Hi, I have a relatively old computer which was very good when I bought it maybe 2.5 years ago. Core 2 Duo, 8800 GTS, 2 GB ram. I honestly cannot remember more specific stats, I'm writing this from work unfortunately.
Anyway, two weeks ago my gpu gave up on me, which was a sad day. I never thought I'd be able to go without upgrading to this day, still playing Bad Company 2 at decent settings and looking pretty with such an old gpu. Anyway, a friend brought a replacement cards, a 8500 GT which works fine but is worse than the 8800 obviously. At least I can check my e-mail...
He also brought 2 GB of ram which I inserted and what I'm wondering now is if I'll see some improvement. They are obviously of different make and timings than the original ram, but going from 2 to 4 GB should be a major improvement anyway, right? Basically I'm worried because memory is always bundled and there are always warnings about mixing ram.
Anyway, two weeks ago my gpu gave up on me, which was a sad day. I never thought I'd be able to go without upgrading to this day, still playing Bad Company 2 at decent settings and looking pretty with such an old gpu. Anyway, a friend brought a replacement cards, a 8500 GT which works fine but is worse than the 8800 obviously. At least I can check my e-mail...
He also brought 2 GB of ram which I inserted and what I'm wondering now is if I'll see some improvement. They are obviously of different make and timings than the original ram, but going from 2 to 4 GB should be a major improvement anyway, right? Basically I'm worried because memory is always bundled and there are always warnings about mixing ram.
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