Machine #1
AMD Athlon X2 5600+ 2.9ghz
7GB DDR2 RAM -- 6GB PC2-3200, the other 1GB a random chip I had lying around
ATI Radeon HD 512MB DDR2 RAM
Machine #2
AMD Athlon X2 5600+ 2.8ghz
4GB DDR2 RAM
Zotac GeForce GT 520 1GB DDR3 RAM
Both machines support up to 8GB RAM (4 x 2GB), both running WinXP x64 with a r4xxx build (I'll compile a 3.x build with VS2010 for it later on for compatibility). I'd like to see what I can do hardware-wise to upgrade them. My options are essentially just GFX and RAM as the CPU speed is maxed on these motherboards. I'm also partial to XP, so upgrading to Vista/7 is something I'm not willing to do.
Now, one PC (#2) is going out into the living room to be a sort of media/game center, the other is staying in my den. I'd like both to run GC games (I can run Mario Party 5 on machine #1, but that's the only game I own). In a perfect world it'd be nice to run select Wii games such as Brawl, but from what I understand both processors are too slow. Not a big deal if I can't run any Wii games I would purchase. I have Mario Kart Wii, but it runs at only 1/2 speed, so I'll probably get rid of it and pick up MK Double Dash.
Ideally I'd like to run the following:
F-Zero GX -- GC
Mario Kart: Double Dash -- GC
Mario Party 5 -- GC
Rampage: Total Destruction -- GC
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle -- GC
Star Wars (all games) -- GC
Super Smash Bros Melee - GC (since Brawl is unlikely to run at speed)
Wishlist:
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 & 2 -- Wii
New Super Mario Bros -- Wii
Punch Out -- Wii
AMD Athlon X2 5600+ 2.9ghz
7GB DDR2 RAM -- 6GB PC2-3200, the other 1GB a random chip I had lying around
ATI Radeon HD 512MB DDR2 RAM
Machine #2
AMD Athlon X2 5600+ 2.8ghz
4GB DDR2 RAM
Zotac GeForce GT 520 1GB DDR3 RAM
Both machines support up to 8GB RAM (4 x 2GB), both running WinXP x64 with a r4xxx build (I'll compile a 3.x build with VS2010 for it later on for compatibility). I'd like to see what I can do hardware-wise to upgrade them. My options are essentially just GFX and RAM as the CPU speed is maxed on these motherboards. I'm also partial to XP, so upgrading to Vista/7 is something I'm not willing to do.
Now, one PC (#2) is going out into the living room to be a sort of media/game center, the other is staying in my den. I'd like both to run GC games (I can run Mario Party 5 on machine #1, but that's the only game I own). In a perfect world it'd be nice to run select Wii games such as Brawl, but from what I understand both processors are too slow. Not a big deal if I can't run any Wii games I would purchase. I have Mario Kart Wii, but it runs at only 1/2 speed, so I'll probably get rid of it and pick up MK Double Dash.
Ideally I'd like to run the following:
F-Zero GX -- GC
Mario Kart: Double Dash -- GC
Mario Party 5 -- GC
Rampage: Total Destruction -- GC
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle -- GC
Star Wars (all games) -- GC
Super Smash Bros Melee - GC (since Brawl is unlikely to run at speed)
Wishlist:
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 & 2 -- Wii
New Super Mario Bros -- Wii
Punch Out -- Wii