Curse

Eye ball · May 09, 2008, 06:42 AM // 06:42

When i bought my pc it came with a 22" screen, 2 in 1 Printer and Scanner, and no graphics card that i know of!

I'm gunna go ask my dad if i can De-fragment my pc over-and-over till it wont do it no more , but how long will this take?

Oh and i have bt broadband as my internet provider!

Brianna · May 09, 2008, 07:08 AM // 07:08

All in one post please.. no need for 3+ posts in a row, just minutes apart.

EDIT ftw.

<font color="red" font size="4">Rahja Edit:</font> Merged his posts for you.

jjdefan · May 09, 2008, 10:54 AM // 10:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by IslandHermet

That is just under the recomended mininium for running windows XP.

Just try to find out what kind of ram you use is is SD,DDR,DDR200,DDr400 etc etc.

what brand of ram? and how many ram sticks are in the computer.

448 is a odd number

Ram normaly comes in 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024 or 1 gig etc.

that number seems like you have mixed ram sizes like a 256 with a 128 and a 64 or something crazy like that. This is something that will cause computer problems you should not mix different ram sizes (Ex: a 512 card mixed with a 256 to make 768) it does cause system conflicts.

hope this helps, if you want to give a little more info that would help us help you.

My guess is that he has one stick of 512 and that where ever he is looking is only reporting 448. Maybe the missing 64 meg is being used by system resources and not being reported. I'm sure he didn't buy it with 256+128+64 and he hasn't said anything about adding ram in any of his posts, just adding a gfx card.

Snograt · May 09, 2008, 11:33 AM // 11:33

Maybe that "helpful" neighbour helped himself to the RAM and the graphics card and stuck a load of crap in its place...

Eye ball, can I ask you WHERE you bought that PC? £1200 is a hell of a lot for a system with the specifications you've provided so far. The only good part is the 22" monitor - I'm surprised that set-up can even display at 1680x1050.

When you do that "right-click on My Computer" thing I told you about, it should have the manufacturer details under the General tab. Even telling me what name is written on the front of the case would be a help.

By the way, I'm on BTInternet too and they've been very reliable over the years - certainly no problems with GW. Of course, it is dependent on how close you are to the telephone exchange and what package your dad got from BT - they vary from 512Kb to ~8Mb.

I'm taking a personal interest in this case - it really bothers me for some reason :|

Lania Elderfire · May 09, 2008, 03:05 PM // 15:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snograt

I'm taking a personal interest in this case - it really bothers me for some reason :|

I don't blame you... I think he got scammed big time. For 1200 pounds, he should have a screaming rig, and instead it's barely a stripped down econobox with outdated parts.

Just Curious... when did you buy the comp?

Snograt · May 09, 2008, 03:32 PM // 15:32

For the record, we're talking ~US$2,500 here...

IslandHermet · May 09, 2008, 05:03 PM // 17:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eye ball

I'm gunna go ask my dad if i can De-fragment my pc over-and-over till it wont do it no more , but how long will this take?

Since you have never Defraged It will take a few hours.

just hit defrag when you go to bed tonight and when you wake up it should be done.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lania Elderfire

I don't blame you... I think he got scammed big time. For 1200 pounds, he should have a screaming rig, and instead it's barely a stripped down econobox with outdated parts.

Just Curious... when did you buy the comp?

I am gonna agree it does sound like his neighbor bought the parts for his computer and gave him the old one.

and yes for 1200 pounds you should have a super sweet computer.

keep posting Eye ball we need a little more information to figure out whats going on with it.

You should take everyones advice about not using your neighbor again to buy computer parts.

Since he tells you he is a computer tech he should have known that video card sucks as well as get you a better deal on a cheaper rig.

Snograt · May 09, 2008, 05:43 PM // 17:43

Eye ball, here's an example from http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/

HTML Code:

Processor (CPU)
	

Intel® Core™2 Duo E8300 (2 X 2.83GHz) 1333MHz FSB/6MB L2 Cache

Memory (RAM)
	

2GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR 1066MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY (2x1GB)

Motherboard
	

ASUS® STRIKER || FORMULA: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II, 3 x X16 VGA

Operating System
	

WINDOWS® VISTA HOME PREMIUM SP1 (inc CD & Licence) (£55)

USB Options
	

6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Hard Disk
	

250GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)

CD/DVD Drive
	
20x Dual Layer LightScribe DVD Writer ±R/±RW/RAM

Graphics Card
	

Sound Card
	

Onboard 8 Channel High Definition Audio (P5N-T DELUX & P5N-D)

