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
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
