will my computer run??

**kipp** · 06-26-2003, 10:27 PM

i have a dell 2350 1.8 ghz with 256mb ram and Intel Extreme graphics card. FS2002 runs well with an average of 25 to 30 fps. So will my current system run fs2004??

kipp

**MadMaster** · 06-26-2003, 11:17 PM

That depends. Your Intel extreme card might not be supported by FSCOF. It just might not be enough.

You can upgrade by getting a Geforce 2 MX400 PCI. Assuming you don't have an open AGP slot.

Upgrading might not be need as your intel extreme card may already support FSCOF.

Regards,
Paul

**kipp** · 06-26-2003, 11:33 PM

it says that it has a memory of 60 GB.

kipp

**Tabs** · 06-27-2003, 12:56 AM

That's harddrive, memory is your RAM (probably 256 or 512)

**MadMaster** · 06-27-2003, 01:51 PM

Tabs is right that is your hardrive of 60GB. If you want to know all of your system specs. Go to the start memu and go to run. Put DxDiag into the box and hit OK. Your computer will run a system check and after that do a couple of things for me.

1. Check to see if your prossecor is a Celeron or a Pentium 4.
2. Hit the display tab and tell me the graphics card.
3. Also tell the Graphics Memory, if it says sharded there tell me that also.

Come back with what you got and I think I will be able to help you better.

Regards,
Paul

**The_Association** · 06-27-2003, 02:07 PM

I believe that all but the cheapest of Dell desktops use the Pentium 4.

Do what MadMaster suggested though, just to be sure. Especially since you have Dell's lowest model - the 2350. It could very well be a Celeron.

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**MadMaster** · 06-27-2003, 02:08 PM

I looked around and found that your graphics card is a shared card. This may be a problem and FSCOF might not support that. I would say buy FSCOF and if it doesn't work buy a GF2 MX400 PCI and install it. After that it should work.

I hope I helped!

Regards,
Paul

**The_Association** · 06-27-2003, 02:13 PM

Just so he knows, a 'shared' graphics card refers to a graphics card (such as your Intel Extreme Graphics) that is integrated into the motherboard (also referred to as 'onboard video'). It then gets its video memory by sharing your system's main memory.

So you have the card set to share 64 MB of memory and you have 256 MB of system RAM, the sharing effectively means that you have 192 MB of RAM free for system use.

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MIKEYORCHIE · 06-28-2003, 06:14 AM

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Jun-28-03 AT 06:15AM (EDT)[/font][p]oh no attack of the Intel Extreme, I have one of these in my mums PC, ##### I desabled it 2 days after she got the PC, ran like #####, put in a nice 3D Prophet 4000XT PCI,since there was no AGP slot and this was the best PCI card I could get at the time

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Mainboard: KT266B Jetway
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1700+
Memory: 256mb PC2100 DDR
GFX: MSI GeForce FX 5600 128mb @ 350mhz clock speed and rising . :-)
OS: Windows XP Pro
Internet Connection: 512k ADSL

**facted** · 06-28-2003, 09:37 AM

The fact that he only has 192 ram left over is the least of his problems unfortunately. The shared video chip just will not do. You will likely have to get a nice and cheap video card for either an agp or pci slot, depending on what your machine can support.