Slow. slow, quick, quick, slow

Whitetip · 03-23-2006, 10:03 PM

I recently changed my archaic GE 440 MX for a super duper PNY GE 6200 256mb DDR AGP 8 X. The reason was fairly simple.
I wanted to play some of the latest PC games on my system, and the old MX wasn’t supported. Shame really, since, as budget cards go it wasn’t that bad.

The first game I tried with the new card was Medal Of Honour Pacific Assault, and the most annoying problem encountered was the dreaded “ slow motion – freeze – slow motion “ syndrome in some of the most graphic saturated episodes. What? Not enough RAM ,I hear you ask. Quite possibly. On exiting the game the XP system tells me that it needs to appropriate memory to carry out the demanded tasks.

Another game with the same slow mo problem is Deus EX 2 Invisible War, yet from the spec sheet, my system should be able to cope with anything the game throws at it.

My system as follows.

XP home edition / service pack 2
AMD Athlon XP 2400 / 2 gig chip
512 mb of RAM

Therefore my question…

How do I upgrade my system (keeping my current video renderer,… I know, I’d love a 6800 but the finances are a little tight… ) to enable me to play some of the newer games on the market like Brothers in Arms, King Kong, Doom 3 etc.

Do I upgrade to 1 gig of RAM or look for a Pentium 4 chip, or both?

Any comments welcome.

Regards

Whitetip

Yasu · 03-23-2006, 10:08 PM

1Gb of RAM would certainly help but, in my opinion, your processor is also holding you back a little. If you could upgrade to a 64 then you should notice a difference in gameplay.

Ku-sama · 03-23-2006, 10:18 PM

or, if you could, just upgrade to a faster XP

4W4K3 · 03-23-2006, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ku-sama

or, if you could, just upgrade to a faster XP

You mean his CPU, right? At first read i thought you meant the OS lol.

1GB of RAM is getting to be the minimum for gaming these days, that would help alot.
Your 2400+ is the Throughbred core, so it only has 256KB L2 Cache, running @ 2GHz if you're stock. It's not really a slow processor for decent gaming, but getting a Barton core would double your L2 cache and that's a definite boost in performance.

holyjunk · 03-23-2006, 11:39 PM

did you think though his video drivers are out of date update them from nvidias site

03-23-2006, 10:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
Whitetip New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3	Slow. slow, quick, quick, slow I recently changed my archaic GE 440 MX for a super duper PNY GE 6200 256mb DDR AGP 8 X. The reason was fairly simple. I wanted to play some of the latest PC games on my system, and the old MX wasn’t supported. Shame really, since, as budget cards go it wasn’t that bad. The first game I tried with the new card was Medal Of Honour Pacific Assault, and the most annoying problem encountered was the dreaded “ slow motion – freeze – slow motion “ syndrome in some of the most graphic saturated episodes. What? Not enough RAM ,I hear you ask. Quite possibly. On exiting the game the XP system tells me that it needs to appropriate memory to carry out the demanded tasks. Another game with the same slow mo problem is Deus EX 2 Invisible War, yet from the spec sheet, my system should be able to cope with anything the game throws at it. My system as follows. XP home edition / service pack 2 AMD Athlon XP 2400 / 2 gig chip 512 mb of RAM Therefore my question… How do I upgrade my system (keeping my current video renderer,… I know, I’d love a 6800 but the finances are a little tight… ) to enable me to play some of the newer games on the market like Brothers in Arms, King Kong, Doom 3 etc. Do I upgrade to 1 gig of RAM or look for a Pentium 4 chip, or both? Any comments welcome. Regards Whitetip

03-23-2006, 10:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
Yasu Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: TX Age: 20 Posts: 1,199	1Gb of RAM would certainly help but, in my opinion, your processor is also holding you back a little. If you could upgrade to a 64 then you should notice a difference in gameplay. __________________ CPU: Intel P4 3.0 HT Mobo: ASUS P5P800 RAM: 2x512 PC3200 VC: ATI Radeon X850PRO HDD: 160GB Seagate SATA PSU: 500watt Ultra X-connect

03-23-2006, 11:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
holyjunk Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 1,622	did you think though his video drivers are out of date update them from nvidias site __________________ pentium 4 1.5GHz 512mb pc133 19inch crt monitor Radeon 9200se X-Fi Extreme Music LOGITECH Z-5300E!! *family pc, hope to get mine in a year or so.

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03-23-2006, 10:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ku-sama banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Computer Cave. AKA: King Computer Inc. Age: 18 Posts: 5,312	or, if you could, just upgrade to a faster XP