about RAM and a graphics card...

[SquirrelMan]

Cool. Alrighty, on to the task of convincing Dad to get me better RAM. Any suggestions? (he plays Command and Conquer Generals )

[dscytherulez]

Preach to him how much better C&C will run, even though it won't make much of a dif on that game because it's not very system demanding, it never hurts to stretch the truth . Tell him to go to http://www.generalsfiles.com/ for some good mods too. Bribes work.

[SquirrelMan]

hm. Just a question: How quickly will the NVIDIA 5700 Ultra become outdated?

[Rbstr]

not that soon, even though new stuff in coming out very soon the 5700 will be good untill DX10 basiacly

[dscytherulez]

Yeah, the 5700 Ultra is a good solid vid card. It won't be dead for a while. Don't expect it to last forever though. Technology moves fast and that isn't the newest card there is...

For the money though, it's a great card at a great price.

[SquirrelMan]

Okey. I'll get that then, and who knows what i'll do when I need to upgrade again... but anyway, can it run Planetside with the hi-res textures on without inducing heavy FPS lag? I like the high-res textures.

[dscytherulez]

What speed is your processor?

[SquirrelMan]

2.55 GHz

[dscytherulez]

That system will have no prob with hi-res. The ram is what takes the beating the most with planetside. With 1 gig of 1066 RDRAM, a 5700 Ultra, and a 2.55ghz processor, PS should run nice and smooth for the most part.

[SquirrelMan]

Cool. Now all I have to worry about is EQII and World of Warcraft.

[GreyFox]

Originally Posted by SquirrelMan

Cool. Now all I have to worry about is EQII and World of Warcraft.

World of Warcraft doesn't seem to be such a specs demanding game. I don't know about EQII though.

[SquirrelMan]

okey. I'm bumping this topic up to prevent it from vanishing while I still haven't ordered it... haven't finished convincing dad.