Greetings OcUK

Chives · 17 Dec 2009 at 20:18

Having browsed these forums for years I decided to make an account.

Anyway I have a question for you guys ,
I have just ordered this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-192-OK&groupid=43&catid=1445&subcat=
and I was wondering how much of a preformance boost I should expect coming from this :
Intel Pentium D CPU @ 2.80 Ghz
1 Gig of ram
Nvidia Geforce 7300SE

Cheers for any replies and merry christmas !

Ast3r · 17 Dec 2009 at 20:20

You'll see a 100% improvement in performance in everything you'll do.And welcome to the forums.

RJC · 17 Dec 2009 at 20:23

A small performance increase

Only Joking you will see a massive increase.

Chives · 17 Dec 2009 at 20:26

Ast3r said:
You'll see a 100% improvement in performance in everything you'll do.And welcome to the forums.

RJC said:
A small performance increase :

Only Joking you will see a massive increase.

Great

.

How long do you think it will run games well before it will need upgrading?
Cheers

Ast3r · 17 Dec 2009 at 20:27

Maybe 1 year-1 and a half.

dangerstat · 17 Dec 2009 at 20:27

Chiiives said:
Great .

How long do you think it will run games well before it will need upgrading?
Cheers

EDIT: for some reason I thought you buying an i7 setup :/ you might be considering upgrading within 12 months IMO to play the latest games at a decent resolution

Chives · 17 Dec 2009 at 20:30

dangerstat said:
Depends on the evolution of hardware (and software). But I'd not see you need to upgrade for at least 2 years

Ast3r said:
Maybe 1 year-1 and a half.

Great

. My only issue now is windows 7.
I play a lot of older games eg Rome total war (2003) C&C RA2(2001) do you think I will have any issues with older games on windows 7?
Cheers

Ast3r · 17 Dec 2009 at 20:47

Yeah you might encounter problems with older games on W 7.

4T5 · 17 Dec 2009 at 20:58

Welcome to OcUk Chiives.
The difference will be chalk & cheese mate don't worry just enjoy & don't be a stranger on these here boards.

marc69 · 17 Dec 2009 at 21:00

You can probably run most things in compatibility mode and get away with it. If you can't you can always install a second OS on a different partition, it's not the end of the world

Auraomega · 17 Dec 2009 at 21:03

It'll be a big upgrade.

Also, if you're still playing on that old system then this new one should last you a long while because you appear to be like me and don't mind sacrificing quality for longevity

And what marc said, the few old games that haven't worked for me on Vista out the box worked in compatibility mode with XPSP2.

Chives · 17 Dec 2009 at 21:08

malc30 said:
Welcome to OcUk Chiives.
The difference will be chalk & cheese mate don't worry just enjoy & don't be a stranger on these here boards.

Thanks for the welcome

marc69 said:
You can probably run most things in compatibility mode and get away with it. If you can't you can always install a second OS on a different partition, it's not the end of the world

Will be keeping my old computer with xp on anyway so will just use that if I have have to.

Auraomega said:
because you appear to be like me and don't mind sacrificing quality for longevity

Correct