My computer needs a processing speed of 1700 Ghz and a 128 bit display memory. How can I upgrade these?

Question

P.S. The reason I need it is for battlefield2

I currently have 64 bit memory and 1494.2 processing speed

Answer 1

If your CPU is slower than 1.7 GHz, you might as well buy a new computer. It is not easy to upgrade a CPU an make the whole thing run faster.

If your CPU is fast enough, but you don't have enough display memory, you can go out and but\y a video card that has 128 MB.

Don't skimp on main memory either, if you're playing games.

Answer 2

If you're computer is below this, you are probably using a very old computer. The cost of upgrading might be overshadowed by the relative cheapness of replacement. Price memory as well as a new computer at http://www.dell.com or http://www.tigerdirect.com . I know tigerdirect has decent computers for $250. Bare in mind that those specs are the MINIMUM and at the minimum you will probably have pretty low fps. A good graphics card for any game like that is a good investment. Talk to a friend that knows a lot about computers and have them help you figure out what's feasible with your current computer or what you should be looking at if you chose to replace your current computer. Also, if you choose a new computer on tigerdirect, make sure it doesn't say "no os" as that means "no operating system" which will put you back another $90 or so.

Answer 3

I am pretty sure you need a 1.7GHz processing speed (a 1700 GHz processing speed is about 400x faster than the fastest processing speed available to the public :D).

Anyways, the only way to upgrade your processing speed is by buying a new processor (which is a good $300 or so and do not do this unless you really know what you are doing... changing a processor is not as easy and adding RAM).

However, if you have a processor which .2 GHz of 1.7GHz (aka around 1.5GHz or so), you have always overclock your existing processor. (Over clocking applies to computer hardware with a clock speed in MHz or GHz. This includes processors, RAM, video cards, etc. When manufactures create their products, the clock speed of the hardware is always set a bit lower than its max potential. Serious computer users such as gamers and video editors often overclock their hardware with the BIOS so their hardware operates at max or near max speed. The advantages of this is that computer users can get a faster operating speed than they paid for and get better performance. However, the downside of over clocking is that more stress is put on the power source as it takes more power to operate at faster speeds. As well, there have been claims that over clocked hardware last shorter than hardware that operates at factory default speed.) Overclocking however, is also not easy and you would need access to your BIOS during startup. If you really want to attempt to overclock your system, do a bit of research on it...

Anyways, a 128 bit display memory comes from upgrading your video card. Unless your computer is really old, it should have a 128 bit display. If not, you can spend about 100 dollars USD and purchase a PCI video card...

However, keep in mind that you did not tell us your system specifications. Therefore it is hard to really tell you what specific hardware you would need to fix/add.

Answer 4

Processing speed is a function of the CPU. To uprade this to a faster speed, you'll have to get a new chip to replace the one you currently have.

128 bit display refers to the bus width of your graphics card.
If you tell me what kind of card you have, I can tell you whether it's 64 or 128bit.

But what I think you mean is 128MB of graphics memory. This is how much RAM is on the graphics card and dedicated to the graphics accelerator.

I recommend you forget about upgrading your chip to 1700Ghz since the speed of your system is close enough. By buying a new chip you could spend as much as buying a whole new computer!

No need.

I recommend, however, that you go out and buy a DirectX9 compliant video card.

I recently bought an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 and this has been enough to let me play newer games.

Below are the system requirements that I got from EA's Battlefield 2 web page.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

* Windows XP (32-bit) with Admin rights
* 1.7 GHz Intel Celeron D / Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP/ Sempron or greater
* 512 MB of RAM or more
* 8x or faster CD/DVD drive
* 2.3 GB free hard drive space or more
* Video: DirectX 9.0c compatible (see video)
* Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible (Sound Blaster X-Fi series recommended )

VIDEO
Video card must have 128 MB or more memory and one of the following chipsets:

* NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 or greater
* ATI Radeon 8500 or greater

Answer 5

I assume you mean 1.7 Giga hertz. As fast as technology has improved, we haven't hit the TeraHertz range yet. :)

Upgrading to a faster CPU is pretty involved. I would suggest you consider going for a whole new computer.

The cheapest Dell on this page: Is only $359 and it will far exceed the 1.7 ghz /128mb video requirements. (A new video card by itself will run you at least $100, never mind the compatibility issues you'll hit trying to upgrade an old existing computer).

http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/cto_dimenc521?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

HTH-

Answer 6

There's not a lot you can upgrade on your motherboard except add more RAM and a new video card.. but some of the newer video cards won't work with older motherboards. Mine is abt the same age it sounds like and for me to truly upgrade my PC, I am going to have to buy a new motherboard & start fresh. Your old RAM won't be compatible either.

Answer 7

1700 Ghz, I believe the heat sink on one of those is the size of a HOUSE!

To get serious, you need to replace two thing. CPU and video card.

Answer 8

Your best bet is to buy a new computer. Especially if you bought this one from a store. If you custoim made it then you can upgrade to a point. If store bought then you are SOL.

Answer 9

You need to provide a model number or motherboard name and version to let us determine how to upgrade your comp...

Answer 10

the new ram available in market is not competable with ur older one u have to replace it bec. older rams are 100mhz and new ones are 133mhz. so if u ned 256 or 512 u can ask that person to send u (SDR RAM) of quantitu u need