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A celeron 1.3 GHz, is a Taulatin, which didn't debut until late 2001 at the very earliest, which makes the D300 you have probably an early 2002 model. In no way, shape, or form can it even be close to 2000 or 1999 model year.

Another point I would like to clarify is that your new desktop does not have an i845 chipset. It has an i815E chipset. It does not use DDR ram, but PC100/PC133 sdram.

Perhaps this webpage will inform you on your new purchase:
http://h18002.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/10949_div/10949_div.HTML
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My bad on the date, i was only guestimating seeing as my old Dell was higher speced, but good point on the ram though, would an abacus work?
 
I think Joe Friday killed the dream :)
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lmao, can we have a vote on whether we think OP should convert it to an ipod mini that can be carried around in a ruck sack?

Or better yet, an ipod shuffle like this
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of course it wont run C&C3 as it is now that why i need to upgrade it lol

also im looking at the MOBO and its 845 the bios say it is also i did a search for evo mobos and this EBAY auction has the evo mobo with the 845 chipset

http://cgi.ebay.com/Compaq-EVO-D300-P4-NEW-Skt-478-Motherboard-281946-001_W0QQitemZ220115207167QQihZ012QQcategoryZ44943QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

the only thing i can think of is that maybe when it was refurbished compaq replaced the mobo ?
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yes, if you replace the motherboard, cpu, ram, graphics card, adn power supply, it can run command and conquer 3.

grumble... freakin ridiculous
 
Unfortunately this computer has no AGP slot, so it's PCI only GPUs for the choosing. Even with the strongest GPU available for PCI, which is an x1300, it would still be pretty tough to run C&C3; it's got some pretty steep minimun system requirements.

Another thing to consider: since the computer is based on the 81x chipset, it can only support a total of 512MB of ram.

The computer can be an awsome office PC, but a gaming rig it is not.
 
yes, if you replace the motherboard, cpu, ram, graphics card, adn power supply, it can run command and conquer 3.
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I agree, if pretty much everything is replaced it will run C&C great

joefriday - how come you have different specs to the links i found on the HP site?
 
I think Joe Friday killed the dream :)
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lmao, can we have a vote on whether we think OP should convert it to an ipod mini that can be carried around in a ruck sack?

Or better yet, an ipod shuffle like this
ipod_shuffle_sc.jpg


I dunno if the cpu could manage to decode the mp3s. Or if the hard drive has enough bandwidth (128kbps min )
 
Unfortunately this computer has no AGP slot, so it's PCI only GPUs for the choosing. Even with the strongest GPU available for PCI, which is an x1300, it would still be pretty tough to run C&C3; it's got some pretty steep minimun system requirements.

Another this to consider: since the computer is based on the 81x chipset, it can only support a total of 512MB of ram.

The computer can be an awsome office PC, but a gaming rig it is not.
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See, I was right... PCI. I still suggest playing Halflife, Quake 2, and Civilization 2 on it.
 
Don,t waste any money on it I have one the power supply is propriatery size and wiring, mine had 1.7 willy 20 gig WD 7200 drive and when i tried a 6200 card the cpu would overheat when playing games. heat sink is also compaq, sorry about your luck.
 
I dunno if the cpu could manage to decode the mp3s. Or if the hard drive has enough bandwidth (128kbps min )
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lol, i would be sure it could,my P3 laptop was fine at it, and 128kbps is only 16K per second which is easily managable

i say R.I.P poor Compaq EVO D300 for she was once fit n healthy, but the homemakeover didnt work
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A charity might accept it, if you pay them too

Gadzookie - I have a top of the range refurbished Tecra laptop here would you be interested in it? - a full 64Mb ram, onboard ultra video card, 12.5" multimatrix TFT, a whopping 8Gig harddrive space, comes complete with Windows98 and M4 certiied mouse $70 and its yours, no, seeing as its you $50
 
I dunno if the cpu could manage to decode the mp3s. Or if the hard drive has enough bandwidth (128kbps min )
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lol, i would be sure it could,my P3 laptop was fine at it, and 128kbps is only 16K per second which is easily managable

i say R.I.P poor Compaq EVO D300 for she was once fit n healthy, but the homemakeover didnt work
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I was joking about not being up to the level of an ipod...

someone should make an ipod into a full-fledged PC. Find out how to attach a keyboard, printers, internet. Linux... we already have rockbox, or otterbox for ipod, or whatever its called.
 
lol

im going to scroung up parts and experiment on it bye next week i will post more about this hopefually with pictures

and it has a AGP slot im looking at it now lol
 
lol

im going to scroung up parts and experiment on it bye next week i will post more about this hopefually with pictures

and it has a AGP slot im looking at it now lol
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ya sure? you know what agp looks like?

cause I dont... although I probably could figure it out
 
I was joking about not being up to the level of an ipod...

someone should make an ipod into a full-fledged PC. Find out how to attach a keyboard, printers, internet. Linux... we already have rockbox, or otterbox for ipod, or whatever its called.
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lol, my bad its late here, that ipod project would be cool, dunno what kinda processor is in an ipod though?

