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Hi guys, firstly i apologise if i am putting this in the wrong forum
I'm not very computer minded but I did manage to build a very cheap tower system last year
with a basic motherboard with an onboard graphics card, I did have quite a bit of help to get it running from a friend who is computer minded and has built several systems in the past. He was the one who actually told me about Overclockers.
The only information I have been able to find out about the components is the following:
Motherboard says on it: NVidia GeForce 7050PV/NVidia nForce 630a
and it has 2 1Gb memory cards.
I know, i should have paid more attention when installing compenents, but I used a few that were from a slimline PC that had crashed, ie Hard drive etc.
Now, this computer runs quite well, for my average needs, but i play WOW and since Blizzard have launched their latest patch 4.01 i get terrible framerate and poor latency. I threw in an ATI Radeon X600 256MB graphics card that i had lying around and the framerate has improved somewhat
but not enough.
When looking at the in game video settings, I can see that a lot of functions now require 'Shader 3 enabled grahpics card' and i have no idea what this is.
I dont have oodles of cash to spend and i am completely confused by DDR2,3,5 etc.....as to which one i can put in. I have looked at the 'New Build Post' in the forums and they seem to be mixing and matching DDR3 motherboards with DDR5 graphics cards. Can i do this ? can i put a DDR3 card in? what does DDR stand for, where will it tell me if its shader 3 enabled etc
Sorry for sounding like a complete idiot..but in this instance i am
i really am only looking for something around the £30-40 mark as i'm not a 'hardcore' gamer but i do like to be able to move about when I'm playing
Please dont laugh, as everyone starts somewhere and I really would appreciate the help, having browsed these forums for a while before taking the leap to become a member and post my question, as i cant seem to find the answers I'm looking for
Thanks in advance
I'm not very computer minded but I did manage to build a very cheap tower system last year
with a basic motherboard with an onboard graphics card, I did have quite a bit of help to get it running from a friend who is computer minded and has built several systems in the past. He was the one who actually told me about Overclockers.The only information I have been able to find out about the components is the following:
Motherboard says on it: NVidia GeForce 7050PV/NVidia nForce 630a
and it has 2 1Gb memory cards.
I know, i should have paid more attention when installing compenents, but I used a few that were from a slimline PC that had crashed, ie Hard drive etc.
Now, this computer runs quite well, for my average needs, but i play WOW and since Blizzard have launched their latest patch 4.01 i get terrible framerate and poor latency. I threw in an ATI Radeon X600 256MB graphics card that i had lying around and the framerate has improved somewhat
but not enough.When looking at the in game video settings, I can see that a lot of functions now require 'Shader 3 enabled grahpics card' and i have no idea what this is.
I dont have oodles of cash to spend and i am completely confused by DDR2,3,5 etc.....as to which one i can put in. I have looked at the 'New Build Post' in the forums and they seem to be mixing and matching DDR3 motherboards with DDR5 graphics cards. Can i do this ? can i put a DDR3 card in? what does DDR stand for, where will it tell me if its shader 3 enabled etc
Sorry for sounding like a complete idiot..but in this instance i am
i really am only looking for something around the £30-40 mark as i'm not a 'hardcore' gamer but i do like to be able to move about when I'm playing Please dont laugh, as everyone starts somewhere and I really would appreciate the help, having browsed these forums for a while before taking the leap to become a member and post my question, as i cant seem to find the answers I'm looking for
Thanks in advance