Hiyas,
Was going to build new but got handed a little used Gateway Quad core and 8 Gigs of RAM.
I haven't done my research...looking for some quick answers :-)
Questions:
What version of 64 bit Windows 7 should I get and where to buy it?
It has a NVIDIA Geforce GT120 Vid card, I am assuming that's crap what's a reasonable replacement?
Is 32Gigs of RAM overkill?
Any I going to die 3 deaths getting my CH Pro USB stuff to work?
Other suggestions?
S!
Duff
* Somehow, I'll bet I would have been better to build from scratch...Oh well, Free is good! The persons that had this are into tablets and laptops...
I use Windows 7 Professional & got it via Pricewatch http://www.pricewatch.com/software_oper_system/ My system runs 8 gigs of RAM & there are no issues when running multiple applications or running IL2 with TrackIR and the CH software. I think 8 gigs is more than enough. For video, I'm using an ASUS Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 & am quite happy with it's performance. I got the video card through Tiger Direct with a rebate. There are newer & cheaper cards out there now.
I'm running CH Control Manager v 4.51 & it runs nicely in Windows 7 64.
i agree with jack there, but one thing i'd say is except dont skimp on a vid card. this game still uses an old and unoptimized video processing method. so i'd go with a video card with at least with the power of a 250 no less, and as he said prices have come down a lot so it shouldnt be hard to score a decent one for a good deal..
also with the new 22nm cpus out now (if youre going with intel i assume) the older 32nm's have droped alot in price and there are some fine and solid quads out there up for grabs.
Excellent...thanks a ton guys :)
Da Duff!
hmm
I picked up Win 7 from Amazon. I think I paid $100.00 bucks for it. Worked for me, I went with the Win 7 profesional also so I could run the 32 & 64 bit. Good luck mate.
Ive got a 560ti 1g with 8150 8core 3.6 and 8 gig of ram. Im going reinstall when i get my new sata 6.
Thanks for all the info.....
Things are going good....so far. No issues with Vista Home premium actually...I am tweaking the Holy bageezus out of it.
Controllers installed. I ordered an NVDIA GT 440 (FERMI) DDR5, 1 Gig Vid Card as this box only has a 400w PS. If this doesn't work then it will replace the wife's aging machine and I will build new.
Thanks,
S!
Duff