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Smooshie
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_ 		18. November 2005 @ 08:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hello..

i need some advise badly.. i started playing World of Warcraft a couple of days ago.... and it started being very jerky today because i got to ironforge a town with alot of people in it.. it went so bad that i cant play it... its about 1 frame every 10 seconds on some parts... i dont think its a connection problem.. i need more ram or a better cpu... i'm going to buy some parts tommorow... cause i cant let something like this spoil my game...

the thing is i dont know what my mother board can handle.... surley its not called dell dimension 8200 is it???

i think my proccessor could be bigger will it be a bad idea to upgrade my prccessor??

and i'm looking for about 700+ memory if its possible.. maybe someone has done this before ? my specs are below :


Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 2000 MHz (20 x 100)
Motherboard Name Dell Dimension 8200
Motherboard Chipset Intel Tehama i850(E)
System Memory 384 MB (RDRAM)
BIOS Type Phoenix (12/07/01)


please pleaase please help me i'll be soo greatfull you cant imagine.. i'll die if i have to stop playing wowc just as its getting amazing
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DemonDog
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_ 		18. November 2005 @ 08:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You can go to the Dell site and put in the "service code" for your computer and it will tell you what sort of memory upgrade options the motherboard will handle. You can buy the memory anywhere, but write down the type of memory and check out newegg.com for good stuff at good prices.

Also you can download the free version of Everest and it will tell you everything that's in your computer.

http://www.lavalys.com/products/download.php?pid=1&lang=en
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Smooshie
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_ 		18. November 2005 @ 08:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i have evorest.. my specs i included with my post are taken from it..i went on dell earlier...but it doesn't seem to be catering for my 3 year old dell anymore... it didn't find any memory upgrade info.. but maybe i'm doing it wrong...

you could really help me out if you could link me to the right part.. so i can see

it would help me alot...
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ddp
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_ 		18. November 2005 @ 12:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
according to this link, can goto 2gig of ram. what is the game requirements for video & what is your video specs??
http://docs.us.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8200/specs.htm
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Smooshie
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_ 		18. November 2005 @ 12:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
recommended video card is 64mb 3d card ...i have 128 nividia mx 4000

and it was still going jerky when i had all the video options turned down... made no differance.. so its likley not the video card
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ddp
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_ 		18. November 2005 @ 12:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
do you have the latest drivers for both video & directx??
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Smooshie
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_ 		18. November 2005 @ 12:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yep.. the newest video card driver and direct x 9.0c


thanks for linking me to those 8200 specs too.. that will come in very useful to me
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ddp
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_ 		18. November 2005 @ 12:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
how nuch ram does game want & what is free at startup??
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Smooshie
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_ 		18. November 2005 @ 13:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
well.. it says on the box recommended 512mb ram... i have 384...
if you mean free before i start the game then

Physical Memory (k)

total: 392204
vailible: 89388
system cach: 188672
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ddp
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_ 		18. November 2005 @ 13:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
the box tells you 512meg so get more ram & will be more expensive than ddr ram!!
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Smooshie
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_ 		18. November 2005 @ 13:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
why?... is RDRAM good or somthin?
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ddp
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_ 		18. November 2005 @ 13:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
was supposedly at 1st but more expensive to manufacture than ddr ram. also rdram doesn't have the speed like ddr, example rdram speed limit is about pc800 whereas ddr is about pc3200.
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Smooshie
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_ 		18. November 2005 @ 14:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
oh.. good so i have slow 384mb memory... i think i'm going to have to buy a 512mb sticks.. i think that should be enough... i can replace one of my rdram slots and place a 512 in there to make 700 cant i?
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ddp
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_ 		18. November 2005 @ 18:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i think so as i presume your 384 is a 256 & 128 & not 3x128meg!
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Smooshie
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_ 		20. November 2005 @ 16:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
well.. i found out that with rdram in my computer ther is four slots.. so i'm going to take 2 slots away from my 384 so i'll have 192 then i'm going to add 2x 256 to replace the 2x 96mb ram that i took out making 704mb or somthin

i think thats how it works any way... ...doesn't it?

meh..
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ddp
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_ 		20. November 2005 @ 18:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
they don't make 96meg ram sticks. 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512meg & 1gig
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Smooshie
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_ 		22. November 2005 @ 02:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
but how does it work then.. i have four slots in my computer for rdram.. and it adds up to 384mb... i've never hear of 96 either.. but it is 4 years old... i think the most that was around then was about 512mb, 1024mb was rare when i got this

i asked some guy from a store that sells ram, if a 512 rdram memory will fit my computer etc... and he said it will, but i'll have to buy 2 of them because they have to be joind in pairs.. so i'll just get 2 x256, cause all i really need is 512mb to keep me going till i do my full rebuild
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ddp
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_ 		22. November 2005 @ 11:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
is your video card onboard or seperate as 128+384=512 if using 2x256meg. if seperate videocard than is using 2x128+2x64=384meg
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Smooshie
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_ 		23. November 2005 @ 02:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
well. i replaced my video card a few months ago... bacuse my old one broke, so it is seperate.. (128 geforce mx4000)
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ddp
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_ 		23. November 2005 @ 06:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
than is using 2x128+2x64=384meg
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Smooshie
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_ 		23. November 2005 @ 13:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
wow.. you right too, i cant belive i never saw it that way.. i didn't expect then to have 2x128 and 2x64 though.. dunno why... that makes alot more sence..
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