RAM or 3D card?

[AsylumX]

Hey all, I'm just wondering if I should upgrade my RAM or 3d card first. Have 512DDR and a NVidia Geforce 4 MX 440 64meg. Proc. is a p4 2.4ghz, if that makes much of a difference on the decision.

Main reason would be for PS, as I just quit EQ (yay, three times already, from what you can see from my sig for good this time i hope) and i need another online game with a strong community. I've been lurking these boards, as well as the horizons boards for a while now and i'm going into denial already, lol.

Should be getting PS within the next couple weeks, and then I'm wondering what i should buy. Going to university in the fall so right now my funds are limited. Looking at www.robotnik.com (i'm in canada too, eh?) and there is, or was, a geforce 4 ti-4200 128meg w/TV-out for ~210, ATI Radeon 9000p for 170, 9500 for 230 and 9500p for almost 300.(probobly some other deals if i wait a couple weeks)...or i can get another 512megs of DDR for ~100. Although i'd like to steer clear of radeons, heard horror stories of frying hard drives, and a friend of a friend had his comp catch fire one night Anyway, just wondering where the best bang for the buck will be, as it's going to be a while before i can scrounge up enough funds for another upgrade.

Thanks in advance
AsylumX

[X-113]

Well, PS eats RAM for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and everything in between. So I'd recommend the RAM as you'll be getting more bang for your buck.

[teratravp]

that card is pretty stank and the one I just had before a 9500p. get the ti4200 or 9500p, the pro if you want to use edge anti-alaising and better texture quality. (which in itself is a toss-up, sometimes you'll be in awe of how much better the image quality is, sometimes you won't give a shit) I haven't tested my 9500p yet with PS but might be able to if I can figure out how to use the training level without being subscribed.

[AsylumX]

Thanks for the input, guess i'll be getting the ram first and the the ti-, since i know damned well i'll be pushing my luck with 200 bucks on the card, let alone scrounging an extra hundred.

Just took a look at ebay too...saw 3 or 4 geforce FX 5900 256meg DDR cards at about 225, 250 canadian...so i might grab one of those instead

Anyway, thanks again

Laters
AsylumX

[Hamma]

PS loves RAM

[AsylumX]

so do i

[Kaltagesta]

1) Find your planetside.exe
2) create a shortcut to it.
3) in properties of the shortcut add -off after a space after the last "
4) double click the shortcut.
5) enjoy offline training

thats how to do offline training.