Jun 29, 2005, 08:08 AM // 08:08
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Pre-Searing Cadet
Join Date: Jun 2005
Guild: Blood Thirsty Knights
Profession: R/E
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Lag problems
Everytime i go into a town/city with descent amount of ppl i have lag problems or when im out doing a mission i have lag problems i was wondering if i get more ram(i have 256mb right now) like a 512mb stick would the 256 and 512 add together to make 768mb of ram and also will that stop some of the ram, i think my problem is with the ram cus i have an awesome processer and an awesome graphics card please reply to me.
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Jun 29, 2005, 08:23 AM // 08:23
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Apr 2005
Profession: Mo/R
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Yes, increasing your RAM to 768MB will speed up your system greatly. You don't say if you are running Windows XP, but 256MB is the bare minimum JUST to run the OS. Anything above 256MB will definitely help.
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Jun 29, 2005, 08:59 AM // 08:59
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Uk, England.
Profession: E/Mo
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Yep, definitely get the extra memory.
Personally though, I would go with 1gig of ram as it's not much more in price than the 512mb and if you get a matched pair, it will help greatly.
768mb is good, 1gig is a lot better. And having matched pairs can also be very beneficial too.
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Jun 29, 2005, 01:10 PM // 13:10
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Outside your window
Guild: First Degree [FiR]
Profession: W/Rt
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Also, try to get the higher end ram of a company. It may cost more, but its faster. And make sure that the ram is DDR400 or whatever ram you need.
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Jun 30, 2005, 04:00 AM // 04:00
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Pre-Searing Cadet
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This is koekaine i had to switch my name. If i buy two 512mb ram sticks since i only have two slots would i have to take my 256mb stick out and then put in the two 512mb sticks
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Jul 01, 2005, 07:47 AM // 07:47
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Apr 2005
Profession: Mo/R
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RangerGod
This is koekaine i had to switch my name. If i buy two 512mb ram sticks since i only have two slots would i have to take my 256mb stick out and then put in the two 512mb sticks
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Yes, that poor 256MB stick will go into "the drawer of forgotten hardware".
Since you seem to have an older motherboard (two RAM slots) I would definitely check with your PC manufacturer or motherboard manufacturer to ensure your system can handle 512MB sticks.
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Jul 01, 2005, 08:02 AM // 08:02
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Academy Page
Join Date: Jun 2005
Profession: Me/N
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lerxst_of_Syrinx
Yes, increasing your RAM to 768MB will speed up your system greatly. You don't say if you are running Windows XP, but 256MB is the bare minimum JUST to run the OS. Anything above 256MB will definitely help.
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actually this is not true,
my uncle gave me this computer about 13 months ago and 2 months ago i put more ram in... idk why i waited so long, but when i puled out the 1 stick that was in there, it was 128Mb, and i even played Neverwinter nights and halo on it ...
oh and i am running Xp home (SP2)
granted it was slow sometimes, and acted up, but it will work on 128 Mb.
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Jul 01, 2005, 08:17 AM // 08:17
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Uk, England.
Profession: E/Mo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Angryhob0z
actually this is not true,
my uncle gave me this computer about 13 months ago and 2 months ago i put more ram in... idk why i waited so long, but when i puled out the 1 stick that was in there, it was 128Mb, and i even played Neverwinter nights and halo on it ...
oh and i am running Xp home (SP2)
granted it was slow sometimes, and acted up, but it will work on 128 Mb.
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Well, you might be able to run all this on 128mb, but you'll give the Hard Drive a severe headache. ANd to be honest, giving it this much work to do, with swapping out the data between the memory and the hard drive, the HDD will be constantly working and never stopping to take a breath.
With XP and then gaming, you'll wear your machine out very quickly with low memory. The cost of ram far outways the cost of breaking your harddrive and losing all your data.
But hey, if you're happy with.
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Jul 01, 2005, 05:34 PM // 17:34
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: May 2005
Guild: Brothers of the Jade
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till you get more memory have you tried adjusting your virtual memory?
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Jul 01, 2005, 07:28 PM // 19:28
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Academy Page
Join Date: Jun 2005
Profession: Me/N
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dirkiess
Well, you might be able to run all this on 128mb, but you'll give the Hard Drive a severe headache. ANd to be honest, giving it this much work to do, with swapping out the data between the memory and the hard drive, the HDD will be constantly working and never stopping to take a breath.
With XP and then gaming, you'll wear your machine out very quickly with low memory. The cost of ram far outways the cost of breaking your harddrive and losing all your data.
But hey, if you're happy with.
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yes which is why i said i put more ram in... 128 - 512 oooh momma
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