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man how am i going to get another video card???? i am using a mx440 nvidia geforce 4 card
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xkalibur80 wrote:
Abrams wrote:oh god....the amount of RAM doesnt have anything to do with loading time.

If you take a game and plug it onto DDR II 667 Mhz but 512Mb and on DDR I 400Mhz but 1048Mb the first one will load faster but FPS will be lower as memory amount is smaller.

I myself dont think it will not work perfectly on 512Mb...1 GB isnt a minimum even for high-end shooter games where you do need both speed and capacity.

:roll: ...I went from 512mb to 1024mb then to 2048mb and i noticed a massive increase in BOTH loading times AND overall performance...Simply because the more RAM u have the more instructions can be handled from the CPU at one time Also the faster the mhz the faster the instructions get processed, Duel Channel memory runs twice as fast as a sinlge channel memory..

If this Game says it needs 1024MB Of RAM I can hardly see it running as well on 512MB... Games such as BF2, F.E.A.R, Company Of Hereos, Prey...to name a few ALL require 1gb to run satisfactory.

As for now my rig'll handle pretty much n e thing thrown at it...in theory...

And dont get started bout the Graphics cards, i hope it takes advantage of pixel shader 3 but doubt there'll be much call for it

1. Ofc the amount of RAM will increase overall performance, but since wer talking strictly about loading speed then amount doesnt matter unless you have a game that got 1 Gb worth of textures that must be loaded all same time. No of games currently in exisance load all their textures at once. Amount gives your PC ability to load more in one go, while speed of your RAM dictates the time within it will load\unload data from memory.

2. Noone cares how much RAM slapped into system reqs. All games tested on Alienware-like systems that cost like a car. So they can actually slap any number in there saying you need that particular number to run game on max options and playable FPS wich is about 50+. But point is, i myself dont run any of my games on maxxed out settings, even those i can handle perfectly fine.

As for dual channel memory, had a talk with some of friends that works in Dell or something thats what he said:
First off, SDRAM is basically just common RAM, (Which will no longer be a true statement in a few months.)
SDRAM Makes it possible so you can just have ONE single stick of RAM, and it will work. Completes the electrical circuit.
DDR Acts like it's double what it says it is, adding to virtual memory, so it works faster.
Then there's Dual-Channel configuration (The way you have the sticks in your system board.)

Suppose you have 1 GB of RAM, And both sticks are DDR.
DDR Adds another GB To your virtual memory, on top of the physical memory. So your Task manager will say something around 2 gigs.
Dual Channel (Which has been around for a while now,) Does the same thing, on top of that. Adding another gig.
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Amount of ram has an impact on loading times (swap file).

The 1GB ram is almost 100% not the minimum requirement, more likely the recommended amount.

The original requirements are on EA Germany
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SLJ wrote:man how am i going to get another video card???? i am using a mx440 nvidia geforce 4 card
Dude pick up a cheap ati9800 or nvidia6600 off ebay either PCI-e or AGP dependin on what board u got, they less than £80, dunno in $ so dont ask lol.

and also my 6800gs's are 256bit sorry, JUST make sure they are both 256bit, LE & GT versions are 128bit.
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xkalibur80 wrote:" LE & GT versions are 128bit.
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wtfh?

The GT version of the 6800 is of course going to run on 256-bit.... not demoted to a lame 128-bit as the LE copped.
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Bojan wrote:Amount of ram has an impact on loading times (swap file).

The 1GB ram is almost 100% not the minimum requirement, more likely the recommended amount.

The original requirements are on EA Germany
yeah it does have an impact for sure, but speed of RAM increases loading time more then simply amount. Both of them have an impact but depends wich one got greater one.
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i'm a bit worried. Will my 6600gt 256mb be able to run the game, with descent looking graphics (i have a athlon64 3700+ and 1gb ram)
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baad, u'll be able to max most settings apart from AA on 1024x768....possibly 1280x960 the 256mb should be able to handle the textures, if not overclock it the memory.
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well at least now my bro may lend me his ati radeon card and i just need a ram!?!?!?!??!
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AA just bugs FPS sooo much imo.
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That's only unless your video card is very poor (like mine) that it will take such a large hit whenever AA is enabled..... It just boils down to (for lower end and mid range folks) whether you want performance or eye-raping goodies.

