New Video Card or more ram?

2006-09-02 14:54:22

#1

.|microphage: Member; +4|6936|Vancouver, BC

i'm in need for a new upgrade for my comp cause i lag lots in bf2. I have a 3ghz pro 1gb of ram and 6600GT. Now, i am wondering if i should upgrade to 2gb of ram or get a 7600GT OC from BFG. comments please!

Last edited by .|microphage (2006-09-02 14:54:44)

2006-09-02 14:58:16

#2

SmackDowN: Member; +5|6772

well do u have 1x 1gb or 2x 512mb? and how many slots do u have on ur motherboard for ram?

2006-09-02 14:59:33

#3

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|7035|St. Andrews / Oslo

2x 1 GB RAM!

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2006-09-02 15:01:05

#4

pers0nah: Waste Kid; +271|6885|MANCHESTERRR

Ram for definate.

2006-09-02 15:02:49

#5

SmackDowN: Member; +5|6772

im asking about what u have right now, cause if u actually have 2x 512 and 3 slots, u better get 1 more 512 than buying 2x1gb and throw away ur 512s.. this way u could sell ur vid card and take the extra money u saved with ram and get a new vid card... this would be pretty cheap

2006-09-02 15:06:27

#6

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|7035|St. Andrews / Oslo

or buy 2 x 1GB RAM, sell your 2 512 MB's, sell your graphics card, buy a new graphic card. YaY!

2006-09-02 15:07:25

#7

SmackDowN: Member; +5|6772

lmao who would buy used 512s? they are so cheap its not even worth trying...

2006-09-02 15:08:32

#8

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|7010|67.222.138.85

video card

2006-09-02 15:21:18

#9

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6904|132 and Bush

alt tab out while you are in a game. Bring up your task manager and see how much of you cpu is being used. If it is very high go for the ram. If not then a video card would go along ways to fix your lag.

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2006-09-02 15:48:32

#10

MECtallica: Member; +73|6807|jalalabad

RAM should do it

a 6600 GT was almost top of the line when BF2 came out

2006-09-02 16:15:23

#11

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6956

MECtallica wrote:
RAM should do it

a 6600 GT was almost top of the line when BF2 came out

oh man the hardware illeterates everywhere.. last summer there was the 6600gt, midrange, 6800, high-end, and the 7800, top of the line. ATI also had the x8** series. A 6600gt was not top of the line a year ago.

As for upgrading I'd say DON'T. save up and buy a DX10 pc. It's just not worth spending a lot of money on right now.

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2006-09-02 16:29:36

#12

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6923|Mhz

SargeV1.4 wrote:
oh man the hardware illeterates everywhere.. last summer there was the 6600gt, midrange, 6800, high-end, and the 7800, top of the line. ATI also had the x8** series. A 6600gt was not top of the line a year ago.

As for upgrading I'd say DON'T. save up and buy a DX10 pc. It's just not worth spending a lot of money on right now.

QFT

Listen to the man, he speaketh the truth.

Last edited by TheEternalPessimist (2006-09-02 16:29:45)

2006-09-02 16:38:14

#13

OneSixty: Member; +14|6796|Melbourne

Totally agree, i cant understand where people get 128bit mem on gfx and call it new. 256bit gfx is crucial to this game and others these days .
I wouldnt wait for dx10, unless you want to wait over a year until the prices are actually reasonable. Id say 256bit card now and next a ram upgrade - to 2gb . then leave it forever . plan on a new pc in 1+ yrs.

2006-09-02 17:17:24

#14

Harmonics: A stabbing fatality; +22|6806

Soon as I get the cash I'm going 2x1gb, I have a 6800gs.

Graphics are fine for me.

I have 2x512 corsair values (yes i know, they came with mobo) and theyve gone to shit. Varifying takes ages now and I'm sick of it.

2006-09-02 17:20:35

#15

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|7020|Riva, MD

Ram.

2006-09-03 02:45:01

#16

.|microphage: Member; +4|6936|Vancouver, BC

Well, i have 4 slots and 2 are taken by 2 512s...but if i buy 1gb of ram, i can almost get 7600gt

2006-09-03 03:22:34

#17

Knight`UK: Lollerstorycarpark; +371|6883|England

Ram m8 get the ram

2006-09-03 03:31:14

#18

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7019

get the ram, sell old ram then save up a bit then get 7600gt

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2006-09-10 03:23:59

#19

brome: brap.; +244|6890|Accidental, TK

I want to get another 1GB of ram. At the moment I have 4 slots, 2 of which have 512s in them. Do I buy a 1gb stick or 2 512s? Is there any difference at all? It's oh-so-slightly cheaper to get a 1gb stick, but is there a difference in performance?

cheers for any help

2006-09-10 03:30:29

#20

renejak: Member; +4|7029|in the back of your mind......

it depends on if youre running dual channel ram???
mine is set up with 4* 1gig of ram and a nvidia 7800 gtx..... i dont complain.......

2006-09-10 03:34:17

#21

brome: brap.; +244|6890|Accidental, TK

Yes, it's dual channel at the mo - although the sticks are in slots 1 and 3. It's DDRII on a Dell (gasp) 5150, 533mhz and a cl of 4.

my vid card is an x600

2006-09-10 03:36:48