I want a gameing speed boost

[7angofragger]

Fist i am going to list my pc specs: AMD Athlon 4000+, ATI x1900AIW PCX16, 1GB PDP/Partiot Systems DDR400, Audigy 2 Value, ASRock motherboard/120gb IDE hd. I want a boost in gaming for under 300 bucks. Would a raptor make my games faster (more frames per second), would a better sound card make them faster, or would a physics card make a difference? just list options to make my games faster.

 

[dark_legacy2006]

well raptors are 10000rpm and the regulars are 7200, so ts not gonna make a difference for gaming, gaming basiaclly resolves areound ram and videocards

 

[Burgerbob]

Looking at your specs, the best thing i could recommend would be another GB of good RAM, unless you want to build a complete new computer.

 

[dark_legacy2006]

jsut out of curiosity what game are you trying to play?
cause my comp does good with 1gb and that same card and moy thoer comp also does good with 512mb of ram and a nvideo geforce 5500

 

[7angofragger]

sorry about the misspell in title, i was typing to fast. Do you think like a gig of dual channel, say, xms would make a difference?

 

[7angofragger]

the games i am playing are Need for speed Carbon, company of heros, call of duty 2, and i plan on playing crysis, halo 2 for vista, ut2k7

 

[dark_legacy2006]

just remember you dont wanna mix your ram brands and frequencies

 

[Jet]

The best thing you could do is get a better CPU and another gig of memory.

 

[dark_legacy2006]

CPU is alot of money and a 64 4000 is a good one unless you wanna switch to like a 4200 x2, which i dont think is compatible

 

[7angofragger]

I just got this new cpu in august. i went from a 2800+ to this 64 4000+, and to tell the truth, i diddnt see any difference in games.

 

[7angofragger]

This is the ram i am looking at right now:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145450 . if i got 2 sets of these, do you think i will see a difference in FPS?

 

[Jet]

This is the ram i am looking at right now:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145450 . if i got 2 sets of these, do you think i will see a difference in FPS?

I would say it is more your processor than anything. Remember, also, that NFS:MW has a bad graphics engine, and very few cards can max it out.

 

[7angofragger]

I think the best thing i can think of is getting 2GB of some FAST DDR400, and just a SATA3.0 hard drive with 16MB cashe.

 

[vroom_skies]

When was the last time you had a clean install or windows?

 

[7angofragger]

This is what i am going to go with... I think...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822144701
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835118115
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820178086

 

[7angofragger]

Well, i just installed Windows XP Pro x64 Edition about a month ago. I am about to reformat back to Media Center when i get around some fast broadband.

 

[Grey410]

Add some ram.

Another 1gb of ram would make a big difference in games. Especially newer ones like Company of Heroes and such. Haha and such.
Good choices on the hardware IMHO. Are you aware the Hard Drive isn't 10,000 RPM?

 

[7angofragger]

yes, i am aware that that hard drive isnt 10k rpm. But i think i would see a major difference going from an IDE 100 2MB cache, to a SATA2 300 16MB cashe. My video card, under load, goes from about 70 to 85 celsus. If i got a new heatsink/fan, would it make a difference in games? i am thinking about 2 to 5 frames.

 

[Bl00dFox]

I think the best thing i can think of is getting 2GB of some FAST DDR400, and just a SATA3.0 hard drive with 16MB cashe.

Wrong. Even a SATA 3.0 cant even fill a SATA 1.5 bus. Its more like a marketing scam. And 16MB cache... useless. A HDD only ever needs 512KB of cache.

RAM/CPU/GPU is your problemo