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Time for a new computer, what should I be looking for?

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USSEnterprise:
I would think that running out of VM means your hard drive is  full, or that your page file maximum size is set too low.

melarky:
I just assumed it was the video card, because when it starts popping up that error, every time I minimize or close a window, it slowly "scales" down the screen as it closes (instead of just instantly going away).  Figured that was a problem with the video card (which is nothing special).

Buddabing:
IMO for a casual/MAME gamer the 8800 is waaaay overkill. I think a nice 7600GT-based video card will be just fine.

Add that to the Core 2 Duo processor and 2 gig of DDR2 memory. There are motherboards which use DDR1 memory with the C2D processors if you already have the RAM, notably the AsRock Dual VSTA board. The VSTA board is not an overclocker, however.

I would say get the E6300 processor for the price/performance.

USSEnterprise:
I don't really think 2GB of RAM is necessary unless he plans on using Vista

boykster:

--- Quote from: USSEnterprise on February 13, 2007, 05:43:43 pm ---I don't really think 2GB of RAM is necessary unless he plans on using Vista

--- End quote ---

If he starts using Pinnacle to do video stuff, 2gb is where I'd start.  Go 4gb if you plan on being serious about video stuff.

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