Wanting to get into online gaming
 

Hey guys, i want to get my PC up and running for Online gaming, its not the best PC in the world, but here are the spec's.

WinXP Pro
Athlon 1800+ CPU @ 1500mhz
512MB DDR
Nvidia G-force 4 MX440

And im currently on a 2mb NTL connection. I tried to install Doom3, it worked but somewhat sluggush. Can anyone recommend a good game to start me off with, something along the Unreal line i guess but im a bit of a n00b when it comes to using the PC for gaming. PS2 however..... but I do want to use my PC.

Cheers for any advice guys

Kev :Yes:

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You could get this....

http://play.com/play247.asp?pa=sr&pa...C&title=180277

Or This....

http://play.com/play247.asp?pa=sr&pa...C&title=490262

Both of which the clan here play.

Then come onto the clan server a few times :) After which you could apply to join the pc clan if you so desire.

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Also a bit more ram wouldn't do any harm to performance, to a point :tu:

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Which one do you recommend? Maybe i should get a new GFXcard...
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I think the GFX card needs replacing 1st ... :)

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Probably moh (especially if you're that worried about your gfx card) - Although I manage to play both ok on my laptop - which only has a radeon 7500 in it.

But I play both so I'm biased :)

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Cool. I have a radeon 9200 at home... but its being odd.

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I think that's probably slower than the GF4, although it does support DirectX 8 (GF4 MX is a DX 7 card)

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MOH should be okay on those specs, but CoD may struggle (I guess those are the games linked to).

The PC Clan here is superb. We not in any ladders as yet, but we enjoy getting together and playing on our server that we can configure ourselves.

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Is there a chance of this being a new victim of the zinglebot?? me hopes so as I go off to the kitchen cackling ha ha ha ha :LOL:

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I play Halo alot online, and its specifcations are generous, just the FPS is known to be slow thanks to a poor port over.

I love the multiplayer though.

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Actually it's a chance for one more person to gang up on you :);)

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Before ordering MOH:Warchest from play.com check out the GAME web site. They are offering it at £14.98. ;)

See here for details:- http://shop.game.net/ViewProduct.asp...142&mid=323530

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Get Call Of Duty first. :D

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knew you were gonna say that :LOL: im not destined for a good nights gaming bloody late customers 10.15 bleat bleat

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I'm planning on staying up 'till at least 2am on FNG.......

And my plan is simply to kill YOU as often as possible :D:sniper::sniper:

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I hope I can get a good nights gaming in I need to vent a spleen :D

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I use 512mb DDR and it does me fine, going by your spec I would recomend upgrading the machine in this order.....
G-Card, something like a radeon 9600XT (minimum)
Newer CPU
Faster or more RAM (assuming you dont have top spec ram allready)


There are other things that may well also be worth upgrading but that you didnt list (Hard drive, motherboard, sound etc).

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so to paraphrase what your saying is buy or build a whole new machine,only things you left out was case/psu,optical drive :LOL:

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RADEON X300 Series ( is that bad ) ?

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Isnt that a pci e card not seen that agp prob wrong though.Are you going for the rebuild option?If so you can buy mobos with the ATI200 chipset(but this will involve a new cpu) that had integrated X300 gfx you can see if its enough that way if it isnt theres a Pci E 16x slot also

Also its the bottom end of the market but saying that it all depends on what you want to play.If your gonna have a bash at MoH or CoD with us it will do a reasonable enough job,however if you want to go into something like battlefield 2 or doom 3 etc you will need something like a 9800pro £80 minumum, a 6600gt £120 or X800xl £220 theres plenty in between

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Forget the X800XL @ £220! :Yikes:
I paid about £260 inc VAT for an X850XT PE which is a lot faster, the fastest card ATI currently do in fact.

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I would recommend upgrading your pc and playing perhaps Counterstrike:Source, or just playing the most popular game there is CS1.6

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Yeah, I've been playing Counter Strike (1.6 not CS:Source) for the first time in ages... it's not as pretty as recent stuff, but I had a whale of a time. Plus there were still loads of people new to Counter Strike playing on a UK2 server... so you wouldn't be getting walked over by seasoned pro's, which can get very frustrating till you're up to speed and can start kicking their a$$es ;)

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I can play Battlefield 2 on a Athlon 2600 XP (throughbread) fittred out with a 9600 Pro - which Is like Uber cheap. I can run this at 1024x768 with everything on Med...Agreed the better card you buy (which = more money) is the best bet in the long run though..

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If anyone has a fully copy of Halo ( legit copy ) and fancies a private one on one battle or perhaps stunts game or team play drop me a pm.