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**adths63** · 2010-03-13, 17:45

Hey guys im getting my dad's old computer right now i have and old dell xps, buts it outdated my dads computer from what he tells me is pretty good, i know he always kept good care of it, never downloaded any bs on it. He used it for video production stuff but im getting it in about a week and need some help updating it. right now these are the specs

Dell Precision T7400

Intel(R) Xeon(R) Cpu x5460 @ 3.16 Ghz

Ram- 4gb only (3.25 usable) Hows that possible ?

Windows 7 32 bit operating system

Ati FireGL v7000

All i wanna do is be able to get more ram and a better graphics car for gaming

Someone was telling me i need 64 bit to hold more ram is that true ?

Also for graphics card i was gonna go with Ati Radeon HD 5870 over the nivida gtx 295

Anything else ?

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adths63 ArtificialAiming User adths63 is offline Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 25	Help with updating new/old computer Hey guys im getting my dad's old computer right now i have and old dell xps, buts it outdated my dads computer from what he tells me is pretty good, i know he always kept good care of it, never downloaded any bs on it. He used it for video production stuff but im getting it in about a week and need some help updating it. right now these are the specs Dell Precision T7400 Intel(R) Xeon(R) Cpu x5460 @ 3.16 Ghz Ram- 4gb only (3.25 usable) Hows that possible ? Windows 7 32 bit operating system Ati FireGL v7000 All i wanna do is be able to get more ram and a better graphics car for gaming Someone was telling me i need 64 bit to hold more ram is that true ? Also for graphics card i was gonna go with Ati Radeon HD 5870 over the nivida gtx 295 Anything else ?