Frame Rate Low?

struby · 08-13-2005, 05:10 PM

I recently got the game Guild Wars and purchased a 512 mb ram module, putting me a 768 mb of ram, but Guild wars is still jumpy, I guess that is called a low frame rate, even with lowered game quality and such. Is there some way I can help this, for instance, is it something that increasing my virtual memory or something would help?

alanuofm · 08-13-2005, 05:22 PM

what are the specs on your computer? its probably the video card thats causing the low frame rate.

**dragon2309** · 08-13-2005, 05:33 PM

upgrading RAM probably wouldnt have had any effect on games at all. I would say that its your graphics card thats lagging, not your RAM. Need specs to see though.

elmarcorulz · 08-13-2005, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dragon2309

upgrading RAM probably wouldnt have had any effect on games at all. I would say that its your graphics card thats lagging, not your RAM. Need specs to see though.

ram helps alot in games, upgrading from 256 to 768MB would of made a significant diffrence, but its still probably due to the graphics card

Trizoy · 08-13-2005, 08:13 PM

Some games you can allocate system ram to "help" video card... What video card do you have? Intergrated? eheh

**Praetor** · 08-14-2005, 07:57 AM

QUESTIONS 101.

struby · 08-14-2005, 05:16 PM

Thanks for the responses guys, sorry I haven't checked this out in a while.
Ok, here is some info to help you better help me:
The RAM did help, but it is still jumpy some.
I have a dell, about a 2 g
pentium 4
768 mb of RAM now
I think my graphics card is just an Intel or whatever came with my computer, and I have been told and looked up in my book for my computer that I only have a PCI slot, maybe I could look into that, allocating memory to help my video card thing, because it seams that nobody thinks highly of getting a PCI video card.

struby · 08-15-2005, 06:24 PM

anyone have any idea what I can do?

**Cromewell** · 08-15-2005, 07:38 PM

If you do have 'Intel Extreme Graphics' and no AGP slot you'll have to look at PCI video cards. I believe a FX5700LE will be the best card that will fit your computer.

struby · 08-15-2005, 08:39 PM

Ok, thanks for the help, um...are you pretty sure that will get the job done, because I was told pci was getting pretty outdated, or is that just in comparison to AGP, and a good PCI card would still be better than mine?
and yeah, Intel Extreme Graphics Card sounds familiar.
where would be the best place to get one of those cards you mentioned...cheapest.

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struby Bronze Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 66	Frame Rate Low? I recently got the game Guild Wars and purchased a 512 mb ram module, putting me a 768 mb of ram, but Guild wars is still jumpy, I guess that is called a low frame rate, even with lowered game quality and such. Is there some way I can help this, for instance, is it something that increasing my virtual memory or something would help?

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08-13-2005, 05:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
alanuofm Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,630	what are the specs on your computer? its probably the video card thats causing the low frame rate.

08-13-2005, 08:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
Trizoy VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mountain View, Ca Posts: 4,663	Some games you can allocate system ram to "help" video card... What video card do you have? Intergrated? eheh

08-14-2005, 05:16 PM	#7 (permalink)
struby Bronze Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 66	Thanks for the responses guys, sorry I haven't checked this out in a while. Ok, here is some info to help you better help me: The RAM did help, but it is still jumpy some. I have a dell, about a 2 g pentium 4 768 mb of RAM now I think my graphics card is just an Intel or whatever came with my computer, and I have been told and looked up in my book for my computer that I only have a PCI slot, maybe I could look into that, allocating memory to help my video card thing, because it seams that nobody thinks highly of getting a PCI video card.

08-15-2005, 06:24 PM	#8 (permalink)
struby Bronze Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 66	anyone have any idea what I can do?

08-15-2005, 08:39 PM	#10 (permalink)
struby Bronze Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 66	Ok, thanks for the help, um...are you pretty sure that will get the job done, because I was told pci was getting pretty outdated, or is that just in comparison to AGP, and a good PCI card would still be better than mine? and yeah, Intel Extreme Graphics Card sounds familiar. where would be the best place to get one of those cards you mentioned...cheapest.