Should I upgrade to 2 gig?

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  • kingyuk

    #1

    Should I upgrade to 2 gig?

    Hi my games seems to be running ok now at medium low settings I usually get around 40 to 50 fps and dips to 30 in fire fights. I was wondering if I would benefit with another gig so I can put my settings up slightly thanx.

    here are my specs

    Pentium 4 2.4
    1 gig pc2700
    160 gig hardrive
    audigy se
    ati 9700 pro
    4 meg conection
  • FlatStik

    #2
    Re: Should I upgrade to 2 gig?

    considering its 2700 ram get another gig of 3200 and upgrade that card if you have some more cash but otherwise another gig would be a good investment IMO.

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    • kingyuk

      #3
      Re: Should I upgrade to 2 gig?

      Ok so your saying I would benefit better by having 1 gig of pc3200 rather than 2 gig of pc2700?

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      • Sir. MatDef
        Member
        • Sep 2005
        • 2899

        #4
        Re: Should I upgrade to 2 gig?

        Stay with the ram you have now and just save up some money for a brand new machine, that ones a little too old to upgrade.

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        • kingyuk

          #5
          Re: Should I upgrade to 2 gig?

          yea I was thinking that but most games play ok and im fairly happy with my battlefield 2 performance just wanted to see if i could notch up a few levels on the detail. Ill probably buy a new cpu soon anyhow thanx for help.

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          • Sir. S.A.S

            #6
            Re: Should I upgrade to 2 gig?

            YES upgrade everything runs silky smooth!!!!

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            • Death Merchant
              Member
              • Feb 2006
              • 1090

              #7
              Re: Should I upgrade to 2 gig?

              No more ram is needed until you want nearly all high settings trust me i had
              1gb and i was able to play on all high other than textures which were at meduim

              i would invest in a new graphics card or processor though

              which one you get depends on the games you play

              bf2 is very light on the cpu and so you wouldnt get much of a hit going to
              say a p4 3.0 or amd 3000+

              a new graphics card would be best if you play mainly shooters
              but if you play stratergy or other cpu intensive games a processor would probably your best option

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              • kingyuk

                #8
                Re: Should I upgrade to 2 gig?

                thank you for the replys I have just ordered another gig cant really afford a new graphics card at the moment and I am not that keen on having the graphics on high just as long as the game runs smooth and is set on reasonable settings im happy :)

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                • firezip

                  #9
                  Re: Should I upgrade to 2 gig?

                  Just turn all the fancy effects off(lighting, dynamic light, AA, terrain) and you should notice a big difference in BF2

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                  • knghtwhosaysni

                    #10
                    Re: Should I upgrade to 2 gig?

                    um.. yeah. I don't think there's really a poitn to having 2 gigs if your not trying to play on high textures... maybe levels will load faster though :)

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                    • kingyuk

                      #11
                      Re: Should I upgrade to 2 gig?

                      yea im planning on getting a processor 3.0 because i have a 2.4 celeron d at the moment and to be honest it runs rather sluggish but gets the job done on most games with medium settings just not sure wether to upgrade.

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