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O.P. More RAM..faster game?
i have a 256 mb gforce gfx card..but when i run games like quake 4 or nfsmw on high gfx settings, they run slow. i have 512 mb RAM, so if i upgrade my RAM to say 1024 mb, will they run fine?
does my gfx card support it?
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RE: More RAM..faster game?
more ram will help, but what is the speed of your cpu, that can also be the problem. 
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2.66 GHz, its an intel P4.
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RE: More RAM..faster game?
As [MR] said, more RAM never hurts (to a certain point).  Going from 512MB to 1GB usually makes a very nice difference.

However, you didn't say what kind of graphics card you have.  There are all sorts of Nvidia GPU-based cards that have been offered with 256MB -- including lower end "value" products. 
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yeah i have the value product..FX 5200.
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Adding another 512Mb module would help... but what is really holding your PC is the video card, which is a bit obsolete for the new games, get at least a 6600GT and you would be perfect!

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Adding another 512Mb module would help... but what is really holding your PC is the video card, which is a bit obsolete for the new games, get at least a 6600GT and you would be perfect!

At least? I have a 5500GT(OC) and it runs any game fine...
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RE: More RAM..faster game?
At top settings?  You have the GT Overclocked, so it should run games at good settings, but not to the max, have you tried F.E.A.R.?

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RE: More RAM..faster game?
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At top settings?  You have the GT Overclocked, so it should run games at good settings, but not to the max, have you tried F.E.A.R.?

No I haven't... by the way, it's overclocked to 290/410 MHz
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RE: More RAM..faster game?
nice clocks there for that card... the 6600GT is about 500/1000 std and it's not expensive, around $120 USD, which is great value for price... even the 6800GS's price is going down too... not to say the 7800GT between $400 and $500, but that's overkill for now :p

I tried Quake 4 on the 6600GT 128Mb and runs fine at 1024 x 768 on max settings in multiplayer. F.E.A.R. still thinks it needs 256Mb to get full textures, but it runs fine at same resolution.

Btw, NFSMW runs excellent at 1280 x 1024 at max settings.

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