Upgrade info required

[Stuart Roberts]

Hi,

My basic setup is:

WinXP
Asus A8v Deluxe motherboard
Athlon 64 3000+ Processor (1.8Ghz??)
512MB RAM
Nvidia Geforce FX 5500

I would like to know which I need to upgrade first to make the biggest
difference to speed in gaming.
I don't want to waist time on a new graphics card if more RAM will do the
trick, or vica versa.

My latest game is Splinter Cell - Chaos Theory

Hope you can help,

Thanks

Stuart

 

[Paul Smith]

WinXP
Asus A8v Deluxe motherboard
Athlon 64 3000+ Processor (1.8Ghz??)
512MB RAM
Nvidia Geforce FX 5500

I would like to know which I need to upgrade first to make the biggest
difference to speed in gaming.
I don't want to waist time on a new graphics card if more RAM will do the
trick, or vica versa.

My latest game is Splinter Cell - Chaos Theory

Hope you can help

A new graphics card will get you faster frames rates - BUT new RAM should
eliminate a lot of the disk access that causes big stutters.

So it depends what's more annoying for you, disk access or low frame rates.

I'd upgrade the RAM personally, bump it up to 1GB or more, also probably the
cheapest upgrade and will give you a performance boost in everything not
just games.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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[Stuart Roberts]

Paul,

Thanks, that has answered my question.

Stu