Help with computer graphics problems !

Jimbothewiz · 10-16-2004, 06:16 PM

Hi,
Now I have to admit I am no computer genius and could do with some help. I have a dell computer with a Pentium 4 2.55 GHz (or there about, i will have to make sure) processor with 512 DDR Ram, an 80 GB hard drive and a ATI Radeon 9800. Now my problem is that my computer seems to have great trouble running some programs and games and I was wondering if any one could give me any advice. I have updated the graphic card driver and tried turning a lot of background applications off to no avail. The problem is with a program called WYSIWYG by cast software and I thought it may be the program itself but a mate of mine has the same thing on his laptop and it runs much faster. Also on Jedi Academy I have to leave it at the lowest settings and even them there are still problems. If anyone can help I would be very grateful and if you need any more information just ask and I will trey and find it out.

geranimo:// · 10-16-2004, 11:02 PM

Download Hijakcthis here http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html

And post the logfile here after running it....dunno if I will find something, but others here certainly will

**ZER0X** · 10-20-2004, 05:38 AM

If i'm not mistaken Dell computers come with Integrated Radeon 9800, not an actuall portable Radeon 9800...that means that it uses the system memory.

Having a portable GFX card has a great advantage because of much greater video memory B/W. Unified memory still requires a frame buffer. All digital graphics require the use of a frame buffer.

The frame buffer is where the information that is displayed on the screen is stored. The frame represents the screen and buffer means it's a chunk of reusable memory. The frame buffer is a chunk of memory to store what is displayed on the screen.

Jimbothewiz · 10-20-2004, 12:28 PM

By intergrated do you mean part of the motherboard because mine has a seperate card. Just out of interest what would people recomend upgradeing. the graphics card or more ram or even the proccessor?

**Praetor** · 10-20-2004, 02:13 PM

Depends what you are tyring to do as well as the system's specs as running an uberfast video card with a setup wont benifit much. Your 9800 isnt horribly obsolete so you'll prolly benifit most from more memory

**ZER0X** · 10-21-2004, 03:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbothewiz

By intergrated do you mean part of the motherboard because mine has a seperate card. Just out of interest what would people recomend upgradeing. the graphics card or more ram or even the proccessor?

I must of been thinking of Packard Bell

10-16-2004, 06:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jimbothewiz New Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 4	Help with computer graphics problems ! Hi, Now I have to admit I am no computer genius and could do with some help. I have a dell computer with a Pentium 4 2.55 GHz (or there about, i will have to make sure) processor with 512 DDR Ram, an 80 GB hard drive and a ATI Radeon 9800. Now my problem is that my computer seems to have great trouble running some programs and games and I was wondering if any one could give me any advice. I have updated the graphic card driver and tried turning a lot of background applications off to no avail. The problem is with a program called WYSIWYG by cast software and I thought it may be the program itself but a mate of mine has the same thing on his laptop and it runs much faster. Also on Jedi Academy I have to leave it at the lowest settings and even them there are still problems. If anyone can help I would be very grateful and if you need any more information just ask and I will trey and find it out. Last edited by Jimbothewiz; 10-16-2004 at 06:24 PM.

10-20-2004, 05:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
ZER0X Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Australia Age: 18 Posts: 1,414	If i'm not mistaken Dell computers come with Integrated Radeon 9800, not an actuall portable Radeon 9800...that means that it uses the system memory. Having a portable GFX card has a great advantage because of much greater video memory B/W. Unified memory still requires a frame buffer. All digital graphics require the use of a frame buffer. The frame buffer is where the information that is displayed on the screen is stored. The frame represents the screen and buffer means it's a chunk of reusable memory. The frame buffer is a chunk of memory to store what is displayed on the screen. __________________ AMD X2 4000+ Socket AM2 2Gb RAM DDR2 667 Dual Channel 160Gb ATA100 8mb ATI Radeon 3870HD PCI-E 512mb

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10-16-2004, 11:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
geranimo:// Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Age: 20 Posts: 345	Download Hijakcthis here http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html And post the logfile here after running it....dunno if I will find something, but others here certainly will

10-20-2004, 12:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jimbothewiz New Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 4	By intergrated do you mean part of the motherboard because mine has a seperate card. Just out of interest what would people recomend upgradeing. the graphics card or more ram or even the proccessor?