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Xane
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Feb 10, 2007, 5:52 AM

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What should I upgrade first my RAM or my Video Card?
I want to use my computer for GAMES.

RAM = 512 MB
Video Card = ATI Radeon 9200 SE



jeff
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Feb 10, 2007, 8:16 AM

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Which GAMES? If you're thinking Half-Life 2 then upgrade both at the same time. Others like CoD 2 would benefit first from a videocard upgrade.


Xane
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Feb 11, 2007, 2:54 AM

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Ok well then I'll just upgrade both when I get the money because I was thinking of playing HL2. Thanks


Athlon XP
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Feb 11, 2007, 5:23 AM

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Half-Life 2 likes powerful CPUs as well as videocards. Go for the videocard; HL2-worthy cards are getting steadily cheaper, though RAM is as always expensive. Run out to a computer store for the card, and try to find some cheap RAM online.

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darkdemon
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Feb 11, 2007, 7:08 AM

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I play Half life 2 just fine on my Intel Integrated GMA 900.
I have 512 mb ram, I get 40+ fps.

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Athlon XP
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Feb 11, 2007, 10:09 AM

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I play Half life 2 just fine on my Intel Integrated GMA 900.
Bull. What's your motherboard model and CPU?

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darkdemon
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Feb 11, 2007, 10:11 AM

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i have no idea about the motherboard model, my CPU is Intel Pentium 4 w/HT @2.80 GHz.
My video card is Intel 82915G/GV/910GL

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Athlon XP
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Feb 11, 2007, 2:20 PM

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So I don't see how you can play Half-Life 2 "just fine," and I'm surprised you can play it at all. Your CPU's more than up to scratch but I remember trying to play the Halo demo a few years back with a 1.8GHz CPU and integrated graphics and it wouldn't let me install.

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darkdemon
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Feb 11, 2007, 3:05 PM

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Then it must've been an old integrated card.

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Athlon XP
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Feb 11, 2007, 3:08 PM

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It was an S3 ProSavage 8. Enough to play N64 Roms, but not good enough for UT2004.

Knowing your integrated video can usually lead to a motherboard model. I'll look yours up.

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darkdemon
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Feb 11, 2007, 3:11 PM

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I know it's a Dell, but they didn't give me the model, it's number is DV051.

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SkillzDatKillz
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Feb 13, 2007, 10:43 AM

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So I don't see how you can play Half-Life 2 "just fine," and I'm surprised you can play it at all. Your CPU's more than up to scratch but I remember trying to play the Halo demo a few years back with a 1.8GHz CPU and integrated graphics and it wouldn't let me install.
Halo was very poorly converted over to the PC. Everyone has performance issues with it.


Athlon XP
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Feb 13, 2007, 12:11 PM

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Yeah, it went slowly even with a 128MB Radeon.

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Duker
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Feb 28, 2007, 4:12 AM

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well i think you should def go for a meaner vid-card because coz your vid card is way [Expletive Deleted]ter then the amount of memory you have.
512 isnt great but its better that a 9200

but bare inmind that if you get a mean vidcard the loading will be a[Expletive Deleted] but as soon as its loaded it will run mint

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Shimrra
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Mar 1, 2007, 3:25 AM

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So I don't see how you can play Half-Life 2 "just fine," and I'm surprised you can play it at all. Your CPU's more than up to scratch but I remember trying to play the Halo demo a few years back with a 1.8GHz CPU and integrated graphics and it wouldn't let me install.
I can run the Halo demo fine on an intergrated SiS 651 graphics card with shared memory (have it on 64mb at the moment).
System specs are as follows:
Pentium 4, 2.4Ghz
512mb RAM (shared with Graphics card)
SiS 651 intergrated graphics chip


It's all about the driver, my card doesn't even support Hardware T&L, not to mention pixel and vertex shaders, so yeah...

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