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Crectric

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Recently, I bought ARMA II Combined Ops to play the DayZ Mod with my friends. I have an old business desktop (HP Compaq 7800c Compact Form). I have the recommended settings to play the game, except for video RAM. I have 256 MB, I need 512 minimum. I was wondering if there was any way to allocate more VRAM, or do I just need to buy a whole new graphics card? I went through the trouble of resetting my CMOS to access the BIOS (it had a key on it), just to find that there was no setting to allocate more VRAM. Please help. Here is a link to my specs if it helps at all.
http://imgur.com/X1K0nhv
 
cytg111

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Crectric said:
Recently, I bought ARMA II Combined Ops to play the DayZ Mod with my friends. I have an old business desktop (HP Compaq 7800c Compact Form). I have the recommended settings to play the game, except for video RAM. I have 256 MB, I need 512 minimum. I was wondering if there was any way to allocate more VRAM, or do I just need to buy a whole new graphics card? I went through the trouble of resetting my CMOS to access the BIOS (it had a key on it), just to find that there was no setting to allocate more VRAM. Please help. Here is a link to my specs if it helps at all.
http://imgur.com/X1K0nhv
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Sry dude, youre sol .. however you should be able to pick up a card for arma2 real cheap.
 
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cytg111 said:
Sry dude, youre sol .. however you should be able to pick up a card for arma2 real cheap.
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I really appreciate the reply.. Any suggestions? Also, could you please explain the difference between VRAM and graphics memory? I ran a dxdiag and I have 1778 MB total memory on my card.
 
Majcric

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Op, it wouldn't matter if that card had 1gb of vram, it is too slow performance wise.

would need to know a little more info but i'd say a 7750/7770 would work
 
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Crectric said:
Recently, I bought ARMA II Combined Ops to play the DayZ Mod with my friends. I have an old business desktop (HP Compaq 7800c Compact Form). I have the recommended settings to play the game, except for video RAM. I have 256 MB, I need 512 minimum. I was wondering if there was any way to allocate more VRAM, or do I just need to buy a whole new graphics card? I went through the trouble of resetting my CMOS to access the BIOS (it had a key on it), just to find that there was no setting to allocate more VRAM. Please help. Here is a link to my specs if it helps at all.
http://imgur.com/X1K0nhv
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You're kinda like trying to drive a old Vega on a F1 track atm.
 
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Arma 2 is a seriously heavy game, it eats high end CPUs alive and it pushes even modern SLI/Crossfire solutions pretty heavily as well. If Arma is the game for you then its time for a wholesale upgrade. This is not a game you want to be playing on low end hardware, it barely runs well on my machine let alone something less powerful. I get 25 fps in Arma 3 at times and Arma struggled to break 45 fps when the game really gets going.
 
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MongGrel said:
You're kinda like trying to drive a old Vega on a F1 track atm.
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Pretty much.

Majcric said:
3 things off the top of my head

1 is your graphics slot agp or pci express
2 the specs of PSU
3 and your case is it big enough to accommodate a new GPU even if you do get past 1 and 2.
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Will look at it later, thanks.

BrightCandle said:
Arma 2 is a seriously heavy game, it eats high end CPUs alive and it pushes even modern SLI/Crossfire solutions pretty heavily as well. If Arma is the game for you then its time for a wholesale upgrade. This is not a game you want to be playing on low end hardware, it barely runs well on my machine let alone something less powerful. I get 25 fps in Arma 3 at times and Arma struggled to break 45 fps when the game really gets going.
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My friend has the same CPU and RAM as me, and he gets playable (not good) FPS. That's all I really want at the moment. So if I upgrade my GPU, I know I'll be good.
 
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you have very few gpu choices for that form factor. that oem 240 watt psu only made about 150 watts on the 12v line even when brand new. its probably almost shot after all these years and I would not trust it to power anything needing more power than what you have now.
 
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you have very few gpu choices for that form factor. that oem 240 watt psu only made about 150 watts on the 12v line even when brand new. its probably almost shot after all these years and I would not trust it to power anything needing more power than what you have now.
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Sigh.. thanks for the info.
 
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OP - even with your system's low-profile form factor, you actually have a few choices in terms of a video card. Your old Core 2 Duo may end up being a limiting factor, but that doesn't mean you can't replace your nearly-decade old video card to try to increase performance.

I'd suggest a GTX 640 1GB GDDR5 - it's probably 4-5x faster than what you have right now. Here's a link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814500308

Will also run on a low-wattage PSU like yours.
 
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what about the maxwell 750?

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7764/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-750-ti-and-gtx-750-review-maxwell/11

Should make a nice fit given his current psu right(50-60 watts vs 25 for the XT .. should be doable unless he's on the edge now)? .. also forgot to ask about agp, good call .. that could have been akward!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQptPpJAyNk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_OcqzKComc

I'd say he can pull it off with a 750.. not maxed but defn. playable. If I read the OP right, it is more about hanging out with firends than eye candy graphics
 
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you guys are crazy to suggest any gpu that consumes more than what he has now. after all these years, he will be lucky to have much more than 100 watts available on the 12v line.
 
Majcric

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Sorry OP, neither the case or the PSU are adequate for what you need to play this game.

You're better off starting a new build which can be done fairly cheap and relatively easy.
 
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GTX 750 Ti 2GB is the most powerful card you will find that eats ~75W max at load. If that's not enough for the game or if your CPU is too slow, don't bother getting it. Just upgrade everything in that case.
 
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blastingcap said:
GTX 750 Ti 2GB is the most powerful card you will find that eats ~75W max at load. If that's not enough for the game or if your CPU is too slow, don't bother getting it. Just upgrade everything in that case.
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Even if we pretended the PSU wasn't a constraint, he could never get the t GTX750ti into that very small case. I had dealing with one 2or 3 months ago and there is no room at all. that case is OEM never intended to be upgraded.
 
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I can't reply to every single post, but I do appreciate it. I'll look at some of the cards you guys showed me. Thanks everyone :)
 
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