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NR2003 question

MWB

NR2003 question

by MWB » Sat, 01 Mar 2003 06:54:30

Will NR2003 run on  AMD 850MHz, 640 MEGS of RAM, and an ATI 7500 64 MEG? I
have been playing Nascar4 with no problems. I know what the NR2003 specs on
the box are, but I don't want to cut down the graphics.

Mark

JSS-Ninj

NR2003 question

by JSS-Ninj » Sat, 01 Mar 2003 08:08:00

I run it on a P3 1000 with 512MB ram, and Geforce2 Pro 64MB without any
problems at all.

Ninja


Will NR2003 run on  AMD 850MHz, 640 MEGS of RAM, and an ATI 7500 64 MEG? I
have been playing Nascar4 with no problems. I know what the NR2003 specs on
the box are, but I don't want to cut down the graphics.

Mark

Kevin Web

NR2003 question

by Kevin Web » Sat, 01 Mar 2003 20:56:45

With no AA and low end graphic selections it'll run fine.
Time to get a new card at the very least.  Frankly if you really want to
enjoy N2003, at least IMO, time for you to get a new rig.


MWB

NR2003 question

by MWB » Sat, 01 Mar 2003 23:08:17

That's a good enough reason for me to buy a new computer.

Thanks


> With no AA and low end graphic selections it'll run fine.
> Time to get a new card at the very least.  Frankly if you really want to
> enjoy N2003, at least IMO, time for you to get a new rig.



> > Will NR2003 run on  AMD 850MHz, 640 MEGS of RAM, and an ATI 7500 64 MEG?
I
> > have been playing Nascar4 with no problems. I know what the NR2003 specs
> on
> > the box are, but I don't want to cut down the graphics.

> > Mark

Doug Elliso

NR2003 question

by Doug Elliso » Sun, 02 Mar 2003 00:22:10


You must be mad

New Mobo, CPU, Ram and GFX card and you're sorted.

My suggestion would me..

Asus A7N8X mobo - 100ish (onboard 5.1 sound, networking, SATA, USB 2,
firewire - will take the new 400 fsb Barton chips due in April )
Athlon 2200 CPU - (85ish - good price/performance level here - equiv Intel
CPU is 130 )
2 x TwinMos 512mb DDR 3200 Ram - 156ish ( I notice you have 600 meg in your
current rig - I guess you're a 3d or Photoshop kind of chap - otherwise, get
2 x 256 meg instead )
And  Radeon 9700 pro - 220ish
Heatsink - take yer pick - good one = 20.

all up - about 580ish.

Depending on your current rig - you may need to get a new case - but your
HDD, CD/DVD, Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor - can all carry across and you could
Ebay the left overs and get a couple of hundred quid for them - so you
actual outlay might only be 380ish

This sort of rig will between double and trebble your current ***
performance - and future proof you thru to the very last of the socket A
processors ( perhaps a 3400ish 400fsb Athlon 'Barton' Core)

For probably 1/3rd the price of buying a retail PC that has all those
components - I'd say its a bargin

Doug

ThreeWid

NR2003 question

by ThreeWid » Sun, 02 Mar 2003 09:41:40

I have a 900mhz with 256 RAM and a Ti 4400 128k.

I've tweaked it as well as I can, but my real problem is the lack of DDR
memory.  My benchmark testing has shown that with non-DDR memory, the nice
video card I have is bottlenecked by the system.


RHinN

NR2003 question

by RHinN » Sun, 02 Mar 2003 11:33:48

Very interesting. I have 512MB SDRAM and a AMD1600 processor and a GF2MX
64MB vid card. Wonder what the ideal vid card for my specs would be?


> I have a 900mhz with 256 RAM and a Ti 4400 128k.

> I've tweaked it as well as I can, but my real problem is the lack of DDR
> memory.  My benchmark testing has shown that with non-DDR memory, the nice
> video card I have is bottlenecked by the system.



> > Will NR2003 run on  AMD 850MHz, 640 MEGS of RAM, and an ATI 7500 64 MEG?
I
> > have been playing Nascar4 with no problems. I know what the NR2003 specs
> on
> > the box are, but I don't want to cut down the graphics.

> > Mark

Biz

NR2003 question

by Biz » Sun, 02 Mar 2003 13:01:19

either a GF3 Ti200 or a GF4Ti4200 would more than be enough for that system, anything more is
essentially wasted on that system, anything less and you might not get its full potential.
--
Biz

"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
the....." - Ash


> Very interesting. I have 512MB SDRAM and a AMD1600 processor and a GF2MX
> 64MB vid card. Wonder what the ideal vid card for my specs would be?



> > I have a 900mhz with 256 RAM and a Ti 4400 128k.

> > I've tweaked it as well as I can, but my real problem is the lack of DDR
> > memory.  My benchmark testing has shown that with non-DDR memory, the nice
> > video card I have is bottlenecked by the system.



> > > Will NR2003 run on  AMD 850MHz, 640 MEGS of RAM, and an ATI 7500 64 MEG?
> I
> > > have been playing Nascar4 with no problems. I know what the NR2003 specs
> > on
> > > the box are, but I don't want to cut down the graphics.

> > > Mark

RHinN

NR2003 question

by RHinN » Sun, 02 Mar 2003 13:52:40

Thanks.


system, anything more is

> essentially wasted on that system, anything less and you might not get its
full potential.
> --
> Biz

> "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
> the....." - Ash



> > Very interesting. I have 512MB SDRAM and a AMD1600 processor and a GF2MX
> > 64MB vid card. Wonder what the ideal vid card for my specs would be?



> > > I have a 900mhz with 256 RAM and a Ti 4400 128k.

> > > I've tweaked it as well as I can, but my real problem is the lack of
DDR
> > > memory.  My benchmark testing has shown that with non-DDR memory, the
nice
> > > video card I have is bottlenecked by the system.



> > > > Will NR2003 run on  AMD 850MHz, 640 MEGS of RAM, and an ATI 7500 64
MEG?
> > I
> > > > have been playing Nascar4 with no problems. I know what the NR2003
specs
> > > on
> > > > the box are, but I don't want to cut down the graphics.

> > > > Mark

Dave Henri

NR2003 question

by Dave Henri » Wed, 05 Mar 2003 23:59:24



  A) yes it will run...but not well.  You will need to limit the graphics.  
Heck guys with twice your system specs have to cut back.
  B) With 640 megs of ram, do you have win98 or XP?  If Win98 you will
probably see better overall system performance if you reduce your total
memory to only 512mb.
  C)  If your system can play N4, it can play N2k3, but it still won't be
as fast.

dave henrie


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