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Old 2003-06-07, 09:37 PM   [Ignore Me] #1
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More RAM or better Video Card?


I have a Geforce 2 32mb video card and 256mb of RAM. Have a little less than $100 to spend, so what would be first you would reccomend to upgrade?
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Old 2003-06-07, 09:52 PM   [Ignore Me] #2
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What are the rest of your system specs, and what do you want to be doing on the computer?
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Old 2003-06-07, 09:58 PM   [Ignore Me] #3
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I want to be able to have better framerate on PS. I don't care about the graphics really, except for seeing further.

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Not sure what else to say about other specs such as sound card and stuff like that.
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Old 2003-06-07, 10:23 PM   [Ignore Me] #4
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Well, you're not going to get a better frame rate for that card. On the other hand, you're not going to have a good time with only 256mb of memory. Quite a quandry.

I would go for Memory.
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Old 2003-06-07, 11:43 PM   [Ignore Me] #5
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A quandry indeed. It's your call man... upgrading either will boost FPS, but neither will make it perfect.
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Old 2003-06-08, 04:56 AM   [Ignore Me] #6
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You need both. That or don't even try putting down $50 for Betaside.

Edit: Sorry for being so harsh, but I really took it up the ass this time for shelling out $50 for something that recommends 1Gig of ram plus bugs that I have had to deal with.

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Old 2003-06-08, 09:56 PM   [Ignore Me] #7
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Thanks for the advice guys. I used the coupon that came with PS and got a stick of 512mb RAM. So now that makes..umm..768mb!
Hopefully I can upgrade my video card soon too.
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Old 2003-06-08, 10:08 PM   [Ignore Me] #8
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I'm using 768MB of RAM and it works pretty well, it reduces the amount of choppyness pretty well, even with a Radeon 9700 Pro.
 
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Old 2003-06-08, 10:52 PM   [Ignore Me] #9
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What coupon?
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Old 2003-06-09, 06:19 PM   [Ignore Me] #10
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LOL SOMONE JACKED YOUR COUPON! the one that came with planetside. But Newegg.com has ram cheap without coupons. go there and get the geforcefx with 256mb OF RAM! 256MB OF ....
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Old 2003-06-12, 05:28 PM   [Ignore Me] #11
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Well guys, I put in the new RAM last nightand it has improved so much! I have absolutely ZERO lag on it with the lowest settings! I'm gonna see how high I can up the settings with minimum lag. Thanks again for the help.
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