Deskpro upgrade options

Hi all; a friend of mine has an ex works Deskpro EP desktop model, with a
500 MHz Pentium III processor and Intel 810e chipset.
Can anyone advise if I can fit a faster processor and tell me what the max
memory is. I have had a good look at the HP site and downloaded some of the
manuals, but can't decide whether the right answer is 256 or 512MB memory.
He has fitted a 64 MB PCI graphics card to replace the onboard graphics on
the system. It's running Win XP professional. His main intention is to run
games on it, but I'm wondering about the limitations.
Any help gratefully received.
Regards
John

The Intel 810e chipset is limited to 512MB max of memory. The system can handle
a pair of 256MB LOW DENSITY PC100 or PC133 non-parity SDRAM DIMMs.

Is this a system with a Slot 1 processor or a Socket 370 processor? DeskPro EP
systems were made with both. If the former, the fastest CPU is a 600MHz Pentium
III operating at 2.0v and 100MHz front-side bus. Careful here, because Intel
made quite a few different 600MHz Slot 1 Pentium IIIs. Frankly, 500MHz to
600MHz is hardly worth the effort and cost.

If the processor is a Socket 370, I think that the fastest supported CPU would
be 850MHz, which will provide a respectable bump in performance... Ben Myers

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:23:57 +0100, "John Orrett"
wrote:

Hi all; a friend of mine has an ex works Deskpro EP desktop model, with a
500 MHz Pentium III processor and Intel 810e chipset.
Can anyone advise if I can fit a faster processor and tell me what the max
memory is. I have had a good look at the HP site and downloaded some of the
manuals, but can't decide whether the right answer is 256 or 512MB memory.
He has fitted a 64 MB PCI graphics card to replace the onboard graphics on
the system. It's running Win XP professional. His main intention is to run
games on it, but I'm wondering about the limitations.
Any help gratefully received.
Regards
John

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:23:57 +0100, John Orrett
wrote:

Hi all; a friend of mine has an ex works Deskpro EP desktop model, with a
500 MHz Pentium III processor and Intel 810e chipset.
Can anyone advise if I can fit a faster processor and tell me what the
max
memory is. I have had a good look at the HP site and downloaded some of
the
manuals, but can't decide whether the right answer is 256 or 512MB
memory.
He has fitted a 64 MB PCI graphics card to replace the onboard graphics
on
the system. It's running Win XP professional. His main intention is to
run
games on it, but I'm wondering about the limitations.
Any help gratefully received.
Regards
John


If you install a Powerleap CPU, you can get 1,4GHz.


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Game play will be really slowed by the PCI graphics, especially games like
Half-Life, Unreal Tournament and Doom III. If games like that are the ones
he wants to run, that PC isn't the one to do it, regardless of how fast a
processor or how much RAM.
HH

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On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:23:57 +0100, John Orrett
wrote:

Hi all; a friend of mine has an ex works Deskpro EP desktop model, with
a
500 MHz Pentium III processor and Intel 810e chipset.
Can anyone advise if I can fit a faster processor and tell me what the
max
memory is. I have had a good look at the HP site and downloaded some of
the
manuals, but can't decide whether the right answer is 256 or 512MB
memory.
He has fitted a 64 MB PCI graphics card to replace the onboard graphics
on
the system. It's running Win XP professional. His main intention is to
run
games on it, but I'm wondering about the limitations.
Any help gratefully received.
Regards
John


If you install a Powerleap CPU, you can get 1,4GHz.


--
JP Loken
Using Opera

I agree.
I am playing now and then on my own, pretty similar PC(Presario 5686) that
I've upgraded in much the same way(1GHz CPU and 64MB 2xAGP). But I don't
buy the hottest games anymore.


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On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:04:21 -0400, HH wrote:

Game play will be really slowed by the PCI graphics, especially games
like
Half-Life, Unreal Tournament and Doom III. If games like that are the
ones
he wants to run, that PC isn't the one to do it, regardless of how fast a
processor or how much RAM.
HH

"JP Loken" wrote in message
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On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:23:57 +0100, John Orrett
wrote:

Hi all; a friend of mine has an ex works Deskpro EP desktop model,
with
a
500 MHz Pentium III processor and Intel 810e chipset.
Can anyone advise if I can fit a faster processor and tell me what the
max
memory is. I have had a good look at the HP site and downloaded some
of
the
manuals, but can't decide whether the right answer is 256 or 512MB
memory.
He has fitted a 64 MB PCI graphics card to replace the onboard
graphics
on
the system. It's running Win XP professional. His main intention is to
run
games on it, but I'm wondering about the limitations.
Any help gratefully received.
Regards
John


If you install a Powerleap CPU, you can get 1,4GHz.


--
JP Loken
Using Opera

Big difference between a 2X AGP video card and a PCI video card.
HH

"JP Loken" wrote in message
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I agree.
I am playing now and then on my own, pretty similar PC(Presario 5686) that
I've upgraded in much the same way(1GHz CPU and 64MB 2xAGP). But I don't
buy the hottest games anymore.


--
JP Loken
Using Opera


On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:04:21 -0400, HH wrote:

Game play will be really slowed by the PCI graphics, especially games
like
Half-Life, Unreal Tournament and Doom III. If games like that are the
ones
he wants to run, that PC isn't the one to do it, regardless of how fast
a
processor or how much RAM.
HH

"JP Loken" wrote in message
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On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:23:57 +0100, John Orrett
wrote:

Hi all; a friend of mine has an ex works Deskpro EP desktop model,
with
a
500 MHz Pentium III processor and Intel 810e chipset.
Can anyone advise if I can fit a faster processor and tell me what
the
max
memory is. I have had a good look at the HP site and downloaded some
of
the
manuals, but can't decide whether the right answer is 256 or 512MB
memory.
He has fitted a 64 MB PCI graphics card to replace the onboard
graphics
on
the system. It's running Win XP professional. His main intention is
to
run
games on it, but I'm wondering about the limitations.
Any help gratefully received.
Regards
John


If you install a Powerleap CPU, you can get 1,4GHz.


--
JP Loken
Using Opera

Thanks for the feedback guys - time for him to buy a new PC for his games
:-)
Cheers
John


JP Loken wrote:
I agree.
I am playing now and then on my own, pretty similar PC(Presario 5686)
that I've upgraded in much the same way(1GHz CPU and 64MB 2xAGP). But
I don't buy the hottest games anymore.



Game play will be really slowed by the PCI graphics, especially games
like
Half-Life, Unreal Tournament and Doom III. If games like that are the
ones
he wants to run, that PC isn't the one to do it, regardless of how
fast a processor or how much RAM.
HH

"JP Loken" wrote in message
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On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:23:57 +0100, John Orrett
wrote:

Hi all; a friend of mine has an ex works Deskpro EP desktop model,
with
a
500 MHz Pentium III processor and Intel 810e chipset.
Can anyone advise if I can fit a faster processor and tell me what
the max
memory is. I have had a good look at the HP site and downloaded
some of the
manuals, but can't decide whether the right answer is 256 or 512MB
memory.
He has fitted a 64 MB PCI graphics card to replace the onboard
graphics on
the system. It's running Win XP professional. His main intention
is to run
games on it, but I'm wondering about the limitations.
Any help gratefully received.
Regards
John


If you install a Powerleap CPU, you can get 1,4GHz.


--
JP Loken
Using Opera