mickthompson

netopia routers can do the same - and they are fairly cheap. but they wouldn't match up to netgear for advanced options and they look a bit cheap - image is everything

im not sure but radeon's site may have a programme that automatically updates your graphics drivers. try installing it and it might pick up your card. i think its called a catalyst software suite - install it and it may even just tell your your card name

go on to http://www.crucial.com and run the pc test and it will tell you how much more ram your motherboard can support and which ram you need to buy - as for your processor i would say try overclocking in the bios or via jumpers on the motherboard but you may need to update your pc's cooling system - otherwise you could fry your little baby. if you looking for good deals on equipment try http://www.dabs.com- you can get a geforce 8400 for under 50 euro on the site - its not the highest end card but its what im using and runs games well and supports full 1080 high def. you will need a graphics card to play the latest games - you cannot rely on your motherboard to run your graphics as it will dramitcally decrease your processing power on the pc which will show up in games. i would also recommend that you stick with xp at the moment - vista is far too new at the moment to fully rely on it to run things smoothly- just keep your drivers updated and you should be fine. or you could throw it out the window and buy a new one! you get to watch it smash everywhere!

what type of game are you planning on playing - ie - how old is it? you may be able to use an emulator to run the game if it is very old. windows xp has an option if you right click the file in which you can set it to run in a virtual pc -so the game thinks it is running on windows 98 or 95 etc or by using 16 bit. im not sure on how stable this would be though. could you please post your current pc specs and the game name? then i may be able to help you further

hi, im looking for some help in creating a sharing folder between 2 pc's running different types of connections on the LAN and both running different OS's - ill describe the suituation. i have 2 pc's and 1 wireless router (also containing 4 ethernet ports) the router is a Netopia 3347NWG series supplied by my broadband supplier and works fine for running online games and internet surfing. the first pc is running xp pro sp2 and is connected via an ethernet to the router the second pc is running windows 2000 pro and is connected to the router via a wireless connection what i want to do is create a folder that allows me to share files between both pc's. i went into networking on the xp pc and added a connection etc for sharing folders - xp made the small file which i placed on a floppy and i was to bring it to the 2000 pro pc. when i ran the prog. on the 2000 pc it said that it does not support 2000 - only 98,98se,ME and xp. i then tried on both pc's to do it manually -i created the sharing folder and placed it into my network places. i then right clicked the folders and went to properties and went to comment where it gave the folder address( i think) \\B-workstation\Net-Shared Folder - when i tried entering this address on the other pc in adding a new connection it just said that "the network place could not be added because the following error has occured: the network path was not found"and viceversa on the other pc. im pretty sure it isjust 1 or 2 small steps im doing wrong so if someone could help me out i would be grateful for it. thanks, mick