NEED COMputer help, what do i upgrade to help with these kind of games?!!

ibeeberz · 01-30-2007, 11:40 PM

Hello,

I like to play the online shockwave game 'mycoke'. it is found here.
www.mycoke.com

I am a very powerful person on the game but my computer is really horrible with it. It lags like crazy, and it's really slow reacting when i move, type/talk, and etc.

I have a Hewlett Packard Kayak XM600.

Windows XP
Professional
Version 2002
Service Pack 2

Intel Pentium III processor
532MHz
256MB of RAM

Now i wanted to find out what i have to upgrade to make this little shockwave game run smoother, since it is VERY VERY slow and impossible to work with. My sister and father have HP PIIII laptops and they both run smoothly. I know this is a computer forum so im assuming people will give me extremely high end suggestions, but i just want a simple thing just to make it run so that it's able to work with, i dont need extreme high end speed, just smooth enough.

I dont know if it is my internet connection since my sister and father share the same connection with me and it works smoothy on theirs. What can i upgrade or do to fix this?

Thanks a lot.

Isaac

ghost · 01-30-2007, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Windows XP
Professional
Version 2002
Service Pack 2

Intel Pentium III processor
532MHz
256MB of RAM

Running XP with minimum requirements e.g. 256mb of RAM will not help.

I suggest you get a 512mb stick of RAM at least. That should give it a nice boost.

StrangleHold · 01-31-2007, 12:53 AM

More ram running XP would help, plus you didnt say what kind of video card you had, have you done a disk cleanup and defraged in awhile?

Ben · 01-31-2007, 03:38 AM

RAM and a faster video card would help. Defragging might help a little, doesn't really have to do a lot with the hard drive though. I'd just recommend getting more RAM, you probably don't have get a new video card. Just RAM.

ibeeberz · 01-31-2007, 03:40 AM

Nope, but i've reformatted recently. I might get more ram.

Any more oppinions?

Core2Conroe · 01-31-2007, 03:40 AM

he probably has RDRAM If I Recall that model correctly....

ibeeberz · 01-31-2007, 03:40 AM

ATI R... something that starts with an R, radeon or something, 9200. (video card)

PohTayToez · 01-31-2007, 03:41 AM

Radeon

01-30-2007, 11:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
ibeeberz New Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 3	NEED COMputer help, what do i upgrade to help with these kind of games?!! Hello, I like to play the online shockwave game 'mycoke'. it is found here. www.mycoke.com I am a very powerful person on the game but my computer is really horrible with it. It lags like crazy, and it's really slow reacting when i move, type/talk, and etc. I have a Hewlett Packard Kayak XM600. Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2 Intel Pentium III processor 532MHz 256MB of RAM Now i wanted to find out what i have to upgrade to make this little shockwave game run smoother, since it is VERY VERY slow and impossible to work with. My sister and father have HP PIIII laptops and they both run smoothly. I know this is a computer forum so im assuming people will give me extremely high end suggestions, but i just want a simple thing just to make it run so that it's able to work with, i dont need extreme high end speed, just smooth enough. I dont know if it is my internet connection since my sister and father share the same connection with me and it works smoothy on theirs. What can i upgrade or do to fix this? Thanks a lot. Isaac

01-31-2007, 12:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 6,849	More ram running XP would help, plus you didnt say what kind of video card you had, have you done a disk cleanup and defraged in awhile? __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 800 2gb PNY 8800GT Spinpoint F1 500gb. Too bad stupidity isn't painful.

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Ben VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Decatur, Georgia Posts: 2,927	RAM and a faster video card would help. Defragging might help a little, doesn't really have to do a lot with the hard drive though. I'd just recommend getting more RAM, you probably don't have get a new video card. Just RAM. __________________ Winner of Photo Tournaments: Architecture, Reflection and Hope/Joy Mobo: [Intel D945GNT] CPU: [Intel Pentium D 2.8GHz] RAM: [Corsair 1GB DDR2] GPU: [XFX Geforce 8500GT] HDD: [Maxtor 100GB - Western Digital 250GB] PSU: [Rosewill 450w] Did you know that if you say gullible really slowly it sounds like Goat Cheese?

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01-31-2007, 03:40 AM	#5 (permalink)
ibeeberz New Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 3	Nope, but i've reformatted recently. I might get more ram. Any more oppinions?

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Core2Conroe banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 118	he probably has RDRAM If I Recall that model correctly....

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ibeeberz New Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 3	ATI R... something that starts with an R, radeon or something, 9200. (video card)

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PohTayToez Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Age: 19 Posts: 2,541	Radeon