Gadzookie - the offer still stands on my high spec laptop , it sounds perfect for a gentleman like yourself - "fully refurbished Tecra laptop, a full 64Mb ram, onboard ultra video card, 12.5" multimatrix TFT, a whopping 8Gig harddrive space, comes complete with Windows98 and M4 certiied mouse $70 and its yours, no, seeing as its you $50"
 
I was joking about not being up to the level of an ipod...

someone should make an ipod into a full-fledged PC. Find out how to attach a keyboard, printers, internet. Linux... we already have rockbox, or otterbox for ipod, or whatever its called.
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lol, my bad its late here, that ipod project would be cool, dunno what kinda processor is in an ipod though?

Gadzookie - the offer still stands on my high spec laptop , it sounds perfect for a gentleman like yourself - "fully refurbished Tecra laptop, a full 64Mb ram, onboard ultra video card, 12.5" multimatrix TFT, a whopping 8Gig harddrive space, comes complete with Windows98 and M4 certiied mouse $70 and its yours, no, seeing as its you $50"

I used to know what was in an ipod..... its not that bad.... ill find out...
RIGHT NOW:


WHAT CPU AND RAM IS AN A F*CKING IPOD???


that should do it
 
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joefriday - how come you have different specs to the links i found on the HP site?
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Apparently the D300 comes in two flavors: P4 and Celeron. The P4 got the i845 chipset, while the Celeron got the i815 chipset. This was a necessary evil for the time period: for almost 2 years, there was no Celeron version of the Pentium 4. In August 2002, Intel eventually made a Netburst Celeron based on the older Williamette core in 1.7, 1.8, and (maybe) 1.9GHz flavors. At 2.0GHz and above the Celeron transitioned onto the newer Northwood core that initially debuted in January 2002. With a product life of only 10 months, the Tualatin Celeron was really just a stop-gap to compete with the AMD Duron until the debut of the Netburst Celeron.
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Apparantly the D300 comes in two flavors: P4 and Celeron. The P4 got the i845 chipset, while the Celeron got the i815 chipset. This was a necessary evil for the time period: for almost 2 years, there was no Celeron version of the Pentium 4. In August 2002, Intel eventually made a Netburst Celeron based on the older Williamette core in 1.7, 1.8, and (maybe) 1.9GHz flavors. At 2.0GHz and above the Celeron transitioned onto the newer Northwood core that initially debuated in January 2002. With a product life of only 10 months, the Tualatin Celeron was really just a stop-gap to compete with the AMD Duron until the debut of the Netburst Celeron.
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8O youre scary joe
 
If you are certain that you have the 845 chipset, then Compaq probably did give you the AGP bus. Everything I've read on D300 production models shows that they shipped standard configurations for either a P4 or Celeron. The P4 models could easily be downgraded to a Celly but still carry the standard motherboard that had the 845 chipset. The standard celeron configuration carried the 815 chipset and had no AGP slot.

Either way, make sure you research your components. If you have the 845 with the AGP slot then I stand by my first reply. However, they did ship 845 variants between SDR and DDR for your memory subsystem. Any upgraded processor will most likely bottleneck the X1950GT I pointed out.

Good luck....with all that.
 
sure it can run C&C3! If you set all details and settings to minimum it probably will. Then it will look if not the same, probably much worse than C&C2 or even 1! Then why all this bother to play C&C3 anyway? Don't understand people that want to play new games with old VGAs at minimum settings. An older game at higher settings will look better. So if you want to play a new game, get a new PC to really enjoy it. Unfortunately that is the painful truth.
 
btw...I must clear up some confusion.


When I said the P4 model could easily be downgraded, I'm assuming the vendor you bought it from may have been parting out his systems to maximize sales. From memory, Joe seems correct concerning his history lesson.
 
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