What/how should I upgrade for Ultra Mode?

running the following currently:

GeForce 8800GT 512 MB
Intel 2CPU 6700 @2.66GHZ/4MB L2 Cache
memory: 2048 MB [1024MB X2]
300GB HD

Should I upgrade the memory? vid card? processor?

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Given that the underlying processing engine is not changing, just the graphics settings, it's a good possibility that Ultra Mode is more Graphics Processor bound than Processor Bound.

ergo: you might want to look at upgrading your graphics card.

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As noted above, look at upgrading your video card.

Also, consider throwing another 2GB of RAM into your system. The game can (and will, if you let it) consume over a gig by itself. Going with 4GB, even if you only see 3.0-3.5, allows you to give the game a decent amount of dedicated memory space without choking off the rest of the apps/services/etc running on the system and forcing a swap to hard drive (*SHUDDER*).

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Agreed, CPU is fine, more system memory is always a good thing but from my reading of Posi's Ultra Mode buyers guide suggestions (it's on the Dev Board) suggests the 9800GT (an 8800GT by another name) is the minimum when it comes to UM on minimal settings. So if you want more than minimal UM settings, gonna need a bigger boat ... ah video card.

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As ppl say, upgrading your GPU + atleast 2GB more RAM

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