r71 0 Posted April 24, 2002 I have a comp from Gateway 600 P3 Gf3 256 ram SBlive the HD spins at 7200 rpm win 98SE. I am going to sell it to my friend. He is going to get ofp and I want to know what might help him out when the new addon comes out. The game seems to run nice for me now with a lot of AI and view distance up also. Also I dont know much about comps but I would appreciate any tips for my new comp that is about to be sent out to me. Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.4GHz with 512K L2 Advanced > Transfer Cache > Memory: 1024MB RDRAM® PC800 (4-256MB Modules) (expandable to 2GB) > Hard Drive: 120GB UATA100 7200RPM Hard Drive > Floppy Drive: 3.5" 1.44MB diskette drive > CD-ROM: DVD-RAM/DVD-R Drive and 40x/12x/48x Recordable ReWriteable CDRW > (Windows® XP ONLY) > Certification: Energy Star Compliant > Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition > Application Software: Microsoft® Office XP Small Business > AntiVirus Software: Norton AntiVirus 90 day Introductory Offer > Monitor: Not Selected ** subtracted: US $500.00 ** > Video: 128MB NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti-4600G with TV Out and DVI Graphics > Accelerator (Windows® XP ONLY) > Keyboard: Multi-function Keyboard > Mouse: Logitech USB Optical Wheel Mouse and Gateway mouse pad > Sound System: SoundBlaster Audigy Audio w/ IEEE 1394 > Speakers: Boston Acoustics BA7800 5-piece Subwoofer/Satellite Speaker > System (only available with SoundBlaster) > Case: Gateway Mid-Tower Case > Expansion Slots: 5 PCI and 1 AGP > External ports: (6) USB (2 in front and 2 in back are version 2.0, 2 more > in back are version 1.1) Parallel, Serial and (2) PS/2 > Controller: Integrated Ultra ATA Controller > Modem: 56K PCI Voice Modem > Network Adapter: 10/100 Ethernet Adapter > Internet Service Provider: One year America Online® Internet Access (New > members only) OR 6-Months of MSN Internet Access (New members only) > Performance Support Package with Years 2&3 Onsite Service > Standard Your:)Ware 2.0 Solution Package: Gateway® Video:)Ware > Advanced I told them to dump the ghey AOL I use cable I can host some good games now but hope with this new comp I will be able to get some good games going (dl at about 1500 and upload at around 250 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheriff 0 Posted April 24, 2002 Gateway? Probably would be cheaper building it yourself mate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tex -USMC- 0 Posted April 24, 2002 Well, you are definitely gonna be humming along, but I suggest that once you get it, take every single bullshit program that Gateway puts on there and delete it. Unless you actually need it (which I doubt). yeah, you couldve gotten it cheaper by building it himself, but some people just dont have the time or experience needed to put a machine together. You think its easy now, but remember when you just started, how many 486s you trashed? At least, I did Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supa_Sam 0 Posted April 24, 2002 I agree, thats gonna be a pretty sweet rig, but you should have taken the time to go somewhere like http://www.newegg.com and put one together. It would have cost you as much as $1000 less, you could have built a secondary decent computer with the left over JUST for hosting games....LOL. Plus you could have have gotten a MUCH better case. By the way, how much that rig costing you? Knowing Gateway probably at LEAST $2500, and yes I said at LEAST. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supa_Sam 0 Posted April 24, 2002 I guess I should be proud of myself if everyone else trashed that many computers...lol. I go in to get my A+ Certification in two weeks and I have yet to fry ANYTHING on a computer. I still have two weeks....hmmm...what to fry, what to fry. Hey gateway guy (forgot name), I suggest you go to a book store, and buy a computer repair book, study it, and since you seem to have a wad of cash to blow, take a A+ 5 day course, or corespondence course and learn how to build a computer. You will save thousands of dollars when buying new computers and if you get a Certification, pull in some cash by repairs for people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tex -USMC- 0 Posted April 24, 2002 Well, I was I took the correspondence course from the prestigious University of Trial and Error... lol. No, I was mainly just messing around with them, seeing what you can and cant do, and learned that way. Did it mean a few comps went to heaven? maybe, but they served well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
r71 0 Posted April 24, 2002 yeah I dont think I could do it I have only put my own vid card in and ram. I did not even really know how to turn on a comp 2 years ago, lol it cost me about 2500 for this new one. you got it right on the head. I would not need all the bs gateway puts on it but my wife uses it. she need alot of that for school and other stuff that she does. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
