WillyPhister

__Physical Memory (K)_______ |Total: 1046512 |Available: 763748 |System Cache: 810772 |__________________________ These are my stats. Ya its kind of embarrassing to have a pci gpu but i don't tell many people. Im trying to leave the hardware alone in this pc because Im gona start fresh and build a decent gamer later on. Then ill just have this computer to use for other stuff. ok, ya I was kinda wondering what hyper threading is all about, I wasn't specifically looking for an HT processor when I picked this one out, but the price was right and I figured it would be better because of HT. The P4 is the same socket as my mobo so it will fit, but do you think I will need a new mobo for the P4 to work since it has HT, or will it function without using ht technology if the mobo doesn't support it, or do you think the mobo will support it?

thanks for the tips. I have defraged my 80 a few times since I installed the game but its been a few weeks so I'll get on that tonight. Im pretty sure im gona need a different mobo, my bios is weak. Im not gona upgrade this pc anymore other a new cpu, im just gona a build a new one when I get get done blowing money on my other hobbies.

I do plan on building a new pc, but I dont have the cash right now. Im not worried about playing with maximum setting right now I just want a decent framerate. The p4 is socket 478 and so is my mobo, I have tons of cooling fans and thermal paste laying around also, but are you sure a P4 wont help, its a fairly decent upgrade from my celeron.

Im not satisfied with my framerate. Im running gta sa 2.0 but I downgraded to 1.0 and installed a few custom cars. When I first load the game the framerate is acceptable but then it gets slower as I play. These are my specs - 2.4 celeron, geforce fx5500oc 256 mb, 1 gig of ram, Creative soundblaster audigy 32mb. GTA is installed on my 80 gig drive but I have 32 gigs of free space on it still, I also have a 230 gig drive with 185 gigs of free space, would the game run better on the 230 gig hard drive? Im running the game on low graphics with the draw distance on minimum and I have the resolution at 800x600. I have a very clean pc with no viruses, spware or anti virus running, and I also use the End It All program to close all my background programs before I play. I guessing that my 2.4 celeron is bottlenecking things. I have 2.8 P4 HT cpu coming in the mail but I that wont be here til a week from now. So what are some things I can do to help my framerate until I get my P4? Also does anyone know if I will need to get a new mobo to support Hyperthreading when I install my P4? the mobo im using is the one came with my pc in 2002 so its pretty old school, it doesnt even have an agp slot or pci express.