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Laughingman12

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Does the Processor and ram really matter that much? I not saying if they don't matter is that isn't the graphics card that really help gaming?
 
Generally speaking, once you've hit a reasonably powerful level of processor (Athlon 64 3400+, Intel Conroe, or better) and a decent amount of ram (2GB of value-whatever RAM), you're better off spending your money on as powerful of a video card as you can afford, instead of upgrading your CPU or RAM.
That said, not enough/slow RAM or an old processor will seriously choke your system's performance. If you've got an Athlon XP and 1GB of DDR400, you're not going to see much difference with a brand new, $700 video card.
 
Originally posted by: Laughingman12
Does the Processor and ram really matter that much? I not saying if they don't matter is that isn't the graphics card that really help gaming?
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Yes. Depending on your game and how good your graphics card currently is. For example, I play a lot of BF2 and BF2142 and they really eat up RAM and CPU when they can get it. Other, shader-heavy games like F.E.A.R are slightly more GPU intensive. It's not a cut and dried case of "this game uses CPU and this uses graphics card", though, each contributes importantly and overall the most difference will be made by a newer graphics card (unless your CPU is really, really old).
 
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