perkles Posted February 24, 2006 CID Share Posted February 24, 2006 Hey all, i was wondering if anyone can give me their opinion on this system and if it's top of the line etc.... mainly if it would work well with counter strike: source.. Dell XPS 200 * Pentium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted February 24, 2006 CID Share Posted February 24, 2006 it will work very good. though i would get a better video card then that one. it will work for most games but not tommarows games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 24, 2006 CID Share Posted February 24, 2006 if you are going to go with 512 mb of ram, with I would not suggest on that type of system, at least go with one stick... Get rid of the 2x256mb so that is the future it will be cheaper to upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted February 24, 2006 CID Share Posted February 24, 2006 if you are going to go with 512 mb of ram, with I would not suggest on that type of system, at least go with one stick... Get rid of the 2x256mb so that is the future it will be cheaper to upgrade. thats a good thing to point out, i for got about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGOKURULES Posted February 24, 2006 CID Share Posted February 24, 2006 With that being said, A nice Dvd Burner and your all good to me,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted February 25, 2006 CID Share Posted February 25, 2006 Upgrade the ram to a gig and get a much better vid card than that and u will have a nice system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 25, 2006 CID Share Posted February 25, 2006 Upgrade the ram to a gig and get a much better vid card than that and u will have a nice system I think that the xps 200 is a laptop and the "top of the line" is the is the 600.. that is because it is the sff.. and they have had overheating problems with their sff in the past.. in fact, i thought we were talking about a laptop here, i would say away from the XPS 200.. it i just going to cause a cooling nightmare.. or move the computer into a different case.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted February 25, 2006 CID Share Posted February 25, 2006 Its not a bad system.. if your a gamer. yes upgrade graphics card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perkles Posted February 25, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 25, 2006 it is a desktop. what do you mean by 2 256mb sticks? its not just one 512? Because i have a extra 512mb stick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted February 25, 2006 CID Share Posted February 25, 2006 512MB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz - 2DIMMs its 2 * 256 - ....if you can, get a single dimm at 512 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted February 25, 2006 CID Share Posted February 25, 2006 okey, guys!! I have a pentium d 830 and a gig of ram...DON'T UPGRADE YOUR VID CARD... lol... I will let you in on a little secret that i have stumbled across: ATITool NOTE: Yes, this is an overclocking program, but a "safe" one...lol I personally have a RADEON x300 with 128 megs of RAM also...my default clocks on it are 324 MHz Core and 196 MHz Memory. Now: When I go into ATITool, i boost the memory only up to 254 MHz, and while, yes, the fan comes on, it significantly ups my framerate. This has been tested in Half Life, Half Life 2, Counterstrike, CS: Source, and Need For Speed Underground 2. In other words, without overclocking, I have a pretty bad card...but by doing this simple step i can get the performance of a lot better card, which i would never have expected out of this thing~! PLEASE--DO NOT GIVE ME SH*T ABOUT SUGGESTING THAT THIS GUY OVERCLOCK!! This will make a huge difference in gaming performance, trust me...and, i of course reset the card to the default when i'm done gaming, lol...that's a biggie soooo..install ATITool, and tell me what it shows as your default MHz values for Core and Memory, and i'll help ya out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perkles Posted February 25, 2006 Author CID Share Posted February 25, 2006 is the 64MB DDR Nvidia GeForce4 MX420 a better one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted February 25, 2006 CID Share Posted February 25, 2006 He may want to make sure he wont have a heat problem before over clocking. Also there are risks to over clocking.. you could fry your card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted February 25, 2006 CID Share Posted February 25, 2006 so basically the suggestions for better performance to play source would be 1- Buy some more ram we recomend 1G 2- buy a better graphics card does this answer your question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattymcbluff Posted February 26, 2006 CID Share Posted February 26, 2006 is the 64MB DDR Nvidia GeForce4 MX420 a better one? no its not tell use your price range and we will find you a good one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted February 26, 2006 CID Share Posted February 26, 2006 Well, yea, 1 gig of ram would be a great upgrade, but my radeon x300 only has a heatsink (cheap little plastic one) and like i said i can boost it up to 245 or so on the memory end and it never has hurt it a bit....if u wanna upgrade, go for it, i just don't really see the reason at all...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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