Upgrade?

[Glasgow]

Hey, I got a fairly new computer ( maybe 2 years old) and I only got 512MB of RAM. Do you suggest I upgrade it to 1Gig?

[Aηdy]

well it depends on weather your a serious gamer 512mb is usually pleanty for most games to run well

[Glasgow]

Yea, Well i sort of want Oblivion, but I heard 512MB aint good enough to run it.

[Aηdy]

well you might aswell upgrade then because a stick of 512mb ram is dirt cheap theese days!!

[Kiros]

If you can, definitely try to upgrade. You won't believe the performance boost it can give you. When I upgraded from 256MB to 1GB, my computer loaded faster, applications ran better, and gaming was actually an experience to behold 8)

[Aηdy]

wow!! i didnt know it could make that muc difference!! i might invest in some more myself.. im running on 256mb on my laptop but is shared with the graphics so its about 224mb... but at my mums house on my desktop i have 256mb lol

[Kiros]

Heh, in my old computer, I had integrated graphics as well and 32MB went to the VRAM, so my RAM was really limited. But then I got the GeForce 6600GT and 1GB of Dual Channel 400MHz RAM. I can't even remember what 20FPS looks like anymore :lol:

[Aηdy]

the really annoying thing is that i dont get any money off my parents (fair enough they pay gor my fone) but everyone else i know gets money to spend on clothes, music and everything but i never get money to spend... i so i cant buy upgrades or new games.. and its not as if we are poor either... anyway enough of the rant :D

[Kiros]

I have to wait until my birthday (although last time I got nothing... not even happiness... but another story for another time) or Christmas to roll around before I can get anything over $50 of value. Not to say that I can normally buy anything under $50 whenever I want, but my parents might actually consider it if it's within that range :?

[Aηdy]

ummm anyway *grabs the steering wheel and swerves back on topic*

This (Clicky) (http://www.savastore.com/productinfo/product.aspx?catalog_name=Savastore&product_id=10263983&pid=207&rstrat=3115//url) is the cheapest 512mb stick i can find.. not bad price if i had the money!!

[Kiros]

Oh yeah, looks good, but can your motherboard (and processor) handle 400MHz?

[Aηdy]

oh umm i cant remember now!! i will have a look when i go to my mums tomorrow... all i know off hand is AMD 1.5ghz ish! umm asus.. oh i dont know ill check tomorrow lol

[Glasgow]

Okay cool, glad to see this topic has gotten popular, lets change it. Post your computer Specs here now. Ill go first, 512MB RAM (hopefully to change soon) 2.80Ghz, Radeon 9550 :P

[Aηdy]

thats a good idea.. im gonna make a new thread.. so we can keep it seperate!

[Glasgow]

Okay :)

[Aηdy]

i got my laptop specs up in full detail now!!

[Skhorpion]

Sell your existing stick and buy a dual channel set of 1gb.

Dual Channel > everything else

[Aηdy]

<update>i got a stick of 512 and im not up to 1gb.. the difference is amazing! everything is super quick!

[Kiros]

Sweet :mrgreen: Things will be even quicker when you try gaming!

[Aηdy]

yer i tried one earlier but it needs reinstalling lol but yer, im totally amazed, and the best thing was, was that it was free! i nicked it out of a broken computer lol