Network Facilities
	

ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

Memory Card Reader
	
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)

Case
	
Stylish Silver/Black Trident case + 2 front USB

Power Supply & Case Cooling
	
600W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£69)

Processor Cooling
	
STANDARD CPU COOLER

Firewire & Video Editing
	
2 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE PORTS (1 onboard, 1 at back panel)

Monitor
	
22 Inch Wide TFT Silver/Black 1680 x1050 5MS D-Sub, DVI (£145)

Keyboard & Mouse
	
Logitech® G15 Gaming Keyboard with Backlit LCD Display (£49)

Mouse
	
Logitech® G9 Corded Laser Gaming Mouse (£49)

Speakers

CREATIVE ITRIGUE 2.1 3330 SILVER/BLK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£49)


Warranty
	

2 Year Return-to-Base incl 2 Years Free Collect & Return: £69

Delivery
	

Standard Insured Delivery to UK Mainland (Mon-Fri 8am-6pm)

That's something I quickly threw together - it could be improved, it could be made cheaper, but it's only £1142 inc VAT and Delivery. You could get a PC a lot better than yours for £400 or less. Someone's telling you porkies.

<font color="red" font size="4"> RAHJA EDIT: </font> Made the list HTML for you. Use the HTML brackets so it is scrollable and not as long. <3 Rahja

Brianna · May 09, 2008, 05:57 PM // 17:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snograt

For the record, we're talking ~US$2,500 here...

Dang, I smell hard core rip off.

Agree'd with everyone else, I'd like to have a chat with your neighbor!

Eye ball · May 09, 2008, 11:14 PM // 23:14

Lol, there moving on monday, And i just remembered sumut. My pc broke down 1 year ago, so we sent it off and they returned it, but the box (base unit) had been changed. The screen is therefore 2 years old. Oh and i have defragged my pc before, but it was about 10 months ago!

Snograt · May 10, 2008, 01:33 AM // 01:33

Ok, enough talk about how your computer's been nobbled - let's find out exactly what you've got and what's the best thing to do.

Remember that CPU-Z program I told you about? Download it from this link: http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpuz_145.zip

I want you to unzip that, then run it. It finds out everything about your computer. On the little window, there are 6 tabs - CPU, Cache, Mainboard, Memory, SPD and About. It's the last tab I want you to click - About.

On the bottom of that there are 3 buttons - I want you to click the one that says Registers dump (.txt). This will generate a text file - give it a name and save it.

Then you can either copy-and-paste the entire contents of that text file into a new post in this thread, or you can send it to me as an email attachment - I Pm'd you my address.

Eye ball · May 13, 2008, 06:36 PM // 18:36

k ty everyone, ill ask my dad asap if i can download it. Ty everyone for your help.

<(^_^)> keep help cmin plz!

IrishCB · May 13, 2008, 06:51 PM // 18:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snograt

Ok, enough talk about how your computer's been nobbled - let's find out exactly what you've got and what's the best thing to do.

Remember that CPU-Z program I told you about? Download it from this link: http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpuz_145.zip

I want you to unzip that, then run it. It finds out everything about your computer. On the little window, there are 6 tabs - CPU, Cache, Mainboard, Memory, SPD and About. It's the last tab I want you to click - About.

On the bottom of that there are 3 buttons - I want you to click the one that says Registers dump (.txt). This will generate a text file - give it a name and save it.

Then you can either copy-and-paste the entire contents of that text file into a new post in this thread, or you can send it to me as an email attachment - I Pm'd you my address.

yeah could you post it please? I am really curious on what he actually got for $2.4k US, for that kinda cash his PC should be a beast, especially if it was home-built.

Also have you tried running gw.exe on just one core? Guild Wars likes to run on just 1. This can be done is the task-manager.

Eye ball · May 13, 2008, 07:54 PM // 19:54

i didnt build my pc, soz if that wasnt clear

SnowWhitepvp · Aug 04, 2008, 06:28 PM // 18:28

When I first got my computer I had the same problems.
Of course, I got a Dell and that was probably 90% of it.

Ive been running GW fine for about 2 years now since i upgraded the on-board chipset to an ATI Radeon 9250.

Eye Ball, If your problem isnt fixed yet, I strongly suggest walking into your local electronics store, and asking for a new stick of RAM.

The extra memory fixed all of the lag/choppy gameplay issues that the vid card did not.

Just don't buy a dell