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Upgrading graphics card and ram

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  • 28-02-2012 2:45pm
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    youcanfindmike
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭


    Hi all,

    Thinking of upgrading my graphics card from a 512mb to maybe a 1g graphics card. Currently I am running vista with 2gbs of ram.

    Should I upgrade the RAM along with the graphics card?

    thanks
    Mic
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    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    Can you give us your full specs?

    Do you know what your PSU is?


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    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Memory is not a benchmark of performance anymore m8. There can be 2 cards with 1gb memory and gap between them will be extremely huge.

    Say what what sort of spec is your pc and what sort of power supply it has.

    Then tell us your budget amd what you expect to get.

    As for ram:

    Ram speeds make very little difference. You want more ram or faster ram is a question here.


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    youcanfindmike
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭youcanfindmike


    A buddy asked me to upgrade the pc they were the details I got off him, wont see the pc myself till friday evening. Just want to make sure it's possible to upgrade it.

    I do know the capacitors blow on his old graphics card (all of them), if that is of any help to you.


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    youcanfindmike
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭youcanfindmike


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    Memory is not a benchmark of performance anymore m8. There can be 2 cards with 1gb memory and gap between them will be extremely huge.

    Say what what sort of spec is your pc and what sort of power supply it has.

    Then tell us your budget amd what you expect to get.

    As for ram:

    Ram speeds make very little difference. You want more ram or faster ram is a question here.

    He is a gamer so which ram is best?

    I will asked him, how much spend on upgrading his pc.

    How much do you think he should be looking to spend?

    thanks


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    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    youcanfindmike wrote: »
    He is a gamer so which ram is best?

    I will asked him, how much spend on upgrading his pc.

    How much do you think he should be looking to spend?

    thanks


    Untill I won't see actual spec of pc I can't give you any estimates. For each person budget is different. Who knows, maybe his pc is very old and there is no point upgrading it. Get spec and get his max budget, then we can work from here.

    Elam wise there is no such thing as gaming ram. Ram speeds make deck all difference these days, so better of just stick with basic cheap ones. 8gb is max you ever will need. In fact 4gb is enough these days. Most of load is on gpu now, not ram.


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