I'm just lucky enough that I can at least run around on 2x AA and 4x AF at 1024*768 on my current computer in NFS MW, sure it's not blazingly fast or even mildy fast (even with aa and af disabled) but at least it's balanced between looks and performance, hopefully I'll still be able to do the same when the NFSC demo comes around.

ASUS GeForce FX5500 ftw! (I'll be so damn happy when I finally get the money together to get the nice EN7950GT I want when I scrouge money around 'when' we move and I get a job and finally get to buy the bits and pieces for my custom computer I'm going to build)
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heh even ATI Radeon X700 PCIE bugs on maxed AA\AF\Details :\

not saying its a hi-end card, but should of been worked nicer...
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The Gravedigger wrote: ASUS GeForce FX5500 ftw! (I'll be so damn happy when I finally get the money together to get the nice EN7950GT I want when I scrouge money around 'when' we move and I get a job and finally get to buy the bits and pieces for my custom computer I'm going to build)
I was wondering if there would be a lot of difference in performance b/w
the 7900 GTX and the 7950 Gx2

cuz...i just bought a 7900 GTX....so please dont dissapoint me about my choice. :|
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The 7950GT is in between the 7900GT and 7900GTX for performance, so you have nothing to worry about. However, the 7950 GX-2 would have been the better buy for yourself though as it is 'sli on a stick' but it costs quite the pocketfull...


One thing I hope is that the 1gig of RAM isn't going to be wasted doing useless features.
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I have everything else except I have xp service pack 1 instead of 2! do you think i can still run the game? I hope so...
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so if i dont have a good graphics card, but i set the game to the lowest graphics ever... will it work without lag?
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damn! i have the sapphire radeon 9250

U think it'l work on my pc?
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Just though Id post my specs:

P4 3.0 GHz with HT
1GB DDR RAM, 400 MHz, PC 3200
128MB nVidia GeForce PCX 5300
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adeemnisar wrote:Just though Id post my specs:

P4 3.0 GHz with HT
1GB DDR RAM, 400 MHz, PC 3200
128MB nVidia GeForce PCX 5300
and what's the idea??? :roll: :roll:
Just to show your pc and generate opinions like: This guys is posting his specs...and what i care for them??....

come on dude, u have a high-end processor --> 70% of the game is going to run perfect.
1gb-->20% more....
128 video card-->10% ok

so

100% of possibilities that the game can run in ur PC dude.... :roll: :roll:
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AtaSu wrote:damn! i have the sapphire radeon 9250

U think it'l work on my pc?
come on dudes, can someone tell me abut my qustion above?
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Honestly, I couldn't run Most Wanted even at 640x480 very smoothly when I had a Radeon 9200. The 9250 isn't very much better than that, so I would think you'll need an upgrade.
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prince1142003 wrote:Honestly, I couldn't run Most Wanted even at 640x480 very smoothly when I had a Radeon 9200. The 9250 isn't very much better than that, so I would think you'll need an upgrade.

If you look for a basic upgrade I would recommend X1600 PRO. I run all the graphics in max but I don't have much RAM, I have only 512MB, and the game go slow :(
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prince1142003 wrote:Honestly, I couldn't run Most Wanted even at 640x480 very smoothly when I had a Radeon 9200. The 9250 isn't very much better than that, so I would think you'll need an upgrade.
in my pc nfsmw works graet, i run it on 1024x768 and the best qulity in the game...
iv'got 1 ram.
but for nfs carbon im not so sure... :?
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Well, considering that the Radeon 9250 isn't listed as one of the supported graphics cards, I would assume you may have some trouble running Carbon.
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prince1142003 wrote:Well, considering that the Radeon 9250 isn't listed as one of the supported graphics cards, I would assume you may have some trouble running Carbon.
obviously valued member, it's so simple as that: if the card isn't listed, NOT COMPATIBLE, end of the discussion :?
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