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Chris102 Chief Captain
Joined: Oct 09, 2004 Posts: 1063
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 10:27 pm

I want to update my computer, to get better frame rates. I have a Nvidia GeForce 4000 128MB video card and 512MB of RAM. Should I get a new video card or more memory?

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Michael_H First Officer
Joined: Mar 18, 2004 Posts: 382 Location: B.C. Canada
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 10:35 pm

Chris,
What about the rest of your specs?

CPU speed?

doubling the memory to 1024 would really help, but in your case, a better video card would make the most difference.

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Chris102 Chief Captain
Joined: Oct 09, 2004 Posts: 1063
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 10:42 pm

Here's my computer information.

Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition
Version 2002
Service Pack 1

eMachines
W1640
AMD Athlon XP 1600+
1.39 Ghz
512MB of RAM

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Michael_H First Officer
Joined: Mar 18, 2004 Posts: 382 Location: B.C. Canada
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 11:07 pm

My first move would be a better video card. Then, if you can afford it, I would go for another 512 mb stick of memory too.

I think you would get more noticeable improvement with the video card.

Others may have differing suggestions, but that is the way I would go.

All depends on how much you want to spend really.

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RadarMan Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 18001 Location: U.S.A
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 11:57 pm

Michael_H is 100% right, ram and the card.

http://www20.graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041004/vga_charts-10.html

Radar

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