Hi all. Im 16 and am low on cash, usually my pearents buy the family Pc but their has been many things getting in the way of a long awaited new PC (relative with cancer, some car brake downs, buying a new car, ect ect.) My comp that im on know is really old but is not the problem.
My dad got for free from work a Compaq Armada m700, now its not to bad for an old rig (64mb ram, 650mhz) but i got some questions i could not find anywhere on the net.
First i wan this thing in shape for playing some games (not doom 3 or halflife 2) im talking Age of Empires 2, Quake 3 arena, Original Unreal Tournament and some downlaoded online games (freeware). So most of my games have a min requirement of 500mhz 128 ram lets say.
Now first i know this comp can get sup to 512mb of ram but it SDRAM 100mhz, my question is how this be in a game, will that 512 ram be slow and more like 256 ram or what? Whats the deal between SD and DDR and 100mhz and p100 ect.
Second and last is i have no idea if i can upgrade the Video card in here, im not talking huge maybe like a 32mb card Geforce 2 or some thing of the like, would it be possible?
Thanks alot guys for the help, one day (maybe when i get a job, to busy with school now) i can afford to get them nice 3000 dollar rigs but you gotta start some where.
Thanks for the help in advance.
My dad got for free from work a Compaq Armada m700, now its not to bad for an old rig (64mb ram, 650mhz) but i got some questions i could not find anywhere on the net.
First i wan this thing in shape for playing some games (not doom 3 or halflife 2) im talking Age of Empires 2, Quake 3 arena, Original Unreal Tournament and some downlaoded online games (freeware). So most of my games have a min requirement of 500mhz 128 ram lets say.
Now first i know this comp can get sup to 512mb of ram but it SDRAM 100mhz, my question is how this be in a game, will that 512 ram be slow and more like 256 ram or what? Whats the deal between SD and DDR and 100mhz and p100 ect.
Second and last is i have no idea if i can upgrade the Video card in here, im not talking huge maybe like a 32mb card Geforce 2 or some thing of the like, would it be possible?
Thanks alot guys for the help, one day (maybe when i get a job, to busy with school now) i can afford to get them nice 3000 dollar rigs but you gotta start some where.
Thanks for the help in advance.