Question by Glowfang: Computer upgrades?
My computer specs are:
emachines model T6212
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (2.0 speed)
1.28 Gig of RAM.
150 GB
MSI Radeon Xpress 200 series (heard it’s now called something else like xpress crossfire 1600 series. I think it’s 128 MB card)
I want to be able to play games like FEAR and Doom 3. I play WoW currently and have no problems at all. So, I would like to know if my comp is good enough to play those two 2 games and others like it, or will I need to upgrade.
I have about 300 bucks to work with for upgrades. I would just like to know what upgrades would be good for my computer, or would I be better off saving up for a new computer at this point?
Best answer:
Answer by DJ C
It seems like you have a nice machine as it is, you might want to upgrade the RAM to 2 gigabytes if you have the slot available and upgrade the video card to an aftermarket one.
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If i were you i would save up for now and then buy a new motherboard rame and videocard. Keep the Hard drive screen keyboard and maybe case, powersupply. Check out http://www.dbbuilds.com they could probabally tell u better than i could . just e mail them.
Your specs are fine. I Have an athlon 2800 1Gb of ram and only 120 GB of HD space. My video card has 256 Mb of memory. I think the min for Doom is 128 (I may be wrong, would have to re read the specs)
Get a new graphic card, for 300 you can get ATI 1900XT maybe even 1950XT or Nvidia 7950GT. Go to Newegg.
I have the same model, the T6212 bought spring of 2005.
I have made the following upgrades and have no problems with graphics etc.
You MUST get a dedicated graphics card. The integrated video won’t do it. Oh! And your hard drive, if original, is 160gig.
I added:
550 watt power supply.
Increased my memory to 1.5gig.
Installed X1600 Pro GPU (this is why I had to upgrade the power supply!
One of the good things about the T6212 is it is so easily upgraded.
P.S. It seems you have already upgraded your memory:)
Total cost for power supply and X1600Pro GPU….Less than $ 200 on newegg.com.