Is a Pentium D with 1.5GB of RAM still usable in 2016?
>>53211843
It's barely good enough for web surfing so it's barely good enough for anything.
No. In fact I think a sub-$100 phone has more processing power than this thing. Only benefit is it's an x86 processor but that's about it.
>>53211843
Depends on what you use it for.
I remember you have a separate gaming pc,you told me last time.
Also you might remember i told you what is my daily driver,
Pentium D 925
2 GB DDR2 533 Mhz
>>53211843
>playing fps with a controller
do people actually do this? wtf
>>53211843
Trip fag go home install gentoo and an hero.
>>53211843
Anything is still useable as long as you can find a purpose for it.
>>53212465
i dont even fucking understand this comment, just, like, fucking yes of course people play fps games with a controller what the fuck are you even saying
its like "oh do people even drive their cars" holy shit yes, yes they do, its not fuckfuck
>>53212490
Are you retarded?
>>53212465
>I don't use said product while doing said activity, why do you?
>>53211843
if you're amazingly poor yes
312 mb of ram was enough for me to browse the web
>>53212585
>>53212603
After playing on kb+m I dont know how anyone can handlt fps ona a controller. It seems so slow clunky and unresponsive. Im not wrong am i?
Of course I know people do play it that way, and i have an XBone controller myself but not for fps
I used that but with less RAM as my main torrent server up until I bought a badass NAS box, so yeah.
>>53211994
Don't do it unless they're selling the rid for under $100
>>53211843
Yeah, just install a really lightweight linux distro on it and it'll be fine for typing, internet, and playing music/videos.
>>53212418
Yup, you got that man. Well I might sell that PC to buy a new PC with a Fury card.
I just need it for Skype, YouTube, 4chan in the mean time.
If your PC can handle any of that then this will be just as good, as I dont think 512mb is a major difference.
>>53212639
Naw im not poor, I just need a PC that I can use in the mean time.
>>53213793
I'm able to skype on a core2 Duo e6600 and 1.5gb RAM so you should be good for that
>>53213538
Exactly what I need it for.
>>53211994
It is a 1.8Ghz Pentium D so even less powerful.
>>53213861
Isn't the Core2 Duo much more powerful? Pentium is pretty shit by todays standards
>>53213907
Idk, it's 2.4ghz/2cores I think some Pentium Ds go up to 3.0ghz/2cores so it probably depends on the model?
>>53211843
Slap debian with XFCE on it and call it a day.
>>53213917
It is 1.8Ghz
>>53213070
You mean free right, or negative monies.
A shitty chinese tablet will do everything better. Or a refurbished lenovo laptop.
>>53212465
I do and I'm still good enough with it for lan parties. Controller is comfier on your couch dog
>>53213922
Pretty good advice. I still need to run some things on it like YouTube and etc. Also, I don't know much about that but how could I use Skype on Linux?
>>53213941
Never did it, but here's debian's wiki page on the matter.
https://wiki.debian.org/skype
>>53213965
Thanks my bro. You think Debian would run good? Most important thing for me is 720p YouTube at least.
>>53214034
Yup. Make sure to install the x264 package so you can get your HD videos, and you're all set. If you get any issues, then Xubuntu is also a good choice (using an Ubuntu base).
>>53212465
>>53212585
>>53212895
>>53212603
>>53213938
>>53214062
Awesome, what are the x264 packages exactly.
>>53211843
It depends on what you consider "usable"
I have no problem handling office, FF with 10-20 tabs, a couple SSH sessions and Spotify on my archiver running a P4 540 with DDR. Two of those with DDR2 should be even better, especially with some light GNU/Linux system.
>>53214194
h264 codec.
>>53211994
My $200 netbook has a better processor than that. http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Celeron+N2840+%40+2.16GHz&id=2388
>>53213863
>>53213928
They never clocked Pentium Ds that low. The slowest ones ran at 2.66 GHz, the fastest clock at 3.6.
>>53214543
Then why did mines show at that speed in the bios
>>53214825
Incorrect BIOS settings maybe?
>>53214876
Yea i'm not sure. Maybe I should OC it.
>>53214132
>being shit
??
>>53214825
Sure it's not a Pentium Dual-Core E2160?
>>53214825
>what is EIST
It clocks higher when you put it on load retard.
>>53214935
No because it says Pentium on the front sticker.
Yeah it's enough to browse the internetz. You're probably better off looking for C2D machine tho.
>>53214895
Run CPU-Z, give us the results.
>>53214985
If it just says "Pentium" you don't have a Pentium D, bro. Even SpeedStep won't clock one of those things that low, they'd be hopelessly slow.
>>53215019
Well im almost certain that it is.
Its a Dell Vostro 200
>>53214997
Running XP, and I don't have the password. So im gonna have to put a clean install
>>53215058
>Dell
You won the "what's in my shitbox" lottery. Post your service tag number.
>>53215075
Jamal, pls
>>53215058
How much did you pay for it
>>53215116
>>53215092
My uncle gave it to me that he got it from the office.
>>53215086
Did I? Not home rn.
>>53215086
Why would I need to post it?
>>53215576
Because using it you can get your exact hardware configuration as it shipped.
Considering most of the Vosto 200s you can find specs on on the internet ship with 6000 series Core 2 chips, you're probably running an E2160.
It's probably a celeron?
Home server. NAS....
>>53215610
Oh, well im in the Park rn, I guess I could later if the thread hasn't gone kill.
It's not a C2D so it has to be a Pentium D.
>>53211843
Aren't you the guy who made that thread last week about replacing your Pentum D with a C2D?
>>53217474
Yes that is me
>>53211843
HEY GOLLEN' PALACE HOW YOU SAY A IN CHINESE?
Uhh pickup or derivery?
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
>>53211843
as a space heater, sure.
>>53217431
It's probably a Pentium Dual Core, which is basically a gimped Core 2 Duo, unrelated to the much slower (despite muh higher gigahertz) Pentium D, which was a derivative of the Pentium 4.
>>53220075
>>53220033
Damn, so is it basically unusable?
>>53219282
TOP LEL.
That controller is ugly man.
>>53214132
haha that inaccurate wobbling around, its just bizarre that this is acceptable
>>53212465
The two best FPSes ever made, i.e. GoldenEye and Halo, were both console games, so...
>>53221627
Cs 1.6 ?
>>53221627
Theyre the best?
They were products of thier time, Goldeye had something about the atmosphere or gameplay, it certinaly wasnt the graphics Halo was maybe just a new era in graphics and gameplay
youd be better off with am android mini pc
>>53221848
Read through.
I already have this laying around and would like to use it while I wait for all my new PC parts and everything arrive.
