http://forum.lowyat.net/ Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:22:10 +0800 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/0 Technical Support Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1409450 Hello all friends, need you to advise what i needed to running this old system smoothly <!--emo&:w--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='whistling.gif' /><!--endemo--> in order to multitasking and running multimedia/graphic/photo authoring software. <!--emo&:help:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/icon_question.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='icon_question.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br />Issit by upgrading an<br /> <br />1GB DDR266 X 3 = 3GB RAM, (my mobo can carry maximum of this number)<br />Changing a display card? (to 512, 1gb GC?, what DDR to use?)<br />Overclock the CPU?, (Where&#39;s the software to overclock?)<br />Or any upgrading recommended? <!--emo&:x--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/doh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='doh.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br />Or throw out this system and get a new one at 1.5k <!--emo&:thumbs:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/thumbup.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='thumbup.gif' /><!--endemo--><br /><br />Thanks in advance. <!--emo&:clap:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/rclxms.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rclxms.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br /><br />Motherboard <br />CPU Type AMD Sempron, 1800 MHz (9 x 200) 3000+<br />Motherboard Name Asus K8N4-E (3 PCI, 3 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 3 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN)<br />Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce4-4X, AMD Hammer<br />System Memory 1024 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)<br />BIOS Type Award (10/21/05)<br />Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)<br />Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)<br /> <br />Display <br />Video Adapter ATI Radeon X1550 Series Secondary (256 MB)<br />Video Adapter ATI Radeon X1550 Series (256 MB)<br />3D Accelerator ATI Radeon X1550 (RV505)<br />Monitor Acer AC713 [17&quot; CRT] (ESC0408044)<br /> <br />Multimedia <br />Audio Adapter Realtek ALC850 @ nVIDIA nForce4 (CK8-04) - Audio Codec Interface<br /> <br />Storage <br />IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce4 ADMA Controller<br />IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce4 ADMA Controller<br />IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce4 Parallel ATA Controller<br />Storage Controller FVDSCSI (2003) SCSI Host Adapter<br />Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive<br />Disk Drive WDC WD800JD-98JNC0 (74 GB, IDE)<br /> lilomojo Hardware Sun, 02 May 2010 04:08:04 +0800