Cool! I don't know if I mentioned this or not, but the Philips Acoustic Edge
5.1 PSC706 sound card. It is absolutely awesome! And my sister (who is a
computer tech) says Micron is the best brand for RAM. Oh, and she said that
you're better off getting a system with Windows 2000 (not ME or XP).
Apparently Win 98 sometimes has a problem if you have more than 512Mb RAM.
luv,
-Su
> I have seen the Athlon used in some nice systems. There is a nice
> shop near here that has been custom building systems for about 20
> years. I may check with them and see if they can cobble up something
> at a good price. I don't want to build it myself. Had enough of that
> back in the mid-80's. I think over the next year or so I will come up
> with a servicable solution.
>
> Have a great Holiday Season.
>
> Barto Proudfoot
>
> --- In EverQuest@y..., "Su" <suceress@k...> wrote:
> > 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
> > >
> > >
> > > Visit the EverQuest homepage at http://www.everquest.com
> > >
> > >
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