eMachines T1100, T1105

[Dustin_Broke1]

So my onboard video card must be better than getting a PCI card since I know AGP is alot better than PCI. If I did add a new card it would have to be PCI right so it won't be as good as the onboard AGP. Unless there is a way to add an AGP card then the onboard AGP is alot better than any PCI basicaly.

 

[Remeniz]

Basically I wouldn't bother with a PCI graphics card.

PCI's maximum transfer rate is 133MB/s, AGP upto 2.1GB/s and PCI-E upto 16GB/s (1GB/s per lane). In your case the AGP interface is capable of upto 500MB/s.

What do you do on this machine?

 

[Dustin_Broke1]

Well I play games like The Sims 2, Quake 3 Arena and UT 2004. Also I listen to music using Windows Media Player and go online to view websites and using messengers like Yahoo IM or AIM. Also I goto Youtube and watch videos. I usualy play older games on this PC since newer ones of cource will not work.


But I guess I could ask this but am I right that basicaly I can't add any new AGP video card right? Meaning if I wanted to add a new video card then it has to be PCI? Since if that's the case as I said before the AGP onboard card must be the best since it's not PCI.


I do take very good care of my stuff so even this machine is 8 years old it still looks and works good as new. I got this machine right when Windows XP came out. So it was around end of 2001.

 

[Remeniz]

Wow. Well there's nothing wrong with XP Pro. I'm using it on the rig in my sig.

Yea. You can't add an AGP graphics card and there's no point in adding a PCI GPU. So it's stick or full upgrade.

Ok. Whats the performance like when playing those games?

 

[Dustin_Broke1]

Well I acutaly have Windows XP Home with SP3 now and all of the critical updates of cource and the latest drivers.

Now about the games I of cource can't have the settings on high but they play fine. I have the graphic settings on normal for Quake 3 Arena and on lower settings for UT 2004 and for The Sims the lowest it can go. I think performance is alot more important than have highest graphic settings since I want to play the games well.


Back when I got this machine it costed $450 so it was a great deal. It might of been $400 can't remember.

 

[Remeniz]

$400-$450 has done you well to last nine years without an upgrade i'd say.

Spend that again on upgrade parts and you'd have a nice machine.

uATX motherboard, CPU, RAM and PSU...

 

[Dustin_Broke1]

Well I usualy do my best to keep my system running untill it doesn't work anymore like if the motherboard goes bad. Other parts I can just replace like CDROM and memory, hard drive etc. I really like this machine just was thinking to upgrade the the memory to the max meaning 512mb. Right now I have 256mb. I did add another 128mb years agao since this machine only came with 128mb. I mean 128mb works fine on XP but 256mb made it better. Now if I add 512mb probley it would even be alot better. Also right now I have no way of buying a new machine so eather way even if I wanted to I can't buy one. But I want to keep this machine until the motherboard goes bad. Then maybe by then I have more money to buy a new budget desktop again.


You will be surpprised but all of the stickers are still there on the tower like the specs and saying it's a Celeron processor etc.

Here are some pics of the machine.

 

[sniperviper21]

i give you props for using that rig.

i think id go insane if i was you lol.

 

[Remeniz]

True.

I need more than 300MB RAM to boot into my internet install. My Audio production install is a lot more streamlined but I need the power to run the app's I use.

It's on-par with the laptop i'm using right now.

 

[Dustin_Broke1]

I guess I was wondering about this but what would happen if I had installed a GeForce FX 5000 series video card that is PCI? I would assume that it won't be good as the AGP card though. I would assume any PCI cards will be worse than the AGP that I have.


Btw I hope you guys in a way are not making fun of me since I don't have money and that I like to keep my machine.