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wetwarev7 · 10-13-05, 10:59 AM

Ok, I've got 50-100 dollars coming up, and I'm wondering whether I should upgrade my memory or my video card.

Right now, I've got:

P4 3.0 Ghz
512MB RAM
Geforce 5500Fx (256MB ram I think)
PCI 512 SB sound card
WinXP

I've got decent framerates, it only stutters slightly when first loading, i.e. when I launch a patrol or load a game, it stutters a little till I make a 360 sweep with the camera, then it's fine. The mouse seems to be a but slow on the crew screen and stuff, but that may not be the video card, dunno. I haven't seen any convoys yet, so I've no idea what that will be like.

Would I get better performance upgrading to 1GB RAM, or should I go for a video card(And can I get a better video card for under 100 dollars)?

10-13-05, 10:59 AM	#1
wetwarev7 Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Deep Waters Posts: 871 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Allowance coming, what should I upgrade? Ok, I've got 50-100 dollars coming up, and I'm wondering whether I should upgrade my memory or my video card. Right now, I've got: P4 3.0 Ghz 512MB RAM Geforce 5500Fx (256MB ram I think) PCI 512 SB sound card WinXP I've got decent framerates, it only stutters slightly when first loading, i.e. when I launch a patrol or load a game, it stutters a little till I make a 360 sweep with the camera, then it's fine. The mouse seems to be a but slow on the crew screen and stuff, but that may not be the video card, dunno. I haven't seen any convoys yet, so I've no idea what that will be like. Would I get better performance upgrading to 1GB RAM, or should I go for a video card(And can I get a better video card for under 100 dollars)? __________________ Guess I should change my sig since SH5 has an offline mode now