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Recently i started playing half life 2, while the orginal runs fine on my com. their expansion episode 1 and 2 lags very badly. all the games are installed on the same com.
i orginally used a 1280x1024 res to play, but it lagged so badly that i need to change my res to 1024x768.
i don't know is my graphic card too lousy or is it my ram too small.
i using geforce 6600 with the latest driver
1 gig ram
over 80gig hard drive space free.
when i check the settings in the game, it put all the highest spects as my recommed settings.
like shadow reflection, high
character detail, high
i tried adjusting these spects but i does't help with the lag.
so i was thinking is it my ram not high enough ?
will adding more ram smoothen my game play?
if so how do i see which type of ram i am using ?
i hear from my frd got wad DDR 2 DDR .
can anyone help me ? :(
many thanks !!
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ModeratorThe only cure for procrastination is a terminal illness.
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not enough ram.
I think me same card as you. I don't even dare to put normal settings for Call of Duty. you still put highest for everything. lol
how to know what ram you have... right click on My computer, you can see how much ram you have. as for brand and ddr 2 or what.. u have to open up to see ba.. :)
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so if i want to increase my ram i just go to a computer shop and ask him give me 2 gig of ram, then i open my cpu and slot it in ?
is it thats all ?
my frd tell me u need to see what type of ram i am using now, then needto buy back the same type then can use?
can anyone teach me ? "how to add ram to your com? "
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Steps:
- defrag your hdd,
- if you are using vista - switch to the windows classic theme, applies for xp too, however it aint much quicker when tried in xp
- Up virtual memory (use hdd as ram)
Windows all ready uses part of your hard drive as "virtual memory". This means that when the memory of your RAM chips is exceeded by the tasks your computer is doing, it uses the hard drive space as memory.
This is very slow as it requires the hard drive to spin around to access the bytes for memory use.
A better idea is still to get more RAM
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Originally posted by Prophecy_Master:
so if i want to increase my ram i just go to a computer shop and ask him give me 2 gig of ram, then i open my cpu and slot it in ?
is it thats all ?
my frd tell me u need to see what type of ram i am using now, then needto buy back the same type then can use?
can anyone teach me ? "how to add ram to your com? "
open up the cpu
look for similar RAM slots, flick open the side hatches, align ur RAM correctly(like you would play lego) and push it positively in, you will hear a click and the side hatches will lock the RAM in position if it's correctly installed.
don't close the cpu, connect the cables, see the start up got detect the RAM or not.. if everything is fine, close back the CPU.
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Originally posted by cuddles:
open up the cpu
look for similar RAM slots, flick open the side hatches, align ur RAM correctly(like you would play lego) and push it positively in, you will hear a click and the side hatches will lock the RAM in position if it's correctly installed.
don't close the cpu, connect the cables, see the start up got detect the RAM or not.. if everything is fine, close back the CPU.
oh ok but how do i chose the correct ram for my computer ?i mean the brand and type?
i don't know much about ram, except for the fact that it increase the speed of my com.
can u teach me please ?
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