jcardia

Latest activity Postings Featured content About Trophies

• • J

    jcardia reacted to Flayed's post in the thread Question 10yo gaming rig, cannot run CS 2.0, please help with Like.

    I have a 3600 and even though it is not the latest tech it still does gaming rather well, such that the enthusiast in me is struggling...

    Sep 29, 2023
  • J

    jcardia replied to the thread Question 10yo gaming rig, cannot run CS 2.0, please help.

    There is a Microcenter in Cambridge, MA I'll check their website. Thx

    Sep 29, 2023
  • J

    jcardia reacted to punkncat's post in the thread Question 10yo gaming rig, cannot run CS 2.0, please help with Like.

    No worries. Even an i3 10100 is faster than your 2600K. Not say I am recommending that, but just to say there are budget items out there...

    Sep 29, 2023
  • J

    jcardia replied to the thread Question 10yo gaming rig, cannot run CS 2.0, please help.

    So I'm already running a pair of Corsair 8GB (2x4GB) DIMMS, 1600MHz _ 9-9-9-24 1.5V I'm pretty sure 16GB is max for this MoBo

    Sep 29, 2023
  • J

    jcardia reacted to punkncat's post in the thread Question 10yo gaming rig, cannot run CS 2.0, please help with Like.

    I would not spend to replace the core components based on this game alone. If you run into further limitations take those into...

    Sep 29, 2023
  • J

    jcardia replied to the thread Question 10yo gaming rig, cannot run CS 2.0, please help.

    not adept with linux, so might have to buy a whole new rig. Ugh! thank you for this insight.

    Sep 29, 2023
  • J

    jcardia reacted to stonecarver's post in the thread Question 10yo gaming rig, cannot run CS 2.0, please help with Like.

    The only thing I would add is memory. You can get these for the cost of a combo hamburger meal. It would be like for the first time...

    Sep 29, 2023
  • J

    jcardia replied to the thread Question 10yo gaming rig, cannot run CS 2.0, please help.

    if i were to consider replacing multiple components, I would assume Motherboard, Memory, CPU and GPU. is the CPU really that limited by...

    Sep 29, 2023
  • J

    jcardia replied to the thread Question 10yo gaming rig, cannot run CS 2.0, please help.

    Is the 580 the best bang for the buck in this scenario?

    Sep 29, 2023
  • J

    jcardia reacted to punkncat's post in the thread Question 10yo gaming rig, cannot run CS 2.0, please help with Like.

    Something along the lines of a 970/1060/580 or so should be a nice drop in according to your power supply...

    Sep 29, 2023
  • J

    jcardia replied to the thread Question 10yo gaming rig, cannot run CS 2.0, please help.

    Ok, I ran "dxdiag" and the report showed DX12. Either way, CS2.0 is my only objective atm. what GPUs can I run with the moBo i have (pci...

    Sep 29, 2023
  • J

    jcardia reacted to Order 66's post in the thread Question 10yo gaming rig, cannot run CS 2.0, please help with Like.

    The ATI HD 4870 X2 does NOT support DX 12 or even DX11, you will need a new GPU, however a GPU that is able to run CS2 may struggle to...

    Sep 29, 2023
  • J

    jcardia posted the thread Question 10yo gaming rig, cannot run CS 2.0, please help in Systems.

    I'm running a 10+ year old gaming system and looking to see what GPU(s) I can run to play Counter Strike 2.0 without much lag. When I...

    Sep 29, 2023

  Show older items
• Loading…
• Loading…
• Loading…
• Loading…