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| Thread ID: 122877 | 2012-01-17 23:03:00 | CPU and GPU questions. Need reply. | ChazTheGeek (16619) | Press F1 |
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| 1254744 | 2012-01-18 01:19:00 | You asked how to squeeze the most performance out of your machine, short answer is don't. Wait until it's too slow for what you want then upgrade motherboard / cpu / ram / graphics. Repeat every few years when games get away from you. This is the sad reality of PC gaming (or the good bit for geeks like me who enjoy building it as much as using it). It's not often worth spending much on hardware that is over say 18 months (maybe less) old unless it was high end to begin with. For example you say you are at the RAM limit already, so no matter how fast you make the rest of the system it will always be limited by that. You could probably get a faster CPU and Graphics card because AMD is quite backwards compatible, but it would still be hampered by the old platform and lack of RAM. If you post your specs like people have suggested there may be 1 or two things you can do, but I wouldn't expect it to be much. The only useful thing I can think of is to have a good clean out of unwanted programs and kill any memory resident programs or services that you don't need so that the maximum amount of your 2G is available for the games to use. Go through add remove software and remove anything you don't want, run MBAM, Spybot, CCleaner, Anti-virus scans, defrag the hard drive. After all that chances are it won't make much difference :) but it can help a lot if your system suffers from bloat. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1254745 | 2012-01-18 04:16:00 | I clean out my PC every now and then, I have heaps of tweaking tools which don't make a heap of difference, Iv'e stopped heaps of process's. Defrags, CCleaner, advanced system care 5, game booster 3......the lot. I probably should upgrade the mobo, cpu and graphics card Here are my specs: 2GB DDR2 RAM, 256MB ATi Radeon HD 3----?, AMD 64x2 2.1 GHz, ASUS M2N-MX SE motherboard, Windows XP I am currently working on getting a bigger better graphics card. Seagate have sent me a 500 GB Barracuda and still waiting for it. I have a low budget as I still go to school (**sigh**). So I don't get much money to spend on computer parts(**sigh**). |
ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1254746 | 2012-01-18 04:20:00 | I clean out my PC every now and then, I have heaps of tweaking tools which don't make a heap of difference, Iv'e stopped heaps of process's. Defrags, CCleaner, advanced system care 5, game booster 3......the lot. Running all that is probably actually slowing your system down (the software not defragging and killing process) . I'd keep ccleaner though. I find it great for getting free space back. I'm guessing your graphics card is a 3870 or 3850. That's rather dated and if you're playing newer games it's probably the reason why you're getting lag (and lack of ram). |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1254747 | 2012-01-18 04:34:00 | The thing is, I run them manually then close the process when I've finished. I make sure they have closed. Yes, I have realized that I need new graphics card since ages ago....I would love a 6990 but alas not enough cash flow. Thats what happens when ya go to school. | ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1254748 | 2012-01-18 06:09:00 | You can get a 6770 for like $150 now. Just save up for one of those. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1254749 | 2012-01-18 06:53:00 | You may need a later (and higher output) power supply also, to feed that card www.amd.com Look under System Requirements # PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard # 450 Watt or greater power supply with one 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and two 6-pin connectors for AMD CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode). # Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to ati.amd.com for a list of Certified products |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1254750 | 2012-01-18 23:32:00 | Yeah I think I better save... At the moment I'm looking for a cheap 1gb graphics card of trade me. |
ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1254751 | 2012-01-18 23:42:00 | www.trademe.co.nz ? or there are some 4870's for a similar price. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1254752 | 2012-01-18 23:54:00 | getting more ram will defiantly help not just with gaming but overall performance. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1254753 | 2012-01-20 00:44:00 | Yeah, I better start saving! | ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
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