Thanks JW, any recs on RAM mfgs? I may try the 2G of "slower" RAM to start, since it's the one upgrade I can carry forward into my new system.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jin-Wei Tioh Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 10:10 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] F.E.A.R. -- slowdowns Hello Veech, Upgrade the RAM first. Even older titles like Far Cry, UT2004, Doom 3 and HL2 would only run smoothly for me once I had 1GB (and IIRC even 768MB). You probably know this, but keep in mind that more of "slower" RAM (ie. not the fancy Redline / Ballistix / ??? stuff) is always better than less of "faster" RAM :) IIRC, BF2 really needs 1.5 - 2GB (blame that on EA). The 9800 Pro is still a great card (did you OC it?) but is definitely getting long in the tooth (think 1024x768 at mid-level details for (IMHO) playable frame rates). A decent purchase would be a X800GTO^2 (emphasis on the "^2") which can be unlocked to a full 16-pipelines (since it was built from a surplus shipment of R480 cores) and OC'ed to X850XT PE speeds (~$200), though you might want to consider a 7800GT (~$290 after rebates). The A64 4000+ is definitely nice - you'll get plenty of envy from me ;) I'm only gunning for a Sempron 3400+ S754 PCI-E platform... HTH -- JW
