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darkhood21 · May 23, 2005, 09:20 PM // 21:20

So what you are saying, is for me to buy some pc3200 ram? What is so good about 3200? and also, what does unbuffered mean? it says that next to the item

Loviatar · May 23, 2005, 09:27 PM // 21:27

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Originally Posted by darkhood21

So what you are saying, is for me to buy some pc3200 ram? What is so good about 3200? and also, what does unbuffered mean? it says that next to the item

pc 3200 is what you have now and it works better if it matches

unbuffered is standard

since you have 512 already and it is plenty fast i would say this in all honesty

if it is working and looking good to you i would leave it alone and save the money

you might notice a small improvement but not like you would notice going from 256 to 512

simply what i would do myself

edit

the minimum is 256 and you have the recommended 512

it should run fine if you meet the other requirements

darkhood21 · May 23, 2005, 09:35 PM // 21:35

So 512 is fast? if its not as fast as i want it to be when i start playing the game, I guess i can always check back at the forums. So do you know any really good websites that mainly sell RAM? Ive already been to newegg, so are there any more reliable and also awsome prices websites?

MGSRevolver · May 23, 2005, 09:53 PM // 21:53

www.zipzoomfly.com (as reliable as newegg, selection is not as large but prices are better)
www.tigerdirect.com (also popular, not sure about reliability)

512mb of RAM running at that speed should be sufficient. I have played on machines with both 512mb and 1gb and the difference is marginal. Highly crowded areas in towns sometimes benefit from the extra memory.

Loviatar · May 23, 2005, 10:07 PM // 22:07

[QUOTE=darkhood21]So 512 is fast? QUOTE]

512 is the amount of ram in megabytes

the speed (3200 in this case) is the current standard ram as opposed to older ram which could be as low as 1600 compared to your 3200)

what you have should do fine as i am using slower pc 2100 ram on this pc and it is doing great

darkhood21 · May 23, 2005, 10:16 PM // 22:16

So does anyone know how to put the RAM in the pc? I never really thought about that till just now

Svenn · May 23, 2005, 10:59 PM // 22:59

Here is a neat little tutorial that I Googled for you, including a few pics. Note: you will be adding a DIMM.