The "Would my PC be able to run M2TW?" thread (all such queries here pls)

[scourgeofrome]

Hey,quick question.How do I look up this information.All I know is my computer can play games like Elder Scrolls:Oblivion without any problems.

[AlJabberwock]

Scourge,

If you are unsure of what your hardware is, go to programs, choose accessories, then system tools, then system info. After the window pops up and populates, you will be able to see the basics like your grpahic card the rate at which your cpu is rated, and the amount of physical ram you have...

You can get a little bit more info out of your machine by going to the command line...
From the "start" button, choose the "run" button, type 'dxdiag' which will start the diagnosis process from your Directx program. To get the nitty gritty, you should do what Chopa did above, which is download the free program CPU-Z. This will do all sorts of nifty listing in a more detailed way.

Show us what you find, but if you're playing obliv. 4 w/ no problem, you probably don't need any help...

Chopa
Totally cool dude. Good on ya. Yeah, the CPU is probably not up to the task, and the Ram ain't helpin' either. I am going to look up your mobo specs (which you can do as well as I can probably if you don't have them there right in front of you). What we need to see is a compatibility list from Asus-they're the arbiter of what goes on their board not some bloke on a bboard somewhere- unless he's already seen it, or makes the bloody things. This way we can see what cpus it supports and what its max ram is and per slot... Pretty soon you'll be able to sell those 256 sticks to a museum ya know... Give me a little bit of time, since I need get a shot of scotch in order to look at the Asus site...

[AlJabberwock]

Heh!

Chopa my friend,
Well figures, the Asus site is always a bugger but it looks to me like either I have really good news, or not very good news at all...

Does this look familiar to you?:
P4P800-E Deluxe

ASUS Intelligence Everywhere
-Intel 865PE Chipset
-800/533/400 MHz FSB
-Dual-Channel DDR400 Memory
-Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
-ASUS Intelligence Features
-Wi-Fi slot for optional wireless LAN upgrade

Specifications
CPU -Socket 478 for Intel Pentium 4/Celeron up to 3.2GHz+
-Intel Hyper-Threading Technology ready
-Supports Intel Prescott CPU
Chipset Intel 865PE MCH
Intel ICH5R
Front Side Bus 800 / 533 / 400 MHz
Memory -Dual Channel Memory Architecture
-4 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 4GB DDR400/333/266 non-ECC DDR SDRAM memory
-ASUS Hyper-Path Technology
Expansion Slots - 1 x AGP 8X/4X (0.8V, 1.5V only)
- 5 x PCI
- 1 x ASUS Wi-Fi slot for optional wireless LAN upgrade

Does that look like your mobo? There is no p4pe-x listed on the Asus site, only this and a slight variation called the SE. The letter designations make sense and the memory would be consistent except in one way...

I need you to look inside your case very carefully and tell me if there isn't a 4th dimm slot that is simpy not being used. Either of the mobos in the class yours is supposed to be in would have 4 slots. Something you might also do is give me all your CPU-Z pages since I can probably suss it if you cant from what I have put out here... If you would like you can also go to the ASUS site, look up motherboards under products, choose 478 sockets, and then choose the p4p800e-deluxe and look at the picture. You can choose enlargement to expand the pic. If it looks like your board and you have 4 mem slots WOOHOO! We probably have a winner... Less interesting but as likely to give you an answer, you can just open your case and read the name of the mobo off the board... should include the 800 on it, but if not, please give me the info and count the slots physically.

As you can see, if this _is_ your mobo, it CAN take the Prescott, and it is made for Hyperthreading. TWO POINTS FOR YOU! Further, it has 4 mem slots, so the easiest thing to do is buy a 1 gig stick and put it in slot one, and move the 256 stick in slot 1 to slot 4. Now, I haven't priced the two makers you already have of ddr in your board, but Kingston was around $100 for a 1 gig stick online at Newegg in the States. Probably more for the Samsung, dunno about the Hyundai (but their cars are cheap at least!). With that, you wuold have money left over to comteplate a slight upgrade maybe on your vid card even... [raises his eyebrows].

