Thank you for taking the time to review my post and give any advise. I have several questions at the bottom. They are all important, please answer as many as you can.
I would like to play Star Wars The Old Republic with a friend. I am using an older PC and am having a couple issues. First its laggy. Internet connection is fine, its just that none of the player movements are fluid, its playable, just jumps around a bit. Second, it locks up and freezes for about 5 seconds at completely random times.
SWTOR Minimum Requirements state:
Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz or better
Operating System:
Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later
RAM:
Windows XP: 1.5GB RAM
Windows Vista and Windows 7: 2GB RAM
Note: PCs using a built-in graphical chipset are recommended to have 2GB of RAM.
Star Wars: The Old Republic requires a video card that has a minimum of 256MB of on-board RAM as well as support for Shader 3.0 or better. Examples include:
ATI X1800 or better
nVidia 7800 or better
Intel 4100 Integrated Graphics or better
My spec's are:
EVGA GeForce 7300 GT / 512MB DDR2 / SLI Ready / PCI Express / DVI / VGA / TV Out / Video Card
MPN: 512-P2-N447-LX
ABIT KN8 NVIDIA Socket 939 ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express x16 / Gigabit LAN / S/PDIF / USB 2.0 / Serial ATA / RAID
MPN: KN8
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 2.20GHz / 1MB Cache / 1000 MHz (2000 MT/s) FSB / SanDiego / Socket 939 / OEM / Processor
MPN: ADA3700DAA5BN AV
I have 3.2GB RAM
My questions are:
1) It says I need a dual core processor, can I get by with my single core?
2)The spec's on the motherboard say that it has 1 PCI-E x16 slot but I can't find a clear answer what this means. On parts websites they have listed PCI-E, PCI-E 1, 2, and 3. They don't have a PCI-x16 and I have no idea what I 1, 2, or 3 is.
It says to use at least a GeForce 7800 with shader 3.0. I have a GeForce 7300 which states that it has the shader 3.0.
So the second question is this: If I were to upgrade to a GeForce 7800 or better would it:
A) Help?
B) If so then what card would you recommend that I get which fits in my PCI-E x16 slot?
PS: I have updated all my drivers: Video, Sound, Windows. All graphics settings are dictated my NVidia and are set to max performance. Also all settings are as low as they come in the game. I am running Windows XP
I would like to play Star Wars The Old Republic with a friend. I am using an older PC and am having a couple issues. First its laggy. Internet connection is fine, its just that none of the player movements are fluid, its playable, just jumps around a bit. Second, it locks up and freezes for about 5 seconds at completely random times.
SWTOR Minimum Requirements state:
Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz or better
Operating System:
Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later
RAM:
Windows XP: 1.5GB RAM
Windows Vista and Windows 7: 2GB RAM
Note: PCs using a built-in graphical chipset are recommended to have 2GB of RAM.
Star Wars: The Old Republic requires a video card that has a minimum of 256MB of on-board RAM as well as support for Shader 3.0 or better. Examples include:
ATI X1800 or better
nVidia 7800 or better
Intel 4100 Integrated Graphics or better
My spec's are:
EVGA GeForce 7300 GT / 512MB DDR2 / SLI Ready / PCI Express / DVI / VGA / TV Out / Video Card
MPN: 512-P2-N447-LX
ABIT KN8 NVIDIA Socket 939 ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express x16 / Gigabit LAN / S/PDIF / USB 2.0 / Serial ATA / RAID
MPN: KN8
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 2.20GHz / 1MB Cache / 1000 MHz (2000 MT/s) FSB / SanDiego / Socket 939 / OEM / Processor
MPN: ADA3700DAA5BN AV
I have 3.2GB RAM
My questions are:
1) It says I need a dual core processor, can I get by with my single core?
2)The spec's on the motherboard say that it has 1 PCI-E x16 slot but I can't find a clear answer what this means. On parts websites they have listed PCI-E, PCI-E 1, 2, and 3. They don't have a PCI-x16 and I have no idea what I 1, 2, or 3 is.
It says to use at least a GeForce 7800 with shader 3.0. I have a GeForce 7300 which states that it has the shader 3.0.
So the second question is this: If I were to upgrade to a GeForce 7800 or better would it:
A) Help?
B) If so then what card would you recommend that I get which fits in my PCI-E x16 slot?
PS: I have updated all my drivers: Video, Sound, Windows. All graphics settings are dictated my NVidia and are set to max performance. Also all settings are as low as they come in the game. I am running Windows XP