hey i want to upgrade my computer
but i want to know the stuff am gonna buy will do a big differentens to my computer. 
this is the hardware i got now:::192mb of sdram, intel sigmatel onbored sound card, 
64mb of graphics ram pci and a 766mhz cpu

and this is what am gonna upgrade

Creative Sound Blaster 5.1 (OEM)
256mb of sdram

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re: hardware upgrades Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 9:56 am Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) Most PCI sound cards are better quality then the Sound built into a motherboard, and Windows ME does work better with 512 mges of ram. Your Computer is old enough though that I wouldn't waste to much money on upgrades. Gamers don't use Win ME, infact probably just a few dozen ME users worldwide anymore.:) I still got my old ME Computer, but it is just used for my business files, and gets about 30 minutes use a Day. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: hardware upgrades Monday, July 28, 2008 at 12:04 am Posted by DanTheMan (140 messages posted) ah ok but i never like windows xp much becasue every computer that had windows xp seemed slow so i never worryed about upgrading but am thinking about upgrading to a new computer hopful xp and vista are faster with the newer types of ram and graphics :) On Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 9:56 am, Steve wrote: >Most PCI sound cards are better quality then the Sound built into a motherboard, >and Windows ME does work better with 512 mges of ram. Your Computer is old >enough though that I wouldn't waste to much money on upgrades. Gamers don't use Win >ME, infact probably just a few dozen ME users worldwide anymore.:) I still >got my old ME Computer, but it is just used for my business files, and gets about >30 minutes use a Day. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: hardware upgrades Monday, July 28, 2008 at 8:15 pm Posted by C K (6910 messages posted) You won't be able to upgrade anything in the computer, probably not even the case can be used if it's old enough (even just from a ventilation standpoint). Certianly not the PSU either as all of the hardware worth building a computer with today has totally changed in one way or another. You do need a new computer in other words. Slow system performance with XP or Vista is due to the hardware not being; A) properly compatible B) fast enough to actually be worth the upgrade dollars spent which in this case means that you should have just bought a new computer, and the fastest one with the best specs you could afford.. Recognize that Win 98 is being totally dropped in support in most major programs and all utilities like AV and firewalls and contrary to popular opinion, firewalls do need to be updated from time to time as holes and bugs are found in ALL of them or if they are exploited from the inside by malware. NON of them are perfect or without issues. That's why I haven't used one in years... I practice prevention and have a professional hardware firewall on my LAN that has proven very effective.... :-) On Monday, July 28, 2008 at 12:04 am, DanTheMan wrote: >ah ok but i never like windows xp much becasue every computer that had windows xp >seemed slow so i never worryed about upgrading but am thinking about upgrading to >a new computer >hopful xp and vista are faster with the newer types of ram and graphics :) > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: hardware upgrades Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 3:35 pm Posted by Steve (23810 messages posted) XP would run terrible on your Computer, Vista wouldn't even Install on it. You can put together a pretty good 2GHZ PC with 512 megs ram, Huge Hard Drive, new Case that will run great with XP for about 250 bucks, with new parts scrounged from online retailers, these would be new but outdated parts that are still lying around on shelves. I just did it for a friend whose old PC took a Lightening strike. All I salvaged from his old PC was the CD rom, and Floppy Drive, even his mouse, and Keyboard would not work with the newer motherboards. In your case since you like to game, I would suggest a decent Video Card, maybe 1 Gig of Ram instead since it is half the gaming experience, and that would drive up the price 150 bucks or so.Vista sucks, and would run slow even on this type hardware. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum