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Nvidia Geforce 8800gts 320mb and wow
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xephiroth
hmm based on my specs i provided before, would a ram upgrade provide a noticable fps boost?
anyways i checked up on the 8500gt(current card) on the nvidia site, the min psu needed says 300W this rather confused me so i here is the stickeron my psu (just incase im getting the watts wrong)
psu sticker
ty youve been great help so far ; )
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xephiroth
Hmm, I'll get another 2 sticks of ram for now while I search out for that psu , is there a way of telling which ram to buy?
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xephiroth
kk, ty
which option is the most cost effective(considering my spec provided above) out of new gpu+ psu and 1gb more ram?
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xephiroth
will the extra ram count as shared video memory, will will partially improve my frames per sec? (60fps with all maxed apart from shadows which is off)
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xephiroth
whats the best upgrade i can get without upgrading my psu?
Post by
pak52b
sorry.. didnt read the rest of the posts, just the original one
IF you do go for an 8800gts, go for one with 512 MB. they use the nv92 chip (i think it was called that), which is the same one that the 9000 series has - meaning, you will get a much better card for about the same price.
i had an OCed 8800 gts 512 MB until now, but it fried. i could run wow on 192x1080 with full AA and max details except shadows without anything lagging.
EDIT: are you SURE that your PSU is only 250 watts? are you sure youre looking at the right number?
running vista, i would reccomend 4 GB ram at least, which isnt a problem because DDR2 (assumption here) is very very cheap atm.
EDIT2: gr.. i should just read the whole thing before posting.. yeah.. youre psu is defo too weak for any other card imo.. :-(
how much money would you spend? i have a slick modu 82+ from enermax and i LOVE it... cost about 80 euros tho :/
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xephiroth
£100 (I'm a cheapo student)
Post by
xephiroth
ok, so i upgraded from 2gb to 4gb ram :)
the problem is: in the system tab, 4gb shows as intended, but taksmanager shows 2gb ram only, what have i done wrong?
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