a really old computer that I wanted to run windows 98 on. About a day after we set Windows 98 up, the hard drive fried. That one was like 10 years old I think.

And thats all for my computer rant.

[ShortStuf7]

Originally Posted by edthefirst

Dude. It's a Dell. The ram speed is clocked and so is the processor. In other words you may buy the best ram in the world and it will only run at the speed of the equivalent in Dell ram. So if you have 2 gb of ram with some super flashy ram, it will only run as fast as dell's 2 gb of ram. Still, it is a nice computer.


My Specs:
Dual Core AMD 3400+
2 ATI X1300 Pro 256mb (I can do that because these cards can )
Windows XP Home
1gb of Ram
160gb HD

Surround sound with Subwoofer and some uber speakers. If you want to play penumbra... my sound setup isn't the one you want.

Also Short Stuff how much did you build your PC for? I know you do all this high end programing and developing so you actually use your machine to its full potential. I planning on building a new rig myself.

(Look I know this sounds noobish, but I had forgotten how to get my pc specs. How do I? I used to be able through like command Prompt, and now I forgot )

Start, Right click my computer (Computer for vista users) and click properties.

It cost 4 grand to build, and that was easily money well spent for what I use it for.

I built my previous computer by hand and BIOS got really old to deal with really fast, so this time- since I wanted alot more in the computer, I decided to go with a good PC building company. I originally went with Velocity micro, but the computer came and did not boot, so I ditched them and went with Digital Storm. There were a few misunderstandings, but overall that's the best PC builder I could ever recommend.

Supposedly RAID1 with vista is ridiculous to setup correctly, and yet they have it setup on my compy perfectly.

I find it absolutely amazing that I was able to build my computer in under fourthousand, when 15 years ago it cost over 2 thousand for a hard disc drive half the size of one of mine.

And you, whoever you were, up there who was saying that dell ram> all; you are entirely incorrect. Dell ram usually has a fairly high clock speed, but there is faster, much faster.

I would definitely say though that my computer is more than worth the price to me. It has sped up my development 80x. Maps that used to compile overnight or in a matter of 5 ish hours now compile in just a few small minutes- saving me alot of time when trying to perfect lighting especially.

Also, seeing how incredibly easy this computer can handle Bioshock, and looking at how the Crysis Ultra settings are way below my own specs, I can expect to get the same performance maxxed out on Crysis, which makes me giddy- that's the other reason I built my compy the way I did. (God I can wait to start making levels, mods, etc for Crysis.