This is true Qixx, As you and know we both come from the good old DOS days of 3.3 or earlier. We will try and help out. I do not think centos will work in this case either. to do the repair. The only other thing that I can think of is Linux but knowing some people will shudder at the thought. Myself I am familar with both over here. And I am overdue for a new computer considering my oldest computer is an AMDk6-3 450 over here. Ièll be taking a look into a new computer soon to work and play with over here.

Qix77 Wrote:But... you may want to keep an eye on this thread because there are some other techs on here that might know some tricks around this.

lots of good advice already. Best thing is to buy a PC magazine. I dunno whats available in the US, but have a look through at some of the advertisers deals.

AVOID DELL! they are rubbish!

Rule of thumb is BUY THE BEST YOU CAN AFFORD. Hard Disk prices are crashing all over at the moment. I just bought a 250GB drive for $75ish (£39) and I got a good motherboard and processor deal for $140ish (£70).

Get a PCI Express graphics card. Nvidia cards are all the rage (but the drivers are rubbish so expect problems). ATI are in a similar boat.

SLI and Crossfire is probably a bit beyond your requirements so don't be duped into spending the $s on it.

Hard Disks - about 300gb will be fine. If you only use it for small stuff, 300gb will be more than enough. Make sure the motherboard supports SATA drives tho as the price of them is hitting rock bottom at the moment and its easy to add another one later on.

DVD Rewriters are cheap. Blu-Ray rewriters are available at about the $300 mark so if you feel the need, invest in it, but a standard 16x DVD+/-R drive will probably pay for itself in terms of the amount of data you can back up on one disc (4.2GB+ depending on options at burn time)

Office 2007? How about Openoffice? Its free and reads all MS office stuff. www.openoffice.org for more

Wireless keyboards and mice are great ideas, but eat batteries quickly

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Alright, I'll see what I can find.

My last computer had some problems with OpenGL graphics. Medal of Honor Allied Assault would always bring up a window that explained it couldn't find an OpenGL compatible driver. Was this a hardware problem, or was there some kind of software I could download from the net? Would a new graphics card be compatible with games that require an OpenGL compatible driver?

Yeah.. We flooded you with a lot of information.. lol..

Once I get back tonight, I'll see what I can come up with (like computer models or something) and post them here... that way someone can give a 2nd opinion and might suggest something better for the price.

One thing I like about this sector is that although we differ from what we may prefer (AMD vs. Intel/N'Vidia vs. ATI.. etc) in the end you'll get a lot of good advice/suggestions and you'll still come out on top either way.

I hope we haven't made things too confusing though.

TRON.dll Wrote:Actually, I just found out about a computer I can get that sounds pretty good for around $400. And because this weekend is required to be tax-free by state law, we COULD go get it for around $370. I'm afraid they'll sell out, though.

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Well, if I was going to go with either, I was originally going to recommend the Acer. It looked like it had more upgrading potential. You could start at $300 now, and always add bits and pieces later. But then I realized that it can't be upgraded past 1 GB.

Both will play Portal. But frankly, both are also quite crummy systems for the money.

TRON.dll Wrote:Alright. Right now I'm leaning towards the $300 one. I've got about 350 Megabytes of RAM in my other *dead* computer. Would that increase the preformance of this machine or would it be a mostly unnoticable change?

No, because like I said before, the memory on that one can't be expanded. It comes with 1 GB, and that's all it can ever have. It says right in the description "1024MB PC-4200 DDR2 RAM (Not Expandable)".

And even if you could, the memory in your 10 year old computer wouldn't fit. The memory type used by PCs today has changed.

P.S. I goofed earlier, when I was replying. Clicked edit instead of quote. But I fixed it.

TRON.dll Wrote:TronFAQ, you can see the full list of other computers I found over at LDSO, I don't feel like typing them all out again.

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One thing to keep in mind is that whatever you buy, you may be able to upgrade later. Say you do spend $300+ on a new PC today, you should be able to upgrade your graphics, ram, etc... To avoid compatibility issues (which shouldn't be that much of a problem) check with the manufacture first.

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I agree. I always build my PCs and I always get more out of and save some bucks too... but, alas, it's not an option for him... so I hope he gets something that perhaps he can upgrade in the future.

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