dragon246665 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Hey so I'm thinking of putting more ram into my dell inspiron, which will bring me up from 6 to 8. Will this give a noticeable boost to my preformance? And I'm not talking when I play runescape, I'm saying will it reduce lag in games like supreme commander or world in conflict? Should I instead get a new hardrive, or some other piece of equipment? (I also have a nvidia geforce 9400 gt, just so you know) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspokaspofkjsopfkapo Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 It wont reduce the lag, you'd need a new graphics card(although, I'm a RAM [bleep] so I'd do it anyways). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon246665 Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 Why would I need a new grapics card? I think my current one is good. And if a new card is the only option, which would you suggest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 6GB of RAM is plenty enough in today's standards, so I'm all for a new card too. The 9400GT is not that strong. I'd go for a GTX 260 or GTX 280 for a new graphics card, prices have lowered quite a lot lately, and they are pretty good cards. Watch out for power supply though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloter Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Opps. In OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDaStudd Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 The 9400GT is a low end graphics card I would upgrade to a 4850 (4770, 4830 or 9600GT if its a poor power supply). If your seriously talking about upgrading from 6gb to 8gb hell no. 6gb is more then enough for any game out now, hell even 4gb is enough for 99.9% of games. [hide=Drops]Dragon Axe x11Berserker Ring x9Warrior Ring x8SeercullDragon MedDragon Boots x4 - all less then 30 kcGodsword Shard (bandos)Granite Maul x 3Solo only - doesn't include barrows[/hide][hide=Stats][/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloter Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 If your putting more than 3 make sure you have a 64 bit OS installed to use it. A 32 bit OS will only use 3GB of physical memory. Also make sure your computer can even handle that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 If your putting more than 3 make sure you have a 64 bit OS installed to use it. A 32 bit OS will only use 3GB of physical memory. Also make sure your computer can even handle that much. From what he posted, he currently has 6GB of RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Hopefully you have a 64 bit OS. It doesn't really matter anyways, I doubt you're going to see any real sort of performance boost after 4GB for gaming alone. It doesn't matter anyways because you have a terrible video card that is bottlenecking your machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellhound Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Supreme commander is VERY taxing to your CPU, and memory. Especially in single player mode. (my 4GB ram is 100% full in no time). Graphics card, not really needed if you turn the graphics options down a few notches. I havent played world in conflict, but its an RTS aswell. Those generally benefit more from a strong CPU than a graphics card. So unlike most people here have said, theres a good chance you WILL benefit from the extra ram. That being said, a 9400 GT does suck, so you would probably benefit from that aswell. I would recommend a GTX260, or a radeon 4870. What screen resolution do you play on? If its higher than 1680x1050 I recommend a graphics card with 1GB memory on it, otherwise 512MB will be enough. What CPU and PSU do you have? [Ellhound JR][Combat [bleep]][138][200M Attack XP][134/200M Hitpoints XP][250+ jad kills][ <!-- m -->http://www.ellhound.com<!-- m -->] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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