Need help with value upgrades for my PC

2010-04-24 07:22:22

#1

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5616|London, England

So my rig is on the old side now at 5 years. I've done some upgrades over time and it runs BC2 ok, not great. I play on low settings and it still gets choppy sometimes, especially on Panama Canal. I'm asking my board bros for help in deciding where I'll get the most bang for the buck on upgrades. I don't have the money to build an entirely new rig from scratch so I need to work with what I have. Bang for the buck is what I desire

Ok, all that out of the way, here are my hardware specs:

Time of this report: 4/23/2010, 20:57:17
Machine name:
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.100216-1514)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Dell DXP051
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A02
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 802MB used, 3134MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

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System Devices
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Name: Intel(R) 82801GR/GH/GHM (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Root Port - 27E2
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27E2&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_01\3&172E68DD&0&E5

Name: Intel(R) 82801GR/GH/GHM (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Root Port - 27E0
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27E0&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_01\3&172E68DD&0&E4

Name: Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 27DF
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27DF&SUBSYS_01D11028&REV_01\3&172E68DD&0&F9

Name: Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller - 27DA
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27DA&SUBSYS_01D11028&REV_01\3&172E68DD&0&FB

Name: Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27D8&SUBSYS_01D11028&REV_01\3&172E68DD&0&D8

Name: Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Root Port - 27D0
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27D0&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_01\3&172E68DD&0&E0

Name: Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 27CC
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27CC&SUBSYS_01D11028&REV_01\3&172E68DD&0&EF

Name: Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CB
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27CB&SUBSYS_01D11028&REV_01\3&172E68DD&0&EB

Name: Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CA
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27CA&SUBSYS_01D11028&REV_01\3&172E68DD&0&EA

Name: Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C9
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C9&SUBSYS_01D11028&REV_01\3&172E68DD&0&E9

Name: Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C8
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C8&SUBSYS_01D11028&REV_01\3&172E68DD&0&E8

Name: Intel(R) 82801GR/GH SATA AHCI Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C1&SUBSYS_01D11028&REV_01\3&172E68DD&0&FA

Name: Intel(R) 82801GH (ICH7DH) LPC Interface Controller - 27B0
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27B0&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_01\3&172E68DD&0&F8

Name: Intel(R) 945G/P PCI Express Root Port - 2771
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2771&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00\3&172E68DD&0&08

Name: Intel(R) 945G/P Processor to I/O Controller - 2770
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2770&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00\3&172E68DD&0&00

Name: Intel(R) 82801 PCI Bridge - 244E
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_244E&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_E1\3&172E68DD&0&F0

Name: Intel(R) PRO/1000 PL Network Connection
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_109A&SUBSYS_01D11028&REV_01\4&22443A69&0&00E5

Name: Conexant D850 56K V.9x DFVc Modem
Device ID: PCI\VEN_14F1&DEV_2F20&SUBSYS_200F14F1&REV_00\4&5855BE9&0&28F0

Name: NETGEAR GA311 Gigabit Adapter
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_311A1385&REV_10\4&5855BE9&0&10F0

Name: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0640&SUBSYS_C9593842&REV_A1\4&1A646D2D&0&0008

If I've left out any pertinent information please let me know. Any help or advice is more than appreciated. Thanks in advance

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
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2010-04-24 07:23:46

#2

Beduin: Compensation of Reactive Power in the grid; +510|6009|شمال

i5 rig

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...show me the schematic

2010-04-24 07:24:22

#3

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6729

dude you need to upgrade that usb 2.0 hub to usb 3.0 immediately

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2010-04-24 07:25:28

#4

Beduin: Compensation of Reactive Power in the grid; +510|6009|شمال

Psu?

الشعب يريد اسقاط النظام
...show me the schematic

2010-04-24 07:28:23

#5

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5616|London, England

FloppY_ wrote:
There is a thread about reccomended systems you know

SEARCH

Most of the info is years out of date.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-04-24 07:31:47

#6

FloppY_: +1,010|6544|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

JohnG@lt wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:
There is a thread about reccomended systems you know

SEARCH
Most of the info is years out of date.

lol the thread is one month old..

try again plz

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

2010-04-24 07:37:30

#7

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6826|NYC / Hamburg

No point upgrading that. Go for a new build

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2010-04-24 07:42:38

#8

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5616|London, England

max wrote:
No point upgrading that. Go for a new build

That bad eh?

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-04-24 08:01:17

#9

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6826|NYC / Hamburg

Pentium D is ancient by now. It's been out for 5 years. Your 9500GT is newer, but shit for anything gaming. Perfect cards for video decoding. It's all about the power efficient 45nm CPUs and the furnace like GPUs nowadays

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2010-04-24 08:09:26

#10

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5616|London, England

max wrote:
Pentium D is ancient by now. It's been out for 5 years. Your 9500GT is newer, but shit for anything gaming. Perfect cards for video decoding. It's all about the power efficient 45nm CPUs and the furnace like GPUs nowadays

Thanks for taking the time to answer

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-04-24 08:13:41

#11

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6826|NYC / Hamburg

np. If you've got further questions, MSN/Xfire me

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2010-04-24 08:45:06

#12

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6047|Catherine Black

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