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You would need at least a 512mb + system to actually see any worthwhile results. The basic requirements for the newer games out expect more capacity you would see in a newer system with a faster cpu as well as having more ram. That's simply a boat anchor there for checking the email and some web browsing. You wouldn't like the results you would see going with the limitattions seen there.
 
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yeah i just kind of reread the specs and remembered that my other comps specs was higher. the other computer is at my other house but yeah nvm...
 
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One old build here saw 768mb(3 256mb PC133 simms) of memory there with an old K5 series AMD cpu that would have a far better chance while the cpu was still under 1ghz. That was an old 550mhz model there. Buying a used system a bit newer with 1gb or DDR memory and a somewhat good AGP card would a place to start.
 
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PC eye I dont know who your trying to fool but there was never a AMD K5 550mhz, only a K6. But I guess that was a typo?
 
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My old Soyo was 500mhz there. The Shuttle was a newer Slot A type over 500mhz for the cpu with a 133mhz fsb. http://users.erols.com/chare/sockets.htm shows the details better for each socket type.



The point being whether that was 500, 550, 700mhz it was still less then you owuld find on a newer Socket A model for AMD or a much faster PIII model for using any old system for gaming.
 
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None of that has anything to do with what you said. There is not and never has been a K5 550mhz. The biggest K5 made was a 133MHZ with a PR rating of 200 and a K5 is not socket A either! There was a K6 550mhz. And its not a socket A either. Plus I would like to see this Socket 5/7 board that you had that supports that speed of ram or that much. The fastest K5 only ran on a 66MHZ FSB and no K5 board could see anywhere near that much ram!
 
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The Shuttle board in that old case was a presocket A board that took three 256mb PC133 simms there. But was soon replaced for an Asus Socket A board with a 1gb of ram and an Atholon XP1800+ that would likely see a slow running CS as well. That's where the old 64mb video card saw a 128mb replacement!
 
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PC eye said:
One old build here saw 768mb(3 256mb PC133 simms) of memory there with an old K5 series AMD cpu that would have a far better chance while the cpu was still under 1ghz. That was an old 550mhz model there. Buying a used system a bit newer with 1gb or DDR memory and a somewhat good AGP card would a place to start.
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This is what you said. They never made a K5 550 mhz, much less a K5 board that would use PC133 or read 768 mbs of ram. So make up your mind which story your sticking too!
 
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