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Old October 6th, 2009, 10:41 AM
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Gaming RAM/CPU

Hey.

Trying to get some advice here

My current rig is running games very well but some of the newer game I feel could run a bit smoother.

I know my Grpahics card has plently of umph, but I feel my RAM could do with upgrading currently 2gb of DDR2 677mhz my board can support 800mhz so ofc i will go for that, Is there anything in particular aside from ammount of ram and clock speed I should be looking into. I am not intending to Overclock the ram if this makes a diffrence

Also I am wondering if my CPU could do with an update but I have a feeling it doesnt Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66ghz

Thanks in advance

Last edited by #ELMO#; October 6th, 2009 at 10:54 AM. Reason: forgot to add my mobo capacity
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Old October 6th, 2009, 08:42 PM
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Old October 9th, 2009, 12:58 PM
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Is there nobody here that can answer this question? =(
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Old October 9th, 2009, 05:32 PM
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What new games are you referring to and at what resolutions are you playing them?
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Old October 12th, 2009, 09:25 PM
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Hey Unclejunebug thanks for the reply

I like to play games at 1440x900 playing Risen and citiesXL but i intend to play new games like starcraft II, Dragon age, borderlands, mass effect 2, star wars the old republic.

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Old October 12th, 2009, 10:48 PM
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At that 1440x900 it seems your cpu and RAM are your bottleneck. I would definitely suggest at least upgrading your RAM to 4GB of DDR2 800 which you can get nowadays for a song. That would be your cheapest option and should help.

If it's in the budget I would suggest upgrading to a quad-core cpu as well, either at the same time or down the road. A quad-core cpu with 4GB or RAM and your gpu should be able to play new games for awhile.
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Old October 13th, 2009, 09:19 AM
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Hey unclejunebug

sorry being dumb here how do you mean bottlenecked...1440x900 is reducing / restricting performance?

Ok ill defo pick-up some RAM, ill look into Quad core aswell...last time i looked at them they just came out and were uber expensive but im sure they droped in price now if even a little =D

Thanks for you advice
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Old October 13th, 2009, 04:44 PM
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The term bottleneck refers to the component with the least amount of throughput. Your GPU and CPU are capable of pushing more data than your RAM so your overall system performance is somewhat determined by your RAM. Say your GPU and CPU are more like gatorade bottles with pretty wide openings and your RAM is more like a baby bottle. A steady outpour comes from the GPU/CPU but a slow trickle from the RAM.
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Old October 13th, 2009, 05:28 PM
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Ahhhh ok makes sense, very good explanation there! =)

Put in htat perspective ill will go order me some RAM! although my HD is clunking about alot tonight! so maybe a new HD will be needed 1st oO

Thanks again for all the help unclejunebug.
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Old October 13th, 2009, 09:51 PM
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Yikes, clunking hard drives are never a good sign. Hope you get it all worked out!
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Old October 13th, 2009, 10:21 PM
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Whats your motherboard?
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Old October 14th, 2009, 12:46 PM
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Thanks! Yeah I am backing my pics and stuff up tonight! good chance to get a new bigger/faster HD though i supose =)

hey saber; my mobo is ASUS P5N-E SLI Socket 775

Thanks again
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Old October 22nd, 2009, 09:08 AM
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Humm I formated and reinstalled Vista which seems has got rid of the clunking! =D

Also my PC is running alot better Ive been running Crysis at AAx8, very high @ 1440x900 with no probs also the previous games i was playing are running alot smoother @ 1440x900 full everything aswell !? strange but im happy now!

Ill still go ahead and get me 4gb 800mhz and a quad core though, thanks again for the advice

ELMO
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Old October 22nd, 2009, 09:07 PM
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ok now i feel dumb...i need to run crysis on medium all and x4 aa to get it running smoothly who know what i was thinking earlier!?
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