Can my game be better if I upgrade my machine?
NoShitSherlock:
Groovy. Newegg has it on for 130 bucks Canadian right now, which is why I looked at it. I've been reading conflicting reviews about it, so I wasn't sure if it was decent.
Narmy:
Quote from: NoShitSherlock on 2011 March 07, 00:40:11
Back on the subject of upgrades, is a Radeon 5770, with 1 GB of dedicated memory, enough to play this stupid game? My poor ickle laptop can no longer handle the game and expansions, even on low settings. After an hour, the game starts pixelating and my laptop feels like it's going to burninate to a crisp. My laptop is a piece of shit Compaq that's about 3 years old, with integrated graphics, an Intel Core 2 duo processor, and 3 GB of RAM. Once I get my tax return, I'm building a mid-range gaming desktop for playing TS3 and Civ V. I'm looking at the 5770, as well as the new 2600k i7 Intel Sandy Bridge processor, and 12 GB of RAM. I'll be hooking it up to a 42" LED tv via HDMI for playing.
You do not need 12GB of RAM. I'd go 4GB minimum 8GB maximum (if it's a dual-channel mobo) or just 6GB (if it's a triple-channel mobo).
wizard_merlin:
Quote from: Narmy on 2011 March 15, 20:26:33
Quote from: NoShitSherlock on 2011 March 07, 00:40:11
Back on the subject of upgrades, is a Radeon 5770, with 1 GB of dedicated memory, enough to play this stupid game? My poor ickle laptop can no longer handle the game and expansions, even on low settings. After an hour, the game starts pixelating and my laptop feels like it's going to burninate to a crisp. My laptop is a piece of shit Compaq that's about 3 years old, with integrated graphics, an Intel Core 2 duo processor, and 3 GB of RAM. Once I get my tax return, I'm building a mid-range gaming desktop for playing TS3 and Civ V. I'm looking at the 5770, as well as the new 2600k i7 Intel Sandy Bridge processor, and 12 GB of RAM. I'll be hooking it up to a 42" LED tv via HDMI for playing.
You do not need 12GB of RAM. I'd go 4GB minimum 8GB maximum (if it's a dual-channel mobo) or just 6GB (if it's a triple-channel mobo).
What's wrong with having 12GB of RAM if you have twin triple-channels and you want it?
Narmy:
Quote from: wizard_merlin on 2011 March 15, 20:39:45
Quote from: Narmy on 2011 March 15, 20:26:33
Quote from: NoShitSherlock on 2011 March 07, 00:40:11
Back on the subject of upgrades, is a Radeon 5770, with 1 GB of dedicated memory, enough to play this stupid game? My poor ickle laptop can no longer handle the game and expansions, even on low settings. After an hour, the game starts pixelating and my laptop feels like it's going to burninate to a crisp. My laptop is a piece of shit Compaq that's about 3 years old, with integrated graphics, an Intel Core 2 duo processor, and 3 GB of RAM. Once I get my tax return, I'm building a mid-range gaming desktop for playing TS3 and Civ V. I'm looking at the 5770, as well as the new 2600k i7 Intel Sandy Bridge processor, and 12 GB of RAM. I'll be hooking it up to a 42" LED tv via HDMI for playing.
You do not need 12GB of RAM. I'd go 4GB minimum 8GB maximum (if it's a dual-channel mobo) or just 6GB (if it's a triple-channel mobo).
What's wrong with having 12GB of RAM if you have twin triple-channels and you want it?
More RAM =/= better performance
RAM is just temporary storage for data that needs to be read/written fast. If a game uses 2GB of RAM, then that is all you need to run it; but you need a bit extra for the OS and stuff running in the background.
12GB is overkill for games, you'd only need that much if you do HD video editing for a living or something.
Jeebus:
Quote from: Narmy on 2011 March 15, 20:50:40
Quote from: wizard_merlin on 2011 March 15, 20:39:45
Quote from: Narmy on 2011 March 15, 20:26:33
Quote from: NoShitSherlock on 2011 March 07, 00:40:11
Back on the subject of upgrades, is a Radeon 5770, with 1 GB of dedicated memory, enough to play this stupid game? My poor ickle laptop can no longer handle the game and expansions, even on low settings. After an hour, the game starts pixelating and my laptop feels like it's going to burninate to a crisp. My laptop is a piece of shit Compaq that's about 3 years old, with integrated graphics, an Intel Core 2 duo processor, and 3 GB of RAM. Once I get my tax return, I'm building a mid-range gaming desktop for playing TS3 and Civ V. I'm looking at the 5770, as well as the new 2600k i7 Intel Sandy Bridge processor, and 12 GB of RAM. I'll be hooking it up to a 42" LED tv via HDMI for playing.
You do not need 12GB of RAM. I'd go 4GB minimum 8GB maximum (if it's a dual-channel mobo) or just 6GB (if it's a triple-channel mobo).
What's wrong with having 12GB of RAM if you have twin triple-channels and you want it?
More RAM =/= better performance
RAM is just temporary storage for data that needs to be read/written fast. If a game uses 2GB of RAM, then that is all you need to run it; but you need a bit extra for the OS and stuff running in the background.
12GB is overkill for games, you'd only need that much if you do HD video editing for a living or something.
One thing here: you need more than just "a bit extra" RAM. On Windoze 7 and Vista, the OS and background tasks can easily use up 2GB of RAM. Granted, on XP, it's much less, but still fairly sizable (at least 300MB). But yes, 12 GB is way overkill. I've never been known to use more than 6GB or so of RAM, and I run a shitload of stuff at the same time.
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