Upgrading My old compaq deskpro computer For Gaming.?

Question

I have an old compaq deskpro computer witch originaly had windows 2000 NT but I put windows XP.
Anyways, I need to uprgade this thing cuz' i'm tired of having an old crapy computer. I tryed installing a more power full graphics card but when I looked at the graphics card spacifics, it still said it had 8mb for the graphics card. I need to get this thing up and running for some gaming. Not super powerfull gaming but just to play games like flyff with some lag cuz lag doesn't bother me. Not to much lag tho. Anyway. If any sugjestions for some good upgrade on a budget (or not) . I just want a decent graphics card (128mb), space(20gb) and ram (I dono if I need it).

Heres some specs for my comp. Thanks.

Computer:Compaq Deskpro
GB:9gb
Ram:256mb
Video card:ati rage pro agp 2x 8mb
OS:Windows XP
Procesor:Intel pentium 3 ~590MHz


NO I CANT AFFORD A NEW COMP RIGHT NOW.

I just need to know some recomended parts, A price that this might have etc. I dont mind using used parts.

Answer 1

get agp 8x video card, like asus 9550 or better
you must add ram coz 256mb for win xp is too slow, get at least 1gb ram.
if you need to install more games, add a new hard drive

Answer 2

There's not a lot you can do with that... today's normal processors are usually 2-3Ghz, and pci express is dominating the market. RAM is easy to find even for old computers and so is hard drives. I'm guessing it's not a laptop but I haven't seen any desktop computer with 9GB of memory. I'd recommend getting an external hard drive to store your games and other important files on. RAM... upgrade it to 1GB or 2GB to keep it fast. The video card... I'd say get a GeForce 6600GT video card for AGP 8x, pretty common and will play most games. If you can, definitely get a better processor at least a 2.2Ghz to make sure your computer can run everything. If you bought all of that I'd say it'd cost you around 290-350 dollars depending on the specs of everything you bought. Also visit this source... it's an excellent store to buy computer parts and has information guides about upgrading computers.

Answer 3

Increasing RAM to 384 or 512Mb would make your PC useful for many applications except GAMING. Your processor and AGP bus are just too slow for 3D graphics. Faster AGP cards working at 1.5volts won't work on your 3.3V AGP slot.

Your most COST-EFFECTIVE option would be to find a better motherboard that has 4x or 8xAGP but still compatible w/ your processor and RAM. Then install a 64Mb or 128 Mb videocard. An ATI 9550 would be great. Then upgrade RAM and perhaps later the processor to the 1Ghz range.

Answer 4

Ok but like stated before there are computers for less than $200 out htere.
The 600Mhz processi=or can be bumped to 1.4Ghz. I do not know if you have a socket 370 or a slot 1, but here is a solution if you have a slot 1 intel processor.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Powerleap-PL-IP3-T-Celeron-1-4GHZ-1400-Slot1-Upgrade-V1_W0QQitemZ280128949562QQihZ018QQcategoryZ16180QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The other thing that will increase your performane is RAM. Installing 768mb or if that computer has 4 slot 1gb of RAM will boost your reliability and overall speed.

http://computers.search-desc.ebay.com/deskpro_256MB_W0QQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfgtpZQQfposZQ5AIPQ2fPostalQQfromZR2QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ2QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQftsZ2QQlopgZQQsabfmtsZ1QQsacatZ14917QQsadisZ200QQsaobfmtsZinsifQQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZQQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZbs

Hard drives are so inexpensive go for a nice big one. You could pick up a 60gb or 100gb for around $60 if you look around.

http://www.geeks.com/products_sc.asp?cat=423

If I am not mistaken the Compaq Deskpro P-III has a 4x AGP.

http://www.geeks.com/products.asp?cat=VCD

Answer 5

You'd be flogging a dead horse, 2X 64MB graphics cards are hard to find, save up for a newer PC. You'd also need more RAM (256 - 512MB)and a larger hard drive (40MB+) at the very least.

Check out http://www.kijiji.ca for a good used (but faster) PC, many are under $200. Here's an example:

Answer 6

As I browse your center processor, this what i've got have been given Processor: Intel(R)Celeron (R) CPU 2.53GHz type 4, Stepping 9 - 2527 MHz sixteen kilobyte commonplace reminiscence cache 256 kilobyte secondary reminiscence cache Board Bus Clock: 533 MHz properly in the adventure that your a gamer, the main suitable factor of do is to enhance your processor by way of fact it fairly is a single center with an FSB of 533mhz and 256k cache. improve your center to twin center with maximum FSB and Cache like core2 dou or a quadcore. you additionally must improve your reminiscence module to larger not purely the means yet evaluate the bus velocity of reminiscence besides. your photograph card is sufficient to play with recent game, yet once you have a time you are able to improve it besides to 512mb with 512bit as a result you are able to desire to enhance your total computer to larger one, on the grounds which you go with additionally to alter your mom board. i propose you to enhance your all stuff on the grounds that your a enthusiast gamer. yet do not threw your present day computer, you ought to use it as multimedia on your factor or perhaps you are able to hook it up on your place theater. you are able to now initiate up saving a funds on your new laptop.. :)