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computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 7:16:34 AM   
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So, i used to play this game all the time on my computer. Well, i stopped playin for a while, and the developers have greatly expanded it since i last played. I downloaded it last night (was almost 1 gig download). My computer used to run it flawlessly, but last night, it took forever to get it to boot up, then as soon as i created a new person, and entered the game it froze, and the game just shut down. This happened 3 times in a row, so i just gave up.

The game's website doesnt list system requirements. But i think i narrowed it down to 2 things, i just cant figure out which is causing it. either a lack of ram (my computer only has 502mb of ram) or my crappy graphics card.

which would cause the game to crash like that?


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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 7:24:09 AM   
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both could cause that as far as i know

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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 7:26:18 AM   
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Neither should make it crash. Both would make it too slow to be usable.

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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 7:30:41 AM   
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502mb ram?  you had to have meant 512mb right?  anyway, without knowing what the game is it would be hard to tell you if you should be able to run it, but in the games options you should be able to turn down its graphics settings...  also, memory is cheap, buy more!  try updating the drivers for your vid card too, could be some sort of conflict causing the crash, but my guess is its more to do with outdated hardware

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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 7:40:56 AM   
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What game?

Also I'm betting your graphics card wont support it anymore


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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 7:48:49 AM   
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SilkRoad Online

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i wish they would put the damn system requirements on the website

Its "like" WoW. Only...its free, and its based around the Ancient Silk road that went from china to europe. its a sweet ass game. mmorpg, developed by joymax (Korean)


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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 7:51:41 AM   
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http://www.silkroadonline.net/guide/sy_setinfo.asp

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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 7:53:53 AM   
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damnit i tried to find that forever

thanks sleeper


FACK...its my video card


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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 8:16:03 AM   
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Dude...get some more RAM.  I don't see how anyone could us a computer with 512.  I would throw my **** out the window. 

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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 8:29:36 AM   
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My computer is a piece of ****. about 2 or 3 years ago i was about to buy a new computer cause my old one was way out of date. But instead, i was able to swindle my dad into selling me one of the extra computers from his office at a cheap price. Its a Sony Vaio VGC-RB40 Desktop.

Its got

200Gig hard drive
512 MB Ram
3 ghz Processor
a crappy ass PCI Express graphics card that shares memory off the motherboard (supposed to run at 124mb or some crap, only runs at 64mb)

It was a nice computer for like the first year i had it, now its a slow ass turd. I keep it up with virus protection, firewall, spyware protection, etc. but i also have 100's of songs on it, and a lot of videos/pics


edit: what i find strange, is that my computer will run WoW perfectly fine...


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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 9:39:06 AM   
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Do you have Directx 9,0c on your computer?

And, spend (at LEAST) $100 on a better video card lol it won't be the greatest but sounds like your card is a POS



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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 9:52:22 AM   
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ORIGINAL: DaMach04

My computer is a piece of ****. about 2 or 3 years ago i was about to buy a new computer cause my old one was way out of date. But instead, i was able to swindle my dad into selling me one of the extra computers from his office at a cheap price. Its a Sony Vaio VGC-RB40 Desktop.

Its got

200Gig hard drive
512 MB Ram
3 ghz Processor
a crappy ass PCI Express graphics card that shares memory off the motherboard (supposed to run at 124mb or some crap, only runs at 64mb)

It was a nice computer for like the first year i had it, now its a slow ass turd. I keep it up with virus protection, firewall, spyware protection, etc. but i also have 100's of songs on it, and a lot of videos/pics


edit: what i find strange, is that my computer will run WoW perfectly fine...




go into your system bios

usually f10 the second you start up your computer and you can switch it from 64mb to 124mb shared video memory


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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 9:56:45 AM   
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Upgrade to 2 gig of ram and get a better graphics card
2 gigs of ram should be good, thats what i got on my lap top and WoW runs awesome on it.

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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 9:58:16 AM   
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on XP u can run most games with 512. you need good graphics card tho to avoid looking like a ps1

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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 11:37:16 AM   
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With the price of RAM today, there's no valid reason to be running on 512.  I picked up 4 GB for like 110 bucks not too long ago.

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on XP u can run most games with 512. you need good graphics card tho to avoid looking like a ps1

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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 12:32:16 PM   
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I got 2 gigs for $50 and a 4200X2 core for $100

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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 12:46:41 PM   
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pj's right. with how cheap memory has gotten recently, your only real limitation is how much the machine will take before its maxed out.

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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 12:52:16 PM   
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I just recently upgraded my whole setup.

Went from P4 to Core 2 Duo 2.66, 4 GB Ram, GT8800 GT 512 Video, 550w powersupply, two new 250 GB SATA II disks, and two new Dell 22" wide LCDs.  PC is rocking now.  Sad thing is that I still can't play Crysis on DX10.   In fact, 3 GeForce 8800 GTs in SLI can't  play Crysis on DX10 at more than 40 FPS.  Freaking sad.

I'm really contemplating purchasing another disk for all my application data.  I've moved my swap file off to a unused spindle and picked up quite a bit of performance.  I'm wondering if moving program files to a third would yield similar results.

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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 1:10:18 PM   
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ORIGINAL: DaMach04

My computer is a piece of ****. about 2 or 3 years ago i was about to buy a new computer cause my old one was way out of date. But instead, i was able to swindle my dad into selling me one of the extra computers from his office at a cheap price. Its a Sony Vaio VGC-RB40 Desktop.

Its got

200Gig hard drive
512 MB Ram
3 ghz Processor
a crappy ass PCI Express graphics card that shares memory off the motherboard (supposed to run at 124mb or some crap, only runs at 64mb)

It was a nice computer for like the first year i had it, now its a slow ass turd. I keep it up with virus protection, firewall, spyware protection, etc. but i also have 100's of songs on it, and a lot of videos/pics


edit: what i find strange, is that my computer will run WoW perfectly fine...




go into your system bios

usually f10 the second you start up your computer and you can switch it from 64mb to 124mb shared video memory




i didnt know i could do that. thanks man


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RE: computer tech guys. need help - 4/18/2008 1:12:35 PM   
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yeah no prob when its shared vid memory its always low from the factory so it dosent steal all the ram

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