rec.autos.simulators

GPU upgrade advice

Chad Roger

GPU upgrade advice

by Chad Roger » Thu, 04 Nov 2004 11:53:55

I saw there is a thread just down about it, but I didn't want to hijack it.

My system.
P4 2.8
512 ram
9700
Would getting a 9800 make much of a difference for me?  Ram is pretty much
out of the question because I have old rd ram and it's expensive.  I also
have 4 128 sticks.
Any help would be great.  If it doesn't make sense I'll just wait and do the
whole motherboard, chip, GPU.  I imagine I will be spending 90% of my time
with GTR and maybe a little HL2 if it blows me away.

Thanks,

Chad

Dave Henri

GPU upgrade advice

by Dave Henri » Fri, 05 Nov 2004 04:25:42



   It might make a ***y tiny difference.  Certainly not worth cost vs the
performance gain.  Do you use XP?  If so, then getting more ram should be a
priority.  A comfort level for XP is 512mb for the OS and background tasks
to work under and then another 512mb for your sim.  Again this won't be a
cheap move if you already have fairly pricey ram, but that should be the
next step.  Then wait and save for a big all over move after the new Intel
initiatives take hold.
dave henrie


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