Will this boost my computer?

[nullbox]

Hello,

I'm looking on upgrading my computer so it will be better when playing games.

Does ram boost the performance when playing games alot?
I have a Sony Vaio P4 1.8 Ghz, What will be my best bet on high quality ram at a good price?

Thanks in advance,
nullbox

 

[Corporate Thug]

you can get all the ram you want but if you have a crappy video card, its not gonna do much

there is no high qulaity ram for a good price these days

 

[simms]

What's the video card on it?

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: simms
What's the video card on it?

More importantly, does it have an AGP slot?

What's the full model number?

 

[mechBgon]

Could you give the exact model of Sony Vaio 1.8GHz P4 that you got? I see that at least some of them have AGP slots. How much RAM does it have now, and what version of Windows does it run (Win98, WinME, Win2000, WinXP?)

 

[nullbox]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Could you give the exact model of Sony Vaio 1.8GHz P4 that you got? I see that at least some of them have AGP slots. How much RAM does it have now, and what version of Windows does it run (Win98, WinME, Win2000, WinXP?)

It's the vaio pcv-rx660. it has 512 ram. it runs winxp. the graphic card is ati 9200 128mb.

 

[LTC8K6]

Well, that is a low end video card. I would get a faster card such as a 9600pro or XT with that system.

 

[Gurck]

I'd get a faster video card as well. Ram isn't the bottleneck in your system, so adding more won't really help you out all that much.

 

[Maximilian]

Yep faster card, your dont need any more RAM than 512 right now for most games (unless your into far cry with settings maxed)

 

[nullbox]

So it's the graphics card what i need to upgrade?

 

[Markfw]

Radeon 9800 pro. There is a $175 refurb from newegg right now. I got one, works fine, and at the same speed as my retail 9800 pro

 

[PanzerIV]

As was mentioned by another poster a good, inexpensive card is a 256MB Radeon 9600, 9600 Pro or 9600 XT.

 

[RecklessAbandon]

No doubt, get a new graphics card:

Newegg deals:
SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600XT -- $151.50
SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9800 PRO -- $210.50

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: PanzerIV
As was mentioned by another poster a good, inexpensive card is a 128MB Radeon 9600, 9600 Pro or 9600 XT.

Fixed that for you 😉. The 256MB cards use 400MHz RAM instead of 600MHz. That kills the performance of these cards.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: MDE

Originally posted by: PanzerIV
As was mentioned by another poster a good, inexpensive card is a 128MB Radeon 9600, 9600 Pro or 9600 XT.

Fixed that for you 😉. The 256MB cards use 400MHz RAM instead of 600MHz. That kills the performance of these cards.

ROFLMAO😀