D4V387 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 This is my shop-bought PC. I know bare essentials about the things listed but this is what comes up when'dxdiag' as far as i can tell this should be enough to run Skyrim (as the back of the case suggests!) butcan't even run at the lowest graphic rates without rediculous lag. I am on a very tight budget so a customgamers PC is out, what can i do to improve the situation? A new graphics card has been suggested but i haveno idea what would fit in such a small case, or even if i could connect it. :psyduck: Operating System - Windows Vista H.P 6.0 Manufacturer/Model - Acer Aspire X3200 Processor - AMD Phenom 8550 Triple-Core 2.2Ghz Memory - 3838MB RAM Graphics Card - NVIDIA GeForce 9200, Approx Memory - 1902 MB what annoys me most is i have it for the Xbox (far superior! -in my case), when that died i decided not to buy a new Xbox but to buy Skyrim for my PC, at least i know what it should look like. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted1217574User Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Okay. I could be entirely wrong but I think your issue may be RAM. Do you mean you have 3.84 GB of RAM? If so that's a very odd amount of RAM to have and I'm not even sure it's possible. (Again, I could be wrong, that's just what stands out to me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceor Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I'm no expert on hardware, but I looked up the Acer Aspire X3200. It says that the graphics card is a GeForce 8400. If this is the 8400GS, then I think that would be your bottleneck as this card wasn't really intended for modern 3D games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4V387 Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 Hmmm, I am aware that its advertized as having 4 Gig RAM, so where the rest of it is i have no idea. I'm sorry i can't give more stats as i have no idea what i'm doing. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted1217574User Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Nah, your RAM is fine then. Just rounding and stuff; my bad. Could well be the graphics card as the fellow above you mentioned; I'd look into that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4V387 Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 Right, i've found that i'm looking for 'low profile' cards because of the size of the case. Also better cooling and power supplies apparently so my machine can cope with new 'buffs' not to mention all the different plugs (SATA is one keeps popping up) i may or may-not have to use any of theese things. All getting costly now... A new computer maybe what i need, afterall (I'd rather pay for a custom machine than waste money on trying and testing a thousand products) what are we going to need to run TES/VI? (or games of the near-future for that matter) Thanks for the help guys but my computer is carp. Time to make the relevent investments :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceor Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Yes, as you've just found out, most "off the shelf" computer packages are aimed at either business applications or casual users who use it to read email and play Farmville. Most of them are not well suited for games. Building a computer designed for gaming will get you the best performance for money. Since the store would assemble it for you, the only scary part is picking the components you'll need. For that, sites such as Tom's Hardware have sample computer builds. You can also post in the Hardware and Software forum to see what others would recommend. Oh, unless you really need compactness, a larger case will give you more flexible upgrade options in the future. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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