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Can i ,should i hold on

  • 28-02-2006 11:33pm
    #1
    EireRoadUser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 650 ✭✭✭


    I have a machine that i will have to replace soon ,but for my own piece of mind could anyone tell me is it worth holding on to it for as long as i can, or would i notice a major difference in photo editing,file transfers and decoding if i upgrade.
    2GHZ intel
    768MB Rambus 800Mhz ram
    geforce fx5200
    260GB - 130+130
    Win XP
    Lan 10/100
    SbaudigyEX

    It's never crashed ,it's always able to cope with a hang and let me close the problem without shutting down.


Comments

  • #2
    Karoma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    upgrade to what?


  • #3
    Dooom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,808 ✭✭✭Dooom


    Tbh if it does the job you want it to do, at the level you want it to do it at, then there's very little point in upgrading.


  • #4
    Karoma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    More RAM perhaps... always good:)


  • #5
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    I wouldn't buy more RAM. Rambus wont be portable to another machine.

    If you're happy with that machine, keep it. If you feel it's slowing down a bit, a fresh install of windows usually helps things a bit.

    2GHz is perfectly adequate for most people.
    would i notice a major difference in photo editing,file transfers and decoding if i upgrade.

    Probably not tbh. None of those are overly processor intensive. You might save 30 seconds in a ten minute session of photo editing. :) File transfers and avi decoding take very little power. (Encoding times are roughly linear with processing power, but decoding(i.e. viewing) wont tax your processor).


  • #6
    Gurgle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,064 ✭✭✭Gurgle


    EireRoadUser wrote:
    I have a machine that i will have to replace soon
    lol, you could get another 3-5 years out of that.


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  • #7
    EireRoadUser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 650 ✭✭✭EireRoadUser


    Thanks a million for your replies lads.
    The machine is coming up on it's fourth birthday in march.
    I was really thinking of getting rid, but now i think i'll continue with the old bertha for another while.
    Will install a fresh copy of windows though.
    Thanks again for your feedback folks.
    PS I hope the thing doesn't burn out now just to spite me.


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