Emachines W2247 ,Info

[cobra11]

ok so i was wandering if i could put a AMD Athlon XP 3200+ - AXDA3200DKV4E, It has A AMD Athlon XP 2200+

i was wandering if i got the 3200 would it increase the speed a lot or a little

the system hasnt been updated at all,the only thing i installed was a Geforce 4000 MX graphics Card

other than that it has 96 mb of ram

and runs really slow(there is no viruses)

if i increased the ram to 512 mb, would it speed up?

It runs Windows XP,The Graphics Card Takes 128 mb,But doesnt use the processor(It has its Own)

plz help

[gshv]

What programs are you running on that box?

You may want to increase memory first, and then think about upgrading the CPU.

Gennadiy

[cobra11]

Well im runing like conquer,its an online game,and um just realy low minimum 3d gaming

the computer it self boots up pretty slow it takes like 2mins or so for it to fully boot up..

[iguana]

If you have Geforce 4000 MX and 96mb RAM there are no sens to have XP3200+

My suggestion is to upgrade the RAM to 512 mb and to change the graphics Card for chip secondhand Radeon 9600Pro.

And do you know that 512mb DDRII RAM is at half the price of 512 DDR? The best way is to go for PCI-E and DDRII motherboard first of all. and do not spend money for old, slow and expensive devices.

[D.8080]

Depends on how much cash he can spare, that isn't always unlimited

[cobra11]

I understand fully on what your saying,but im on a budget, and i just want to fix it up for my brother,i was just wandering if i got the 512 mb of ram would it be a dramatic increase in performance?,or at least to where it is not so slow

[cobra11]

THIS ONE IS MINE:
Dell XPS410
NEW COMPUTER:
2 Gb Of Ram
256MB nVidia Geforce 7300LE TurboCache
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6400 (2MB L2 Cache,2.13GHz,1066 FSB)Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
500GB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 250GB SATA 3Gb/s 7200 RPM HDDsDual Drives: 48x Combo + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable

My Brothers:
OLD COMPUTER:
Emachines W2247
96 Mb Of Ram
Geforce 4000 MX 128 Mb
2200+ AMD Athlon XP Proccesor
Windows Xp Home Edition
Single Drive:48x-CD Rewriteable
40 Gb Sata

[iguana]

The system with 512mb RAM will be in several times faster then with 96 (firs of all - boot time and when you are running several programs together)

But in 3D you'll be still too slow. You have to upgrade graphics card too to be faster in 3D.

Do you play games on your own competer?
If yes, you have to change 256MB nVidia Geforce 7300LE TurboCache!!!
"TurboCache" - sounds good, but it is evil. Any 7600GT (~$80) will be in 5-10 times faster.

[iguana]

and... What motherboard is in brother's computer?
Maybe it does not support XP3200.