-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Looking for advice

Lisa,
    Her computer would 'wake up' quite a bit if it had more RAM installed. 
It looks like it now has only 512MB with some of that going to Video duties. 
Since it also has a dedicated video card, it means the video chip on the 
mainboard was not turned off (the fault of the person who built the system) 
and is wasting resources.

    So, to get her machine where it's tolerable (no virtual hair pulling), 
the embedded graphics needs to be turned off within the BIOS and the system 
needs more RAM (2GB would be ideal if the mainboard can support that much). 
If you are at a point where you don't want to go through your usual tech, 
any computer shop can do this for her (I recommend one of the smaller 'mom & 
pop' type shops for this).

    Also, I understand you're not happy with your sister's computer, but 
please try to avoid using words like 'sh&tty' here in the future. 
:\

Peace,
G

"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisa Toothman" <lisat36@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 3:16 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Looking for advice


>I have never looked for a computer and not worried too much about the price
> till now.  My sister and I live in what used to be my parents house.  She 
> is
> financially secure and I start a new job on the 7th. The money will be 
> good
> and it's not money that will be earmarked for anything in particular.  I
> have income already and my husband has income.  My computer died on me 
> about
> a year or so ago and my sisters computer is just causing me to pull my 
> hair
> out *not literally though*.
> It ticks me off so bad that her computer is so shitty.  We have a computer
> guy that we have trusted for about 20 years now to make and design our
> computers for whatever we needed at the time.  Her only request for her
> computer was to run Sims 3 without hangups of lagging.  You can't play 
> that
> game without it stalling out, being choppy or just crashing the computer 
> all
> together.
>
> I have been playing games like Super Granny, FishDom and just stupid 
> little
> games like that and the computer runs like snail snot.
>
> Here is some of the information that I got about what is on her computer.
> AMD Sempron Processor 3000+
> 1.8 GHz 448 of RAM
> NVIDIA GeForce 6100
> 1394 net adapter
> NVIDIA nForce network cont
> NIVIDIA Network Bus Emulator
>
> Memory
> Load 66%
> Physical 448 MB
> Avail. Phys.  150MB
> Total Virtual 1054 MB
> Avail Page File Virtual  650 MB
>
> I have no idea what this all means but I know my dead computer doesn't 
> have
> what hers has on it and it speeds past hers in a split second.  I have 
> never
> had a problem with my system bogging down like hers does.
>
> So when I get my next computer it is going to have the speed, memory, 
> video
> card and everything else in it to where I can run my Adobe Photo Elements,
> web browser and ITunes if I want without crashing.
>
> It might make a tight budget for a month but my gross will be around $2000
> bring home pay.  So we should do fine.
>
> I figure I have been without long enough and I very rarely spend money on
> myself with three *grown* kids and three little grandkids it usually goes
> for what they want and bills.  But my time has arrived and I am getting
> exactly what I want, with your guys input cause I trust you guys.  It will
> probably last me another 10 years or so.  *L*  That's how old my dead one
> is.
>
> Sad thing is it can run all the programs I want without a problem.
>
> Lisa T. 


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