Albeit all of this stuff is already antique, it will get you reasonably through the next year probably... By the end of 07, not only will most software be taking advantage of all the current technological changes, but you will have Vista, Directx 10, and the threatened brinksmanship of AMD in the quad and beyond cores through caveman technology.

If this is NOT your mobo, well, we don't know a damned thing...

Al Jabberwock

[Motep]

Thank you oh wise computer savvy AlJabberwock. Thank you for the info...also...how is the campign gameplay on the 5800?

[AlJabberwock]

Motep,

Please keep in mind that our test was with a system that had above average ram and CPU power for the typical set up in this class. (I do not have a 5800, only a 5500 and a 5500 OC). If your cousin or you have significantly less ram or CPU power, you may get bottlenecking in these quarters. Try the demo gold. Tell me how you do.

As to the actual full game, I know an awful lot about it from reading just about every post on the TWC, Org, and Com forums in the last two days and what I have been able to glean from the demos and the developer comments official and otherwise...but as I have said elsewhere, I live in the desert in Tucson AZ. We h'ain't got no game nohow for another ta-oooow dayz! I have to say, I might be a whole lot less helpful if I had the game on me right now at least till I got through the first day or two and had played a good number of turns and looked at the access for modding the whole year/age/build/ratio thingy...

Al Jabberwock

[Motep]

awaiting your results!

[chopa]

no jabber

this is my mobo (i found it with no probs on asus website)

P4PE-X (Intel 845PE) Series
P4PE-X socket 478 Pentium 4 motherboard is based on the Intel 845PE chipset. Supporting idustry-leading technologies such as DDR400(O.C), and FSB800(O.C) and an abundance of advanced features, the all-new P4PE-X enables outstanding performance and value. (When you used a CPU with 800Mhz FSB, you need to install a PC3200 (400Mhz) DDR memory.)

CPU
Socket 478 for Intel Pentium 4/Celeron
Intel Hyper-Threading Technology ready

Chipset
Intel 845PE
Intel ICH4

Front Side Bus
800(O.C)/533/400 MHz
Note:(A 800 FSB CPU requires a PC3200 DDR DIMM)

Memory
3x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 2GB PC3200(O.C) /PC2700 / PC2100/ PC1600 non-ECC DDR SDRAM memory
Note:(Optain PC3200 DDR DIMMs only from ASUS qualified vendors list)

Expansion Slots
1 x AGP 4X
6x PCI

Storage/RAID
2 x UltraDMA 100/66/33

Audio
ADI AD 1980 SoundMAX 6-channel CODEC
S/PDIF out interface

LAN
BROADCOM 10/100 Mbps Ethernet controller

USB
Integrated 6 USB2.0 ports

Special Features
ASUS EZ Flash
Support S/PDIF out interface
ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
ASUS CrashFree-BIOS

Internal I/O Connectors
Front panel audio connector
1xUSB2.0 connector support additional 2 USB 2.0 ports
20-pin ATX power connector
4-pin ATX 12V power connector
CPU /chassis Fan connectors
SPDIF_OUT connector
Chassis Intrusion
CD/AUX/Modem audio in

Overclocking Features
ASUS JumperFree
CPU,Memory, AGP voltage adjustable
"SFS(Stepless Frequency Selection) from 100 MHz up to 230MHz at 1MHz increment "
Adjustable FSB/DDR ratio, Fixed AGP/PCI frequencies

Back Panel I/O Ports
1xPS/2 keyboard
1xPS/2 mouse
2xSerial
4xUSB
1xParallel
1xRJ45
1x Audio I/O

BIOS
2Mb Flash EEPROM
Award BIOS with enhanced ACPI,DMI,PnP,Green,TCAV
ASUS EZ Flash, ASUS C.P.R, SM BIOS 2.3, ASUS Crash-Free BIOS

Industrial Standard
PCI 2.2, USB2.0

Manageability
WOL by PME, WOR by PME

Support CD
drivers
ASUS PC Probe
Trend Micro PC-cillin 2002 anti-virus software

Accessories
User's manual
UltraDMA cable
FDD cable
I/O shield

Form Factor
ATX
12.0"*9.0" (30.5cm*22.9cm)

i found all that info here:http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l...88&modelmenu=1

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