If you are looking for a new system, I recommend you go with an AMD Athlon
processor. I know they have had problems with EQ in the past but they cost
much less than pentiums. I used to be loyal to pentiums but even though my
mother has more RAM in her computer and a 1.7GHz P4, my system with a 1.4GHz
AMD (both have same OS and both are HPs) runs faster. It cost $119 for 256M
of RAM for the P4. I'd have to ask my dad how much he payed for my upcoming
RAM, but for xmas he's getting me 1.2GHz of RAM. I also read some articles
on building new computers and Pentiums run hotter and require special
sockets and special RAM that all cost more than it costs for AMDs. For a
modem, you could try a V92 Zoom. I got one for about $21 (not including
shipping) online. But that's for phone line modem. Once you figure out what
you want, look up pricegrabber.com, epinions.com, pricewatch.com, and
cnet.com. You can compare them and see which one has the lowest price and
best review.
luv,
-Su
> I bought my machine last year for Christmas. A gift for the family.
> It was a mid-range system at that time, though I did not know that
> the 256k memory limit would make it low-end so quickly. I added a 3d
> card at about six months, not knowing that the standard was moving
> ahead so fast. With the knowledge I now have, I may have scraped up a
> bit more and bought higher end, but it was not then a good economic
> move.
>
> I will be adding enough memory in a few weeks to bring my system up
> to it's 256k max. I ordered sol in the summer, with the expectation
> that the 128k minimum would be in place when released. I found that
> my max would now be the new minimum.
>
> As is the system is nominally playable. With the new memory and
> possibly a new graphics card (fortunately the cost of a gforce 2 has
> dropped to an easily reachable level) the machine will serve. I
> expect Sony/V will make improvements in the game to keep lower end
> players viable for some time.
>
> Now I must plan to upgrade hardware and catch up, perhaps pull ahead
> of the curve a bit so I am not always catching up.
>
> Unfortunately, I am not able to scrape up the $4k bucks for a real
> kick-ass system like I see in the magazines. I will probably see what
> a new tower with lots of memory, a gforce 3 and a good sized hard
> drive will cost me, and begin saving in hopes of getting it online
> before this system gets too old to play.
>
> For those of us on the lower end, we must hope Sony/V wants our bucks
> enough to keep us alive a bit longer.
>
> Barto Proudfoot
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